I am guessing handles for 'Bermuda' bags. A pair are used for each bag. There may be another name for the cloth bags.

What is the process line? Sandra

On Sep 15, 2021, at 12:13 AM, Sara von Tresckow <sarav@...> wrote:  They are bag handles. here is a photo. The roundness of what you see here is because they were made by my Father and he changed

They are bag handles. here is a photo. The roundness of what you see here is because they were made by my Father and he changed the design a bit. Sara von Tresckow, Fond du Lac,

Hi, again! We think Nat found the correct source for Louie's statement. He didn't tell me whether it was in the Postrel or the Barber book. However, it was more talking about the difficulty of

Not true ‘Angel Wings’ but they could be used to secure flat lease sticks. I have a set that I purchased at a Convergence 20 years ago that look something like these. One for each side and you

These are not Angel Wings. Purrington Looms (https://www.purringtonlooms.com/Angel_Wings.htm) makes Angel Wings. Janet From: weavetech@groups.io <weavetech@groups.io> On Behalf OfDiane de

Angel wings generally have some sort of clamp on them, don’t they? I am wondering if they are perhaps pieces from a hobby setup? I don’t have one, but it kind of looks like that I think.

think they call them "angel wings"...to hold lease sticks-- Lorelei

These are part of some equipment in an estate sale - I have no idea what they are - any ideas? They are about 11" long and there are 25 of them.

I have had way more than that open at once, and it works fine but there is a definite downside to not having a ‘window list’ to navigate directly to the one you are interested in. —janell

I’ve had up to 5 WeavePoint windows open at the same time. The great thing is that the Copy function works for all so you can Copy in one and Paste in a different one. Doreen

I haven’t used earlier versions of Weavepoint but are you asking about the way that WP will only let you have one open draft? The solution is to open multiple instances of the software, each with

Hi. I bear the newest Weave Point  >   Weave point 8 I used to work with two active WeavePoints's if I I wanted to work with difficult things such as duplicate from one WP to the other WP. The

Thanks for all the replies. The stat I've most heard regarding the time to spin versus time to weave is that it took 7 spinners working full-time to keep one weaver busy. That does not specifically

Thank you for The Swan. The Osberg Ship, dug up from the protective mud was intact except for sails. After much study and speculation, the archeologists have decided it had woolen sails. Jody

Historic sails seem to be a popular topic now! Here is a story posted about a 120yr old herring-fishing ship named The Swan, by The Global Yell, a wonderful textile blog from Shetland.

Jean, and all, I do not have access to the book that has been referred to concerning spinning for sails, and I do not spin, however there is a recent book which discusses spinning in history: The

We have visited the Danish ship museum in Roskilde a few times. Each visit, ostensibly to see ships, winds up a trip to view the latest in research with warp weighted looms and tests of "sail

Wheel driven spindles (spinning wheels) were developed in C12 or thereabouts. These greatly enhanced productivity and were surely the main source of yarn for all types of uses until usurped by the