# 📎 Topic: Textiles - [[2020-12-28 Spidersilk (DRAFT)]] - [[2021-02-22 Wool]] - [[sumptuary laws]] - [[dyes]] - [[specialization of textile creation]] - [[when different textiles emerged]] - [[Mesopotamian Clothing]] is basically an encyclopedia entry covering what the Mesopotamians wore at various points in their history. - [[2021-03-08 Laundry]] - [[2021-07-12 Hats]] * [[tiny hats are a good example of overly skeptical archaeologists]] ## Sources - [[oldest sewing needle was made from bone]] - [[The Golden Thread by Kassia St Clair]] covers the history of fabric and clothing, from the relevant technological advancements to the cultural customs surrounding them. - [[The Horse The Wheel And Language by David Anthony#ch04p59-60 Wool]] discusses the domestication of sheep, which predates the use of sheep for wool because early sheep undercoats were too short to be usable as a fiber for spinning. - [[Haute Couture in the Bronze Age A History of Minoan Female Costumes from Thera]] is a whole discussion of Minoan textiles, particularly: * [[Haute Couture in the Bronze Age A History of Minoan Female Costumes from Thera#p13 Minoan clothing design]] - [[Spindle Whorls of British Columbia]]is cool because indigenous peoples used to make yarn and string out of nettle before they had animal wool. ## Pending Articles on the topic - [[Creature Creation for the Textiles Of]] — narrower in scope but a deep dive collaborating with an artist, intended for an actual article in the .pdf - [[Creature Creation for the Clothes]] — intended as a companion piece that goes beyond the scope of just textiles to things like bone stays and turkey feather blankets. ## In The Wild - [History of Knitting a Resource Guide](https://www.makersmercantile.com/history-of-knitting-a-resource-guide.htm) - [The ancient fabric that no one knows how to make - Dhaka muslin](https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20210316-the-legendary-fabric-that-no-one-knows-how-to-make?ref=refind) discusses the incredibly specialized process of making clothes out of short cotton. It’s also a useful explanation of how cotton works.