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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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