Shed Rod

GENERAL DESCRIPTION
On the backstrap loom, a rod carrying the warp not controlled by heddles. For plain weave, every other warp yarn (those not controlled by heddles) passes over the shed rod.

Excerpt from
Ann Rowe, “Glossary,” in Weaving and Dyeing in Highland Ecuador, edited by Ann Rowe, Laura Miller and Lynn Meisch (Austin: University of Texas Press, 2007): 289-295.

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General Description
On the backstrap loom, a rod carrying the warp not controlled by heddles. For plain weave, every other warp yarn (those not controlled by heddles) passes over the shed rod.

Excerpt from
Ann Rowe, “Glossary,” in Weaving and Dyeing in Highland Ecuador, edited by Ann Rowe, Laura Miller and Lynn Meisch (Austin: University of Texas Press, 2007): 289-295.

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*Arts of the Americas
~American Indian
textiles (visual works): AAT: 300014063
*Latin American Art
weaving: AAT: 300053642
.glossary
textile materials: AAT: 300231565
warp: AAT: 300227930
backstrap looms (textile tools): AAT: 300023507
textile working equipment: AAT: 300163224
heddles (textile fabricating tools and equipment): AAT: 300024953
shed rod (textile fabricating tools and equipment): AAT: 300024958
sheds (warp/textile fabricating tools and equipment): AAT: 300312122
plain weave (tabby / process): AAT: 300312167
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