Weaver Name Generator

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Generate names for the weaver in a town, a guild or a tale, from Maud Webster and Ansel Loomwright to fate weavers like Ysolde Fateweaver and workshop signs like The Golden Shuttle.

About weaver names

A weaver's name usually starts with the trade itself. When surnames settled in medieval Europe, the person at the loom became Webb, Webber or Weaver in English, and Webster, which began as the feminine form. The same thing happened elsewhere: Weber in German, Tisserand in French, Tejedor in Spanish, Tessitore in Italian, Tkach in Ukrainian, Takács in Hungarian and De Wever in Flemish. The neighboring trades left names too. Fuller, Tucker and Walker all mean the worker who cleaned and thickened woven cloth, Lister and Dyer colored it, and Shearman trimmed the nap.

Fantasy surnames come from the loom's own vocabulary. The warp is the set of lengthwise threads, the weft crosses it, heddles lift the warp, the shuttle carries the weft and the selvedge is the finished edge. That gives names such as Ansel Loomwright, Hesper Warpwell and Aldous Heddlewick.

The 1,000 names here are mostly weaver characters: trade surnames from several languages, craft compounds, by-names like Nine-Fingers Nan, guild ranks from apprentice to master, elf, dwarf, halfling and gnome weavers, and weavers of fate, dream and spell. A small share of figures from myth and literature carry a label that says where they come from. The rest are workshop signs, guild names and named tapestries and looms.

How to choose weaver names

  • Pick the register first. A historical town wants Maud Webster or Perrin Tisserand, while high fantasy can carry Aelindra Moonthread or Brunna Ironshuttle.
  • One craft word per name is enough. Hesper Warpwell reads as a weaver; a name with loom, shuttle and thread all in it reads as a joke.
  • Use guild rank to show standing. An apprentice, a journeyman and a master weaver are three different NPCs, and a warden or searcher who inspects cloth makes a ready source of trouble.
  • Give the weaver a specialty such as linen, wool, silk, tapestry or sailcloth. It tells players what they can buy and who the weaver's customers are.
  • Pair a person with a place. Name the weaver first, then hang a sign like The Golden Shuttle or Warp and Weft Hall over the door.

Frequently asked questions

What is a good name for a weaver NPC in D&D?

Start with the character's people and add one craft element. A human villager might be Maud Webster or Maud the Patient, a dwarf Brunna Ironshuttle, a halfling Tobin Bobbinbrook and a gnome Fizwick Cogshuttle. If the search is for a weaver of magic or fate, names like Ysolde Fateweaver and Isaura the Dream Weaver fit an oracle or a patron.

Why are Webster, Webb and Weber surnames?

They are occupational names. Old English called a weaver a webba and a woman who wove a webbestre, which gave Webb, Webber and Webster once surnames became hereditary. German Weber, French Tisserand and Spanish Tejedor formed the same way from each language's word for weaver.

What do warp, weft, heddle and selvedge mean?

The warp is the set of threads held lengthwise on the loom and the weft is the thread that crosses it. Heddles lift chosen warp threads so the shuttle can pass through with the weft, and the selvedge is the firm edge where the weft turns back. These words are the raw material for surnames such as Ansel Loomwright and Hesper Warpwell.

Are the mythic weavers in the list real figures?

They are figures of myth, folklore and literature, not inventions of this page: each has a label in parentheses that says where it comes from, for example Arachne (Greek myth) or Neith (Egyptian goddess of weaving). Every other character on the page is invented or built from a real trade surname, and none is presented as a historical person.

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A: 62 names

  • Adam le Walkere
  • Adelheid Zwirner
  • Adraen Larkweave
  • Aelindra Moonthread
  • Aerondir Frostweave
  • Afonso o Tecelão
  • Agatha Selvedgemoor
  • Agnès la Drapière
  • Agnes of the Indigo Vat
  • Alard Thrower
  • Alaric Damaskin
  • Alban Teaselhurst

A, continued

  • Albreda Walker
  • Alderman Giles Harrow, Clothier
  • Aldous Heddlewick
  • Aldric Sigilweave
  • Alicia Textrix
  • Alips Foulon
  • Alis la Webbe
  • Alrik Garnetthread
  • Alys Never-Drop-a-Thread
  • Amabel Tape-Weaver
  • Amaranth Soulstitch
  • Amarille Whisperweft

A, continued

  • Ameline la Lingère
  • Amice Dyer
  • Andromache (the Iliad, at her loom)
  • Angharad y Nyddwraig
  • Anketil Webbe
  • Annis Fringeby
  • Annot Sharp-Shears
  • Annot the Starcher
  • Ansel Loomwright
  • Ansel Webber
  • Anwen Who Knots the Hours
  • Apprentice Linnet Voss
  • Apprentice Wat Greenleaf

A, continued

  • Apprentice-in-Bond Maysie Trew
  • Arachne (Greek myth)
  • Aram Boyajian
  • Aramond Fernthread
  • Arcanist Bram Glyphthread
  • Arenthil Elmshuttle
  • Ariadne (Greek myth, giver of the thread)
  • Arras Stair Workrooms
  • Asa Quartzspindle
  • Ashka Bonebobbin
  • Astrid Emberdye
  • At the Sign of the Spindle

