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-Laura
On Sat, Dec 11, 2010 at 11:00 AM, h-costume-requ...@indra.com wrote:
Date: Sat, 11 Dec 2010 13:44:52 EST
From: snsp...@aol.com
To: h-cost...@indra.com
Subject: [h-cost] white and red cotton
Message-ID: 12be88.5472817c.3a352...@aol.com
There're also traditional prohibitions (at least in the Jewish tradition)
against mixing fibers.
Patty
On Sat, Dec 11, 2010 at 1:44 PM, snsp...@aol.com wrote:
You must not mix new cotton with old nor red cotton with white. p. 89
What does he mean by red cotton?
It seems reasonable that he
-cost...@indra.com
Sent: Mon, Dec 13, 2010 9:52 am
Subject: Re: [h-cost] white and red cotton
There're also traditional prohibitions (at least in the Jewish tradition)
gainst mixing fibers.
atty
On Sat, Dec 11, 2010 at 1:44 PM, snsp...@aol.com wrote:
You must not mix new cotton with old nor red
In The Book of the Islamic Market Inspector (Oxford University Press,
1999), written in 12th-century Cairo by al-Shayzari, he says:
You must not mix new cotton with old nor red cotton with white. p. 89
What does he mean by red cotton?
Thank you.
Nancy
Nancy Spies
Arelate Studio
On Sat, Dec 11, 2010 at 1:44 PM, snsp...@aol.com wrote:
You must not mix new cotton with old nor red cotton with white. p. 89
What does he mean by red cotton?
It seems reasonable that he means the same thing I mean when I sort my
clothes before doing the laundry... presumably there was some
Some cotton fibers are naturally colored. See:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naturally_colored_cotton
Fran
Lavolta Press
www.lavoltapress.com
On 12/11/2010 10:44 AM, snsp...@aol.com wrote:
In The Book of the Islamic Market Inspector (Oxford University Press,
1999), written in 12th-century
I suspect he is referring to a cotton like nankeen, which naturally grows in shades from yellow to dull red.
I know it grows (grew?) in the far east, but I wouldn't be surprised if it was found in the middle east.
Happy sewing,
Deb Salisbury
The Mantua-Maker
Designer and creator of
