01-17-2002, 04:41 PM
Yes. From what I can gather of my meagre knowledge of ancient textiles, hemp was rather common for making clothing because it was cheap, easy to use, and very plentiful.<br>
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From my days as a drug hunter/killer in Panama, I remember the marijuana family is very difficult to kill off as far as plants go. They're about the hardiest plants you can grow, so it stands to reason that even the blackest-thumbed plebeians could grow it.<br>
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If you want to go authentic, you can dye it with any brown, black, or green tea, ginger, cinnamon...pretty much anything that will turn water a different color will make stain your cloth.<br>
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Certainly if you want to go high-class in your character's persona (Is that redundant?!), you can use more exotic [root] dye. Greens and browns will be most common amongst the middle class while white, pale (eggshell) blue, and some subtle golds and greens can be found in some ancient central and eastern European settlements dating from Roman times.<br>
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If I were you, I would definitely use hemp if you can find. It's a lot more rugged than wool and a lot less itchy. <p><BR><p align=center><font color=gold><font size=3>
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CASCA TARQVINIVS GEMINVS<BR>
<a href=http://www.legio-ix-hispana.org> LEG IX HSPA COH V CEN VIII CON III </font></font><BR> <font color=gold> <font size=3>
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From my days as a drug hunter/killer in Panama, I remember the marijuana family is very difficult to kill off as far as plants go. They're about the hardiest plants you can grow, so it stands to reason that even the blackest-thumbed plebeians could grow it.<br>
<br>
If you want to go authentic, you can dye it with any brown, black, or green tea, ginger, cinnamon...pretty much anything that will turn water a different color will make stain your cloth.<br>
<br>
Certainly if you want to go high-class in your character's persona (Is that redundant?!), you can use more exotic [root] dye. Greens and browns will be most common amongst the middle class while white, pale (eggshell) blue, and some subtle golds and greens can be found in some ancient central and eastern European settlements dating from Roman times.<br>
<br>
If I were you, I would definitely use hemp if you can find. It's a lot more rugged than wool and a lot less itchy. <p><BR><p align=center><font color=gold><font size=3>
_________________________________<BR>
CASCA TARQVINIVS GEMINVS<BR>
<a href=http://www.legio-ix-hispana.org> LEG IX HSPA COH V CEN VIII CON III </font></font><BR> <font color=gold> <font size=3>
_________________________________</font></font></p><i></i>
