Comments on: The Principal Operations Of Weaving, 1748 https://spitalfieldslife.com/2015/05/19/the-principal-operations-of-weaving-1748/ In the midst of life I woke to find myself living in an old house beside Brick Lane in the East End of London Mon, 01 Oct 2018 13:47:26 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.1 By: Sonia Murray https://spitalfieldslife.com/2015/05/19/the-principal-operations-of-weaving-1748/#comment-1228795 Mon, 01 Oct 2018 13:47:26 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=134154#comment-1228795 Gentle Author, I’m fascinated by your engraving, The Shear-man’s Work. One of my ancestors, John Cooper, born in 1691 at Sheffield, was apprenticed to and became a shearsmith. I’d guessed shears were made for shearing sheep, but from the picture they were huge things used to clip loose threads off newly woven woolen cloth. Can you tell me if there shears in a London museum? I’d love to see a pair. Your pictures bring the past to life. Thank you!

]]> By: Ellen in NEW England https://spitalfieldslife.com/2015/05/19/the-principal-operations-of-weaving-1748/#comment-958556 Wed, 20 May 2015 23:25:49 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=134154#comment-958556 That was 6″ wide and 200 yards long.

]]> By: Ellen in NEW England https://spitalfieldslife.com/2015/05/19/the-principal-operations-of-weaving-1748/#comment-958119 Wed, 20 May 2015 02:15:06 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=134154#comment-958119 In the illustration “wool loom”, is the word loom the more generic use, “tool”? Because I call that setup a creel, to the right, with many bobbins or spools of thread; and the threads being fed onto a warping reel at the center. The warping reel to the left is empty, to better show the internal structure. I had a horizontal warping reel, turned by an electric motor. The creel was made by my Dad, and held 120 cones of thread. I could make 6″ of warp at a time, then move everything over a bit and make another 6″.

]]> By: Peter Holford https://spitalfieldslife.com/2015/05/19/the-principal-operations-of-weaving-1748/#comment-957969 Tue, 19 May 2015 20:32:13 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=134154#comment-957969 Many thanks for this one – it gives a good insight into the work that my Holford ancestors were doing at that time in Spitalfields. With my wife coming from a woollen area it’s interesting to see the similarities and the differences in technology – mostly similarities!

]]> By: Pauline Taylor https://spitalfieldslife.com/2015/05/19/the-principal-operations-of-weaving-1748/#comment-957904 Tue, 19 May 2015 17:41:13 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=134154#comment-957904 Having had a trying day I think I would quite enjoy a bit of beating of the wool myself at this moment!! Seriously though this is another very interesting insight into history so many thanks once again GA.

Pauline.

]]> By: Margaret Nairne https://spitalfieldslife.com/2015/05/19/the-principal-operations-of-weaving-1748/#comment-957718 Tue, 19 May 2015 10:21:19 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=134154#comment-957718 Fascinating engravings. It is interesting to see – at least from these engravings – that there was skilled work for women.

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