- 1. Identifying sprang sashes
- (Working with clothes)
- ... the meeting line between S and Z. These sashes have only S or else only Z twist in their stitches. The theory is that these sashes may have been made from extra long warps. Two sashes were made at the ...
- 2. Identification of Fabrics
- (Working with clothes)
- ... The yarn may also zigzag along the length of the fabric, requiring a number of separate strands of yarn ("ends") equal to the number of stitches in a row. Tricot is the best ...
- 3. Documentation
- (Working with clothes)
- ... ones too. (See also Take a Closer Look at Costume, Identifying fibers, Identifying fabrics, Identifying lace and Identifying stitches) Measure carefully the main parts. Remember to note the units used. ...
- 4. Embroidery Stitches
- (Working with clothes)
- Identifying Stitches Ursula Karbacher Textile Museum St Gallen and ICOM Costume Committee member Anne Wanner-JeanRichard ICOM Costume Committee member Clothes are held together ...
- 5. Identifying Lace: various names and techniques
- (Working with clothes)
- ... to interlock and to loop stitches to create patterns Cutwork and Needlework (is in fact more embroidery than lace) Cutwork is a needlework technique, which requires the drawing out of threads ...
- 6. Miser’s Purses
- (Telling stories with clothes)
- ... and significance Further resources This silk crochet miser’s purse was worked in ombré roll stitches, a technique popular for miser’s purses in the 1870s. Miser’s purse, American, late 1870s ...
- 7. Digital Costume Display - The Kings’ Costumes
- (Displaying clothes)
- ... we have gone a step further, creating digital encounters unheard of in conventional exhibitions: turning the costume to see every detail and zooming in close enough to count threads and stitches. Kongedragter.dk ...
- 8. Take a Closer Look at Costume
- (Working with clothes)
- ... stitches are one thing – a sewing technique is another. The stitch is the smallest component in practical sewing. Several stitches together form a seam. Depending upon how the seams, one or more, cooperate ...
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