Nalbinding, the sort that looks like crossed-loop knitting, can be told from knitting by the way it increases and decreases.
Dorothy Burnham wrote an excellent article where she analyzed 'ancient Egyptian knitting' and traced the thread path to prove all extant pieces she analyzed to be nalbinding. It was used for small pieces where shaping is very useful, such as socks, and other small pieces, which might be purses or other little items. The netted dresses from Egypt were, to my limited knowledge, made of strung beads, often faiance (man, can't spell that word, sort of glass that didn't get melted quite all the way) or what we'd now term semi-precious stone, and some gold mixed in. The Egyptians, by all accounts, really prized their beautiful white linen, which bleaches so beautifully. They wished, by and large, their costumes' color to come from the jewelry. Ann in CT --- Carolyn Kayta Barrows <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > It's called naalbinding, and is almost identical to > knitting except that > it's done with a threaded needle. The thread > follows almost the same > path as it does in knitting, except that the worker > has to thread a new > needle every once in a while. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
