Weaver's Terminology:
Loom: An apparatus for making thread or yarn into cloth by weaving strands together at right angles.
Warp: Yarns than front to back on a loom. On a floor loom these yarns attach at the front apron, go over the front beam, through the reed and heddles, over the back beam and attach at the back apron.
Weft: (Woof) The horizontal threads interlaced through the warp of a fabric. Fibers, yarns, threads, fabrics, etc., that are passed back and forth through the weft yarns to build up and produce cloth.
E.P.I. (Ends Per Inch): The number of yarns to make a inch width. To find this take a yarn and coil it around a pencil until it measures an inch. Now count the number of coils it took to make an inch, this is your E.P.I. This thicker the yarn the smaller the E.P.I.
Draft: A pattern which shows you how to thread the heddles and tie up to achieve a particular pattern. It also shows you the treddling order & how to throw your shuttle.
Shed: Opening of warp yarns so that a shuttle can pass. Make a shed by stepping on a treddle and some shafts will rise, lifting warp yarns and leaving some warp yarns stationary.
Sley: The passage of yarns through the reed.
Shaft: Large rectangular shape that holds heddles and moves upon a rising shed, down on a sinking shed loom when a treddle is pushed.
Heddles: Long metal or string pieces which have an eyelet in the middle for yarn passage. These slide on and are held by the shaft. The combination of shafts and heddles are responsible for making patterns.
Tie-Up: Method of attaching treddles to shafts..
Weaver's Cross: Produced by a warp board the cross separates yarns in an over/under fashion so that when sleys the reed yarns do not get out of order.
Pics: 1 pic equals on throw of the shuttle across the weft.
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