Welllll..... yeah. although I have found a vanishingly small collection of wool jersey cloth out there, mostly vintage or British in origin, that *almost* looks like it could be woven. Very fine, mind, but that also lends itself to the difficulty of establishing its structure. The term jersey, according to the OEM, lists it to 1583, referring to knitted cloth. So, I suspect her terminology could be an issue. Knitting in this context really wasn't that popular as far back as the reference she makes - IIRC, the 1100's or so.
Kathy Ermine, a lion rampant tail nowed gules charged on the shoulder with a rose Or barbed, seeded, slipped and leaved vert (Fieldless) On a rose Or barbed vert a lion's head erased gules. It’s never too late to be who you might have been. -George Eliot Tosach eólais imchomarc. - Questioning is the beginning of knowledge. http://www.sengoidelc.com/node/131 I thought "jersey" was by definition a knit or looped fabric? I could see developing a strechy fabric using over twisted wool or some other technique, but I think if it's woven, it's not jersey. Be smarter than spam. See how smart SpamGuard is at giving junk email the boot with the All-new Yahoo! Mail at http://mrd.mail.yahoo.com/try_beta?.intl=ca _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
