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 Originally
each "piece" or length of woven cloth was 1 yard wide by a "streit" 12 yards long.
Making Kersey had a number of advantages.
Preparing the yarn provided work for all the family and a weaver
could make a piece on a loom at home in about a week, leaving
enough spare time for some farming.
An example of an early narrow hand loom can
be seen opposite (Calderdale Industrial Museum).
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