Transcription: Weaver. Cloth called linen was made from flax. Flax is a grain. Women used a spindle to twist the fibers from the flax stem into thread. Threads were stretched across the frame of a loom. Then more thread was tied to a small piece of wood or bone called a shuttle. The shuttle was pushed over one string and under the next all the way across the loom. Slowly, the threads combined to form cloth. If the thread was spun carefully and the threads were woven close together, the linen cloth was delicate. If the thread was spun quickly, leaving lumps, and the threads were woven loosely, the linen was c ...
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