http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SCA-Garb/ SCA-Garb Wed, 10 Feb 2010 02:27:54 GMT Madeleine D http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SCA-Garb/message/105324 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SCA-Garb/message/105324 Greetings, I am looking for links to info on 9th century Frankish women's clothing, alot of the links that posted years ago are broken. I have found a few Sat, 06 Feb 2010 06:28:16 GMT Quokkaqueen http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SCA-Garb/message/105323 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SCA-Garb/message/105323 What about alloys of copper and tin (ie. bronze) or zinc (ie. brass)? It isn't embroidery per se, but it does seem that bronze was used where gold doesn't seem Sat, 06 Feb 2010 06:28:06 GMT laura duffy http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SCA-Garb/message/105322 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SCA-Garb/message/105322 I am an embroiderer, a dressmaker, and (eeek) Squire to my Son, the knight of the family as he is lady's maid to me. It's Impossible to properly lace a corset Fri, 05 Feb 2010 01:05:36 GMT Charles http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SCA-Garb/message/105321 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SCA-Garb/message/105321 Copper is the fourth most malleable metal after gold, silver and lead, which is roughly equivalent to not particularly brittle. Period metal threads were not Thu, 04 Feb 2010 07:39:54 GMT Wanda Pease http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SCA-Garb/message/105320 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SCA-Garb/message/105320 On 2/3/2010 ... Not being an embroiderer I would wonder about copper thread as anything but couched down. Isn't copper fairly brittle compared to gold and Wed, 03 Feb 2010 23:10:53 GMT Lila Richards http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SCA-Garb/message/105319 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SCA-Garb/message/105319 ... Metal thread was usually couched onto the fabric, which makes it a lot easier to use as you don't have to pull it through the fabric. Sinech. * * * * * * * Wed, 03 Feb 2010 15:27:46 GMT Jacki/Erica http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SCA-Garb/message/105318 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SCA-Garb/message/105318 I have a great appreciation for the works done with metal threads. I tried to do a Byzantine tunica with many variations on the theme of metal threads. I Tue, 02 Feb 2010 18:51:25 GMT Megan Shogren http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SCA-Garb/message/105317 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SCA-Garb/message/105317 Possibly less pollution- but also, they would most likely have used fine silver (99.9%) instead of sterling, which has copper and other metals in the alloy for Tue, 02 Feb 2010 16:33:18 GMT Salli Weston, Scott Theisen http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SCA-Garb/message/105316 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SCA-Garb/message/105316 Much of today silver is sterling (92.5% silver to 7.5% copper), fine silver is much softer doesn't tarnish under normal circumstances. Petranella ... -- Tue, 02 Feb 2010 16:17:49 GMT Charles http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SCA-Garb/message/105315 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SCA-Garb/message/105315 I'm guessing it was not used for embroidery. While copper was cheaper, there is a lot of labor involved in making thread from it..have to beat it into leaf, Tue, 02 Feb 2010 14:35:05 GMT cllathem http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SCA-Garb/message/105314 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SCA-Garb/message/105314 I have been having a hard time finding documentation of the use of copper thread in embroidery. Sure, you can find info on gold and silver thread (obviously Tue, 02 Feb 2010 04:27:15 GMT Wanda Pease http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SCA-Garb/message/105313 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SCA-Garb/message/105313 On 1/30/2010 9:40 AM, maureen benfer wrote: Alas since her passing my fiance will not let me get a new kitty companion. So no more cats for me it's been two Mon, 01 Feb 2010 21:24:50 GMT Shere'e http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SCA-Garb/message/105312 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SCA-Garb/message/105312 Why stop them? Teach them to sew by making garb for the cats. Turn it into a learning experience for them. That is what my mom did. BTW this is the first cat I Mon, 01 Feb 2010 20:56:37 GMT Labhaoise http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SCA-Garb/message/105311 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SCA-Garb/message/105311 Do you know how HARD i work to keep the KIDS from doing this???? Labhaoise Yes, the cats would let them! Mon, 01 Feb 2010 20:01:50 GMT Labhaoise http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SCA-Garb/message/105310 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SCA-Garb/message/105310 When I worked for an interior decorator, we had a HUGE sheet of plywood on "sawhorse" legs; a layer of batting, SEVERAL layers of interlining stapled over it