carrier-frames

Updated: May 22, 2025

His next step was to provide thin metallic discs, to be used as bobbins for conducting the threads backwards and forwards through the warp. These discs, being arranged in carrier-frames placed on each side of the warp, were moved by suitable machinery so as to conduct the threads from side to side in forming the lace.

Samuel Smiles - Self help; with illustrations of conduct and perseverance