06-18-2005, 04:57 PM
Aitor,
That's really interesting!! I've seen tablet weaving but never tried it. That comes under the category of activites that take longer to set up than to actually do. (Wargames, board games with a bazillion little pieces, and horse shows are also in this category.
That explains a lot about how tunicas are made. I'll have to look closer at the pictures I've seen of early looms and see if I can spot some tablet cards at the edges of the looms. Do you know if this technique was used in other time periods or with other cultures?
The cuff to cuff info is also a real eye-opener. That would really affect the drape of tunicas and explains why a slit was used instead of a finshed neckline.
Do you have any information on textile shops? I'm thinking that if shorter looms were more common, there might have been "sweat shops" where dozens of slaves or workers would be seated on the ground in one room weaving tunic fabrics. Larger looms are not only taller, but take up more space because they need more supports to hold them up. Thus it would be more economical to have a bunch of people weaving on short looms rather than fewer people on smaller looms. Sewing tunicas together wouldn't take that long with skiller sewers.
And really random question - do you know if weaving was more of "men's work" than women's work? Most of the old pictures I've seen have shown women weaving but in Colonial US, men were mainly weavers and women spun. I also saw a bunch of spinner and weaver from Mali and again, men were weaving and women spun. Maybe once the looms got more mechanical and more complicated, it became more of a "man thing". I dunno.
Okay, now you all need to find me a rich bachelor or a winning lottery ticket so I can spend the rest of my life studying ancient textiles.
deb
That's really interesting!! I've seen tablet weaving but never tried it. That comes under the category of activites that take longer to set up than to actually do. (Wargames, board games with a bazillion little pieces, and horse shows are also in this category.
That explains a lot about how tunicas are made. I'll have to look closer at the pictures I've seen of early looms and see if I can spot some tablet cards at the edges of the looms. Do you know if this technique was used in other time periods or with other cultures?
The cuff to cuff info is also a real eye-opener. That would really affect the drape of tunicas and explains why a slit was used instead of a finshed neckline.
Do you have any information on textile shops? I'm thinking that if shorter looms were more common, there might have been "sweat shops" where dozens of slaves or workers would be seated on the ground in one room weaving tunic fabrics. Larger looms are not only taller, but take up more space because they need more supports to hold them up. Thus it would be more economical to have a bunch of people weaving on short looms rather than fewer people on smaller looms. Sewing tunicas together wouldn't take that long with skiller sewers.
And really random question - do you know if weaving was more of "men's work" than women's work? Most of the old pictures I've seen have shown women weaving but in Colonial US, men were mainly weavers and women spun. I also saw a bunch of spinner and weaver from Mali and again, men were weaving and women spun. Maybe once the looms got more mechanical and more complicated, it became more of a "man thing". I dunno.
Okay, now you all need to find me a rich bachelor or a winning lottery ticket so I can spend the rest of my life studying ancient textiles.
deb
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Deb
Sulpicia Lepdinia
Legio XX
Deb
Sulpicia Lepdinia
Legio XX
