When it comes to portable weaving looms, I have to admit I’m a bit obsessed. A February 2006 article in Martha Stewart Living Magazine featuring Weavette looms inspired me to take action. I was one of ...
A master weaver in 18th-century Lyon, France, Jean-Charles Jacquard was able to fabricate no more than six inches of silk brocade a week. Even that production rate was feasible only with the aid of an ...
An ancient tomb in southern China has provided the oldest known examples, in scaled-down form, of revolutionary weaving machines called pattern looms. Four immobile models of pattern looms illuminate ...