I've seen villagers doing this in my country over sixty years ago, but never understood how that loom worked. Now, finally, I do 🙂! Thank you for sharing.
You can understand where the phrase 'cloth ears' for someone who doesn't listen properly comes from, it must have been extra noisy in those factories and the workers would have been hard of hearing. Good to see these old films have been preserved, they are so interesting!
I wish he’d explained exactly what the caustic soda does. I assume it cleans it somehow but I’d love to know what it’s cleaning off it that needs something so strong.
This step could be mercerizing. "A process used to increase the strength, luster and dye affinity of the fabric. In this process, caustic soda is added to the fabric to cause swelling of the fibres which in turn enhances the properties of the fabric. " I also read that caustic soda could also decrease yellowing from bleaching, but bleaching is done after and not before this step. So I'm not sure if this could be the reason there.
@@sarahr.1076 oh you legend! Thank you!! I’m going to look into mercerising further. Yeah I agree that using it before bleaching probably wouldn’t stop it yellowing. They (as in housewives/peasants) did used to use weak caustic soda to wash regular laundry but what they were using in the video looked far too strong a solution for that!
Wow after the dye the colors really pop!
I've seen villagers doing this in my country over sixty years ago, but never understood how that loom worked. Now, finally, I do 🙂! Thank you for sharing.
the heddles are the secret!
A magnificent find. Thankyou for posting this gem.
Beautiful, educational, and a treasure!
You can understand where the phrase 'cloth ears' for someone who doesn't listen properly comes from, it must have been extra noisy in those factories and the workers would have been hard of hearing. Good to see these old films have been preserved, they are so interesting!
Such a beautiful machine.
I enjoy these kinds of videos so much!
Most interesting.
This is gold
How far we have come as a species
Fascinating! But I can't help but wonder why the title cards appear to be shown over chunks of carpeted floor.
I wish he’d explained exactly what the caustic soda does. I assume it cleans it somehow but I’d love to know what it’s cleaning off it that needs something so strong.
This step could be mercerizing. "A process used to increase the strength, luster and dye affinity of the fabric. In this process, caustic soda is added to the fabric to cause swelling of the fibres which in turn enhances the properties of the fabric. "
I also read that caustic soda could also decrease yellowing from bleaching, but bleaching is done after and not before this step. So I'm not sure if this could be the reason there.
@@sarahr.1076 oh you legend! Thank you!! I’m going to look into mercerising further.
Yeah I agree that using it before bleaching probably wouldn’t stop it yellowing.
They (as in housewives/peasants) did used to use weak caustic soda to wash regular laundry but what they were using in the video looked far too strong a solution for that!