Exploring weaving techniques
Lesson details
Learning outcome
I can apply the principles and vocabulary of weaving.
Key learning points
- Weavings are made by crossing fabric strips or threads over and under one another. This makes a fabric.
- Weavings are made on a tool called a loom.
- Weavings are made from warp and weft threads.
Keywords
Weaving - threads or fabric strips are crossed over and under each other to make new fabric
Loom - a special tool, like a frame, used to help people create fabric or cloth
Warp threads - the threads that go from top to bottom in a weaving
Weft threads - the threads that go from side to side in a weaving
Common misconception
Warp and weft threads are the same.
Remind children that the warp threads hold the weft threads in place. These are the first threads attached to the loom.
Teacher tip
The weaving for Task B could be created over a longer period of time, with pupils dipping in and out of the activity using pre-cut lengths of fabric or thread.
Equipment
Fabric cut into strips, barrier fencing, balls of woolen yarn cut into lengths, ribbons cut into lengths.
Licence
Lesson video
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
4 Questions
Q1.Which of the following is not a natural material?
Q2.Fabric is one type of ...
Q3.Weaving is a type of ...
Q4.What type of textile does this image depict?
Assessment exit quiz
4 Questions
Q1. threads go from side to side in a weaving.
Q2.Warp and weft threads are the same.
Q3.What does this image show?
Q4.Which loom might be best for a large-scale weaving?
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