MODEL HAND LOOM
DEMONSTRATION OF SKILL GRAMMAR PUPIL'S INDUSTRY Patience and skill have been 6hown bv an Auckland Grammar School pupil. Morrison Cassie, in the construction of a working model of a European hand loom. The lad is a membeir of the Boys' Ethnological Club, which represents only one phase of the educational activities of the Auckland Museum. The model is one of many made by club members for a demonstration of weav» ing held recently. ~ , . This particular model, which is constructed of odd pieces of material. i» lft. in height and about the same width. The warps and wefts are of wool, while four heddles are provided for moving the warp strands. There is a reed for packing up the wefts, and & small shuttle for threading the_ wefts through, this operation being performed by hand. All these features, or some counterpart of them, are found in the primitive loom as well as in the modern power loom. The owner of the model is at present engaged in weaving himself a scarf in the Grammar School colours of blue and cold. The portion of the scarf that has already been woven has been wound around a roller. •
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXII, Issue 22224, 26 September 1935, Page 8
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197MODEL HAND LOOM New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXII, Issue 22224, 26 September 1935, Page 8
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