Research

A PASSION FOR RESEARCH AND EXPERIMENTATION

We combine a love of history, a gift for spotting patterns in textiles, code or trends, and a passion for experimenting with yarns, dyes and weaving. Whether you need a database of drafts or documentation and replication of an existing artifact, we can bring the past alive.

AREAS OF EXPERTISE:

Interpreting weavers' drafts and patterns
Testing past dye recipes
Drafting patterns from existing textiles
Spinning using spindles, wheels and splicing
Twining
Natural and synthetic dyeing
Shibori
Weaving: narrow bands to full width cloth
Finishing

PAST PROJECTS

Spinning and weaving an Anglo-Saxon Cyrtel
Linen napery from 1515 ad.
Viking and Anglo-Saxon reproductions