A, continued

  • Athena Ergane (Greek goddess of weaving and crafts)
  • Atropos (Greek Fate who cuts the thread)
  • Aubrey Tabbywell
  • Aubron Sedgeweft
  • Auld Elspet of the Clacking Loom
  • Aulnager Piers Whitlow
  • Aurelie Destiny's Shuttle
  • Avelina Nippswick
  • Aveline Spindleshaw
  • Averil the Girdler's Weaver
  • Avice Kempster
  • Avice the Flax-Dresser
  • Aylmer Dexter

B: 47 names

  • Baldo Tessitore
  • Baldric the Arras-Hanger
  • Baldwin Kempster
  • Balgrim Steelheddle
  • Barlo Plaidmeadow
  • Barnaby Shuttlewick
  • Bartle the Braider
  • Bartolo il Lanaiolo
  • Bartram Spinner
  • Beatrix Pirnie
  • Beatriz a Tecedeira

B, continued

  • Belisar Threadcutter
  • Belphoebe Lightspinner
  • Benno Shuttlebrush
  • Berenguer Teixidor
  • Bereth Who Mends What Was
  • Bergthora Cragfleece
  • Bernat el Teixidor
  • Bertram Flaxcombe
  • Bess the Unraveler
  • Bet the Bobbin-Winder
  • Bevis Worstedby
  • Bice Tessari

B, continued

  • Bimble Wireweft
  • Blanche Madderfold
  • Blind Bartholomew of the True Selvedge
  • Blue-Hands Bet
  • Bluebell Patchpocket
  • Bohdan Tkach
  • Borbála Takács
  • Borin Tinthread
  • Bound Apprentice Tibb Underhay
  • Brakewater Fulling Mill
  • Brakka Warbanner
  • Bram Bobbinsworth

B, continued

  • Brenna Brocadine
  • Bridie Bright-Borders
  • Brigid Carderly
  • Brother Anselm, Weaver to the Abbey
  • Brother Tallow the Pall-Weaver
  • Brotherhood of the Shuttle
  • Brunna Ironshuttle
  • Bryn Stormcanvas
  • Bryndis Evenstitch
  • Brynja Ringweaver
  • Burgle Bobbinspark
  • Burkhard Tuchmacher

C: 41 names

  • Cade Thimblefield
  • Caelum Dawnshuttle
  • Calliste of the Red Thread
  • Calypso (the Odyssey, weaving with a golden shuttle)
  • Canny Kit the Webster
  • Captain's Weaver Bell Tarrow
  • Carlow Sparklestitch
  • Carrion Kate the Shroud-Maker
  • Cassian Wardweaver
  • Catrin Reedsley
  • Cecco il Tintore
  • Cecily Throwster
  • Cecily Wabster

C, continued

  • Chief Weaver of the Royal Wardrobe Emeline Ware
  • Christiana Spinner
  • Cicely Lintwhistle
  • Circe (the Odyssey, singing at her loom)
  • Clais de Wever
  • Clarice Ribbon-Loom
  • Clem Clatterloom
  • Clemence Ribbonsea
  • Clement Plyford
  • Cloth Fair Corner
  • Clotho (Greek Fate who spins the thread)
  • Clover Honeywool
  • Cob the Counter of Threads
  • Colin le Teinturier

C, continued

  • Colin Scarlet-in-Grain
  • Colin Texier
  • Conrad Distaffson
  • Corbet Warmblanket
  • Corbin Quillby
  • Corethil the Silk-Singer
  • Corisande Stormweaver
  • Cormac Reedweaver
  • Corryn Seasilk
  • Corvane of the Thousand Strands
  • Corwin Shuttlecombe
  • Court Embroiderer Melisende Arkell
  • Cuddy Wool-Gatherer
  • Cuthbert Warpbeam

D: 30 names

  • Dabble Quickheddle
  • Daerith of the Cloud Loom
  • Dafydd y Pannwr
  • Dagny Flintshuttle
  • Dagrim Stoneloom
  • Daisy Yarnbottom
  • Dame Alys the Dyer
  • Dame Isabeau Marchetaut, Silkwoman
  • Dame Lint
  • Dean of the Guild Matthias Orme
  • Dear Dulcie Soft-Hands
  • Decima (Roman Fate, one of the Parcae)
  • Denzil Ribbonwright
  • Diccon Coverlet
  • Dickon Fleecewater

D, continued

  • Dickon Weldyellow
  • Dionisia Webber
  • Dis Cavernsilk
  • Dora Neatselvedge
  • Dorcas Buckram
  • Dorian Halfwoven
  • Dowsabel Tucker
  • Dravik Sailmaker
  • Drogo Tozer
  • Drowsy Dobbin the Wool-Winder
  • Druid-Weaver Sorcha Reedmantle
  • Duccio Tintori
  • Dunstan Napworth
  • Durgan Anvilstitch
  • Dusk-Weaver Calanthe

