 That's not my thing. July 15th, celebrated history, 1879. Horace Wyman and George Crompton received a U.S. patent for a loom used for weaving patterns for Turkish towels. Known as the Dobby Loom, weavers hired young boys called Drawboys or Dobbies to pull the draw threads, creating the weft and pattern of the weave. Dobby, the house elf, would be so proud.