(Part 2 of my tales from Kawashima Textile School…)
Once all the threads have been dyed, they need to be put onto big wooden bobbin-type things. When I think of the word bobbin I think of the tiny metal thing that goes in my sewing machine – but these wooden bobbins (‘kiwaku’ in Japanese) are huge!
This stage is important in order to stop the threads getting tangled when you prepare the warp (coming up in the next post).
All these things I didn’t know I didn’t know…
Next time we get the warp ready…
