Yarn is indeed one of the oldest cloth items around. However, few if any bright
collors would have been in use in Europe at that time because dies were of a
natural type generally derived from plants with no chemical enhancements. A
good judge would be indian rugs done in the traditional fasion. One color
example would be Indian Paintbrush of Indian Blanket, local fowers used by the
Indians to dye wool. This rendered a a brownish color rather than the red one
might expect.

Kenneth

>>> KTMC Radio <ktmc@icok.net> 12/08/98 05:45am >>>
Greetings!
   Call me a silly mid-11th century Viking, but is yarn, and in
particular bright colors of yarn, period within the genral scope of SCA
A&S timelines?
   You may now go back to your Viking jokes.

   Volstarr