E: 38 names

  • Eadgyth Webbestre
  • Edda Rustmantle
  • Edie Ell-and-a-Half
  • Edith Thrower
  • Edmund Tenterhook
  • Edric Selvedge
  • Edric the Reedmaker
  • Edrys Whose Loom Never Stops
  • Elauthe Silverskein
  • Elder Weaver Sefton Rudge
  • Elfrida Weftcombe
  • Elias Lineweaver

E, continued

  • Elisenda Teixidó
  • Ellabell Tinseltwine
  • Ellisif Napperton
  • Ellyn Carder
  • Elowen Flaxfield
  • Elowen of the Sleeping Loom
  • Elowyth Petalthread
  • Els die Spinnerin
  • Elspeth Cloverweft
  • Ember the Cloak-Witch
  • Embla Mosswarp
  • Emblyn Camlet
  • Emeric Twillmoor

E, continued

  • Emine Dokumacı
  • Emma Distaff-Bearer
  • Emma la Webbestre
  • Emmot Lineweaver
  • Enchanter Pelham Goldthread
  • Eniath Windweaver
  • Erethan Mistspindle
  • Esme Apronstring
  • Eustace Dyer
  • Evadne Tomorrow's Cloth
  • Evander Aetherthread
  • Evander Spindlecross
  • Evota Chaloner

F: 21 names

  • Faelar Willowwarp
  • Faeloreth Rainthread
  • Fair Ellyn of the Fine Web
  • Faramond Fringehill
  • Farid Ghazzal
  • Felice Shearman
  • Felicia the Embroiderer
  • Fellowship of the Broad Loom
  • Feloriel Bramblewarp
  • Fen Mothmantle

F, continued

  • Fennick Lambswick
  • Fenris Hexthread
  • Fenwick Napfield
  • Ferdy Hearthrug
  • Fiammetta Lanari
  • Fizwick Cogshuttle
  • Fonkle Doublecloth
  • Free Weaver Morgan Pascoe
  • Frigg (Norse goddess linked with spinning)
  • Fulk Webster
  • Fundin Longtreadle

G: 50 names

  • Gaffer Warp
  • Gammer Thrum
  • Garm Oreknot
  • Garret Darnwell
  • Garrick Treadlow
  • Garrow Shadowweft
  • Gauthier Tisseyre
  • Gawain Russetwool
  • Gerlind Weber
  • Gervase Litster
  • Ghilanna Spidersilk
  • Ghita Testori

G, continued

  • Gib the Wool-Brogger
  • Gilbert Shearer
  • Giles Fuller
  • Giles the Wool-Comber
  • Gillis Scheerder
  • Giovanna la Tessitrice
  • Glimmet Patternpunch
  • Godeleva Flaxman
  • Godric Madderwick
  • Godwin Walker
  • Goodman Cobb the Narrow Weaver
  • Goodwife Lydgate the Throwster
  • Goodwife Marsh the Linen Weaver

G, continued

  • Goodwife Tansy Aldergate the Webster
  • Gorm Hillfoot-Webster
  • Grandmother Beam
  • Granny Skein
  • Grete die Weberin
  • Griete de Spinster
  • Griselda Cardwell
  • Grizzle Burlapback
  • Grundi Silverwire
  • Gruum Tentmaker
  • Gudrun Bronzeshears
  • Guild Almoner Dorothea Finch

G, continued

  • Guild Beadle Hamnet Crowe
  • Guild Brother Ambrose Kettle
  • Guild Clerk Osgood Tilney
  • Guild of Saint Blaise's Combers
  • Guildmaster Oswald Fenn
  • Guildmistress Honora Pym
  • Guillem Texidor
  • Guillema la Filadora
  • Guillemette Tessier
  • Guiot le Foulon
  • Gunnora Fuller
  • Gwenllian the Dyer's Daughter
  • Gytha Woadstone

H: 44 names

  • Habetrot (Border folklore, the spinning fairy)
  • Hadariel Leafmantle
  • Hal the Even Hand
  • Haldor Mountainfleece
  • Hallowed Weaver Ione
  • Haluen Greenmantle
  • Ham the Honest Measure
  • Hamlin Braidwood
  • Hamo Lister
  • Hamo the Shearman
  • Hamon le Lister
  • Hans der Weber
  • Harlan Ravelstone
  • Harrowgast the Hair-Shirt Weaver

H, continued

  • Hattie Burrowloom
  • Hawise of Worstead, Webster
  • Hawise Webbe
  • Head Dyer Corliss Venn
  • Heinz Wollschläger
  • Helen of Troy (the Iliad, weaving the war)
  • Helka Ironfringe
  • Hepti Ashbraid
  • Hermine Tondeur
  • Hesper Warpwell
  • Hesperine Wyrdweft
  • Hesska Tidecanvas
  • Hetty Hums-at-Work
  • High Weaver Sunnifa Eld
  • Hildeth Hankwood

