A professional who weaves rugs or woolen cloth, using hand loom. Responsibilities include:

• Draws warp yarn through loom parts to arrange warp for weaving specified pattern.
• Inserts bobbin of filling in shuttle and depresses pedals to start loom.
• Observes cloth to detect weaving defects, such as broken filling or warp.
• Pieces up broken warp ends.
• Pulls out broken or defective filling and pushes shuttle through shed to insert new pick.
• Doffs loom.