Weaving Terms

card
coverlet (kivers, coverlids)
counterpanes (county pins, counterpins)
draft
dye
mordant
overshot weave
weft
warp
loom (barn loom)
high spinning wheel
low spinning wheel
flax
linen
linsey-woolsey
indigo
madder

Mary Ann Widener Rambo (1840-1918), Washington County, Virginia, Eastern Wheels, c. 1870, cotton warp, wool and cotton weft

Fannie Halwey Gambill (1849-1910), Ashe County, North Carolina (now Alleghany Co.), Salem Beauty, c. 1880, cotton warp, wool and cotton weft

Jane Skeene Kiser (1811-1900), Russell County, Virginia, Sunrise with Cross Center and Window Sash Table, c. 1830, cotton warp, wool and cotton weft

Rachel Blakemore McLin (1808-1874), Washington County, Tennessee, Flourishing Wave, early 19th C., cotton warp, wool and cotton weft; Cat Tracks and Snail Trail with Border, early 19th C., cotton warp, wool and cotton weft

Lucinda McLin Carson (1839-1916) or Sophia Caroline McLin (1845-1897), Sunflower, mid to late 19th C., cotton warp, wool and cotton weft

Mary Ann Jones Hall Willis (1845-1922), Monroe County, West Virginia, Nine Chariot Wheels and Table, c. 1880, cotton warp, wool and cotton weft

Sarah Caroline Umbarger Hedrick (1895-1948), Wythe County, Virginia, Queen's Delight, c. 1890, cotton warp, wool and cotton weft; Cluster of Four Snowballs in Vertical Bands with Radiating Border, c. 1893, cotton warp, wool and cotton weft; Queen's Delight, c. 1905, cotton warp, wool and cotton weft

Martha Ann Yates King (1868-1951), Floyd County, Virginia, Rose in the Wilderness, 1915, cotton warp, wool and cotton weft

Evadney G. Moore Fleenor (1850-1886), Washington County, Virginia, Nine Snowballs and Table, 1880, cotton warp, wool and cotton weft

Sarah Rasnake (1860-1953), Russell County, Virginia, Catalpa Flower, c. 1880, cotton warp, wool an cotton weft

Lura Jean Wagoner Sparger (1895-1981), Alleghany County, North Carolina, Patch, 1905

Harriett Howard Bright (1912-1982), Harlan County, Kentucky, Double Chariot Wheels and Border, c. 1934, cotton warp, wool and cotton weft
 
 

Allanstand Cottage Industries, founded 1895 by Frances Louise Goodrich, Allanstand, North Carolina
Pi Beta Phi Settlement School, Gatlinburg, Tennessee, founded 1912(Arrow Craft Shop)
The Weaving Center of Crossnore School, Avery County, North Carolina, 1922
Penland Weavers and Potters, Mitchell County, North Carolina, founded by Lucy Morgan,1923
The Spinning Wheel, Asheville, North Carolina, founded by Clementine Douglas, 1924
Churchhill Weavers, Berea, Kentucky, founded in 1922 by David and Eleanor Churchill