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===Different coloured warp & weft threads===Having a different coloured thread in warp and weft will result in a visible paatern, especially in chevron and diamond weaves.
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*Elisenhof, Germany (8thC): |Discussion22 examples of cloth where the warp and weft threads were of different natural coloured threads. In most one thread is black/brown-black and the other thread a lighter brown or in a few cases a reddish brown. [HUNDT 1981:p.40]
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It would appear that using different natural coloured threads to create a pattern in the cloth was, though rare, a known technique. Some few examples shows that this cloth was dyed after having been woven. However, so far, there is no evidence for the use of dyed threads in the warp or weft of twill.
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*Birka, Sweden: 1 example of a linen tabby fragment was found in Grave 757 where both in the warp and the weft a white then red thread followed every 5-6 blue threads.The cloth had about 20 threads per cm, so the checks were quite small. [GEIJER 1938: p.15]
*Elisenhof, Germany (8thC): One example (E-76) of a plain 2/2 twill had black stripes of different widths in warp and weft giving it a "scottish" look. The other threads were brown. The pattern is as follows, in the warp: from the edge 13 black, 24 brown, 8 black, 8 brown, 8 black, 18 brown, ripped edge. In the weft: ripped edge 17 brown, 14, black, 18 brown, 14 black, 14 brown, 6 black, 6 brown, 4 black, 14 brown, 4 black, 4 brown, 4 black, 13 brown, ripped edge. 10 threads per cm [HUNDT 1981:p.15, 41&103]** Fragment E-414a is a tabby of red-brown (dyed) and black wool forming stripes in warp and weft. In the warp the npattern is as follows: 27 red, 4 black, 4 red, 4 black, atleast 25 red, 4 black, 4 red, 4 black, 4 red, 4 black atleast 23 red till where the cloth is ripped. In the weft there are red threads the 4 black, 4 red, 4 black, 4 red, 4 black then red till where the fragment ends. There are 10 threads per cm. [HUNDT 1981:p.15&159]
