The weaving process uses a loom. The lengthway threads are known as the warp, and the cross way threads are known as the weft. The warp which must be strong needs to be presented to loom on a warp beam. The weft, passes across the loom in a shuttle, that carries the yarn on a pirn. These pirns are automatically changed by the loom. Thus, the yarn needs to be wrapped onto a beam, and onto pirns before weaving can commence. [21]
- Winding
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- After being spun and plied, the cotton thread is taken to a warping room where the winding machine takes the required length of yarn and winds it onto warpers bobbins
- Warping or beaming
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- Racks of bobbins are set up to hold the thread while it is rolled onto the warp bar of a loom. Because the thread is fine, often three of these would be combined to get the desired thread count.[citation needed].
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- Slasher sizing machine needed for strengthening the warp by adding starch.
- Drawing in, Looming
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- The process of drawing each end of the warp separately through the dents of the reed and the eyes of the healds, in the order indicated by the draft.
- Pirning (Processing the weft)
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- Pirn winding frame was used to transfer the weft from cheeses of yarn onto the pirns that would fit into the shuttle
