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Out of the Ordinary

Garments as looms

IMG_2101 IMG_1325 Cutting strips vertically into the actual fabric of the coat provided the warp and my hand spinning was woven in as the weft.  The coat was then also the loom.

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A handwoven piece of fibre archeology discovered at a church sale dig was folded (orikeito) into a vest and  vertical slits were then cut into the front to provide the warp through which was woven weft cut horizontally from the side material.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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