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A peg loom is a simple weaving loom. Handheld weaving sticks use the same principle.

Weaving technology for the production of textiles

Weaving is a method of textile production in which two distinct sets of yarns or threads are interlaced at right angles to form a fabric or cloth. Other methods are knitting, crocheting, felting, and braiding or plaiting. The longitudinal threads are called the warp and the lateral threads are the weft or filling. The method in which these threads are inter-woven affects the characteristics of the cloth. Cloth is usually woven on a loom, a device that holds the warp threads in place while filling threads are woven through them. A fabric band which meets this definition of cloth can also be made using other methods, including tablet weaving, back strap loom, or other techniques without looms.

Loom device for weaving textiles, generally having mechanisms to hold warp threads in tension and to create a shed or opening for filling threads to pass through

A loom is a device used to weave cloth and tapestry. The basic purpose of any loom is to hold the warp threads under tension to facilitate the interweaving of the weft threads. The precise shape of the loom and its mechanics may vary, but the basic function is the same.

A peg loom is a board, usually wooden, with one or more rows of holes, and a set of wooden or nylon pegs which fit into these holes. Each peg is a dowel with a hole drilled along its diameter near one end. Handheld weaving sticks are similar to the pegs, but tapered at the hole end and pointed at the other end. [1] :2–3 Plastic looms are also made for the educational market. [2]

Double-length warp threads are threaded through the hole in each peg or stick, and the loose ends knotted. The pegs are inserted into the loom, or the sticks are handheld, and the weft thread is woven around the pegs or sticks. As the work progresses, it is slid off the pegs or sticks onto the trailing warp threads. [1] :6–26 Different yarns can be used to create patterns, [1] :128–140 and when using sticks a curved piece of work can be created by weaving less often round certain sticks.

Looms are made in a range of sizes. As an example, one English company makes looms from 200–1,200 millimetres (8–47 in), with 9-63 holes. Most of their looms have three rows of holes, with 6mm pegs at spacings of 12.5mm and 9mm holes at spacings of 18.5 and 25.4mm. [3] A larger scale peg loom has been used to create sleeping mats for homeless people from recycled plastic carrier bags. [4]

It has been said that stick weaving was used by people of the Great Lakes region of North America in the 1500s when French trappers first encountered them, and that in the 18th century it was taught to children to develop their manual dexterity before they entered the weaving trade. [5]

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The Great Lakes region of North America is a bi-national Canadian–American region that includes portions of the eight U.S. states of Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin as well as the Canadian province of Ontario. Quebec is at times included as part of the region because, although it is not in a Great Lake watershed, it is in the St. Lawrence watershed which is part of the continuous hydrologic system that eventually discharges into the Atlantic Ocean. The region centers on the Great Lakes and forms a distinctive historical, economic, and cultural identity. A portion of the region also encompasses the Great Lakes Megalopolis.

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Shed (weaving)

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Heddle wire, string, or similar component of a loom which is used to lift warp threads, making a shed for the weft thread to pass through

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Crone-Findlay, Noreen (2017). Peg Looms and Weaving Sticks: Complete How-to Guide and 25+ Projects. Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN   9780811764810 . Retrieved 15 November 2018.
  2. ↑ "Speed Loom Class Pack pk 12". Springboards. Retrieved 15 November 2018.
  3. ↑ "Peg looms". Dales Looms. Retrieved 15 November 2018.
  4. ↑ "Plastic bags woven into sleeping mats for Fredericton's homeless". CBC. 20 January 2018. Retrieved 15 November 2018.
  5. ↑ "Stick weaving". Ancient Craft. Retrieved 15 November 2018.


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