* London, Milk Street and Watling Court (late C9th - late C10th): A 2/2 twill was found which had a thicker thread in every third weft, which was dyed red with madder the other weft threads were dyed blue (woad), creating a textile which would have been blue with red strips. [PRITCHARD 1984, p. 57)
*Hedeby-Settlement: Fragment S 27A is a 2/2 diamond twill which has two darker warp threads (ca. 1mm) after every ten light warp threads (ca 10mm). All the weft threads are dark. Under magnification the light threads are a reddish-yellow-brown, the darker threads are a reddish-brownblack, indicating a fabric woven from natural lighter and darker threads was dyed red. (HAGG 1991, p. 80)
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