Being a Weaver

ENVIRONMENT

• commonly done in the home
• usually done by women
• large wooden looms
• dirty surroundings

Large loom in my living room

TRAINING

• apprenticiship
• focussed on working the loom
• everyone in the family knew how
• passed down generations

A closer look at what really goes on between the beams of the loom

Status

• middle to upper class
• some became wealthy
• depended on by many people
• clothes, sails, blankets, sheets; etc

Sails made by an expert weaver (my grandmother)

A Typical Day

• depended on size of business
• home workshop
• small factory

Mary, in the corner of my father's small factory

What does it take?

• a lot of wood
• large room
• cotton threads
• connections (link to traders)

Thank You!

Bibliography

• http://www.history.org/Foundation/journal/Winter07/weaving.cfm
• http://www.wvu.edu/~exten/infores/pubs/fypubs/19.wl.pdf
• http://womenshistory.about.com/od/earlyamerica/ss/Colonial-Women-At-Work_2....
• http://prezi.com/mq7qysv-pbhf/colonial-america-weaving/