Item:Book of master tailoring instructions/Chapter 1/Refined cloth weaving

A page of the Book of master tailoring instructions, chapter 1: refined cloth weaving.

Book	Book of master tailoring instructions
Chapter	1
Lowest book	Apprentice

The book page below is quoted as read in game on 11 November 2026. Page numbers shift when recipes are added or the books are re-sorted; the chapter page has the current list.

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You read the text and slowly understand how cloth weaving works.  The instructions show that to begin with you must take two spools of thread, both 10 yards in length or longer, and place them on the loom.  A loom can only hold about 400 yards of thread for the warp and weft.  If you need to unstring the thread, just PULL it free - but this will destroy any unfinished cloth in the process.
Once the thread is in place, you can ADJUST some looms to prepare them for using different style weaves.  Note that most looms are only capable of the most simple weave patterns.  Next, you WEAVE the loom to advance a shuttle carrying the weft threads through the warp threads.  The loom then switches the alternating weft in preparation of the next pass.  This process continues until the cloth is completely woven.
Note that several problems may arise when operating the loom.  It is always possible to ignore them, but a possible reduction in the cloth's quality will often result.  The loom can always be ANALYZED to show exactly what condition the unfinished cloth is in, and what might be required to remedy the situation.