John Overholt1d ago
Bringing weaving patterns from a 300-year-old notebook back to life on the loom. https://www.folger.edu/blogs/collation/drafting-narratives/
Show threadHein Ragas
@overholt @gannet Oh wow, did these home weavers have 12-shaft looms at home?
Apr 12 at 5:32pmWeb
Show threadNaomi P1d ago
@heinragas @overholt looks like it! I have a vague memory that weavers had their work looms in their homes?
Show threadHein Ragas1d ago

@gannet @overholt That's mentioned in the article: weavers working from home, getting the yarn delivered to them and the merchants taking the bolts of fabric for distribution.

Here I was, impressed with my partner's 8-shaft loom in our house, but she would have been considered small fry back then 😅