... I looked at your fabric examples, and the texture and drape reminded me of crepe wool twill: ...
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quokkaqueen
Nov 24, 2011 1:21 am
<<snip>> I'm still on the prowl ... <<snip>> Are you wanting to fake the selvedges yourself, so you are just looking for fabric of the right...
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Folo Watkins
folo1...
Nov 21, 2011 9:25 pm
... Did you contact him? He could prolly guide you better than I could. My wifew bought some woven wool from him, and it was almost breath-taking whether woven...
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jewett_christine
jewett_chris...
Nov 21, 2011 6:19 pm
That website just gave me a heart attack - I'm in lurve! :P However, he doesn't seem to have warp-weighted loom fabric. While I'm quite willing to count...
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Folo Watkins
folo1...
Nov 21, 2011 5:52 pm
... Aidan Campbell is an excellent source if money is no object: http://www.aidan-campbell.co.uk/textiles.htm He is also very knowledgeable, very anal about...
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jewett_christine
jewett_chris...
Nov 21, 2011 5:47 pm
Greetings! I'm trying to get together my Finn garb, and while I pretty much have the pattern sorted out and the links ...
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rosslchristenson@...
arnbjornraud...
Nov 9, 2011 7:18 pm
On the website www.pjoarchaeology.co.uk is a lovely article on anglosaxon ironwork. It is illustrated with scale line drawings, and has a great image oof a...
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EaldredSCA@...
ealdredmoneyer
Nov 9, 2011 6:54 pm
Here is the scan from the book. http://www.flickr.com/photos/9931357@N03/6329766430/in/photostream Ealdred ... From: Folo Watkins <folo1@...> To:...
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gianottadallafiora
gianottadall...
Nov 9, 2011 4:02 pm
I recently started a blog to put some of my research about Sicily online. My most recent entry is about a presentation of "period" Middle Eastern dance I did...
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Folo Watkins
folo1...
Nov 9, 2011 2:06 pm
... For the Tiberius and Julian work calendars, see http://www.trin.cam.ac.uk/sdk13/ASCalendar/ASCalendar.html. The illustration to which you prefer may be...
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fastusminimus
Nov 9, 2011 2:03 pm
Hi For earlier, but might still work info, you could try and contact the Little Butzer Farm in England. They are 'Celtic' and earlier than you want, but they...
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EaldredSCA@...
ealdredmoneyer
Nov 9, 2011 1:45 pm
The illustration is from the Julius Work Calendar. I got information about it from the book "The Year 1000 What Life was Like at the turn of the first...
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Despair Bear
despairbear
Nov 9, 2011 2:01 am
That would be early enough, ideally I would like to have something around 900 but due to the constraints of research I will take what I can get thank you. ...
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EaldredSCA@...
ealdredmoneyer
Nov 8, 2011 11:44 pm
How early are you looking for? I have an illustration of plow team that shows some good detail. The illustration is was drawn around 1020 in Canterbury ...
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LJonthebay
wodeford
Nov 8, 2011 7:40 pm
... Well, that explains the goats. ;-D The Luttrell Psalter is 13th century, but it's got lots of images of rural life that may be of interest to you. ...
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Brad Moore
mamluk
Nov 8, 2011 6:59 pm
Check the margins of the Bayeux Tapestry, if memory serves there are images of plows/plowing. Je Reste, Nicolas Brad Moore "If more of us valued food...
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Despair Bear
despairbear
Nov 8, 2011 5:30 pm
Greetings all, As some of you know my wife and I are slowly building a small Saxon village on our property and to further that end we are implementing...
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Susanne Hibbert
thl.susana
Nov 8, 2011 3:24 pm
Does anyone had any sources for block printed textiles in Spain? I would like to teach a class on block printing, while doing by the yard designs favored in...
Here are 14 of the textiles in the Newberry collection, including 6 block printed and resist dyed (often the resist was block printed onto the fabric) fabrics...
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Cynthia Ley
goldfinch2
Nov 7, 2011 7:10 pm
If you receive any e-mails from tudorldy@..., be very careful. Our dear Elizabeth's e-mail addy has been hijacked and is being used for advertising links. ...
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Steven Gillan
themaccolin
Nov 3, 2011 2:45 am
Marine, You are indeed pushing the great kilt timeline envelop a bit. Doesn't matter much however. It is an almost 17th century garment. (1585). You may...
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Heather Rose Jones
heather_rose...
Nov 3, 2011 12:16 am
... Keep in mind that the "great kilt" (I.e., belted plaid), as worn in pre-1600 Scotland, was more of a cloak than a body-garment. It would _always_ have been...
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Cynthia Ley
goldfinch2
Nov 2, 2011 10:46 pm
... I *think* so, but it's been a long time since I looked into it, and so am running heavily on the vague side. ;-) You could wear braes, but not with the...
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Raymond Zentz
padruigmctavish
Nov 2, 2011 9:23 pm
In my humble opinion, wear what you feel is appropriate to honor your brothers and sisters. Wear pants underneath, in obeisance to the cold. Anybody says...
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Jeff Gedney
gedney1
Nov 2, 2011 9:09 pm
Hrmmmmn.... I don't believe that Tartans (Characteristic of family affiliation) are period... I seem to recall that the concept was an artifact of the 18th...
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mos6238
Nov 2, 2011 8:32 pm
As a noload (no longer on active duty) Marine, Toys for Tots has a special place in my heart. A local group is hosting a Toys Tourney to collect toys for the...
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Sayyeda al-Kaslaania
idlesamia
Nov 2, 2011 2:24 am
Also: Barnes, Ruth. "From India to Egypt: The Newberry Collection and the Indian Ocean Trade." in /Islamische Textilkunst des Mittelalters: Aktuelle Probleme/....
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Susanne Hibbert
thl.susana
Nov 1, 2011 4:55 pm
You might want to try "Historic Enterprise". I would suggest the longest or knee length pair of braies. They seem to have gotten shorter as the centuries...
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Isabella D'Angelo
jubileel_ins...
Nov 1, 2011 12:07 pm
This is one of those when/where type questions. Printed cloth very much existed -as early as the 12th C in Europe. It existed a LOT earlier than that in the...
