Another Way to Make A Shaggy Cloth

I’ve been meaning to try this method out for literally decades now. A ‘push’ from the Net got me restarted.

This method involves a 3-1 twill with a hard warp and soft weft. The cloth is then brushed and the long fibers swirled into curls. This seems to be a Irish style, maybe a more Modern method.

I have a dual coated Shetland fleece to use, tho from the meager descriptions the yarns could have been made from two different fleeces or spinning methods.

Samples will be made with the tog and thiel spun into hard yarns and the soft almost Lopi yarns. The loom will be warped in a 3-1 twill and samples made.

More to follow!

EZ Doc

http://larsdatter.com/ezdoc/
For those in the SCA (SCA.org for full details) that enter Arts & Sciences competitions (comps are for showing off what you do, doing stuff is FUN) and need templates for writing up the how and why of what you do…Remember KISS

Fabric Mart

http://www.fabricmartfabrics.com/xcart/home.php
More fabric! Silk, hemp, linen, wool

Music-Paul Butler

http://crab.rutgers.edu/~pbutler/music.html
Music and more music. The place to get copies of “Period” music scores.
Nifty art work as well.

Steve’s Sewing Vacuum & Quilting

http://www.stevessewandvac.com/
Comes well recommended. Has parts to fix the older, classic all metal machines as well as the latest wonder machines. Over in King of Prussia…

Richard the Thread

http://www.richardthethread.com
Corseting supplies.Tools. Notions. Fabrics.

Corset Making

http://www.corsetmaking.com
What it sez…everything you need to make any style of corset/stay.

Vogue Fabric Store

http://www.voguefabricsstore.com
More candy for the costumer/dress maker. Corset supplies, Farthingales without the Canadian Post, German plastic that is the best sub. for whalebone (whale bone being smelly in the moist heat and not quite legal!) Cloth! Other notions!

Woolrich

http://www.woolrichfabrics.com/mysql/reenactment.asp
They sell by the bolt. Check fiber content, some runs have a % of nylon added to the wool. Great colors. Store no longer carries the offcuts/remnants.

SCA titles

http://heraldry.sca.org/titles.html — SCA titles in various languages….