Weaving

What is Weaving?

que es tejer

• a blanket

• Changing lanes often while driving

• The craft or action of creating cloth through interlacing threads.

Why was evidence of weaving hard to find?

¿Por qué fue difícil encontrar evidencia de tejido?

• There is not a lot of history in weaving.

• The main materials were degradable.

• The fabric was poorly made

• The archeologist were bad at their jobs.

How long has Weaving been around?

¿Cuánto tiempo lleva existiendo el tejido?

• 1,000 years ago

• 100 years ago

• 41,000-52,000 years ago

• After the ice age

What did scientists discover about the Neanderthals?

¿Qué descubrieron los científicos sobre los neandertales?

• They could make 3-ply chord

• They were not smart enough to weave

• Its synthetic

• They had pets

What is a loom?

¿Qué es un telar?

• The wooden frame used to hold the Warp in place while weaving with the Weft.

• The vertical stationary thread or yarn that the the weft is woven through. 

• The frame

What is the Warp

• The horizontal weave moving through the warp.

• The loom

• The wooden frame used to hold the Warp in place while weaving with the Weft.

• The vertical stationary thread or yarn that the the weft is woven through. 

What is the Weft?

• The frame

• The horizontal weave moving through the warp.

• The vertical stationary thread or yarn that the the weft is woven through. 

• The wooden frame used to hold the Warp in place while weaving with the Weft.

What was so special about Viking sails?

¿Qué tenían de especial las velas vikingas?

• They were colorful

• They were large

• The were hard to spot from far away

• They were almost completely wind proof.

What part of the sails did historians study?

¿Qué parte de las velas estudiaron los historiadores?

• The water resistance

• The size

• The weave

• The texture

Where were the Viking sails we talked about discovered?

¿Dónde se descubrieron las velas vikingas de las que hablamos?

• In an old Viking village

• in a long boat

• in a school house

• in a church