Video Cilt Making Loom

[mrpharr]

I thought it was quite interesting. Some of the magic of a kilt and tartan is subdued with the use of the machanical looms but this makes the tartan affordable to the masses. I couldn't imagine how long it would take by hand.

[bangkok kilt]

Very interesting. Thanks for the post.

[MacSimoin]

Thanks for the video...Like Ron said, what a great board we have!

And much thanks to Ham for steering us in the right direction...if I ever make it there, I'll be sure to check out the mill; as 'industrial' as it all may seem, tartan weaving still holds romance for me.

[Pour1Malt]

ta fur thot video!

very guid!

[Big Paul]

That's a cool video!! Nice to see Tartan being born!

[Valencian Kilted]

Well, Ontinyent, my hometown has been a textile industrial place for the last 200 years, so I am used to see many weaving equipment, and attending to what I saw on the video, those machines must be from the 40's period! even maybe earlier!

So if I compare with what I see nowadays here, with all the production lines controlled by computers and working so fast that it's even difficult to listen the "tchicky-tchack" that u could appreciate, I can say that the tartan factory it's still quite a traditional weaving place! My grandpas used to work on the same noisy conditions all their lifes!

¡Salud!

T O N O

[andyfg]

I don't know; seeing that kinda' takes the romance out of the tartan.

Yes, interesting but kind of "industrial." I suppose I knew that, but the thought of individual weavers, like Harris Tweed, lingers . . .

[Phil Wright]

If you saw how the warp threads have to be organised one by one and wound on I can assure you it is awesome; (but still not romance. It looked a pain!) I've no idea how long setting up one run would take, but I watched one weaver at the exhibition take the warp threads from bobbins in the colour sequence and he worked about 3 inches in about 10 minutes before the machines could power up to wind out the warp threads needed to do a full bolt.
On the day I went, all of the weavers were men - big fingers- but they were very adept!!! So it still definately is hand crafted.
Phil

[JackK]

Thanks for the video

They look like some beautiful old machines, that still do a wonderful weave

Jack

[filman]

I like it cool video,, thanks for sharing.