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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>no, please.....information is for
sharing!</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Galen</FONT></DIV>
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style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A href="mailto:killian@awesomenet.net" title=killian@awesomenet.net>Beth
Ellis</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A
href="mailto:ansteorra-textiles@ansteorra.org"
title=ansteorra-textiles@ansteorra.org>Spinners, weavers, knitters and other
Textile makers in Ansteorra</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, June 28, 2005 11:13
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Ansteorra-Textiles]
question</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>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. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Oh dear, I'm afraid I've ventured into
weaving geekdom here. You guys just humor me and I promise I'll get
better....</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Corrinne</FONT></DIV>
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style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A href="mailto:gailh@fanninelectric.com"
title=gailh@fanninelectric.com>Gail</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A
href="mailto:ansteorra-textiles@ansteorra.org"
title=ansteorra-textiles@ansteorra.org>Spinners, weavers, knitters and other
Textile makers in Ansteorra</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, June 28, 2005 9:55
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Ansteorra-Textiles]
question</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>mmm......one wonders how the Egyptians did
their "woven wind" linens?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Galen</FONT></DIV>
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