The poles can be mounted over a wall or dug into the ground to create a freestanding loom. The vertical threads or warp are held together at the top pole. Near the bottom of the frame, you will find the threads held together in clumps and secured to stone weights or clay weights. Using his hands, the weaver positions the weft threads via the warp while standing right in front of the loom. The early human originally used weaving to help seek for basic needs like clothing, food and shelter. The early people may have discovered the technique and enhanced it by observing how birds make nests, how spiders make webs and how beavers make dams. All these natural activities involved the interlacing of different materials like vines or twigs. There are actually a lot of different fabric weaves that are initially made due to various purposes. Also they can help in determining exactly how durable a particular clothing is. Figuring out which type of weave works best for a specific type of clothing can prevent having an end product that easily becomes frayed. Sadly, around this time, a lot of spinners located in Lancashire were already spinning using prototypes of his machine. He decided to take some legal action against these copycats. These manufacturers felt threatened and were actually afraid to have a suit against them and decided to pay him three thousand pounds. To Spin Fiber The beginner or intermediate spinner can choose wool fiber that is coarser, because this is easier to spin and draft. They will find that extremely fine wool fibers are very slippery and might be harder to control until they get more experience. The twist may also be hard for most beginners. The most famous is the great wheel, which is also quite popular as the walking wheel or the wool wheel that is used for very rapid long draw spinning of yarns that are spun from wool itself. Another type is the flax wheel, which makes use of a double-drive wheel that is usually used with a distaff for spinning other kinds of fabric, especially linen.