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The beginning of the lining
This is the first email from Justin, the Village interpreter and weaver who is making the blue silk lining for the jacket in conjunction with Kate of Eaton Hill Textile Works. Here are some pictures of...
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Justin working on the blue silk
Here’s the second installment from Justin. The italics are quotes from Justin’s email. Some more shots of the bat head on my wheel. Bat heads were the most common in New England before Minor’s, or the...
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Blue Silk Jacket Lining
This came from Justin today: Here’s the latest jacket lining update- First off is a shot of the scarn holding all of those spools Kate and I have been winding. From here we’re able to warp nine ends at...
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Blue Silk Lining II
Tonight I have more pictures of the blue silk lining, but right now the lining is still threads. Very fine threads, and lots of them. The first picture is “picking the cross.” The second is of Justin...
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Weaving
Justin sent some pictures of the loom he’ll likely use to weave the silk lining. Right now this loom is holding some reproduction Calimanco, a worsted, satin woven wool textile produced mostly in...
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Visiting the Silk
Justin has been working on weaving the silk for the lining for weeks at Eaton Hill Textile Works. They started last year indigo dying the warp silk threads and setting up the loom. Before I go into the...
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