4. When two sets of threads interlace or are woven what is produced?
Experiment 2—Plain or Homespun Weave
Apparatus: Hand loom,[22] two pencils, scissors.
Material: Yarn of two colors.
Reference: Textiles, page [58].
Directions
1. Make a warp on the hand loom with green yarn by having parallel threads running the longest way of the loom to the notches.
2. A harness is a framework on a loom used for raising certain warp threads. Use a pencil as a harness and raise the 1st, 3d, and 5th warp threads. A shed will in this way be formed through which the shuttle carrying the filling thread will pass. Use the red yarn for filling and attach it at one end before passing it through the shed.
3. With a second pencil to act as a second harness raise the 2d, 4th, and 6th warp threads. Pass the filling through the shed thus formed.
4. Repeat twice Directions 2 and 3.
5. Tie all ends, cut the woven sample away from the loom, and mount in note-book.