repair heddle

English

Noun

repair heddle (plural repair heddles)

1. A type of heddle, either premade or makeshift, used when a thread is skipped or breaks, or to replace a broken heddle.
   • 1979, Allen Fannin, Handloom Weaving Technology, page 110:

     A repair heddle allows the weaver to place an empty heddle at any point across the warp and on any shaft.

   • 1979, Complex Weavers Newsletter, numbers 1-32, page 14:

     Repair heddles can easily be made from the polyester Texsolv heddles by passing a strip of masking tape through the top loop and taping it around […] .

   • 1983, Rachel Brown, The Weaving, Spinning, and Dyeing Book, page 127:

     In fact, if your flat steel or wire heddles break, this is the only solution unless you have purchased fancy repair heddles.