H, continued

  • Hildur Mailweave
  • Hob the Fuller
  • Hob the Slow Hand
  • Hobart Fleecer
  • Hodge the Hemp-Beater
  • Holda (German folklore, patron of spinners)
  • Hollin Tentweaver
  • Hollis Songweaver
  • Hroar Basaltwarp
  • Hugh Challoner
  • Hugh the Cropper
  • Hugo Mittenmoor
  • Hugo Selvedgewood
  • Hugo Tinctor
  • Humphrey Knotwell

I: 24 names

  • Ibbot Linen-Hands
  • Idonea Carder
  • Idony Warpstead
  • Idris al-Nassaj
  • Idris Mirageweft
  • Ielenwe Hazelspindle
  • Ieuan y Gwehydd
  • Ignatius Coalskein
  • Ilphaere Veilmaker
  • Ilse Fortune-Thread
  • Ilveth Silkenstrand
  • Ilyreth Starloom

I, continued

  • Imara of the Unseen Pattern
  • Inés la Tejedora
  • Ingrun Stonemantle
  • Irmgard Ferber
  • Isabel la Kembestere
  • Isaura the Dream Weaver
  • Isemay Mercer
  • Ismay Shuttlefair
  • Isolda the Hackler
  • Isolde Pickwell
  • Ivellan Ashenweft
  • Ivo Comber

J: 31 names

  • Jack o' the Walk Mill
  • Jago Cardhallow
  • Jan de Wever
  • Jankin Fray
  • Jasperel Shawlby
  • Jebbet Twistlethwaite
  • Jehan le Tapicer
  • Jehan le Tisserand
  • Jehan of Arras, Tapiser
  • Jehanne Tissier

J, continued

  • Jelavenn Snowthread
  • Jem the Felter
  • Jennet Linsey
  • Jessamy Carpetknot
  • Joan the Carder
  • Joan Thrumwell
  • Joan Twice-Woven
  • Jocelin Woolman
  • Jock Thumbless
  • Johanna Filatrix

J, continued

  • Jonet the Bonnet-Weaver
  • Joost Verwer
  • Jorunn Tapestry-Hewer
  • Jory Threadwell
  • Journeyman Dyer Enoch Starling
  • Journeyman Fuller Dob Hackett
  • Journeyman Tam Hollis
  • Journeywoman Kit Larkspur
  • Juliana Kemp-Comb
  • Juliana Woolman
  • Jutta die Seidenmacherin

K: 21 names

  • Kael the Pattern-Blind
  • Kalliopi Anyfanti
  • Kat the Night Weaver
  • Katelijne Weevers
  • Kavra Emberweft
  • Kazimierz Sukiennik
  • Keeper of the Guild Seal Agnes Thorley
  • Keeper of the Last Thread
  • Kenelm Woadwright
  • Kester Warpling

K, continued

  • Kestrel Windsail
  • Kettil Shaleweft
  • Keylenne Dawnmantle
  • Kikimora (Slavic folklore, the spinner in the night)
  • Kit the Quill-Winder
  • Kolgrim Tunnelweaver
  • Korga Wirethread
  • Krag Hidestitcher
  • Kunigunde Wüllner
  • Kunz der Färber
  • Kunz Leinweber

L: 42 names

  • Lachesis (Greek Fate who measures the thread)
  • Lady Illusine of the Glamour Cloth
  • Lady Vesper Blacklace
  • Lambert the Bleacher
  • Lambert Tucker
  • Lapo il Tessitore
  • Laurenthe Goldskein
  • Layla Sabbagh
  • Leander Damaskwell
  • Leofric Madderley
  • Leofwine Fullere
  • Leonidas Vafiadis
  • Lettice Shearer
  • Lettice the Lace-Maker

L, continued

  • Lienhard Wollner
  • Lievin de Verwer
  • Lijsbet de Volder
  • Lil Flaxen-Hair
  • Lillimop Fizzlefringe
  • Linnet Skeinbrook
  • Linnet the Fringe-Maker
  • Linota Beamhallow
  • Linus Echoweft
  • Lirenne Cloudspinner
  • Lofn Gemstitch
  • Long Lambert the Web
  • Long Meg of the Loom
  • Long Tom, the Broad Loom

L, continued

  • Loom-Mistress Thessaly Vane
  • Loomwrights' Hall
  • Lorcan Sarcenet
  • Lorrin Ragrug
  • Lothienne Dewsilk
  • Loveday Threadneedle
  • Lowenna Flaxenhaye
  • Lucan Last-Stitch
  • Lucan Skeinwright
  • Lucia of Lucca, Silk Weaver
  • Ludmila Tkadlecová
  • Luke Lost-Count
  • Luneth Slumberweft
  • Lysandre Omenweft

M: 80 names

  • Mab Pick-and-Pick
  • Mabel Clothier
  • Madder Lane Dye House
  • Madder Meg
  • Maelis of the Woven Ward
  • Maeva Brassbobbin
  • Mage-Weaver Halcyon Dray
  • Magota Wooler
  • Mags Madderthumb
  • Mahaut Letessier
  • Mairi the Wabster
  • Malakos Ashthread
  • Mardle Tickweave

