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    Oct 02, 2019 5 minutes

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    The ancient craft of weaving

    Weaving is one of the world’s oldest crafts, its basic principle dating back to the Stone Age when branches and twigs were woven into shelters and baskets.

    Before the Industrial Revolution, fabric was woven on hand looms by interlacing two sets of yarns (warp and weft). This evolved over time thanks to inventions like the ‘flying shuttle’, which let the weaver quickly shoot the device carrying the crosswise threads from side to side. The Lancashire cotton industry reached its peak in 1913, producing seven billion square yards of cloth in that year. A modern-day resurgence is blossoming thanks to talented designers, artists and weavers such as Margo Selby, Christabel Balfour, Mourne Textiles, Ilse Crawford, Maria Sigma and Bristol Weaving Mill, fuelled by environmental concerns

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