Noah Laitala, Bella Crum, Sasha Rapacz In the beginning there was the Loom, and the Loom was with warp, and the Loom was warp. The same was with the tapestry and the cards. All things were made by yarn; and without yarn was not any thing made that was made. (The Book of Archeology, 1:1-3).…
Warp Weighted Loom My group had limited time on the warp weighted loom because we were the last group to participate. Additionally we did not have Parker when we attempted this. Here is the data gathered for each 3 minute round we did (each person with a different job each time): Job: Beating Job: Passing…
I was the data recorder for group F. We started with card weaving, tried the warp-weighted loom and then the tapestry loom, and then went back to card weaving for a while. Tablet weaving: Given that we were card weaving in between other activities, that some people took home their card weaving, that some group…
Tapestry Loom We didn’t spend much time tapestry weaving. We were, I believe, the fourth group to do tapestry weaving. We managed a few rows continuing an attempted triangle pattern and then we went back to card weaving. I didn’t record the number of rows we managed but it couldn’t have been more than five.…
Average length/min Average Weft passes/min Warp weighted loom 0.3666 cm/min 2.6 passes/min Tapestry loom 0.0925 cm/min 0.4 passes/min Tablet weaving n/a due to available time ————————-
Notes on the tapestry loom data:The total time difference between Group’s 1 and 3, can likely be accounted to differing thread thickness. Group 3 had to switch to a different thread halfway through their attempt, as they ran out of the first one. The new thread was homemade from week 4’s lab— this thread’s thickness…