An ordinary Warper with creel requires a space of about 8 ft.
"Illustrated Catalogue of Cotton Machinery"
Howard & Bullough American Machine Company, Ltd.
After the spinning, the heavy spools of yarn were carried to a beam-Warper, standing alone like a huge spider's web, where hundreds of threads were stretched symmetrically and wound evenly, side by side, on a large cylinder, forming the warp of the fabric to be woven on the loom.
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"Can't say as I do," confessed the Warper.
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