Back in Berwick Upon Tweed where Eve is again a guest artisan at 'Serendipity' in the town centre. She was asked back again as her goods sell very well.
It's also a chance to do some shopping and catch up with former neighbours and friends.
Ich fand diesen Artikel ber die Textilindustrie und -handel in vor- und frhmodernen Region Guinea wirklich faszinierend, wie umfangreich und verzweigt der war.
Of 16 organic and premium bedding brands, 10 print a thread count and only 2 state whether it is single-ply. A 2005 Federal Trade Commission staff opinion says a yarn counts once whether single or plied. So a 300 count two-ply fabric labeled 600 would likely mislead buyers. The gap leaves a buyer holding a number the page will not explain.
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Tunic Fragment with Applied Bands
Tunic fragment, 6th9th century
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Wine and weaving this evening. Moved my childhood bookcase into the room to hold weaving tools
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Beginning of the first teatowel
No standard ties a duvet's season name to a fixed weight. One brand's winter duvet can weigh less than another brand's all-season, and both labels are accurate, because neither one is measuring anything. The published fill weight per size is the number that survives a comparison between brands. The season on the label does not.
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Weaving on a sunny afternoon
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SPONSORED EPISODE: What is polyester worthNewton Beacon: Historic Newtons federal textile archive grant has been restored, for now. Historic Newtons $135,000 in federal grant money, previously rescinded by the Trump administration, has now been reinstated. This means that their project to sort and better catalog their textile collection can now proceed as it was before.
Lace, Piece with Pin, 1940-1950
This is a lace piece loosely gathered onto a pin back, and with an oyster coloured crepe de chine bow applied. It may have been pinned onto a dress or hat.
Wyndham & Districts Historical Museum via DigitalNZ
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Independent lab testing ranks traditional memory foam as the poorest performer for temperature control. Gel infusion improves the initial feel without changing what the foam does once the gel saturates. Latex and buckwheat both rank near the top because airflow and moisture-wicking keep working all night. Gel has a fixed absorption capacity, so the cooling advantage fades partway through.
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Detail of the pinwheel twill
Good progress on the start of the first teatowel today
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"Portlands fiber arts festival is back, and this year its bigger than ever"
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"Portland TextileX Month, a series of events celebrating fiber arts in October, offers hands-on workshops, engaging exhibitions and talks on functional, fashionable and sculptural works."
Traditional Weaving Process
Traditional weaving process in Arequipa. A person works on a loom with colorful threads while another weaver assists nearby.
Video: Pierre Andr, Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Ann Macbeth (1875-1948)
Ann Macbeth (1875-1948) was a British embroiderer, designer, teacher and author. via W #PalianSHOWA Mayan woman selling her and demonstrating in Placencia, from our trip there in 2023.
I think there are people on Fedi who will want to know about this:
HABI: A Philippine Textile Exhibit
HABI brings together a curated selection of Philippine textiles representing diverse communities and traditions from across the Philippines, with textiles on loan from the Philippine Consulate General in New York (PCG-NYC) and the Philippine Trade and Investment Center in New York (PTIC).
October 2, 2026
1:30PM Welcome Remarks
2:30PM Talk by Dr. Analyn Salvador-Amores
3:45PM Tour & Reception
Luce Hall, 34 Hillhouse Avenue, New Haven
Este fragmento de tela prehispnica destaca por sus llamativos colores y muestra una combinacin de figuras geomtricas con dibujos estilizados que se organizan en filas y bandas perfectas. La pieza fue elaborada por los antiguos tejedores de la regin de los Andes, quienes lograron plasmar un lenguaje visual muy avanzado y lleno de smbolos sagrados sobre los hilos de algodn y lana.
El objeto llama la atencin por el enorme dominio que tenan estas culturas sobre los telares, adems de la bonita mezcla de tonos rojos, ocres, amarillos y beiges. Estos colores y tcnicas de teido son caractersticos de la produccin textil de las sociedades que habitaron la costa sur de Per hace cientos de aos.
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NEW ESSAY: A Travel Cushion dated 1817 A Case Study of Double Interlocked Tapestries in Sweden.
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Oslo stitch nlbinding - this starting chain looks a lot like Celtic knotwork. I'm doing this as practice before making a pouch, so that I can start to learn increases and decreases
Wool takes up around 30 percent of its own weight in moisture before it starts to feel wet to the skin. That is a different property from warmth, and it is why someone who wakes at 3am clammy rather than hot is solving the wrong problem when they reach for a thinner duvet.
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The sample is weaving up quickly
From waste to wealth: Europes textile opportunityTime to start weaving!
"Bristol becomes first British city to ban advertisements for fast fashion"
ICYMI: Measuring nearly 70 meters long, the famous chronicles the Norman Conquest of and the Battle of in 1066.
This examines how the massive hand-stitched survived nearly a thousand years of and storage in a wooden chest.
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Down alternative is a category named for the thing it replaces rather than the thing it is. In practice it splits into synthetic fibres such as polyester, microfibre and PrimaLoft, and grown fibres such as cotton, silk and wool. Both halves pass as vegan, since no bird was involved in either. Only one half is made from oil.
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