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Quiet in here.
I've started cleaning up textile printing but it's still mostly very dense 1911 Britannica text and there is lots to do. I've moved and reworked text from "Methods of printing" and "Styles of printing" to make an introduction. I've standardized on British spelling (that had been partially done).
Remaining to do:
Please help where you can! - PKM ( talk) 20:12, 22 November 2007 (UTC)
An article I started looks like it's headed for DYK. We'll know in a day or two. Durova Charge! 04:45, 4 December 2007 (UTC)
I made sure the project template was on its talk page before the DYK went live this time. Am thinking of starting/expanding some other stubs for DYKs. The DYK folks need images that aren't human heads or buildings and the main page attention may draw more people into this project. Cheers, Durova Charge! 16:11, 12 December 2007 (UTC)
Another DYK for us. Durova Charge! 21:14, 17 December 2007 (UTC)
Been spending a lot of time over at Commons uploading new images and sorting categories. Adding commonscat links to textile articles as appropriate along with a few expansions/citations and wikignome work. Put in a request for some graphics assistance over at Meta in order to expand the crochet coverage: terminology varies so much from country to country that international notational symbols are really necessary to cover some aspects of the subject.
The lastest article headed for the DYK pool is crochet thread. Need to expand it and add line citations. Most of the effort so far isn't visible on the page because of the work I've put into illustrating the concept of thread weight: I've designed and made a filet crochet sample and replicated the same design in three different thread sizes. Need to block them overnight before photographing. I've also acquired a good collection of early twentieth century crochet lace hooks that I'd love to upload if I can elimiate the photographic glare. Best wishes, Durova Charge! 02:37, 18 December 2007 (UTC)
This article is rated as a core topic, which means it's one of the 150 most important articles for any encyclopedia to have. Start-class with multiple cleanup flags: it could use some help. The nomination is here - sign up if you'd like to help! Durova Charge! 09:12, 23 December 2007 (UTC)
I've written a draft newsletter for January here. Suggestions and submissions are welcome. I'll be looking for technical assistance about BrownBot for distribution. Durova Charge! 05:08, 25 December 2007 (UTC)
Le Grand Roi des Citrouilles has just joined us. His expansion of history of clothing and textiles was vital to raising it from a stub-class to a start-class article. That page now has 16 line citations thanks to his efforts. Glad to have you with us! Durova Charge! 05:34, 25 December 2007 (UTC)
Our latest nominee for DYK is more ambitious than the last ones. This was already a three paragraph stub so it needed a minimum 15 paragraphs to qualify. Now it has a bit more than that and 28 line citations. This could become a legitimate candidate for good article if a couple more people pitch in. I've contacted Wikipedia:WikiProject Indigenous peoples of North America to solicit more editors and of course everyone here is encouraged to join the effort. This project has one GA so far at history of silk. Let's make Navajo rug the second! Happy holidays, Durova Charge! 11:30, 25 December 2007 (UTC)
Durova Charge! 03:56, 28 December 2007 (UTC)
This is going to come out in the newsletter in a few days, but just to make sure it isn't overlooked I'll announce it here also: Wikipedia:WikiProject Textile Arts/References is no longer a redlink! I've run Gutenberg Project for the keywords from all our top-importance articles and created an online referencing page so now it's easier to add citations to our articles. Durova Charge! 22:09, 28 December 2007 (UTC)
I've started expanding History of clothing and textiles; not much time for the next couple of weeks but I will work as I am able. More info on the Talk page. - PKM ( talk) 23:07, 28 December 2007 (UTC)
That makes seven for the month. Durova Charge! 16:53, 31 December 2007 (UTC)
I started an expansion of the article on the first, which puts this in a bind now as a DYK submission. I've located an entire book chapter on the subject (Reader's Digest, but actually quite well done) and am planning to expand further with material from a smocker's association website. In terms of overall length I think this can meet the 5x requirement for submission. Now here's the rub: the only illustration I was able to locate on Commons is a sixteenth century painting that provides cultural background but not technical detail. What this means is...groan, sigh...I'm going to attempt some illustrative smocking examples myself. Materials aren't a problem and technical skill probably isn't either, but time is (shame on me for not starting this days ago).
So this is a lark because hand smocking is something of a lost art - if anyone has a ready made example and uploads lickety split, I will be extremely grateful. Durova Charge! 06:38, 4 January 2008 (UTC)
Durova Charge! 02:03, 8 January 2008 (UTC)
Hey gang,
I've proposed a reorganization of the knitting article. I'd appreciate any help at Talk:Knitting. Thank you!
Also, I haven't been very active in the past few months, but it seems you guys have being doing a great job. Keep it up! – DroEsperanto( talk| contribs) 18:02, 15 January 2008 (UTC)
I'm a couple of days late with this one. Here goes...
Been helping the Palestinian costumes article lately (at the expense of some other stuff). They've got a good B-class article and several people working to improve it. With a better introduction and standardized referencing I think that could be a GA. Doing my best to help get it there - wouldn't it be nice for this project to have a second GA? :) Durova Charge! 01:17, 16 January 2008 (UTC)
Palestinian costumes is a nominee for GA at Wikipedia:Good_article_nominations#Culture_and_society. Cheers, Durova Charge! 20:44, 18 January 2008 (UTC)
Greetings to Bluevalkyrie, who joined us the other day! Durova Charge! 22:09, 18 January 2008 (UTC)
We've had an attractive portal that wasn't being maintained, Portal:Textile arts. I've updated the content to reflect our newest DYK entries, to highlight a featured article and a featured picture related to our project, and to show a different biography. I've also added links to the fashion and culture portals, which was technically a bit trickier than it sounds. It's good to change these things from time to time so please leave word when you make significant improvements to an article, so we can give your work the attention it deserves. Durova Charge! 22:06, 20 January 2008 (UTC)
I want to add the chemical properties list to the article, there is no seperat article about Indigotine or what the molecule is sometimes called. This would change the face of the article from Indigo dye to more like Indigo carmine. As this article is abridge between the chemistry project and the WikiProject Textile Arts I wanted to ask if this is OK with you.-- Stone ( talk) 21:36, 30 January 2008 (UTC)
All registered members of the project have received our newsletter. If you're dropping by and aren't a member yet, it's at Wikipedia:WikiProject Textile Arts/Newsletter. Free montly delivery for everyone who signs onto our project. :) Durova Charge! 23:44, 2 February 2008 (UTC)
Our project may pick up its first featured pictures soon: I've restored this early Kodachrome photo and put it onto picture peer review. Fortunately it's public domain. Also, we've got another Template:Did you know entry in the waiting line in Textiles of Oaxaca. Cheers, Durova Charge! 04:57, 5 February 2008 (UTC)
Our project currently has three images under consideration for featured picture status:
Durova Charge! 06:51, 11 February 2008 (UTC)
Two of these now, a third still in candidacy. I'm restoring another possible nom. Durova Charge! 08:27, 14 February 2008 (UTC)
Another one:
Time to put Navajo rug into the mix. Our project may have four good articles soon (Palestinian costumes is almost at the top of the review pile). Durova Charge! 22:28, 17 February 2008 (UTC)
Thedagomar has been doing fine work with article assessments, uncovered a hidden GA in the slush pile, and has helped with despamification and the featured portal drive. He's joined our project officially today. So let's give him a warm and grateful welcome! Good to have you with us. :) Durova Charge! 22:32, 17 February 2008 (UTC)
Its gone. Geoff Plourde ( talk) 19:30, 18 February 2008 (UTC)
The article passed review today. :) Durova Charge! 23:31, 18 February 2008 (UTC)
Crunching a few numbers here.
Overall:
That puts us ahead of the curve because on average it would take a random surf of 3051 articles to find 1 FA and 3 GAs. If the GAC nomination for Navajo rug passes then our 470 articles would have as much quality material as a random surf of 3678 articles. And if we pull out a fifth GA we'll be a full order of magnitude ahead of the game. Statistically that might not be too significant over such a small sample, but it's a good excuse to pat ourselves on the back and keep going. :) Durova Charge! 01:08, 22 February 2008 (UTC)
As a result of portal peer review we've got a couple of people helping on a drive to get our portal featured. Many thanks to Cirt, who's an expert at getting portals featured. He'll be automating our portal on a rotation script and he's given fantastic input on the things featured portal voters look for. Geo.plrd has volunteered to help improve the articles that will be in rotation.
The good news is we're in great shape with images and "Did you know?" entries for the portal. Once our newest candidate gets selected we'll have 18 DYKs, which means six groups of three will be in rotation. I've been downloading and restoring vintage photographs and prints to upgrade the image portion of the portal. You can help by improving the articles listed below. Input is welcome here and at Portal talk:Textile Arts. Durova Charge! 04:41, 6 February 2008 (UTC)
Goal is to get these all to B-class or better:
Really we ought to have 10 good biographies to put in rotation. So far only three are presentable. Please help improve them, and upgrade more bios!
(Please note: we're switching over to fiction because of a shortage of biographies). Durova Charge! 23:32, 18 February 2008 (UTC)
Featured portal drive material. The featured portal voters will want 10 solid biographies at B-class or better. Please help! Durova Charge! 10:15, 21 February 2008 (UTC)
In order to prioritize our weakest area, here goes:
Tolerable:
Needing work:
You may want to post a similar notice requesting help at other relevant WikiProjects, which may be specific to each bio article. (And also the main Wikipedia:WikiProject Biography. Cirt ( talk) 18:35, 21 February 2008 (UTC)
Well, giving this a start: I've written to Ms. Stoller through her magazine asking for source material and dropped a line at the NFL project about Rosey Grier. Does anyone know the folks at the biography project? It's probably better to sound them out rather than trying to dump a list in their laps. Durova Charge! 09:20, 22 February 2008 (UTC)
Finds:
Please help finding a home for this image at an article within our project scope. It isn't in any of our own articles yet and it ought to be.
BTW, among our 7 current FPs we've gotten two freebies and both of them come from Russian editors. One of our current FPCs is a restoration of an image supplied by the Palestinian wikiproject. Looks like there are synergies here and I'll be following up on the image collaboration angle. Durova Charge! 19:47, 25 February 2008 (UTC)
The single greatest barrier to article improvement for this project has been spam maintenance. So I'm tagging a lot of our articles with {{ subst:NoMoreLinks}} to reduce the mom-and-pop (mostly mom) spam. Durova Charge! 20:35, 26 February 2008 (UTC)
I have created Slip (needlework) and put it up for DYK. - PKM ( talk) 19:19, 24 February 2008 (UTC)
Short draw (spinning) is also a brand new article. (Well, it's a few days older...) Loggie ( talk) 19:45, 25 February 2008 (UTC)
In an effort to put off bedtime, there is now long draw (spinning) as well, which I'd been meaning to make for awhile. Loggie ( talk) 22:48, 25 February 2008 (UTC)
It's time to start drafting our March newsletter. This project has really picked up! Used to be I'd scrounge for enough material to fill a respectable page; now the challenge is remembering to thank everybody who's done good work in February. Please list your contributions below. Don't be shy. And if you try to be bashful, I may just dig up your work anyway and make it more prominent. ;) Durova Charge! 20:57, 25 February 2008 (UTC)
Please list user name and Feburary contributions.
Cirt is a powerhouse at getting portals featured. He's been very generous with his time and effort for our little wikiproject and joined our numbers yesterday. Let's give him the thanks and welcome he deserves! Durova Charge! 20:39, 26 February 2008 (UTC)
Durova, you seem to know your way around these these things - User:200.127.125.3 has been adding commercial links and nothing else to embroidery articles and templates since November - how do we get this IP banned? - PKM ( talk) 04:09, 28 February 2008 (UTC)
I've been working on spinning (textiles). I think it's ready to bump from start to B-class - can a neutral party reassess? - PKM ( talk) 03:33, 3 March 2008 (UTC)
Also, the bio Moses H. Cone, once expanded a bit more, might be a good addition to Portal:Textile arts. Good job to Doug Coldwell ( talk · contribs), is he active in this project? If not, someone might wish to thank him for his contributions and mention this project to him. Cirt ( talk) 04:37, 5 March 2008 (UTC)
Navajo rug has been promoted to good article, and Image:Bedouinwomanb.jpg has become a featured picture. Durova Charge! 23:26, 5 March 2008 (UTC)
Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Madame de Pompadour - looks good enough for consideration. If it passes it will bring our featured picture count to an even 10. Durova Charge! 07:57, 6 March 2008 (UTC)
also: Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Tibetan thanka Durova Charge! 04:01, 7 March 2008 (UTC)
Good news: our portal is almost ready for featured candidacy. The one thing we still have to nail is the biographies section. We've got to have 10 good B-class biographies and so far we have three. But here's the fun part: several of our other biographies could be ready to go if they just had a better introduction or some other minor improvement.
So here's the place where the final push is under discussion. Or grab one of the following and buff it up! (We only need 7 more so this list of 13 gives leeway to pick and choose the stuff you enjoy). Durova Charge! 22:44, 12 March 2008 (UTC)
Well, if Cirt thinks these are all good enough then we've got ourselves a featured portal candidate. :) Durova Charge! 08:45, 19 March 2008 (UTC)
I added the latest few, I think we need one more. Cirt ( talk) 00:44, 20 March 2008 (UTC)
Sumptuary law is already in great shape with 52 inline citations and an international focus. Needs copyediting and some minor expansion. I've checked whether we'd be stepping on anybody's toes by doing a GA drive and it doesn't appear that we would be. Let's go for it! Durova Charge! 17:46, 19 March 2008 (UTC)
This portal is currently undergoing its second Portal Peer Review, and your comments/feedback would be appreciated at the portal peer review subpage. Cirt ( talk) 12:02, 9 April 2008 (UTC)
I have created a navigation template {{ Textile designers}} and added it to the articles in that category. This was a very educational exercise, which brings up a number of things we can work on:
- PKM ( talk) 19:25, 27 April 2008 (UTC)
I have added the Textile arts fundamental topics to the "Culture and the Arts" section of Portal:Contents/Overviews. - PKM ( talk) 00:30, 28 April 2008 (UTC)
Swift (textiles) was recently featured, and the articles Mechlin lace, Valenciennes lace, Velcro and Brussels lace have been nominated. Loggie ( talk) 07:31, 13 May 2008 (UTC)
I've made a stub at Textile design (it was a redirect to Fiber art). All contributions welcome. - PKM ( talk) 19:12, 1 June 2008 (UTC)
I was wondering if there was someone who wouldn't mind reassesing/assessing these articles: Velcro, Bouclé, Swift (textiles), Twist per inch, Niddy noddy, Short draw (spinning) and Valenciennes lace. Thanks, Loggie ( talk) 17:35, 10 May 2008 (UTC)
I notice that the Wikipedia:Version 1.0 Editorial Team is about to officially release an updated assessment scale; most useful to this project is a new "C" class between Start and "B" class, which I think will be very valuable to our project. I think we have both B- and Start-class articles which should be reassessed to C-class. (There is also a new "A" class.) - PKM ( talk) 22:54, 3 July 2008 (UTC)
I've subscribed our project to User:WolterBot/Cleanup listing subscription, which will generate a subpage similar to this one for our project. Once I see how the results look, I'll link it in from the main project page.
Automation is our friend. - PKM ( talk) 19:49, 3 July 2008 (UTC)
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William Morris has just been promoted to GA! - PKM ( talk) 16:35, 24 August 2008 (UTC)
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Sprang has been expanded from 2 sentences to GA. It also got onto Wikipedia's main page as an expansion DYK. Durova Charge! 17:32, 18 September 2008 (UTC)
Hello all...
An image used in the article, specifically Image:Kr-macweb-01.jpg, has a little bit of a licensing issue. The image was uploaded back when the rules around image uploading were less restrictive. It is presumed that the uploader was willing to license the picture under the GFDL license but was not clear in that regard. As such, the image, while not at risk of deletion, is likely not clearly licensed to allow for free use in any future use of this article. If anyone has an image that can replace this, or can go take one and upload it, it would be best.
You have your mission, take your camera and start clicking.-- Jordan 1972 ( talk) 01:52, 5 October 2008 (UTC)
I just created the article Tailor's ham. Since the topic is far from my area of expertise, I would like to request that someone check the article for consistency and correctness. I used tailor's ham instead of dressmaker's ham because that term returns far more results on Google, but if there is some more appropriate or general name, please move or update the article. Additionally, my naive searches yielded only coverage of the construction, use, and form of hams, and the article currently does not cover the history of their design and use. - Eldereft ( cont.) 21:39, 5 December 2008 (UTC)
Could someone please assess my new article English embroidery? Thanks! - PKM ( talk) 21:41, 25 January 2009 (UTC)
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I thought this WikiProject might be interested. Ping me with any specific queries or leave them on the page linked to above. Thanks! - Jarry1250 ( t, c) 22:23, 1 February 2009 (UTC)
I'm not from this WP, but just dropping by because of a much-needed article - Chilkat blanket. Maybe a bit far from lace doilies and brocade draperies, but textiles/garments nonetheless (unless there's WP:Costume maybe?). Also in the same league, Cowichan sweater and Hudson's Bay blanket..... Skookum1 ( talk) 16:00, 11 February 2009 (UTC)
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This article appears to have been written by a few SPA's working together. All/most of the "references" are to the websites of various companies selling DTG-related products. The text is primarily PEACOCK about how wonderful DTG printing is ("almost 100% eco-friendly," "can be as durable as screen printing," and "price options for most every apparel decorators budget").
I think there's an article to be written on this topic, but this isn't it.
Cross-posting at WP:Conflict of interest/Noticeboard in the hopes that someone will take this on.
Dori ❦ ( Talk ❖ Contribs ❖ Review) ❦ 01:22, 17 April 2009 (UTC)
when did Friendship Bracelets begin becoming popular? --Scott —Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.243.5.136 ( talk) 13:31, 23 April 2009 (UTC)
May I translate the "Reticella" article?
Reticella (también conocida como "reticello" o point coupé/point couppe en Francés) es un encaje de aguja del siglo XV, cuya popularidad se extendió hasta el primer cuarto del siglo XVII.
La reticella era un tipo de trabajo calado en el cual los hilos del lino eran jalados para crear una "rejilla" cuyo patrón era cosido usando principalmente el punto ojal.
Los libros de patrones diseñados por Federico de Vinciolo (Francia, 1587) y Cesare Vecellio (Italia, probablemente en los 1590's pero impreso en 1617) fueron populares y reimpresos frecuentemente.
La Reticella se transformó en otra técnica conocida como Punto in Aria. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 189.129.15.203 ( talk) 23:24, 11 May 2009 (UTC)
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Don't know if this is what this is for, but...I always thought gingham was the checked pattern on cloth. I did not know it was the cloth itself. Can it also be the checked pattern or is it only the type of cloth? thanks —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.29.218.242 ( talk) 17:15, 23 May 2009 (UTC)
I think we need to do some organizing in our templates. At the moment, sprang is on {{ embroidery}} but macramé is on {{ lace types}}, nålebinding is listed as a {{ textile arts}} fundamental (because I didn't have a clue what else to do with it), and lucet and kumihimo aren't on any of our templates. I propose a new template "Braiding and netting" - thoughts? Better ideas? Does plying go with this set? - PKM ( talk) 02:41, 23 July 2009 (UTC)
Would this be a useful article? I can't find a good article on the history of clothing innovations and technological advances. The subject came up on the discussion page addressing the scope for the wearable technology article (which is new). I think it's an interesting subject. Some of the instances mentioned include the advanced swimsuits in the news lately, memory foam in helmets, and there are older innovations like zippers, velcro, and synthetic fabrics. The technologies used to manufacture clothing is also an interesting area. Anyway, I'm new to this topic area so any sugestions or direction is welcome. Thanks. ChildofMidnight ( talk) 20:41, 1 August 2009 (UTC)
Could someone look at this article, please? It's in the oldest month of cleanup articles. I've tried to improve the organization but there are places where I can't tell if a word is another word for something or a type of it. RJFJR ( talk) 19:52, 9 January 2010 (UTC)
I have often heard a reference of the term "hooker" being started from crocheters. Help on any citation? As the article states the poorly paid women of this profession were told to sell themselves to compensate what was not paid to them. It would make sense. Does anyone have any help on this one? Or is this something that was made up by someone? -- Cassandra loves ( talk) 05:15, 3 January 2010 (UTC)
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Hello,
Please could someone have a look at the boutis article (on Provencal/Southern French quilting) to see whether this article may need renaming to something a little more representative of the subject matter? It became clear as I was wikifying and tidying it up that boutis is but one term for a wide variety of Provencal stuffed/wholecloth quilting, but I'm not sufficiently expert enough to say what a better title would be. Obviously boutis and the other terms (like Marseilles work, etc...) should redirect to the page under its new title. Any feedback would be VERY much appreciated - thanks! Mabalu ( talk) 01:49, 6 February 2010 (UTC)
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I've updated my list of missing topics related to clothing and fabrics - Skysmith ( talk) 12:56, 8 April 2010 (UTC)
Consensus has been reached to use the template:
Please feel free to add it to all WP:GA rated articles within this WikiProject, in the same manner of placement used as {{ featured article}}. Thanks for all of your quality improvement work within the topic of this WikiProject! :) Cheers, -- Cirt ( talk) 15:11, 30 May 2010 (UTC)
Cirt, I notice that many projects have their particpants re-sign-in every few months. I think we should do that (at least once a year!) but I am not sure how best to accommondate that with our project template. Any suggestions? - PKM ( talk) 17:11, 30 May 2010 (UTC)
Sewing is a terrible article. I propose to move the lists into their own "list" articles (linked from here), with wikilinks as appropriate, and then add properly cited history and some world-wide perspective.
Any objections or other thoughts? Any volunteers? Is anyone reading this except me and Cirt? :-) - PKM ( talk) 17:51, 31 May 2010 (UTC)
Yesterday I was lucky enough to attend the
Backstage Pass event at the
British Museum. It was part of a wider project of engagement with Wikipedia (see
WP:GLAM/BM) that has seen them take on a temporary Wikipedian In Residence,
User:Witty lama. They see Wikipedia as sharing many of their aims, and they want to encourage involvement by Wikipedians with the museum, and vice versa. They have even offered 5 prizes of £100 at the BM shop for
featured articles on BM topics - in any language.
Most Wikipedians probably don't know that the BM has curators dedicated to answering phone/email questions about their specialist areas, and most of their department libraries welcome visitors doing bona fide research - and they now seem to recognise that editing Wikipedia articles, especially about items in the BM's collections, counts for those purposes. I know that the first question most people will have is "Can we have images of all their stuff?" and I'd just ask people to be patient on that front. Let's just say that the museum are well aware of our hopes there, there are staff who see advantages to the museum in doing something, and it's being discussed at the highest level. On the other hand it's a very complex area that needs to be handled diplomatically. Literally in some cases - foreign governments can get very touchy about the dissemination of images of artifacts relating to their cultural history, and the museum needs to respect those concerns.
So for the moment the focus is on using the BM's huge resources of books, expertise etc to improve article content, and hopefully that will include articles being peer-reviewed by BM staff. Some of them are quite nervous about doing stuff on Wikipedia, a mixture of fear of professional ridicule, nervousness about the technical aspects, stories of rapid reverts of good-faith edits and just general culture shock - it's a very different world to the one they come from. So I'd ask everyone to look after any BM people that you see around the place, Wikipedia can gain a lot from their involvement and it would be a shame if they're discouraged for any reason.
As I mentioned above,
WP:GLAM/BM is the clearing house for the BM's involvement with Wikipedia, and I suggest that further questions/comments are directed there.
