repair heddle

plural repair heddles

1. A type of heddle, either premade or makeshift, used when a thread is skipped or breaks, or to replace a broken heddle.

   A repair heddle allows the weaver to place an empty heddle at any point across the warp and on any shaft.

   1979, Allen Fannin, Handloom Weaving Technology, page 110

   2 more examples

   Repair heddles can easily be made from the polyester Texsolv heddles by passing a strip of masking tape through the top loop and taping it around[…].

   1979, Complex Weavers Newsletter, numbers 1-32, page 14

   In fact, if your flat steel or wire heddles break, this is the only solution unless you have purchased fancy repair heddles.

   1983, Rachel Brown, The Weaving, Spinning, and Dyeing Book, page 127