At 00:29 23/08/2005, you wrote:
At 03:06 PM 8/22/2005, you 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
"Tabby weave" simply means "woven over 1, under 1". Most plain
linen is tabby woven. Avoid gabardine or twills. In order to find
something that resembles the original, you will need to have the
threads per inch in the warp and in the weft in order to find the right weight.
Thanks to all who answered. Very clear answers and in the simple form
I asked for - I knew one (or more!) of you folks would be able to
help. I would hope to get to look at the fragments before I actually
make the thing, but need, as usual with museums, to give a quote
sight unseen, so I needed to know what sort of wool I was looking
for. (I have the Textiles book from the Museum of London, but to an
non-weaver like me I'm afraid it didn't make a lot of sense.) I can
go off tomorrow to my favourite shops and search for tabby woven wool
with some idea of what it should look like.
Suzi
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