Loom

A loom is a device used to weave cloth and tapestry. The basic purpose of any loom is to hold the warp threads under tension to facilitate the interweaving of the weft threads. The precise shape of the loom and its mechanics may vary, but the basic function is the same.

Etymology

The word "loom" is derived from the Old English "geloma" formed from ge-(perfective prefix) and loma, a root of unknown origin; this meant utensil or tool or machine of any kind. In 1404 it was used to mean a machine to enable weaving thread into cloth. By 1838 it had gained the meaning of a machine for interlacing thread.

Weaving

Weaving is done by intersecting the longitudinal threads, the warp, i.e. "that which is thrown across", with the transverse threads, the weft, i.e. "that which is woven".

The major components of the loom are the warp beam, heddles, harnesses or shafts (as few as two, four is common, sixteen not unheard of), shuttle, reed and takeup roll. In the loom, yarn processing includes shedding, picking, battening and taking-up operations. These are the principal motions.

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Loom (video game)

Loom is a 1990 fantasy-themed graphic adventure game by Lucasfilm Games. The project was led by Brian Moriarty, a former Infocom employee and author of classic text adventures Wishbringer (1985), Trinity (1986), and Beyond Zork (1987). It was the fourth game to use the SCUMM adventure game engine, and the first of those to avoid the verb–object interface introduced in Maniac Mansion.

Gameplay

A departure from other Lucasfilm adventure games in many senses, Loom is based on a serious and complex fantasy story. With its experimental interface, it eschewed the traditional paradigm of graphical adventures, where puzzles usually involve interactions between the game character, the environment, and items the character has in their possession.

Loom's gameplay centers instead around magical four-note tunes known as "drafts" that the protagonist, Bobbin Threadbare, can play on his distaff. Each draft is a spell that has an effect of a certain type, such as "Opening" or "Night Vision." Some drafts can be reversed by playing their notes backwards, so the "Dye" draft played backwards becomes "Bleach," while others, such as the "Terror" draft, are palindromes (e.g. C–E–E–C) and so cannot be reversed in this manner.

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Loom (disambiguation)

A loom is a device used to weave cloth.

Loom or LOOM may also refer to:

Arts

  • Loom (video game), a graphical adventure game
  • Light Opera of Manhattan, an Off-Broadway repertory theatre company
  • Looms, fictional machines in the expanded universe of the television series Doctor Who; see Other
  • Loom (band), an English rock band from Warwickshire

    • Other uses

  • Loom, West Virginia, US
  • Wiring loom, an electrical cable assembly or harness
  • Rainbow Loom, a plastic toy loom used to weave colorful rubber bands into bracelets and charms
  • LOOM (ontology), a knowledge representation language

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  • Heirloom
  • Loon (disambiguation)
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    Loom

    by: Ani Difranco

    You always got those dark sunglasses
    Covering half your face
    But if you promise to take them off
    Promise I won't squander your gaze
    I will be picturesque, I will be nice
    I won't do anything, you can't tell your own wife
    I will think before I act, I will think twice
    Just let me see your eyes
    Each time we've spoke and put in our tokens, ridden the tilt-a-whirl
    And I was giggling and dizzy, flirting like a 12 year old girl
    The carnival of you and me was coming to town
    Watch how we spin and spin and then fall down
    Now we just say hello and head for firmer ground
    You are the one-way glass that watches me
    Standing in line at the bank
    I always looks into your glasses
    Like a cat looks into a fish tank
    But all I could ever see was the specter of me reflected
    I want a monument of a friendship
    That we never had erected
    I wanted to take up lots of room, I wanted to loom
    You always got those dark sunglasses
    Between us when we talk, yeah
    But after the party is over if you wanna take a walk
    We could just look around, not do nothing wrong
    Try to be at least as brave as our songs
    I will bring my heart, I will bring my face




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