Mountain weavers

Mountain Weavers

The following is a excerpt from AmericasLibrary.gov.

The Mountain Weavers Guild and Fiber Art Traditions

Look at the clothes you are wearing. Everything is made of some kind of woven fabric. Did you know that before the days of machines, fabric was woven by hand?

I. Vocabulary words from this article:

weave

woven

fabric

strand

yarn

device

loom

satin

guild

thread

 

II. Pre-Reading Questions

Do you know how fabric /cloth is made today?

How was it made differently in the olden days?

III. Reading Time

Click here to read the article.

Go Fly a Kite from America’s Library (www.americaslibrary.gov)

When you have finished reading, return to this page and answer the questions below.

 

IV. Post-Reading Questions

 

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