M, continued

  • Marek Strandbreaker
  • Maren Tabbyhill
  • Marga Deepspindle
  • Margery Fine-Spun
  • Marget Moth-Bane
  • Margriet of Ghent, Wool Weaver
  • Margriet Wevers
  • Marigold Bobbinwright
  • Marigold Tuckaway
  • Marija Tkalec
  • Marion la Filandière
  • Maris the Threadseer
  • Marisol Sunspinner

M, continued

  • Marjory Kerseymere
  • Marrow Camelhair
  • Master Carder Hew Stannard
  • Master Clothier Nicol Brakewell
  • Master Corbel's Tapestry Works
  • Master Dyer Ivo Brandreth
  • Master Illusionist Fabian Gauze
  • Master of the Mystery Edmund Sayle
  • Master of the Tapestry Works Corentin Brassart
  • Master Shearman Wilkin Tofte
  • Master Tapiser Jehan Corbel
  • Master Weaver Aldwin Crane
  • Masterless Weaver Jude Rookwood
  • Matty the Mender of Webs

M, continued

  • Maud the Patient
  • Maud the Warper
  • Maud Webster
  • Mechthild Färber
  • Meg the Tapestry-Mender
  • Mencía Batanero
  • Mencía la Hilandera
  • Menyhért Takáts
  • Merewen Weftwood
  • Meriel Tasselmere
  • Merisenne Starlace
  • Merrick Shedlow
  • Merrit Woolfoot

M, continued

  • Mindareth Duskweaver
  • Minerva (Roman goddess of weaving and crafts)
  • Mirabel Cobweb-and-Candle
  • Miravel Songthread
  • Mirelda Bogflax
  • Mirele Farber
  • Mistress Flora Dunnock, Ribbon Weaver
  • Mistress Joan of the Broad Loom
  • Mistress of Apprentices Ursel Kitto
  • Mistress of the Silk Looms Vittoria Scala
  • Mistress Spinner Ede Farrow
  • Mistress Weaver Odile Sarrazin
  • Mjodvit Boulderwarp

M, continued

  • Mog the Net-Mender
  • Mokosh (Slavic goddess of spinning and weaving)
  • Molly Madderroot
  • Monna Tessa la Filatrice
  • Morcant Heddleston
  • Morrigane Skeinwarden
  • Morta (Roman Fate, one of the Parcae)
  • Morwen Graveshroud
  • Morwenna Battenby
  • Mother Clack
  • Mother of Tangles
  • Much the Fuller's Son
  • Mungo Hankerfield
  • Myrtle Snugthread

N: 28 names

  • Nabwick Punchcard
  • Naerith Gossamer
  • Naivelle Lilyweft
  • Nan the Net-Maker
  • Nathaniel Lambswold
  • Ned Knot-Again
  • Neith (Egyptian goddess of weaving)
  • Nell Lanolin
  • Nemira Cinderweft
  • Neri Battilana
  • Nesta Braidwell
  • Nhalia Kelpweave
  • Nicholas Slaymaker
  • Nick Bottom (Shakespeare, the weaver)

N, continued

  • Nicol the Nap-Raiser
  • Nikifor Krasilnikov
  • Nimara Lotweaver
  • Nine Looms Row
  • Nine-Fingers Nan
  • Nissel Copperbobbin
  • Noll the Canvas-Man
  • Nona (Roman Fate, one of the Parcae)
  • Nona Greyskein
  • Nordri Coalcloth
  • Novice Weaver Pell Hartigan
  • Nuala of the Singing Looms
  • Nuccio il Setaiolo
  • Nyx Sprocketloom

O: 32 names

  • Odabel Loopwhistle
  • Oddvar Coppercomb
  • Odet Tixier
  • Odette Twillington
  • Odo Shearman
  • Old Clatter, the Guild Loom
  • Old Garth the Tucker
  • Old Mother Nettlecloth
  • Old Tamsin Threadneedle
  • Old Tenterfield Workshop

O, continued

  • Old Wyrd-Hands
  • Oleander Poisonthread
  • Onar Steepcloak
  • Oneira Softshuttle
  • Oona of the Silver Shears
  • Opaline Tideweaver
  • Order of the Unbroken Warp
  • Oriande Doomspinner
  • Orianna Hellweave
  • Orihime (the weaving princess of Tanabata)
  • Orla Tasselby

O, continued

  • Orlen Spellweft
  • Orvin Tangletwist
  • Oryna Tkachenko
  • Osbert Flaxman
  • Osgar Fleecehill
  • Osmund the Mordant-Man
  • Osric Strandreader
  • Osric Twillby
  • Oswin Woolsey
  • Ottilie Wollweber
  • Ottoline Tabbystoke

P: 33 names

  • Paeleth Stormmantle
  • Pansy Bobbinbuckle
  • Parnel Scarletmoor
  • Pascoe Beamwright
  • Past Master Jeremias Holt
  • Patience, the Abbey Loom
  • Pearl-Diver Isme, Byssus Weaver
  • Peg Treadlefoot
  • Penelope (the Odyssey)
  • Peony Goodweave
  • Perchta (Alpine folklore, overseer of spinning)

