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Cloth Weaving Patterns

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*York, Coppergate: One example (Fragment 1304) of a Kreuzkoper was found. [WALTON 1989: p.329]
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==Panama and half Panama==
The Panama weave is a variation on a tabby weave where the warp and the weft consist of two threads rather than one. In the half panama only the warp or the weft has a double thread, the other only having one thread.
 
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*Elisenhof, Germany (8thC): 3 examples of a panama weave were found, all were probably form the slevedge of the fabric rahter than the entire fabric being of this weave. One of them was on the edge of a twill. [HUNDT 1981: p.8]
** One example of a half panama was also found where every second warp is double [HUNDT 1981: p. 8]
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