[Regia-NA] Hemming (was: help with hand stitching. (Chris Knight))

[Carolyn Priest-Dorman]

Kjartan wrote:

>         When I tried to unravel a scrap piece of wool for the thread, I 
> had a very
>difficult time. The tread would break before it came loose.

If you're having this difficult a time, it's because the textile is a 
"woollen" rather than a "worsted" cloth.  Due to the structure of the wool 
yarns used, worsted textiles are much easier to unravel.  And because 
worsteds are more typical of textiles of the period in question, that means 
they'd have experienced unraveling to a greater degree than you do with a 
woollen textile.  Viewed in this context, hemming makes a great deal more 
sense than you might think.


Carolyn Priest-Dorman              Þóra Sharptooth
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