[Ansteorra-Textiles] question

[Gail]

no, please.....information is for sharing!

Galen
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Beth Ellis 
  To: Spinners, weavers, knitters and other Textile makers in Ansteorra 
  Sent: Tuesday, June 28, 2005 11:13 AM
  Subject: Re: [Ansteorra-Textiles] question


  You know, I never thought of the Egyptians - I guess they came up with something to deal with that problem!   I know they used wetting bowls when spinning linen, so they clearly understood the utility of water when handling it.  I've got to go dig out my Barber book and see what it says. Of course, the ancient Egyptians used different kinds of looms from the ones most of us use today.  Theirs were vertical looms and ground looms (and later on warp weighted looms) using shed sticks, not horizontal looms with mechanical rising/falling shed mechanisms.  There could be some tensioning differences that come into play because of that, but I'm speculating since I've never used a vertical loom or a ground loom.  I tried backstrap looms, and boy was that an adventure!  Those use shed sticks too, which allows backstrap weavers to have more control over accommodating weak threads from shed to shed than would be possible on a mechanical loom.  I expect the Egyptians had the capability of doing that to some extent with their looms as well, since the shedding methods are basically the same.  
   
  Oh dear, I'm afraid I've ventured into weaving geekdom here.  You guys just humor me and I promise I'll get better....
  Corrinne
    ----- Original Message ----- 
    From: Gail 
    To: Spinners, weavers, knitters and other Textile makers in Ansteorra 
    Sent: Tuesday, June 28, 2005 9:55 AM
    Subject: Re: [Ansteorra-Textiles] question


    mmm......one wonders how the Egyptians did their "woven wind" linens?

    Galen
       


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