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{{Main|Weaving}}

[[Weaving]] is a method of [[textile]] production <!--[[textile arts|textile craft]]--> in which two distinct sets of [[yarn|yarns or threads]] are interlaced at right angles to form a [[textile|fabric]] or [[cloth]]. Other methods are [[knitting]], [[felt]]ing, and [[braid]]ing or [[Braid|plaiting]]. The longitudinal threads are called the [[Warp (weaving)|warp]] and the lateral threads are the [[weft]] or filling. (''Weft'' or ''woof'' is an old [[English (language)|English]] word meaning "that which is woven".{{efn|deriving from an obsolete [[past participle]] of ''weave'' ([[Oxford English Dictionary]], see "weft" and "weave".}}) The method in which these threads are inter woven affects the characteristics of the cloth.<ref name=Collier92>{{HarvnbCitation|last=Collier|first= Ann M|title=A Handbook of Textiles |publisher=Pergamon Press |year=1974 |ppage=92|isbn=0-08-018057-4}}</ref>

Cloth is usually woven on a [[loom]], a device that holds the warp threads in place while filling threads are woven through them. A fabric band which meets this definition of cloth (warp threads with a weft thread winding between) can also be made using other methods, including [[tablet weaving]], back-strap, or other techniques without looms.<ref name="Dooley">{{HarvnbCitation |last=Dooley |first=William H. |title=Textiles |publisher=D.C. Heath and Co. |___location=Boston, USA |year=1914 |edition=Project Gutenberg |url=http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/24077 |accessdate=30 October 2011}}</ref>

== See also ==