Loom Weights

about 2000 years old loom weights (Israel)

I wrote a research paper on warp-weighted loom weights for entry in the 2018 A&S Pentathlon competition at the Festival of the Passing of the Ice Dragon in the Barony of the Rhydderich Hael, A.S. 52. Loom weights are the unmistakable evidence for the historic use of warp-weighted looms and their ample archaeological evidence gave the loom its name. This paper gives a brief discussion of the history of loom weights and the wide range of materials, shapes and weights that were found in...

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Just a few more photos from the Historisk Museum...of Viking artifacts including spindle whorls and weaving weights, swords, glass (amazing), keys and a mystery glyph on stone.

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Grey stone discoid spindle-whorl; ground; hole drilled through centre; decorated with engraved semi-annules and bands.

Roman Bone Spindle Whorl, circa 1st Century BC- 3rd Century AD: A finely carved spindle whorl. The piece is intact; measure 8 x 13 mm, bone

Loom Weights--the only way to tell the existence of a warp-weighted loom, since they often remained after the rest of the loom and house had burned--from British Museum.

from Haithabu photo by Tom Nordulf

from Haithabu photo by Tom Nordulf

(Originally published in the summer of 2010 for the San Francisco Friends of Calligraphy journal Alphabet.) If “letters are things, not pictures of things,” as Eric Gill wrote, then even our seemingly phonetic-only alphabet can be seen as rich with symbolism and story. In what dark mists of prehistory did writing b

Ancient Roman stone loom weight found at Fishbourne Roman Palace. Photo taken in June 2015.

a basic large warp weighted loom. - Google Search

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