Tabby is another name for plain weave, regular over one, under one. -I-I-I-I I-I-I-I- -I-I-I-I
If you wove a potholder out of knit-fabric loops, the weave you used is tabby or plain weave. Ann in CT --- Suzi Clarke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I have been asked to reproduce a garment for a > museum. A pattern has > been made copying some original fragments, which > were of "tabby > weave" wool. Could somebody please, in layman's > terms, tell me what > tabby weave looks like. (I do not need to know *how* > it was woven > right now.) I need to find a modern wool that > resembles it, and I > don't know what I am looking for. > > Please don't give me names of wool unless you know > they are English. > I have not had time to write that American/English > costume dictionary > that I have been threatening since I first arrived > in America with a > theatre wardrobe and couldn't buy scissors the size > I wanted till I > discovered they are called shears!! > > Suzi > > > _______________________________________________ > h-costume mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
