Weaving
Weaving is the interlacing of two sets of threads at right angles to each other to form cloth. Weaving is usually done on a loom.
One set of threads is called the warp. These threads are held taut and in parallel order on the loom by harnesses creating a space called the shed. The weft thread is wound onto bobbins. In old-fashioned hand weaving the bobbins are held in a shuttle, which carries the weft thread through the shed. The warp threads are moved over and under the weft threads. Modern high speed weaving does not use a shuttle.
Weaving Media
Warp and weft in plain weaving
A satin weave, common for silk, in which each warp thread floats over 15 weft threads
A Bangladesh Ansar officer weaving on duty.
Weaving pattern cards used by Skye Weavers, Isle of Skye, Scotland
A 3/1 twill weave, as used in denim
Image of women weaving, as depicted on a tomb at Beni Hassan. Image reproduced from V. V. Neelov, Tkatchestvo.
An indigenous woman of the Maya Tzutujil culture weaves using a back-strap loom.
Example of weaving characteristic of Andean civilizations
Natural fiber weaver in Nuevo León, Mexico
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