Saturday, January 11, 2014

Tartan weaving machine (time lapse)

Tartan weaving machine (time lapse)
Tartan weaving machine (time lapse) Roughly 5 minutes of an automated tartan loom near Edinburgh castle.

http://www.royal-mile.com/interest/tartanweavingmill.html

A pegged chain selects what colour shuttle to be used for every pick. The warp is already determined when setting up the loom and together with the chain sequence, a tartan pattern is defined.

If the videos is looped, the pattern repetition can be seen clearly.


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