Weaving occupation.....

Tom-W · Post by **Tom-W** » Sat Mar 18, 2006 11:17 am

Have to admit I'm woefully ignorant of weaving occupations!

Can anyone tell me what the word before plaid weaver is for the last family on the page (John Hart and children)

http://talkingscot.com/gallery/displayi ... p?pos=-456

Tom

ninatoo · Post by **ninatoo** » Sat Mar 18, 2006 11:21 am

It looks like Harness Plaid Weaver to me. By googling, I think the harness refers to the type of weaving machine...one with a harness.

Nina

Tom-W · Post by **Tom-W** » Sat Mar 18, 2006 11:24 am

Hi Nina

That's what it looked like to me but I wasn't sure if that made sense. What is harness plaid?

Tom

ninatoo · Post by **ninatoo** » Sat Mar 18, 2006 11:25 am

I edited my post Tom...think it refers to the machine.

Nina

Tom-W · Post by **Tom-W** » Sat Mar 18, 2006 11:33 am

Thanks Nina.

Tom

LesleyB · Post by **LesleyB** » Sat Mar 18, 2006 12:09 pm

Hi Tom
A quick Google for harness loom found this:
"a harness loom is a more robust version of a simple frame loom"
and
"Harness loom: A type of loom that controls the warp threads by threading them through “heddels” which are in turn are suspended in a frame called a harness."

Picture of a two harness loom here: http://www.leelooms.com/loom_2.htm
They seem to come in multiple of two - two harness loom, four harness loom, eight etc.

Best wishes
Lesley

Russell · Post by **Russell** » Sun Mar 19, 2006 2:19 am

Just to add to this.
The Heddles are linked to foor pedals so that they can be operated singly or in pairs according to the type of pattern being woven in the fabric. Working a sequence 1,2,3,4 gives a herring-bone pattern
Each Heddle has a hundred or so carefully tied strings with a loop at the centre through which a thread of the warp goes so when you lift the heddle all the threads through that heddle are lifted to let the shuttle pass along.
Weaving is straightforward once it is set up. The real skill is calculating how many threads will be needed for a certain width of cloth and how to build in a pattern to that cloth with different colours.

Russell

Andrew Cunningham · Post by **Andrew Cunningham** » Sun Mar 19, 2006 5:07 am

My ggg grandfather William Young (Glasgow Barony) is listed as a "warper" in every census from 1851 to 1901. I've seen a few vague definitions, but can anyone explain more precisely what this occupation involved?

William (1827-1904) on the left, c. 1900:

ninatoo · Post by **ninatoo** » Sun Mar 19, 2006 7:27 am

A warper " 1) Set up the "warp" (thread) on looms 2) Moved boats by hauling on their "warps" (ropes).

From this site:

http://genealogy.about.com/gi/dynamic/o ... occup.html

wini · Post by **wini** » Sun Mar 19, 2006 10:33 am

I don't know if these occupations are there but Scotlands People have a list of occupations under RESEARCH TOOLS

wini

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Weaving occupation.....

Weaving occupation.....

WEAVING OCCUPATION