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Welcome to the portal to Wikipedia's content on the textile arts. Textiles have been a fundamental part of human life since the beginning of civilization, and the methods and materials used to make them have expanded enormously, while remaining fundamentally the same.
Yarn is a long continuous length of interlocked fibers, suitable for use in the production of textiles, sewing, crocheting, knitting, weaving and ropemaking. Yarn is any fiber used to construct a fabric, whereas thread is any fiber used to sew two pieces of fabric together. (more...)
William Morris (March 24, 1834 – October 3, 1896) was an English artist, writer, socialist and activist. He was one of the principal founders of the British Arts and Crafts movement, best known as a designer of wallpaper and patterned fabrics.
- ...that felt, a non-woven cloth that is produced by matting, condensing, and pressing fibres, is the oldest known form of fabric?
- ...that the Bayeux Tapestry (French: Tapisserie de Bayeux) (pictured) is a 50 cm by 70 m (20 in by 230 ft) long embroidered cloth depicting scenes commemorating the Battle of Hastings in 1066, with annotations in Latin?
- ...that batik is an Indonesian-Malay word for a generic wax-resist dyeing technique used on textiles?
- ...that Art needlework was a type of surface embroidery popular in the later nineteenth century under the influence of the Pre-Raphaelites and the Arts and Crafts movement?
Crochet | Embroidery | Knitting | Lace | Needlework | Quilting | Sewing | Spinning | Textiles | Weaving
Crochet | Embroidery | Knitting | Needlework | Lace | Sewing | Textile | Weaving | Yarn
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