The Loom

Duration: 400 ft.

Year Published: 1943

Creator: Arthur Bar

Complete Record: Overview of weaving process, looms, making fabric, women dressed in colonial outfits use loom, weave. Includes maps and period graphics to give the geographical and historical importance of pioneer life in United States history. Pioneer settlers were an independent, self-sufficient people, who learned the skills necessary to make all of the household things that they needed. The women used spinning wheels to make yarn and the loom to weave that yarn into cloth. Looms were handmade, and the process of threading the loom and weaving the cloth is explained.