repair heddle

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repair heddle (plural repair heddles)

  1. A type of heddle, either premade or makeshift, used when a thread is skipped or breaks, or to replace a broken heddle.
    • 1979, Allen Fannin, Handloom Weaving Technology, page 110:
      A repair heddle allows the weaver to place an empty heddle at any point across the warp and on any shaft.
    • 1979, Complex Weavers Newsletter, numbers 1-32, page 14:
      Repair heddles can easily be made from the polyester Texsolv heddles by passing a strip of masking tape through the top loop and taping it around [] .
    • 1983, Rachel Brown, The Weaving, Spinning, and Dyeing Book, page 127:
      In fact, if your flat steel or wire heddles break, this is the only solution unless you have purchased fancy repair heddles.