Armchairhomesteader
Leafing Out
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Does anyone here know anything about weaving? I’ve been doing some research into historic occupations so I can get some idea of what jobs and skills would be needed for a community to survive with the technology available in a given time period.
I’ve compiled several lists of occupations from genealogy websites. I figure about 1/3 have to do with textile manufacture. Finding out about the jobs involved in making cloth made me start researching weaving technology, and now I think I want to try building myself a loom so I can get a better understanding of how the technology works.
I think I want to make a table runner for a formal Christmas dinner table. But, I need to know what kind of thread I should use and what the thread count should be. I don’t want the loom to have any pre-made components because I want it to be something that a homesteader could build with things he can buy from a lumber yard and hardware store. So I will have to make the heddles myself. But, I need to know how many I will need.
I’ve compiled several lists of occupations from genealogy websites. I figure about 1/3 have to do with textile manufacture. Finding out about the jobs involved in making cloth made me start researching weaving technology, and now I think I want to try building myself a loom so I can get a better understanding of how the technology works.
I think I want to make a table runner for a formal Christmas dinner table. But, I need to know what kind of thread I should use and what the thread count should be. I don’t want the loom to have any pre-made components because I want it to be something that a homesteader could build with things he can buy from a lumber yard and hardware store. So I will have to make the heddles myself. But, I need to know how many I will need.