Scotland Puzzle - Scottish Weavers

Scottish Weavers

By Kay Glasgow

Weavers in Scotland once produced far more yardage than today's famous Scottish tartans and Harris tweed. When Scotland's textile industry was running full tilt, carpets, Scottish lace, calico cottons, Paisley shawls and jute products were just as well known. In fact, the fibers linen, silk, wool, cotton and jute are spun and woven throughout Scotland's domestic, economic, social and political history. For a historical swatch of Scottish weaving see: http://www.origins.net/ScotsLife/weaving.html; to see and hear looms clattering try: http://www.dundee.ac.uk/education/bed/hist/Jute/jutevid.html.

1 lyrics in folksong "if it wasna for the __ o' the __ (4,7) VOW ERRS WEAK

2 weavers, aka wobsters, brabeners or __ SET BREWS

3 1787 strike in Glasgow district involved several deaths of __ __ (6,7) A WOVEN SCARLET

4 1799 mill reformer in the Clyde Valley after David Dale (6,4) RENEW ROBOT

5 site of reform and now a World heritage village (3,6) WARN ANKLE

6 tradesmen who penned patterned phrases primarily in Paisley were the __ __ (6,5) WEPT OVERSEA

7 perhaps most famous of the weaver poets, Robert __ AN ANTHILL

8 Kilbarchan site of National Trust for Scotland features the __ __ Museum (7,7) COVET STAGE WEAR

9 1912 William Morris craftsmen began an Edinburgh tapestry workshop fit for the birds! DO COVET

10 currently weavers are replicating Unicorn Hunt tapestries for royal apartments in __ __ (8,6) STRING LACE LIST

11 Victorian popularity of these Kashmiri patterned woven goods, made the town into a generic term APE SWAYS HILLS

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