P, continued

  • Percival Knotley
  • Perkin Half-Ell
  • Perkin Teaselman
  • Pero el Tintorero
  • Peronel Treadlewright
  • Perrin Tisserand
  • Perrine la Tisserande
  • Persis Lanternweft
  • Petra Teaselbank
  • Petronilla Weaver
  • Peyronne Teyssier

P, continued

  • Philippa Threadgold
  • Philomela (Greek myth, wove her story into cloth)
  • Phineas Raddleton
  • Piers Comber
  • Piers the Sorter of Wool
  • Pilwick Spoolsprocket
  • Pip the Bobbin Boy
  • Pock Gearweft
  • Poppy Hemstitch
  • Primrose Cozyknot
  • Proctor of the Weavers Ellis Carrow

Q: 3 names

  • Quelindra Nightsilk
  • Quillon Cobwebber
  • Quillon Runeweaver

R: 34 names

  • Rafe Treadlebank
  • Ragna Frostfleece
  • Ralf the Rug-Maker
  • Ramiro Tejedor
  • Ranulf Slaymaker
  • Ratch Sackweaver
  • Ravenna Knotbinder
  • Red Marian the Scarlet-Weaver
  • Renaud Drapier
  • Reynold Litster
  • Rhazgar Scalemantle

R, continued

  • Riardel Birchbobbin
  • Richard le Comber
  • Rilleth Oakshuttle
  • Rob Ravel
  • Robert le Tuckere
  • Robin le Tapissier
  • Robin Teasel-Weaver
  • Rogerus Textor
  • Rogier le Webbe
  • Rohese Lister
  • Rohese of the Spinning Wheel

R, continued

  • Rohesia Damaskfold
  • Roland Weftmoor
  • Rolf the Tenterer
  • Rosalind Ribbonhythe
  • Rosamund Distaffe
  • Rosie Quiltbarrow
  • Rowan Teaselford
  • Royal Weaver Lucian Estwick
  • Rumpelstiltskin (Grimm, spinner of straw into gold)
  • Runa Granitebobbin
  • Rundle Whirlshuttle
  • Ruprecht Bleicher

S: 54 names

  • Sabina Slaymaker
  • Sable Nightshuttle
  • Sabra of the Tangled Skein
  • Sal Straight-Edge
  • Samira Qazzaz
  • Sancho el Tejedor
  • Sander the Sail-Weaver
  • Sarovel Reedwhisper
  • Sayo Hattori
  • Searcher Rolf Dunmore
  • Sedge Rushplaiter
  • Selvara the Unpicker
  • Sely the Blanket-Weaver

S, continued

  • Senior Journeyman Garth Oxley
  • Seraphine Gladeweaver
  • Seren Veilwright
  • Serlo Chaloner
  • Seumas am Figheadair
  • Shalanne Briarstitch
  • Shearman's Court
  • Shenna of the Banner Looms
  • Shirin Sharbaf
  • Sibyl Dexter
  • Sibyl Spinster
  • Sidony Braidcombe
  • Sigga Slatecloak
  • Silas Marner (George Eliot, the weaver of Raveloe)

S, continued

  • Silas Tasselwick
  • Silas Winding-Sheet
  • Silkwomen's Alley
  • Simkin the Draw-Boy
  • Simon le Chaloner
  • Sister Hildegund of the Convent Looms
  • Sister Measure
  • Sister Shears
  • Sister Spindle
  • Skafid Blackfleece
  • Skeev Sackcloth
  • Skuld (Norn of Norse myth)
  • Sooty Agnes of the Dye Vats

S, continued

  • Sorcerer-Weaver Kazimir
  • Sorority of the Scarlet Dye
  • Sorrel Skeinsby
  • Sovelin Linden-Loom
  • Spinster's Close
  • Stamatis Yfantis
  • Stigr Leadweft
  • Stjepan Tkalčić
  • Sukey Singleply
  • Sunniva Fringewater
  • Svala Hearthweave
  • Sweet Margery, the Ribbon Loom
  • Sylvaris Leafweaver
  • Syndic Baudouin Vercruysse

T: 212 names

  • Tadhg an Fíodóir
  • Taeral Glimmerwarp
  • Tam Tight-Weave
  • Tamsyn Threadwarden
  • Tansy Skeinbrook
  • Taras Tkachuk
  • Tayet (Egyptian goddess of weaving)
  • Tegan Woadbrook
  • Thaddeus Reedham
  • Thaloren Silverweft
  • Thamiel Sunweft
  • Thane of the Hanging Warp
  • The Abbey Looms of Fontmarsh
  • The Arras Makers of Bellmont

T, continued

  • The Assembly of Master Dyers
  • The Battle Cloth of Estermoor
  • The Black Oak Loom of Dunmere
  • The Blanket Makers of Whitney Ford
  • The Blind Weaver of Ys
  • The Blue Vat Dyeworks
  • The Bone Shuttle of Saint Agnes
  • The Bride's Hundred Blessings Hanging
  • The Broadcloth Arms
  • The Brocade Hall of Serrano Gate
  • The Burler's Bench
  • The Carding Loft
  • The Carpet Weavers of Tessarim
  • The Chapter of the Gilded Fleece

T, continued

  • The Clattering Shed
  • The Cloth Hall of Vessenmark
  • The Cloth Market Cross
  • The Clothiers' Bench
  • The Company of Tapestry Makers
  • The Company of the Crimson Skein
  • The Convent Workrooms at Ravelin
  • The Coronation Mantle of Vessenmark
  • The Crooked Heddle
  • The Drapers' Exchange at Kingsbridge
  • The Draw-Loom House
  • The Dreamspinner of Vael
  • The Drowned Coast Hangings
  • The Dyer's Hand

T, continued

  • The Dyers' Quay Fellowship
  • The Ell and Seal
  • The Even Web
  • The Fall of the Tower in Wool
  • The First Master's Shuttle
  • The Flaxen Web
  • The Flaxwives of the Fen
  • The Founders' Cloth
  • The Founders' Draw-Loom
  • The Free Weavers of Harrowgate
  • The Fuller's Stocks
  • The Fullers' Lodge on the Brake
  • The Fustian Yard
  • The Garden of Small Birds Hanging

T, continued

  • The Golden Shuttle
  • The Great Upright Loom of Bellmont
  • The Grey Weaver of Dunhallow
  • The Griffin and the Pomegranate Tapestry
  • The Guild of the Patient Hand
  • The Guild of Web and Wool
  • The Guild's Iron Ell
  • The Guildhall of Thread and Dye
  • The Harvest Kings Tapestry
  • The Hemp and Flax
  • The Hempen Hall
  • The Honest Yard
  • The Honorable Company of Websters
  • The Hooded Websters

T, continued

  • The House of Seven Sheds
  • The Hundred Shuttles
  • The Ivory Distaff of the Silkwomen
  • The Journeymen's Lodging at the Swift
  • The Kersey Cross
  • The Kerseymen of Stourvale
  • The Lace Court of Marguerin
  • The Lady of Shalott (Tennyson)
  • The Lamb and Shears
  • The Lantern Festival Hangings
  • The Linen Guild of Aldermere
  • The Long Ell
  • The Long Winter Tapestry
  • The Loom of Nine Heddles

T, continued

  • The Loom That Hums at Dusk
  • The Loom-Mother of Karth
  • The Loomhouse on Tenter Lane
  • The Lord Mayor's Cloth Searchers
  • The Lost Panel of the Sea Kings
  • The Lullaby Weaver
  • The Mantle Makers' Garth
  • The Map Cloth of the Old Kingdom
  • The Marriage of Sun and Moon Tapestry
  • The Merchant Weavers of the Hythe
  • The Minyades (Greek myth, sisters at the loom)
  • The Moirai (the Fates of Greek myth)
  • The Moorland Weavers' Moot
  • The Mystery of Dyers and Fullers

T, continued

  • The Nap and Shear
  • The Narrow Weavers' Fraternity
  • The Niddy-Noddy
  • The Night Procession Hanging
  • The Norns (Norse myth)
  • The Old Bleaching Green
  • The Parcae (the Fates of Roman myth)
  • The Pilgrim Road in Thread
  • The Queen's Mantle
  • The Queen's Mourning Cloth
  • The Quiet One at the Loom
  • The Ram and Teasel
  • The Red Bobbin
  • The Reedmakers' Cloister
  • The Ribbon Garret

T, continued

  • The Sailcloth Loft at Greywater
  • The Scarlet and Grain
  • The Scarlet Thread
  • The Seal Hall of the Aulnagers
  • The Seven Virtues of Aldermere Tapestry
  • The Shearmen of the North Gate
  • The Shepherd's Year Hanging
  • The Siege of Carrowmere Hanging
  • The Sign of the Three Bobbins
  • The Silkwomen of Lantern Street
  • The Silver Distaff
  • The Singing Loom
  • The Singing Treadles
  • The Sisterhood of the Distaff

T, continued

  • The Skein and Swift
  • The Spinner in the Well
  • The Spinners' Row Sisterhood
  • The Stag in the Orchard Arras
  • The Staple Court of Wolcombe
  • The Steady Treadle
  • The Straight Selvedge
  • The Swift Shuttle Inn
  • The Tabby Cat Weaving Room
  • The Tapestry Chamber of Hollenburg
  • The Tapestry Garret
  • The Tapestry of Nine Rivers
  • The Tapestry That Was Never Cut Down
  • The Tapestry Witch of Fenmarrow

T, continued

  • The Tassel and Cord
  • The Teasel Gate Workshop
  • The Tenter Yard Company
  • The Thirteen Looms of Carrowmere
  • The Thousand-Flower Arras
  • The Thousand-Year Warp
  • The Thread Council of Maravel
  • The Three Spinners (Grimm fairy tale)
  • The Three Who Spin Below
  • The Thrum Basket
  • The Tithe Loom of Saint Osyth's
  • The Tree of All Seasons Arras
  • The Twelve Treadles
  • The Two Sisters' Loom

T, continued

  • The Unbroken Thread
  • The Unfinished Hunt Arras
  • The Unraveler of Oaths
  • The Velvet Masters of Ponte Rosso
  • The Wandering Star Arras
  • The Wardrobe Looms of the Old Palace
  • The Weaver at World's Edge
  • The Weaver of Small Hours
  • The Weavers' Guild of Dunmere
  • The Weaving School of Saint Agnes
  • The Weaving Valkyries (Njal's Saga)
  • The Weeping Knight Arras
  • The Weft-Sworn
  • The White Hart Panels

T, continued

  • The Widow's Loom
  • The Woad Vat
  • The Woolcombers' Rest
  • The Woolsack
  • The Worsted Wardens
  • The Wyvern Banner of Greywater
  • Thekk the Wire-Drawer
  • Themriel Glassbobbin
  • Theodora the Silk-Weaver of Thebes
  • Theron Rimeweft
  • Thessaly Mistweave
  • Thessik Reedmat
  • Thiavel Shimmerveil
  • Thibaut Teinturier

T, continued

  • Tholen Lifethread
  • Thomasin Tozer
  • Thomassin le Tondeur
  • Thora Yarnold
  • Thorgerd the Weaving-Woman
  • Threadneedle Yard
  • Throst Deepheddle
  • Thrunn Goldwarp
  • Thurstan Draper
  • Thyra Goathair-Weaver
  • Tib Candle-Late
  • Tibby Heddlecroft
  • Tibota the Burler
  • Tilly Hollowspindle

T, continued

  • Tinka Springbobbin
  • Tirathiel Mosscloak
  • Tobiah Charmstitch
  • Tobias Wabster
  • Tobin Bobbinbrook
  • Tolbert Tweedbank
  • Tom Tangle
  • Tom the Scourer
  • Torin Flameweave
  • Torvin Hammerweft
  • Tristram Fustian
  • Tsumugi Nishikori
  • Tuckers' Stream Mill
  • Tuska Felthand
  • Twyla Treadlekick

U: 10 names

  • Ulfmar Flintheddle
  • Ulla Sinewthread
  • Uncle Selvedge
  • Under-Warden Lambkin Rowe
  • Upper Bailiff Ralph Ashdown
  • Urd (Norn of Norse myth)
  • Urielle Hollyweave
  • Urraca la Bordadora
  • Ursula Knotweave
  • Uttu (Sumerian goddess of weaving)

V: 13 names

  • Vaelis Twilightweave
  • Vanna la Ricamatrice
  • Vanni Tessaro
  • Vannoril Thistleweft
  • Vavřinec Soukeník
  • Veit Wollenweber
  • Velkyn the Shroud-Weaver
  • Verdandi (Norn of Norse myth)
  • Vespera Moonspinner
  • Vessaly, Who Reads the Selvedge
  • Vestri Ramsfleece
  • Vigga Chainweaver
  • Vigil-Weaver Thessa

W: 29 names

  • Walburga Tuchscherer
  • Walt the Slay-Maker
  • Wandering Journeyman Lutz Brenner
  • Warden Hugh Pellam of the Weavers
  • Warden of the Cloth Hall Rainald Stoke
  • Warden of the Shuttle Benet Yarrow
  • Warin Clothier
  • Warp and Weft Hall
  • Wat Quickshuttle
  • Wat Woadhand
  • Wauter le Teinturer
  • Weaver to the Duke Hamelin Stroud
  • Wee Davy Shuttle
  • Weftwick Cottage

W, continued

  • Wendel Softspun
  • Wenna Fleeceholme
  • Widow Hallam's Weaving Shed
  • Widow Warpwell
  • Wilkin Stitchapple
  • Willelmus Fullo
  • Wilmot Hankley
  • Winifred Distaffield
  • Witch of the Whispering Warp
  • Wizzle Fiddlethread
  • Wocket Threadbare
  • Wolfram Leineweber
  • Wulfric Webba
  • Wymark Draper
  • Wymond Weaver

X: 1 name

  • Xanathe Sunmantle

Y: 12 names

  • Yarrow Hedgeweaver
  • Yllaria Moonmantle
  • Young Hodge the Loom-Minder
  • Yrsa Braidbeard
  • Ysabeau Tellier
  • Ysabel Wooler
  • Ysmay the Silkwoman
  • Ysmeine Featherstitch
  • Ysolde Fateweaver
  • Ysolde Spindlemere
  • Yusuf al-Hayek
  • Yvaine Cloudweave

Z: 8 names

  • Zannika Clockspindle
  • Zephyrine Starspinner
  • Zhinu (the Weaver Girl of Chinese legend)
  • Zibb Ravelgear
  • Zilvra Webspinner
  • Zinnaela Mothsilk
  • Zofia Tkaczyk
  • Zsuzsanna Csapó