Questions about Handloom Weaving

Reference code: FOL.QUES/22
Level of description: Series
Title: Questions about Handloom Weaving
Scope and content: 1. Was handloom weaving carried out in your district? If so, when did it cease to be practised?
2. Was any member of your family or anyone known to you engaged in handloom weaving?
3. Was handloom weaving carried on in a particular room in the weaver's dwelling? YES/NO
or in a separate building belonging to the weaver? YES/NO
or in part of a factory industry engaged mainly in POWER-LOOM/HAND-LOOM weaving? (Please strike out words above in capital letters which do not apply.)
4. What kind of fabric was woven (e.g. linen, cotton, wool, silk, union) and what kind of weaving was practised (e.g. plain, patterned)?
5. What width of cloth was generally woven, and for what purpose was it woven (e.g. rugs, sheets, towels, table-cloths, clothing)?
6. Was the yarn woven in the natural, boiled, bleached or dyed state?
7. Where did the weaver obtain the yarn, and in what form was it received?
8. Had the weaver any equipment besides his loom?
9. How or where did the weaver dispose of the woven cloth?
10. Was weaving done by men or women?
What hours did they work?
Of what age?
What hours did they work?
Was weaving a part-time or a full-time occupation?
If part-time, what other occupation did they have?
11. Do you know of any customs or sayings in connection with weavers or weaving?
12. Give overleaf any names you know for the different parts of the loom or of other equipment or the place where weaving was carried on.