Raika1d ago
John Overholt
Bringing weaving patterns from a 300-year-old notebook back to life on the loom. https://www.folger.edu/blogs/collation/drafting-narratives/
Apr 12 at 2:08pmWeb
Show threadAbie1d ago
@overholt this is *great*, thanks for sharing!
Show threadBodling1d ago
@overholt Seems like it should also somehow be possible to play those patterns either on stringed instruments or a set of church bells.
Show threadElle O. Vee Eee1d ago
@Bodling @overholt Maybe a player piano or music box too, neat idea!
Show threadoheso1d ago
@Bodling @overholt Musical notation was my first thought.
Show threadNazani1d ago
@overholt Oh, weavers can go waaay back-
https://www.academia.edu/44746116/Small_Tablet_Woven_Bands_from_Egypt
Small Tablet Woven Bands from Egypt

In excavations of burial grounds in Egypt, many textiles have been found. Tablet woven bands were among the textiles. It were not only the elaborate borders of the rich which were found in the burial sites, but also small, fast- to-weave ribbons,

Show threadAhimsa1d ago

@overholt
This is so interesting! A "blueprint for weaving"

#History #Weaving #Textiles

Show threadHein Ragas1d ago
@overholt @gannet Oh wow, did these home weavers have 12-shaft looms at home?
Show threadNaomi P1d ago
@heinragas @overholt looks like it! I have a vague memory that weavers had their work looms in their homes?
Show threadHein Ragas1d ago

@gannet @overholt That's mentioned in the article: weavers working from home, getting the yarn delivered to them and the merchants taking the bolts of fabric for distribution.

Here I was, impressed with my partner's 8-shaft loom in our house, but she would have been considered small fry back then šŸ˜…

Show threadBianca1d ago
@overholt cool!
Show threadKimberly KG1d ago
@overholt Thanks for sharing this. Iā€™m glad I was able to read through it.
Show threadkatch wreck21h ago
@overholt the sparsity of that matrix defies categorization ;)