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Cloth Weaving Patterns

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* Kildonan, Isle of Eigg: Wool and linen in tabby weave were found, one piece of wool was piled.[HENSHALL 1952 : p. 15]* Clibberswick, Shetland: Some plain weave cloth was found on the hinge of a brooch. [HENSHALL 1952 : p.16]* Kiloran Bay, Argyll: Plain weave cloth was found on a shield boss. [HENSHALL 1952 : p. 16]* Oronsay, Argyll: Plain weave (possibly linen) found under the hinge of a brooch. [HENSHALL 1952 : p.16]* Greenigoe, Orkney: A piece of tabby cloth was found sewn to a piece of 2/2 twill. [HENSHALL 1952 : p.17]* London, Milk Street and Watling Court (late C9th - early C12th): Nine examples of tabby weave were found. Three were died with madder. Three had weft strips. [PRITCHARD 1984, : p. 52)
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*Kildonan, Isle of Eigg: Wool and linen was found in 2/2 twill. [HENSHALL 1952 : p. 15]
* Greenigoe, Orkney: three fragments of 2/2 twill, two were loosely woven the third was sewn to a piece of tabby weave.[HENSHALL 1952 : p. 17]
*Skjoldehamn, Norway (~1075): All the garments were made from 2/2 twill. [LOVLID 2009, : p.38]
* London, Milk Street and Watling Court (late C9th - late C10th): Two examples of 2/2 twill were found. One had a thicker thread in every third weft, which was dyed red with madder the other weft threads were dyed blue. The other fragment was of natural brown wool. [PRITCHARD 1984, : p. 56)]
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* Skjoldehamn, Norway (~1075): The decorative, striped (red, yellow and green) square and collar on the shirt was in 2/1 twill. [LOVLID 2009 : p.97]
* London, Milk Street and Watling Court (late C10th - early C12th): 5 examples of 2/1 twill [PRITCHARD 1984, : p. 56)]
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* Hedeby - Settlement: 3 fragments of woollen fabric were found in diamond weave. All were of one colour. One fragment of diamond weave linen was also found where the warp was of a lighter colour than the weft. [HAGG 1991; : p. 95]
* Hedeby - Graves: 6 possibly 7 fragments of Diamond weave wool were found in the graves. One was dyed a red colour another possibly blue. [HAGG 1991; : p. 234]
*Hedeby - Harbour: 6 fragments of diamond weave fabric were found. All were dyed one colour. Two fragments, from trousers, were dyed a reddish colour using walnut shells. Two fragments of a coat lining were also redish. The last two fragments, also from trousers, were dyed but no colour was given. [HAGG 1984:]
*Birka: 58 fragments of woollen cloth were found woven in diamond twill. Most of these were dyed (dark brown, black, blue, green. All were of one colour.
* York: 6 cases of diamond weave wool were found.
* Orkney, Greenigoe: 1 Fragment of diamond twill [HENSHALL 1952; : p.17]
* London, Milk Street and Watling Court (late C9th - late C10th): Seven examples of diamond weave were found. One was dyed with madder and one with woad. [PRITCHARD 1984, : p. 53)
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* Hedeby - Settlement: 1 fragment of woollen fabric in herringbone weave was found. It was probably from a leg wrap. [HAGG 1991; : p. 97]
* Hedeby - Graves: 2 examples of woollen herringbone weave were found in the graves 90/1909 and VI/1930. The fragment in grave VI/1930 was of large herringbone weave and had a checker pattern in it created by lighter threads (possibly linen) in both the warp and the weft. [HAGG 1991; p. 241]
*Hedeby - Harbour: 4 examples of herringbone weave were found in the harbour. 2 were woven as bands (probably leg bindings) [HAGG 1984 : p. 145]
*Birka: 2 fragments of woollen cloth were found woven in herringbone weave.
* York: 7 cases of herringbone weave wool were found.One was dyed lichen purple. Another fragment had a dark warp and a light weft, which makes the herringbone pattern very visible.
* London, Milk Street and Watling Court (late C9th - early C12th): Six examples of herringbone weave were found. Two were dyed with lichen purplel, one with woad and one possibly with both lichen and woad. [PRITCHARD 1984, : p. 53)