The Loom
Hatty My Hattersley na-achọsi ike. Na mbụ wetara n'àgwàetiti ahụ dị ka ihe mgbaghoju anya ọhụrụ gbatịrị amị na (ihe dị ka) 1940 ọ bụ ọgbọ atọ na-arụ ọrụ ihe fọrọ nke nta ka ọ bụrụ afọ 80. Ejiri ígwè nkedo na osisi rụọ ya, ọ ghọọla ọrụ nkà n'onwe ya. The divots na ogwe aka dị ka o biri n'ime ọnọdụ, na-eyi na mmanya si afọ nke ndị na-akpa ákwà aka, na-agwụ agwụ agba na mmanụ nkwụnye ego. Enyemaka niile na-eme ka onye ọ bụla Hattersley loom pụrụ iche ma nye ha ụdị nke ha
Onye na-akpa ákwà
Aha m bụ Miriam Hamilton, amụtara m ịkwa ákwà n'oge mgbụsị akwụkwọ nke 2018, nke onye nweburu Hatty, bụ nwa amadị crofter dị afọ 90, kụziiri m. Obere ebe a na-akwa akwa oyi na-ajụ oyi bụ ebe ọ kpara akpa afọ 50. Ọ ketara nna ya, onye zụtara ya na mbụ n'ụlọ ọrụ Hattersley dị na Keighley, Yorkshire.
Ụlọ nkwakọba ihe
Omenala ịkpa akwa wụsara, dị ka nke m mụtara na-akpa na, bụ ngọngọ ma ọ bụ nkume owuwu na-enweghị ezigbo 'nkasi obi' dị ka mkpuchi, ezigbo ọkụ, kpo oku wdg M kpebiri na m chọrọ a 'posh' wụsara na otú The ịkpa akwa e kere. Ekebere na halves abụọ; otu inwe kpọmkwem ọnụ ụlọ kwesịrị ekwesị maka Hatty, pirn winder, warping frame na bobbin guzo na nke ọzọ dị ka a studio ụlọ ahịa. Ngwunye 'posh' nwere ọmarịcha echiche gbasara Loch, yana oghere na ọkụ dị ukwuu iji hụ akwa na usoro ịkwa akwa niile.
Ụlọ nkwakọba ihe
Omenala ịkpa akwa wụsara, dị ka nke m mụtara na-akpa na, bụ ngọngọ ma ọ bụ nkume owuwu na-enweghị ezigbo 'nkasi obi' dị ka mkpuchi, ezigbo ọkụ, kpo oku wdg M kpebiri na m chọrọ a 'posh' wụsara na otú The ịkpa akwa e kere. Ekebere na halves abụọ; otu inwe kpọmkwem ọnụ ụlọ kwesịrị ekwesị maka Hatty, pirn winder, warping frame na bobbin guzo na nke ọzọ dị ka a studio ụlọ ahịa. Ngwunye 'posh' nwere ọmarịcha echiche gbasara Loch, yana oghere na ọkụ dị ukwuu iji hụ akwa na usoro ịkwa akwa niile.
A wee video showing some of the processes involved in creating the a tweed! To actually make a tweed from start to finish takes several weeks. We have to make the warp, beam it onto the loom, tie each new thread to the corresponding one of the old warp (696 knots!), then pull the warp through the loom. It then takes around 5 days to weave a tweed depending on the complexity and length before the woven cloth has to be sent to the mainland mill for finishing. Woven cloth needs to be washed, dried, cropped and pressed (known as finishing) before it can finally be sewn!
