And it even is "period" in Europe - I am on my way out of town - I'll have to look for the pictures when I get home. Seems I have a picture somewhere of a young boy in it in the 15th or 16th century Europe....and of course later in the 18th/19th.
Sg > Date: Sun, 8 Feb 2009 02:09:22 -0500 > To: h-cost...@indra.com > From: webwar...@earthlink.net > Subject: Re: [h-cost] Vietnamese loom > > At Sat, 7 Feb 2009 11:47:37 +1100, stils...@netspace.net.au wrote: > > >...You can vary the thread for colour as you go but, amazingly in Bali, I > >saw thread pre-dyed at various points so as to create a regular > >pattern. I would > >give twenty zillion dollars for my brane to remember the term for > >this technique > >but it is 115 degrees here and I am not about to go thinking. Still, > >the pattern > >is fantastic, a little blurred at the edges due to the in-exact way > >the pattern > >comes out. > > I believe that technique is called "ikat". > > > > Brenda > webwar...@earthlink.net > Help support a cure for diabetes -- visit my JDRF walk page at > http://walk.jdrf.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=extranet.personalpage&confirmid=87065186 > > _______________________________________________ > h-costume mailing list > h-costume@mail.indra.com > http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
