http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/07/18/no-weaving-for-you/ The blog for Plimoth Plantation's 17 Century embroidered jacket project. Thu, 20 Nov 2008 13:10:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/07/18/no-weaving-for-you/#comment-1870 Sandy Sun, 27 Jul 2008 04:00:03 +0000 http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/07/18/no-weaving-for-you/#comment-1870 There's another reason to add to the list: The colonists' houses weren't very big (big houses take a lot of timber & time to build) and looms take up a certain amount of room (and timber to build). My mother is a weaver, and her modern 8-harness floor loom takes about 4x5 feet of floor space. 16th-century looms, from what I've seen in woodcuts, were much larger - among other things, some had overhead framework, and if you can trust the scale of the drawings, they were made of larger beams than Mom's loom. There’s another reason to add to the list: The colonists’ houses weren’t very big (big houses take a lot of timber & time to build) and looms take up a certain amount of room (and timber to build). My mother is a weaver, and her modern 8-harness floor loom takes about 4×5 feet of floor space. 16th-century looms, from what I’ve seen in woodcuts, were much larger - among other things, some had overhead framework, and if you can trust the scale of the drawings, they were made of larger beams than Mom’s loom.

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