We have had the question asked what is a loom? So for those of you who don't know, a loom is a frame for weaving yard of thread into cloth. Our ancestors used looms to make clothing, bedding, and rugs. The women of the household would plant and tend a patch of flax, harvest the crop, spin the yarn, and weave it into linen. They also wove woolen cloth from yarn spun from the fleece of sheep. Linens and woolens were colored with dyes made from certain barks, berries, roots, or walnut hulls. On Tuesday, March 18th at 6:30 p.m., Margaret Smith will present a program on looms and weaving especially the Rock-a-Beater loom for the Patrick County Genealogy Society at the Stuart Site of Patrick Henry Community College on Johnson Street in Stuart in the Community Room. Here's a wonderful opportunity to learn more about how our ancestors used looms for weaving and some of you may very well still have heirlooms handed down in your families that were made on looms. If you do, please bring them to this meeting. We will also work on the PCGS Military Care Packages so bring anything you have to go in these this night. For more information, please call 276-692-5920. We look forward to seeing you on the 18th, and we also want to wish all of you a Happy Easter! Alpha Hiatt, Vice President Patrick County Genealogy Society ____________________________________________________________________________________ Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your home page. http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs