- The weaving is a process of formation of fabric with interlacement of two or more sets of yarns using a stable machine called loom. Human beings have started using the woven fabrics since the drawn of history. If we exclude the stone age period, we may conveniently say the history of civilization is also, to some extent, the history of weaving. Aitken says there is evidence that the Egyptians made woven fabrics over 6000 years ago. Though primitive civilizations used coarser threads to make fabrics which were crude and coarse, there are references of fine fabrics made from filament of silk in China. Silk was one of the most important product in China 4000 years ago. In India too, there existed some of the finest hand woven fabrics.