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> >having discovered the joys of warp weighted TW > >I was wondering if anyone had any historical evidence for this? > > Several years ago, when we visited a replica longhouse in the Lofoten > (sp?) Islands off Norway, I noticed that the TW display was set up > this way. I doubt it would have been set up that way if it hadn't > been historically accurate. That's not always a good assumption, although Norway is more likely to have a correct set-up. Anyone who works in or around museums or living history displays can tell you the number of errors and guesses that are made. The older the exhibit, the greater the number of errors - especially with living history displays. Try this: Go to your local museum and ask to see all of their woven bands. I did this at the ROM in toronto, and of their dozen "tabletwoven" bands, one was obviously inkle woven and another brocaded band (the one I had decided to replicate) was judged by Peter Collingwood and Nancy Spies to be woven by a loom based method. The next trick is to see if they believe you when you tell them of their mistakes :-) rob schweitzer Send private reply to [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.
