01-17-2008, 11:26 PM
Just to prove not everyone in the Vicus is a leather person (sorry guys :oops: ). I see weave in that statue.
That the tassels don't appear to be integral to the uppermost layer doesn't necessarily have to mean they are applied as a separate piece, and can still very easily be interpreted as fabric. From making my quilted linen ones (will post when done) you need a lot more than a single layer of cloth and a inner layer could easily be tasselled at the end, then sewn in.
From a few experiments with weaving and spinning, a narrow band where the warp threads loop back on themselves will if slightly overspun (which we've found to be quite easy to do with hand & wheel spinning) will twist up on itself to make a nice tassel, as part of the fabric. What i see is this being sewn in, with a facing sewn over the top. It makes more sense to me than sewing on a separately made set of tassels when the same effect could be a side-effect of the production process.
At least this is the rationale i based mine on.
As for defensive properties of fabric, i'm fairly confident that the ones we've made would at least stop me getting cut. We used 5 layers of canvas-like linen that were left over from covering padded jacks, covered by finer stuff from tunic making.
I reckon that it's open to interpretation one way or the other, i just see more for cloth.
That the tassels don't appear to be integral to the uppermost layer doesn't necessarily have to mean they are applied as a separate piece, and can still very easily be interpreted as fabric. From making my quilted linen ones (will post when done) you need a lot more than a single layer of cloth and a inner layer could easily be tasselled at the end, then sewn in.
From a few experiments with weaving and spinning, a narrow band where the warp threads loop back on themselves will if slightly overspun (which we've found to be quite easy to do with hand & wheel spinning) will twist up on itself to make a nice tassel, as part of the fabric. What i see is this being sewn in, with a facing sewn over the top. It makes more sense to me than sewing on a separately made set of tassels when the same effect could be a side-effect of the production process.
At least this is the rationale i based mine on.
As for defensive properties of fabric, i'm fairly confident that the ones we've made would at least stop me getting cut. We used 5 layers of canvas-like linen that were left over from covering padded jacks, covered by finer stuff from tunic making.
I reckon that it's open to interpretation one way or the other, i just see more for cloth.
Chris Wyre.
