Editing Loom (section)

===Pegged or floor loom===
In pegged looms, the beams can be simply held apart by hooking them behind pegs driven into the ground, with wedges or lashings used to adjust the tension. Pegged looms may, however, also have horizontal sidepieces holding the beams apart.

Such looms are easy to set up and dismantle, and are easy to transport, so they are popular with nomadic weavers. They are generally only used for comparatively small woven articles.<ref name="Edwards, 1952">{{cite book|last1=Edwards|first1=A. Cecil |title=The Persian carpet : a survey of the carpet-weaving industry of Persia|date=1975|publisher=Duckworth|location=London |isbn=978-0715602560|edition=Reprinted 1952}}</ref> Urbanites are unlikely to use horizontal floor looms as they take up a lot of floor space, and full-time professional weavers are unlikely to use them as they are unergonomic. Their cheapness and portability is less valuable to urban professional weavers.<ref name=farahan>{{cite web |title=Types of carpets loom and knowledge of its components |url=https://farahancarpet.com/types-of-carpets-loom/ |website=Farahan Carpet |date=18 April 2021}}</ref>

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File:Historyofthe looms.jpg|A pegged loom from the Ancient Egyptian [[Middle Kingdom of Egypt|Middle Kingdom]] showing the use of [[heddle jack]]s. 1922 model.
File:Qashqai nomad sisters weave a carpet on a floor loom near Firuzabad, Iran (14288453190).jpg|[[Qashqai people|Qashqai]] nomad sisters, weaving a carpet on a floor loom. Near Firuzabad, Iran
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