We arrived just a few minutes before the weaving workshop was closing, but I did manage a good tour. They have two hand looms in the tour area and many machine powered looms in a back area. As it was the weekend I was allowed a look in the back area which is off limits during the week!!
The back area contains machine powered equipment that is used for weaving. One very interesting machine was a mechanical warping machine. The warp are the threads that are on the loom and must be straight and untangled as you weave the weft thread with the shuttle. Warping by hand takes a lot of time, so this machine would sure help!!
Also it was interesting to see the mechanical looms. They too would really speed up the process!! I'm glad I got to see this area!!
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