Originally Posted by
tulloch
Gosh those look familiar. I wove for a year in Swanzey, New Hampshire. We each ran eight of em. It was loud! I never got tired of it. The mill is now closed. The looms were sold to a company in Saudi Arabia, I believe. What I wouldn't give to be able to order up a bunch of tartan made on those things.
saudi arabia wanted wool looms? any idea what they wanted to make? i know the desert gets cold due in part to the lack of clouds, but what wool garments would this be used for, since i have not heard of wool being used in traditional garb (i have no problem having my ignorance dispelled)?
LitTrog: Bah. You guys with your "knowledge" and "talents." Always taking the legs out from under my ignorant nincompoopery.
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