[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=osCPWMyJOj8&w=470] The Jacquard loom, invented in the early 1800s, used punched cards to manufacture relatively complex ...

Patience, as the old saw goes, is a virtue – it’s just not one of ours. In our Christmas Day column we mentioned that we were so taken with weaving on the featured children’s loom that we ordered an ...

ALLEGAN, MI-- We all do it...some of us each and every day. Go to the store, buy clothes, towels, rugs, sheets, or some type of assembled fabric. Question is...has it ever occurred how they're made?

The weavers’ neighborhood near Dhaka echoes with the constant clatter of the looms with rhythmic hand movements as the ...

They say the key to learning something is to have fun while you are learning and you'll remember it better. Today I went On the Road to the Dallas Lighthouse for the Blind to find out about a new tool ...

1752: Joseph Marie Jacquard is born in Lyon, France. The weaver and inventor would create the first programmable power loom, revolutionize the weaving industry and lay the foundation for modern data ...

EASILY ADJUSTABLE > It is easy to adjust the angle of the loom for maximum comfort. All you have to do is slide the loom into the grooves on the tops of the legs, attach the adjuster bars, tighten the ...

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