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Hand
Weaving
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Hand
weaving is accomplished by interlacing the threads
of the weft and the warp on a loom.
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The
warp (nylon) is the thread that composed the skeleton
of the weaving and cannot be cut without the blanket
unraveling. It is the part that is manipulated by the
loom with the use of a harness.
The weft (wool), on the other hand, composes the body
of the weaving and can be trimmed without the integrity
of the weaving being affected. In hand weaving, the
weft thread is carried by a bobbin that can hold enough
thread to produce only a few inches of vertical length
before expending it supply of thread. This "bobbin
end" must then be overlapped with another "bobbin
end" and the process of weaving can continue until
desired length is achieved. |
Thick
Saddle Blankets can have as many as 4 plys of
yarn twisted together to form one strand of yarn.
When these "bobbin ends" pop up, due
to washing or friction against the horse, the
world may appear to be coming to an end! However,
these may either be trimmed off or tucked back
under the warp thread felted yarn (single ply)
generally produce less hysteria because there
is only one strand that will pop up.
Felted yarns are generally thicker and more costly
and are used primarily for the more expensive
custom woven saddle blankets. |
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