Weaving--loom and related tools terms (note, some can be 2-3 words long)
Across
- 3. the frame that holds heddles and is raised to create patterns
- 6. another older word for weft
- 7. used to lift harnesses on a floor loom
- 9. another term for plain weave
- 11. simplest weave structure, one thread over/under
- 16. used to hold a skein of yarn to wind into ball
- 18. used with swift to wind yarn into ball
- 21. area near reed where the shuttle passes during weaving
- 24. frame that holds reed and is moved to pack in weft
- 25. held on harness and yarn is threaded through in pattern
- 27. the point at which thread meets woven cloth
Down
- 1. written weaving pattern
- 2. edge of the cloth
- 4. area created when pattern threads are lifted, weft passes through
- 5. the upright frame of the loom
- 8. used to lift harnesses on a table loom
- 10. used to adjust tension on the loom
- 12. yarn threaded on loom to weave on
- 13. the beam in front of weaver that fabric passes over
- 14. what the warp is wound around behind the loom
- 15. what the finished cloth is wound onto
- 17. yarn you weave with on a shuttle
- 19. fine slats used to space warp and pack in weft
- 20. hold weft yarn in weaving shuttle
- 22. used to pass weft yarn back and forth during weaving
- 23. to thread yarn through the reed
- 26. another name for harness