Spinning is not weaving
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The specifications for Linho das Terras de Basto distinguish preparing thread from building a fabric. Spinning may use a distaff and spindle, but the document also mentions a spinning wheel. A reel winds thread into skeins, which can then be wound into balls using a swift. Weaving requires preparing the warp and the thread that will cross it. The shuttle, shaped like a small boat, carries the weft between the warp threads. This description covers the Terras de Basto region; it does not identify a particular workshop in Cabeceiras.
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AMBT / CETRAD–UTAD — Land Linen Specification of Basto, pp. 19–27
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