As a forward linkage, and in addition to individual household schemes, the resettlement agency brought in a master weaver from a Gandhian weaving association in a nearby urban center to help organize weaving societies and to bring improved techniques of spinning and weaving. Bicycle spinning wheels are shown here. The societies also built, with support from the resettlement agency, large looms and began turning out traditional woolen blankets in a variety of new designs. The weaving association, which had long suffered from a shortage of spun wool due to the low productivity of traditional village techniques, was a ready market for spun wool produced by the the society.