I'd bet that Scot cloth was a plaid, but it could be a linen, similar to
Irish linen.
I agree that ferret was a silk ribbon and/or a narrow woolen tape.
Usually silk, though.
Dow lace perplexes me, since dowlas was defined as "A coarse kind of
linen" in 1797.
Happy sewing,
Deb Salisbury
We could just go with 'potted meat product.' :) Although I honestly have
no clue what sets off the pottedmeatproduct filter sometimes, so who knows!
-E House
On Fri, Mar 6, 2015 at 2:35 PM, Emily Gilbert wrote:
> Oops! Sorry about that. Good to know the filter does that - now I know
> not to
Oops! Sorry about that. Good to know the filter does that - now I know
not to use "spam" in a subject line!
Emily
On 3/6/2015 12:47 PM, Elena House wrote:
Heh, when you put 'spam' in the title, my gmail seems to automatically put
it in the spam folder, as it did with this thread. That mig
Heh, when you put 'spam' in the title, my gmail seems to automatically put
it in the spam folder, as it did with this thread. That might even
technically be irony! (I only saw & rescued it because I was looking for
something else. Apparently when your business is named 'Ambitious Rubbish'
it a
Ferret is a woven tape trim. Dow lace is probably dowlas, a coarse linen
fabric. Can't help with Scot cloth, though.
Ann Wass
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From: Marjorie Wilser
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Subject: [h-cost] historic cloth names, early 18th c
