Weaver in Luang Prabang Creating a Pattern on the Loom

I was talking with Bai and the weaver in this video is actually in the act of creating the pattern for the textile she’s weaving. If someone is really interested in understanding the technical aspects of the weaving process Carol Cassidy’s catalog/book “Weaving Tradition: Carol Cassidy and Woven Silks of Laos“ has great illustrations and photos of the loom and the complete weaving process. On pg 51 she writes, “Thin bamboo rods or, more recently, nylon threads are interlaced into a framework of vertical thr