Sponsored by TWIST - Tablet Weavers International Studies & Techniques The Irish crios, a woollen belt worn on the Aran Islands, is warp-face plain weave; several colours are used but usually there is a white border. While weaving, the warp is held taut between a foot and the weaver's hands. I.E. no loom is used; and certainly no tablets. Leashes give one shed. They are made 3 1/2 yards long for men, 2 yards for women. I have several but made for tourist's I guess as they are made from knitting wool. See 'Ireland's Traditional Crafts' by David Shaw-Smith, 1984, which has pictures of the making and the wearing of this, about the only traditional piece of weaving in British Isles. peter collingwood, http://www.petercollingwood.co.uk Send private reply to peter collingwood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ----------------------------------------------------------- To stop receiving tabletweaving (not tabletweaving-digest), send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: unsubscribe tabletweaving. To stop receiving tabletweaving-digest, see the end of a digest.
