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garters are made of 30/2
silk threaded through 20 cards (total of 80 threads). The pattern
is the simulated satin pattern from braid 423 in the Museum of London
collection (Crowfoot, Textiles
& Clothing, 133). The pattern for this braid has
been redacted
by Carolyn Priest-Dorman. Because half the pack of
cards remains idle each turn, the garters are much narrower and much
denser than might be expected. One is shorter than the other, as
I reached a point where another reversal of the pack was needed for the
shorter garter and decided to end it instead of making the reverse. |
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| These
garters are made of 16/2
linen threaded through 12 cards (total of 48 threads). This braid
has weftwise stripes as seen in the Museum of Lond braid 449 (Crowfoot,
133) also redacted
for modern use by Carolyn Priest-Dorman. The
pattern involves groups of three cards threaded alternately S and Z
(SSSZZZ...etc), leading to the slight differences in the direction of
the twist in the cords (and a lengthwise ridge between the groups of
3). Half the threads on each card are one
color, and half are the other color. Therefore as the cards are
turned continuously forward, the weftwise stripes appear depending on
which color is currently facing upwards. |
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