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Katrin How on earth did they do it?
27 March 2024
Ah, that's good to know! I might have a look around just out of curiosity. I've since learned that w...
Heather Athebyne How on earth did they do it?
25 March 2024
...though not entirely easy. I've been able to get my hands on a few strands over the years for Geor...
Katrin Hieroglyphs.
23 February 2024
Yes, that would sort of fit that aspect - but you can also go from bits of woods to sticks if you ar...
Bruce Hieroglyphs.
23 February 2024
I think the closest English equivalent would be 'Down the rabbit hole'. It has one entrance (No, not...
Harma Spring is Coming.
20 February 2024
I'm definitely jealous! Mine disapeared except for one pathetic little flower. But the first daffodi...
MAR
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Knitting Stitch Structures.

In case you're a knitter and enjoy looking at, and thinking about, different stitch structures and what a special move does to the surrounding stitches, you might want to check out Naomi Parkhurst's Stitch Structure series.  She's looking at increases and a cast-on technique as well as some other things like elongated stitches - with lovely drawings that make it very clear what is happening. I do enjoy blog posts such as that, and it's always nice to get this slightly different look at knitting!

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MAR
01
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CIETA terminology list.

Terminology is always an important thing - and especially in textiles, it can be a real nightmare. There's a lot of terms that are used differently in a professional and in a casual/everyday setting, and then there's regional differences, and then there's different uses of the same term in different disciplines, and that's not even starting with the issues that can arise in translations to other languages.

To make things at least a little bit easier, terminology lists and glossaries exist. There's several of them, of course, and they may also differ from each other. One of the probably better-known ones is the list compiled and hosted by the CIETA, the Centre International d'Etude des Textiles Anciens. If you think it might be helpful for you, or if you're just curious, check the lists out here.

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DEC
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Repositories...

By chance, I've stumbled across a new repository framework - called EUDAT. It's intended to help researchers, both institutionalised and independent, to save, store, publish and share their research and research data. That sounds fantastic, and it's now on my list of things to look at it a little more, and see if that might be a good thing for the Textile Forum data that's been accumulated.

As the documentation and info I've already looked at tells me, it is based on the Invenio software, which, to my delight, is also free and open source... and might be a solution for my (still unresolved) photo database problem. Another thing to look into. Seems like it will not get boring around here!

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SEP
20
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Patch this up?

There's a fairly new digital museum around - the Digital Museum of Dress Accessories. As their first exhibition room, they are hosting a gallery about patch boxes (and, consequently, about patches) - a custom that came up in the 17th century.

If that sounds interesting to you, go head over to the DMDA website and have a virtual stroll through their gallery. I certainly found it interesting, even though it's way past the time I'm usually working on. 

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AUG
22
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Techknitting blog... is back!

I stumbled across a post about knitting cables (1/1 cables, to be exact) in different ways (which was, however, not very substantial), and that brought to mind again the many very detailed and very cool posts on the Techknitter's blog, and on a whim I looked it up again. I had noticed a long while ago that the blog seemed to be on hiatus. 

As many blogs who go off for a while do that to never return, that was sort of what I had expected. So I was very pleasantly surprised that the Technknitter is back! (I also discovered the reason for the hiatus.)

So if you're looking for knitting tricks such as how to make jogless stripes, or how to fix curling scarves, or how to handle several colours at once - go check out the blog. It is a fantastic resource, with really neat solutions for a lot of knitting problems, very well explained and nicely illustrated. Even if it's something I'm pretty sure I will not use in my knitting, I still enjoyed reading the posts about it!

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JUN
02
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Manuscripts Online: St. Elisabeth's Psalter.

I'm absolutely delighted every time I find a new manuscript fully digitised and freely accessible online - it makes research so much easier, and really helps to get a better overview of what was used and available in the Middle Ages.

Yes, not every book has illuminations, and of course not everything is shown in manuscripts, and also of course one needs to take what is shown with a grain of salt, or sometimes maybe even a teaspoon of salt. But still - the more different images you get to look at, the more chances you have at seeing something for the first time, or seeing something way clearer than before.

That all said, here's one of the richly illuminated books, online for your pleasure: St. Elisabeth's Psalter, made around 1201-1208. Click on the eye on the book at the right edge to leaf through the book. 

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MAY
31
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EuroWeb: Digital Atlas is Online.

One of the goals of EuroWeb is making it easier to research textile heritage, and one of the steps for this was the development of a Digital Atlas. This has been launched recently, and you can now take a look at the Atlas here

It's of course a work in progress - and contributions are welcome.

And here is the launch, as the recording of the livestream:

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