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low warp loom [2]

Loom on which the warp threads are arranged horizontally.
low warp loom [2] Metal wires that attach to the blade; they have an eye through which a warp thread passes. Hole through which a warp thread unwinds. Weaving instrument that is pushed back and forth between two sections of warp thread to insert the weft threads. Hole through which a weft thread unrolls. Spool on which the weft thread is wound; it is placed on the shuttle. Metal rod that supports the bobbin. Hook used to pass the warp thread through the tooth of a comb or the eye of a heddle. Instrument that maintains a constant fabric width during weaving. Wooden plate on which the weft thread is wound; it replaces the shuttle when the space between the layers of warp threads is too narrow.

heddles

Metal wires that attach to the blade; they have an eye through which a warp thread passes.

eye

Hole through which a warp thread unwinds.

shuttle

Weaving instrument that is pushed back and forth between two sections of warp thread to insert the weft threads.

eye

Hole through which a weft thread unrolls.

bobbin

Spool on which the weft thread is wound; it is placed on the shuttle.

rod

Metal rod that supports the bobbin.

reed hooks

Hook used to pass the warp thread through the tooth of a comb or the eye of a heddle.

temple

Instrument that maintains a constant fabric width during weaving.

flat shuttle

Wooden plate on which the weft thread is wound; it replaces the shuttle when the space between the layers of warp threads is too narrow.