Hi Holly and everyone, I'm not sure what you are asking, but it seems like
"why is this called "The Weavers" when there isn't even a loom in the picture
and it is clearly about spinning"?
Well clear to us as spinners. Clear as mud to everyone else! I regularly get
called a "weaver" when I demonstrate spinning at the museum.
I think there are a couple of reasons for this. First, ordinary people don't
make a distinction between different parts of the process that go into making
cloth. Second I think weaving is just a more familiar term and is used as a
general term for all things fiber, for all but the knowing -- a bit like a
young child learning to talk and reference things and points to a horse and
says "dog"! Dog in this case is the general term for four legged creatures.
No distinctions count -- it's generic!
That's my guess anyway.
Regards,
Dianne
I received a 2000-piece jigsaw puzzle for Christmas (of Neuschwannstein
Castle, one of my favorite places in Germany), which I finished last
night during the superbowl. I enjoyed working on it (especially since
it was something I could do during my *2* colds in January :) and went
looking online to see what I might buy. Well, I didn't realize how
expensive jigsaw puzzles are! But this one
<http://www.puzzlehouse.com/theweavers.htm> was a neat scene, which I
thought other fiberists would enjoy seeing. But why The Weavers?
Holly
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