tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2670213486548123819.post3522314192338546922..comments2024-03-24T21:42:17.025-04:00Comments on Loose Threads: <small>Yet Another Costuming Blog</small>: Diamond Twill RepriseCathy Raymondhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04580681386443534011noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2670213486548123819.post-57172303053352358862010-06-30T23:24:49.982-04:002010-06-30T23:24:49.982-04:00Wow, Vlasta, that's a great list!
I'm a...Wow, Vlasta, that's a great list! <br /><br />I'm already aware of Wollstoff and Naturtuche (and discussed fabric samples from both in a different post) but the rest are new to me. Thank you!Cathy Raymondhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04580681386443534011noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2670213486548123819.post-46923787053083469252010-06-28T16:17:42.498-04:002010-06-28T16:17:42.498-04:00If you're interested in other places, where on...If you're interested in other places, where one can buy nice diamond twills, here's few links:<br />http://www.fuscher.com.pl/asukna.html<br />http://www.rucnitkani.cz/index.php?type=offer&page=3<br />http://www.sagnlandet.dk/HANDDYED-IRON-AGE-FABRIC-ON-SALE.888.0.html<br />http://www.wollstoff.de/index.php/cat/c55_Wollstoff.html<br />https://www.naturtuche.de/index.php?cat=c36_Wool.htmlVlasta the Spinsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03707368480195441476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2670213486548123819.post-4100621550177118482010-05-24T01:19:11.113-04:002010-05-24T01:19:11.113-04:00Elspeth may be at Pennsic, but I will not be.
H...Elspeth may be at Pennsic, but I will not be. <br /><br />However, I could certainly still buy from her over the Internet! The photos on her website look interesting--particularly the "broken herringbone twill" which looks like a broken lozenge twill to me. (Her "diamond twill" is, like the Handelsgillet product, two-tone.) <br /><br />Thanks very much for the URL!Cathy Raymondhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04580681386443534011noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2670213486548123819.post-8311182917407264672010-05-24T01:08:07.670-04:002010-05-24T01:08:07.670-04:00Check out Wood-n-Woven http://www.wood-n-woven.com...Check out Wood-n-Woven http://www.wood-n-woven.com/index.html I see you are from Pennsylvania. Elspeth will be at Pennsic this year. All fabrics are $30/yd.Kathy Circlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16113056457007184450noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2670213486548123819.post-15154551561122593352010-05-09T17:11:07.739-04:002010-05-09T17:11:07.739-04:00Courtesy of a reader of this blog, I found some ve...Courtesy of a reader of this blog, I found some very nice single-toned diamond twill (in some very nice colors!) on a Russian site, <a href="http://www.reenactment.ru/gallery/workshop/Fabric/textile/" rel="nofollow">here</a>. (See especially T33, T34, and T45--some of the others are two-toned.) The price is supposedly only $28 USD a meter and the website photos are wonderful but due to work and issues surrounding my personal finances, I haven't gotten around to exploring the postage costs and logistics of getting the purchase of such fabric to the United States.<br /><br />There's also a Danish site that sells both a natural wool and a red-dyed wool one-tone diamond twill, but that's back on the expensive side; it can be found <a href="http://www.sagnlandet.dk/HAND-DYED-IRON-AGE-FABRIC-ON-SALE.888.0.html" rel="nofollow">here</a>,Cathy Raymondhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04580681386443534011noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2670213486548123819.post-36670344060601624662010-05-09T08:55:33.073-04:002010-05-09T08:55:33.073-04:00I agree - it seems to be very difficult to find di...I agree - it seems to be very difficult to find diamond twill that is not two-toned. I did find a handweaver who produces it for £100 per square meter - so right out of my budget anyway - but even she does not seem to be able to get hold of the right kind of thread so the final effect isn't quite right. Apparently only handspun thread is as hard as the original and therefore displays the diamond texture fully. Presumably this is why people are using two tones, because the texture isn't clear enough, but it means the final effect just doesn't look the same as the originals. I'm not going to pay that much money for something that doesn't pass the 3-foot test!<br /><br />I'd be very interested if you find anything you consider suitable...<br /><br />ShelaghAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com