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Arcane Weaving Arts and Forgotten Looms
Challenging puzzle for experienced crossword solvers
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  • 1. Rare motion in handloom weaving that separates warp threads swiftly.
  • 2. Tiny loops or wires instrumental in controlling warp threads, often handmade.
  • 3. Iconic West African cloth, traditionally woven with symbolic motifs.
  • 4. Historical resin applied to fibers to stiffen and preserve woven cloth.
  • 5. Ancient bast fiber once common in Asian weaving, now largely obsolete.
  • 9. Narrative weaving technique once used to document historic battles silently.
  • 10. The act of setting longitudinal threads on the loom for weaving.
  • 11. Extinct name for a shuttle used in Balkan mountain weaving techniques.
  • 15. Technique of lifting warps to create intricate supplemental patterns.
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  • 6. Interlacing technique mostly lost which created raised textures resembling braids.
  • 7. Complex resist-dye method where threads are dyed prior to weaving.
  • 8. Obsolete term for the underlying frame in loom construction.
  • 12. Method of winding thread onto a bobbin for loom readiness.
  • 13. Striped fabric pattern originating in lost Indian dyeing and weaving arts.
  • 14. Rare term describing the lace-like structures in primitive weaving.
  • 16. Medieval woven bands traditionally worn across the shoulder, now rare.
  • 17. Weaving term for organizing warp threads in ascending order on a frame.
  • 18. Ancient non-knotted weaving style used for tribal rugs and bags.
  • 19. Luxurious fabric with raised patterns, often lost in ancient weaving guilds.

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