Re: [h-cost] Fascinating: oldest evidence for needle binding
On Friday 21 April 2006 9:45 pm, Chris Laning wrote: > At 8:43 AM -0700 4/21/06, Chris wrote: > >Forgot...I was completely blown away by the plaids they've found as > >well...reminds me of the Stewart 'hunting' plaid, but regardless, > >it's absolutely BEAUTIFUL!!! Wait until you see it! > > Yes, and of course the news media immediately seized on this and > started speculating about "Celtic peoples" in central Asia . > > You don't have to be Celtic to weave plaid fabric. Or wear it. Or > anything it's just what happens naturally when you have repeating > color patterns in your warp and weft... True. If you start looking into sarong designs in Indonesia you find tribes who wear plaids--some of which are predominantly pink. -- Cathy Raymond <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> "I'm starting to like the cut of this man's gibberish." --General Fillmore (from "The Tick," episode 2) ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] Fascinating: oldest evidence for needle binding
In a message dated 4/22/06 6:05:50 AM GMT Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > started speculating about "Celtic peoples" in central Asia !! ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] Fascinating: oldest evidence for needle binding
At 8:43 AM -0700 4/21/06, Chris wrote: Forgot...I was completely blown away by the plaids they've found as well...reminds me of the Stewart 'hunting' plaid, but regardless, it's absolutely BEAUTIFUL!!! Wait until you see it! Yes, and of course the news media immediately seized on this and started speculating about "Celtic peoples" in central Asia . You don't have to be Celtic to weave plaid fabric. Or wear it. Or anything it's just what happens naturally when you have repeating color patterns in your warp and weft... -- OChris Laning <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - Davis, California + http://paternoster-row.org - http://paternosters.blogspot.com ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] Fascinating: oldest evidence for needle binding
Forgot...I was completely blown away by the plaids they've found as well...reminds me of the Stewart 'hunting' plaid, but regardless, it's absolutely BEAUTIFUL!!! Wait until you see it! Chris G. N Kipar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi All, I am going to a series of lectures at Edinburgh Unversity entitled "European Mummies and Bog Bodies" and while they are fascinating to start with, I couldn't believe my eyes and ears this week. It seems that the oldest surviving piece of clothing made in needle binding technique (and in one continuous piece of yarn) is from the Tamir peoples, in the Takamaklen (sp) desert, in China along the Silk Route. The most intriguing bit is that the Tamir are Caucasian, and that this chap's burial (mummified, owing to environmental conditions), is from appr. 1000 BC and contained a beret made in needle binding (nalbinding) technique. A 3000 years old beret that looks like a modern one! Thought I'd share, perhaps someone on here is as fascinated by this as I was. :-) Nicole "If you think education is expensive, try ignorance." - Love cheap thrills? Enjoy PC-to-Phone calls to 30+ countries for just 2¢/min with Yahoo! Messenger with Voice. ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
RE: [h-cost] Fascinating: oldest evidence for needle binding
Morning :) NOVA also has a 1-hour video/DVD on it too. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/chinamum/taklamakan.html Chris G. Kim Baird <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Nicole-- There is a whole book on the subject of the mummies and their clothing: The Mummies of Urumchi by Elizabeth Wayland Barber If you haven't read it, you should immediately. It's available in paperback. Kim -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of N Kipar Sent: Friday, April 21, 2006 9:24 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [h-cost] Fascinating: oldest evidence for needle binding Hi All, I am going to a series of lectures at Edinburgh Unversity entitled "European Mummies and Bog Bodies" and while they are fascinating to start with, I couldn't believe my eyes and ears this week. It seems that the oldest surviving piece of clothing made in needle binding technique (and in one continuous piece of yarn) is from the Tamir peoples, in the Takamaklen (sp) desert, in China along the Silk Route. The most intriguing bit is that the Tamir are Caucasian, and that this chap's burial (mummified, owing to environmental conditions), is from appr. 1000 BC and contained a beret made in needle binding (nalbinding) technique. A 3000 years old beret that looks like a modern one! Thought I'd share, perhaps someone on here is as fascinated by this as I was. :-) Nicole "If you think education is expensive, try ignorance." - Yahoo! Messenger with Voice. Make PC-to-Phone Calls to the US (and 30+ countries) for 2¢/min or less. ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
RE: [h-cost] Fascinating: oldest evidence for needle binding
Nicole-- There is a whole book on the subject of the mummies and their clothing: The Mummies of Urumchi by Elizabeth Wayland Barber If you haven't read it, you should immediately. It's available in paperback. Kim -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of N Kipar Sent: Friday, April 21, 2006 9:24 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [h-cost] Fascinating: oldest evidence for needle binding Hi All, I am going to a series of lectures at Edinburgh Unversity entitled "European Mummies and Bog Bodies" and while they are fascinating to start with, I couldn't believe my eyes and ears this week. It seems that the oldest surviving piece of clothing made in needle binding technique (and in one continuous piece of yarn) is from the Tamir peoples, in the Takamaklen (sp) desert, in China along the Silk Route. The most intriguing bit is that the Tamir are Caucasian, and that this chap's burial (mummified, owing to environmental conditions), is from appr. 1000 BC and contained a beret made in needle binding (nalbinding) technique. A 3000 years old beret that looks like a modern one! Thought I'd share, perhaps someone on here is as fascinated by this as I was. :-) Nicole "If you think education is expensive, try ignorance." _ Be the first to hear what's new at MSN - sign up to our free newsletters! http://www.msn.co.uk/newsletters ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
[h-cost] Fascinating: oldest evidence for needle binding
Hi All, I am going to a series of lectures at Edinburgh Unversity entitled "European Mummies and Bog Bodies" and while they are fascinating to start with, I couldn't believe my eyes and ears this week. It seems that the oldest surviving piece of clothing made in needle binding technique (and in one continuous piece of yarn) is from the Tamir peoples, in the Takamaklen (sp) desert, in China along the Silk Route. The most intriguing bit is that the Tamir are Caucasian, and that this chap's burial (mummified, owing to environmental conditions), is from appr. 1000 BC and contained a beret made in needle binding (nalbinding) technique. A 3000 years old beret that looks like a modern one! Thought I'd share, perhaps someone on here is as fascinated by this as I was. :-) Nicole "If you think education is expensive, try ignorance." _ Be the first to hear what's new at MSN - sign up to our free newsletters! http://www.msn.co.uk/newsletters ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
