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![This is the beginning of the Book of John in a French "Evangeliaire" from the early Carolingian period (about 800 A.D.).
It is an illuminated manuscript on parchment. The black marks are](/images/RetrieveImage/22459/1 "This is the beginning of the Book of John in a French "Evangeliaire" from the early Carolingian period (about 800 A.D.).
It is an illuminated manuscript on parchment. The black marks are - From: RuthMacGregor")
Medieval tome 1 From: RuthMacGregor |
Medieval stone 3 From: RuthMacGregor |
Medieval stone 2 From: RuthMacGregor |
![This sepulcre is in the Merovingian crypt at Jouarre in France. The motifs of its carvings echo motifs found in "oriental" fabrics from that time.](/images/RetrieveImage/22419/1 "This sepulcre is in the Merovingian crypt at Jouarre in France. The motifs of its carvings echo motifs found in "oriental" fabrics from that time. - From: RuthMacGregor")
Medieval stonework From: RuthMacGregor |
Medieval dress From: RuthMacGregor |
Strawberry blossom From: RuthMacGregor |
Musk Ox in Palmer, AK From: Samitumweaver |
![This is the minimalist carding drum with a bunch of Jacob fleece on it. It doesn't look like the carder is "full", but when I took this batt off, it puffed up to two inches thick!](/images/RetrieveImage/22056/1 "This is the minimalist carding drum with a bunch of Jacob fleece on it. It doesn't look like the carder is "full", but when I took this batt off, it puffed up to two inches thick!
- From: RuthMacGregor")
Carder - Jacob wool From: RuthMacGregor |
Quviut sample card From: Samitumweaver |
Detail, carded fiber From: RuthMacGregor |
![This is a batt (wool fiber blending with silk thread) after the second round of carding on a drum. The ridges correspond to the "gaps" between rows of wires in the carding cloth and won't b](/images/RetrieveImage/21998/1 "This is a batt (wool fiber blending with silk thread) after the second round of carding on a drum. The ridges correspond to the "gaps" between rows of wires in the carding cloth and won't b - From: RuthMacGregor")
Carding, round 2 From: RuthMacGregor |
Carding, round 1 From: RuthMacGregor |
Minimalist carder From: RuthMacGregor |
Carder parts From: RuthMacGregor |
![This is the lower end of my handspun linen ply-split wrist distaff (say that fast three times <G>).
The beads were sewn on with "invisible" nylon monofilament thread. The fiber is a s](/images/RetrieveImage/21883/1 "This is the lower end of my handspun linen ply-split wrist distaff (say that fast three times <G>).
The beads were sewn on with "invisible" nylon monofilament thread. The fiber is a s - From: RuthMacGregor")
Wrist distaff detail From: RuthMacGregor |
![This linen wrist distaff was wet-spun from line flax, then plied and cabled into a remarkably springy 4-ply cord for ply-splitting. The pattern used here is what Linda Hendrickson calls "Wave&qu](/images/RetrieveImage/21882/1 "This linen wrist distaff was wet-spun from line flax, then plied and cabled into a remarkably springy 4-ply cord for ply-splitting. The pattern used here is what Linda Hendrickson calls "Wave&qu - From: RuthMacGregor")
Linen wrist distaff From: RuthMacGregor |
Fancy shrug pattern From: RuthMacGregor |
Silk thrums and wool From: RuthMacGregor |
Clam shell portrait From: RuthMacGregor |
Clam shell colors From: RuthMacGregor |
Moebius knitting From: RuthMacGregor |
Cat in bib From: RuthMacGregor |
![These two bibs were woven in 10/2 cotton, in twill blocks (1/3 and 3/1) on 8 shafts.
The kumihimo ties, also cotton, are "kongo gumi", a firm, round braid.](/images/RetrieveImage/20989/1 "These two bibs were woven in 10/2 cotton, in twill blocks (1/3 and 3/1) on 8 shafts.
The kumihimo ties, also cotton, are "kongo gumi", a firm, round braid.
- From: RuthMacGregor")
Handwoven baby bibs From: RuthMacGregor |
Ingeo-wool blend From: RuthMacGregor |
![This photo shows a Salish woman spinning on a bulky spinner. The spinning head is mounted on a treadle sewing machine base. The photo is from "Salish Weaving" by Paula Gustafson.](/images/RetrieveImage/20834/1 "This photo shows a Salish woman spinning on a bulky spinner. The spinning head is mounted on a treadle sewing machine base. The photo is from "Salish Weaving" by Paula Gustafson.
- From: RuthMacGregor")
Bulky spinner From: RuthMacGregor |
Louet bulky flyer From: RuthMacGregor |
Ashford Country wheel From: RuthMacGregor |
Ingeo, washed From: RuthMacGregor |
![This is "Ingeo", a regenerated fiber made from corn.](/images/RetrieveImage/20803/1 "This is "Ingeo", a regenerated fiber made from corn.
- From: RuthMacGregor")
Ingeo From: RuthMacGregor |
![Here are two preparations of silk fiber. On the left, a chunk of bombyx silk "top", with fibers three to four inches long. On the right, dyed silk noils -- short, nubbly stuff!](/images/RetrieveImage/20774/1 "Here are two preparations of silk fiber. On the left, a chunk of bombyx silk "top", with fibers three to four inches long. On the right, dyed silk noils -- short, nubbly stuff!
- From: RuthMacGregor")
Silk and noils From: RuthMacGregor |
Wool-silk noil blend From: RuthMacGregor |
Charollais locks From: RuthMacGregor |