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Cloth Weaving Patterns

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/* Herringbone (Chevron) */
*Birka: 2 fragments of woollen cloth were found woven in herringbone weave.
* York: 7 6 cases of herringbone weave wool were found. One fragment was small and may have been from a diamond weave. In five of these the pattern is in the warp rather than in the weft.One was dyed lichen purpleand another was dyed with woad. Another fragment had a dark warp and a light weft, which makes the herringbone pattern very visible.[WALTON 1989: p.324]
* 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]