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Topic: 14th C. - Weaving or Knitting???
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Martin
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posted 12-14-2005 07:43 AM
   
Hi,
well if you go by orignal pictures of the period, you will find pictures of weaving looms, pictures of people weaving, and there is although to a small amount original textiles from that period but all is woven, where as knitted...well picture evidence is scarce, there is one I know of but it is 15th century showing Mary knitting a sock, there is this Viking style "nailbinding" I think it is called using one needle, as to surviving textiles I know of none that have come done to us from that period. I would say knitting might have been done, but proof is very very thin, so that most is based on a educated guess, but hardly anything substancial.
I would stick to woven cloth until more evidence of knitting turns up. (my opinion)
Martin-------------------- Verpa es, qui istuc leges. Non es fidenter scripto!
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Jens Boerner
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posted 12-14-2005 08:27 AM
Hi there,Naalbinding is a very ancient way of "sewing loops", and was used all over europa, also in the middle ages, as several surviving examples show, *but* for which purposes is unknown, which means, there are several clerical objects, but very few everyday ones.
There is a site, in german, which gives a good overview over the surviving examples: http://www.dueppel.de/nadelbind/ As far as I know, Naalbinding in the 14th century was limited to clerical in southern europa. In nothern europa, skandinavia, you can find socks, gloves and caps even today still being made by naalbinding, just the same way the vikings seem to have done them. Other information: http://www.regia.org/life/naalbind.htm
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gregory23b
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posted 12-16-2005 05:55 AM
"but proof is very very thin, so that most is based on a educated guess, but hardly anything substancial.
I would stick to woven cloth until more evidence of knitting turns up"Museum of London
Textiles and Clothing
1100 - 1450 First published 1992 page 164 - fragment of knitting worked in a two ply yard dyed red with madder, no 316 14th century deposit Knitting was doen for cap making, cappers. It depends on what you are using the fabric for, liek anything else. There are fabrics for different purposes, knitted hose? probably not, caps? yes. [ 12-16-2005: Message edited by: gregory23b ] -------------------- history is in the hands of the marketing department - beware!
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