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Cloth Weaving Patterns

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* Oronsay, Argyll: Plain weave (possibly linen) found under the hinge of a brooch. [HENSHALL 1952: p.16]
* Greenigoe, Orkney: A piece of tabby cloth was found sewn to a piece of 2/2 twill. [HENSHALL 1952: p.17]
* London, Milk Street and Watling Court (late C9th - early C12th): Nine examples of tabby weave were found. Three were died with madder. Three had weft strips. [PRITCHARD 1984: p. 52)]
* York: 7 cases of herringbone weave wool were found.One was dyed lichen purple. Another fragment had a dark warp and a light weft, which makes the herringbone pattern very visible.
* London, Milk Street and Watling Court (late C9th - early C12th): Six examples of herringbone weave were found. Two were dyed with lichen purplel, one with woad and one possibly with both lichen and woad. [PRITCHARD 1984: p. 53)]