clothing

I used to be on the Foxfire mailing list in the 1980s. She sent out samples of the colored cottons while describing the work that went into reviving colored cottons which had been lost since the fall of the Inca Empire. When the textiles were anyalized it was discovered many were not died, but...

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/evidence-of-fur-and-leather-clothing-among-worlds-oldest-found-in-moroccan-cave-180978689/ Evidence of Fur and Leather Clothing, Among World’s Oldest, Found in Moroccan Cave Humans likely sported clothes made of jackal, fox and wildcat skins some...

(Admins, feel free to move, but I was hoping for some quick responses. ) What with various nephews and such, I need information on the brands of clothing, including coats/jackets and especially shoes that are decent and not expensive. (They kill me with the cost of the shoes they *want* - damn...

This is designed to be a companion thread to the Spinning/Weaving thread but I thought these crafts could use their own. Eventually we might break off quilting and sewing as well, but for now I thought I'd start here and see how it goes. Since I mostly knit, that will be the sort of thing I'm...