Weaving

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'''Weaving''' is taking separate [[thread]]s and combining them to make [[fabric]]s or [[braid]] (woven or [[knotted]] cords).

There are several types of weaving:
* [[Tablet weaving]]
* [[Loom]] weaving
* Various [[braiding technique]]s
* [[Naalbinding]] (can vaguely fall under the term of "weaving" though also is like [[knitting]])
* Various [[knotting technique]]s
* Various [[lace technique]]s

In short, any technique that takes threads and entangles them in a more-or-less orderly fashion so that you end up with a solid piece of fabric or braid.

In the most common form, weaving is performed on a [[loom]] which holds several threads in place (called the [[warp thread]]s) while the weaver passes another thread back-and-forth, lacing these threads in place (this other thread being called the [[weft thread]]).

The warp threads generally form the stengthening shape for the cloth/braid, while the weft thread basically holds them into the shape they are held into while on the loom - so that once the cloth is removed from the loom, it retains its shape.

In [[period]], early [[wheel-spun]] techniques for [[spinning]] thread made a softer, less strong type of thread than the traditional [[whorl-spun]] thread. The wheel-spun threads were actually illegal to use in the warp-thread as they were considered too weak - especially where the cloth/braid was to carry weight. Whorl-spun thread was thus used for quite a long time after [[spinning wheels]] were invented and put to use.

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Weaving