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Bel Loko: Traditional Steps of Weaving

1) The document discusses the history and traditions of weaving inabel textiles in Ilocos Norte, Philippines. Inabel fabrics have been woven in the region for centuries using locally grown cotton. 2) Ilocos Norte became well known for its high quality cotton fabrics that were in high demand by European, Chinese, Japanese, and Indian traders. The durable inabel textiles were used for sails, boats, blankets, and other purposes. 3) Weaving is traditionally done collectively at home, with family or neighbors helping with tasks like preparing thread and trim. Larger items require coordination between two or three weavers using wooden looms.

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Bel Loko: Traditional Steps of Weaving

1) The document discusses the history and traditions of weaving inabel textiles in Ilocos Norte, Philippines. Inabel fabrics have been woven in the region for centuries using locally grown cotton. 2) Ilocos Norte became well known for its high quality cotton fabrics that were in high demand by European, Chinese, Japanese, and Indian traders. The durable inabel textiles were used for sails, boats, blankets, and other purposes. 3) Weaving is traditionally done collectively at home, with family or neighbors helping with tasks like preparing thread and trim. Larger items require coordination between two or three weavers using wooden looms.

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Abel Iloko
istory records that cotton-loom woven textiles called inabel were rooted traditions at the time
the Spanish colonized Ilocos Norte in 1572. China !apan and So"theast Asia were already
tradin# their #old ceramics $ars iron and %eads with ina%el in the nat"ral har%ors alon# the
coasts. &he Spaniards %e#an to ta'e interest in the ina%el 'nown (or its stren#th and d"ra%ility
and endorsed it as excellent sails (or #alleons in the same way it was "tilized locally in %oats
%aran#ays and other sea-#oin# vessels. )or cent"ries inabel has also %een "sed to ma'e %lan'ets.
&he *"ality p"re cotton (a%rics o( Ilocos Norte %ecame 'nown (ar and wide and the
demand (or the raw and sp"n cotton as well as textile prod"cts o( Ilocos %y +"ropean Chinese
!apanese and Indian traders intensi(ied. ,eca"se o( its astonishin# %ea"ty the inabel has ca"#ht
the attention o( international co"t"riers who started wor'in# with Ilocano weavers in developin#
new desi#ns. Its versatility is limited only to the ima#ination as local weavers contin"e
developin# new desi#ns and techni*"es.

-ri#inatin# (rom the Ilocos re#ion abel Iloko is 'nown (or %ein# d"ra%le and resistant to
shrin'in# and (adin#. .Abel/ is Ilocano (or .weave/ and .inabel/ re(ers to the (inished prod"ct.
0eavin# has always %een done as a collective cra(t normally at home with (amily or nei#h%ors.
-ne person prepares the thread rollin# it into lar#e and small %o%%ins to load onto the loom.
Another ma'es the trim that is sewn on d"rin# the (inishin# to"ches.
&he act"al weavin# ta'es one to three weavers dependin#
on the piece1s size. Smaller items li'e towels are made %y one
weaver on a small loom. 2ar#er items 3li'e o"r throws4 ta'e at
least two weavers. 5ost weavers will have wor'ed to#ether (or a
#ood amo"nt o( time. &hey can coordinate their movements
witho"t even exchan#in# a word. &hey throw the sh"ttle %ac' and
(orth p"ll down the warp %eam and slam on the (oot pedals in
per(ect *"ic' "nison.
&heir $o% is made easier %y the a#e o( the looms. &he wood
has %een smoothed down %y decades 3sometimes even cent"ries4
o( weavers %e(ore. )or some pieces a third weaver sits %etween
the two main weavers to p"sh and p"ll another set o( threads to
incorporate more ela%orate desi#ns. &hey do their wor' %y nat"ral
s"nli#ht pa"sin# to complete ho"se chores and stoppin# when the
s"n starts to #o down.
Traditional Steps of Weaving
1. 6ina#%"'a# ti 'apas 7 pic'in# o( cotton %alls.
2. 6ana#laddit ti 'apas 7 removin# the seeds with the "se o( a cotton #in.
8. 6anan#%at%at ti 'apas 7 po"ndin# or %eatin# with the "se o( the la#"ndi stic's.
9. 6anan#s"nay : 6anan#ti%%i ti 'apas 3&wistin#4 7 twistin# the cotton "sin# the spindle.
5. 6ana#ila%ay ti sa#ot 3S'einin#4 7 windin# the cotton yarn into the s'einer.
The Loom
;. 6ana#ta#"d iti naila%ay n#a sa#ot 3Com%in#4 7 %r"shin# the s'eined yarn to ma'e it
d"ra%le and #lossy.
7. 6ana#p"lipol ti sa#ot 3Spoolin#4 7windin# the s'eined yarn to the %am%oo spool.
<. 6ana##an-ay ti sa#ot 30arpin#4 7 windin# the spool yarn into the warpin# reel or tool (or
warpin#.
=. 6anan#l"'ot ti sa#ot 3,eamin#4 7 windin# the warp yarn into the warp %eam rod.
1>. 6ina#is"%o iti ?"r-on 3@eddlin#4 7 insertin# the warp yarn thro"#h the heddle eye with
the "se o( the weaver1s hoo'.
11. 6ina#is"%o iti S"#od 3Sleyin#4 7 insertin# the warp yarn thro"#h the dents or spaces o(
the reed with the "se o( the weaver1s hoo'.
12. 6ina#ipa'at diay 6a#a%lan 3&ie-"p : tyin#- in4 7 dressin# the loom to tie the heddles
%ehind the %eater.
18. A#a%el 30eavin#4 7 the interloc'in# o( vertical yarn 3warp4 'nown as #an-ay and the
horizontal yarns 3we(t4 as pa'an.
Submitted to:
5rs. 0eena ?"ian#-)ranco
Submitted by:
,rien Aean &. 2"tap
2izelle !oyce A. -nna#an
Aanielle ,. B"i#ao
BSN II-A

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