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Hello. A request was made over two years ago for WikiProject Textile Arts to be featured in the WikiProject Report section of the Signpost. I'm sorry it has taken this long for the Report to follow up. We've been going through the backlog of requests since reviving the WikiProject Report section in January. The Report would be interested in featuring this project if enough members are still active. How many members of this project would be interested in participating in an interview? - Mabeenot ( talk) 06:30, 21 June 2010 (UTC)
I have created tussore, I made a Wiktionary entry for it and after researching the Wiktionary entry I had enough material for a stub article. However, I have just discovered that tussah (which I think is the same thing) redirect to wild silk. Now I don't really know much about this, is tussore/tussah the same thing as wild silk or just one type of wild silk? In other words, should my article be merged and redirected or is it actually a separate subject? Thanks, SpinningSpark 20:46, 10 August 2010 (UTC)
The image that was being used in Template:Textile-arts-stub has been deleted. I changed the template to refer to the image that was used back in Oct 2006, but someone will probably want to search for a better one to use now. - dcljr ( talk) 01:20, 5 September 2010 (UTC)
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I am a wikipedia newbie, but the article on grosgrain ribbon has fact listed in it (citation 24) that I would like to contest. Gone With the Wind's costumes are the imagination of Hollywood. I am not sure who makes such a claim, but I feel that should be investigated. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.117.75.36 ( talk) 20:18, 16 October 2010 (UTC)
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Added group 27 to the rotation. - PKM ( talk) 02:27, 1 January 2011 (UTC)
I've assessed all the unassessed articles I didn't do major work on. - PKM ( talk) 04:57, 1 January 2011 (UTC)
Punched card has been nominated for renaming, see Talk:punched card. As punch cards were used for textile pattern manufacturing, I though I'd let you know. 65.94.71.179 ( talk) 05:11, 12 January 2011 (UTC)
We now have 3 textile arts glossaries - I have created the category and made it a subcat of textile arts so it appears on the portal. - PKM ( talk) 00:24, 19 January 2011 (UTC)
Byzantine silk has been assessed as B-class. I have added it to the Selected Article rotation. - PKM ( talk) 00:20, 2 January 2011 (UTC)
Natural dye has also been assessed as B-class. I have added it to the Selected Article rotation. - PKM ( talk) 02:07, 10 January 2011 (UTC)
Stephen Fry has tweeted pointing out a mistake in this article. The fabric could not have been invented in 1888 if it was mentioned in the Merchant of Venice. Perhaps someone with more knowledge in the field than I can fix this article up. — Half Price 20:22, 21 January 2011 (UTC)
As the new Wikipedia-in-Residence fostering institutional cooperation at the the Museum of Modern Art, I'd love to invite WikiProject Film folks to come participate! In particular, we are also looking for anyone to be a Textile Arts Ambassador to WikiProject MoMA (see Wikipedia:GLAM/MoMA/Members).-- Pharos ( talk) 15:52, 26 May 2011 (UTC)
On the article on "heddles", it says heddles "separate" the warp threads. That's not strictly accurate. Heddles raise or lower warp threads. On looms equipped with reeds, the reed actually performs the separation. Only on rigid heddle looms do they perform both functions. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.4.195.123 ( talk) 20:49, 2 September 2011 (UTC)
I can see from the membership of the group that there is no-one here who works in the industrial field, who has experience of the economics of the nineteen century or could rebuild a Britich Northrop, or even could explain what papers Geoffrey Timmins wrote and why they are important. Fine, but a lot of the articles that need reassessing or cleaning up are on industrial topics. It looks like sever mission creep I don't assessing my own work- but there does appear to be an acute staff shortage. The textile industry was responsible for the industrial revolution- slavery and segregation in the American colonies and the world as we know it.. seems strange that it is considered an art. I am just raising the topic to generate a little discussion and see if we can do some structural surgery- any suggestions?-- ClemRutter ( talk) 08:18, 19 September 2011 (UTC)
Dear all, pls suggest to me which color cloth APRON is preffered at uv light working area....
WITH BEST REGARDS, PRABHAKAR JUPUDI. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 124.125.190.221 ( talk) 16:39, 29 February 2012 (UTC)
Just a heads-up for anyone who can help. For the article on chinz, all of the links about the fabric are dead. I'm new to Wikipedia editing; please forgive if posted incorrectly. Thanks! Lightink ( talk) 13:13, 19 April 2012 (UTC)
Hi. My name is Carolyn Penders and I am interested in the origins of quilt making. I have come across the notion that quilts were started as a shroud coving for the decesed of a family or village member. All the women in the village or family got to gether and donated pieces of cloth from clothing and such items to be sewn together as a shroud to wrap the decesed in, ensuring their love and memories would warm them in the after life. Slowly they began to make shrouds before death and still as slow they began to use these quilts as a cover or blanket filled with feathers for batting and a colorful backing.
My question is, were quilts started all over the world in different cultures or is it beleived that quilts have their orgins only in Europe? Because the quilt making I have described above is for Native Americans long befor the Europeans set foot in North America. I also would like to ask if ther is a history of quilt making in Africa? China has been a long time user of quilted clothing, and I'm sure, quilted bedding, so where does Quilts or quilting originate? Carolyn 76.105.139.62 ( talk) 19:21, 13 June 2012 (UTC)
I was looking to buy fabric today and noticed on 3 sites everything was sold by the "running yard". I have searched and searched for a definition, but have not found one. The wikipedia article on Textile had a section on units of measurement for textile manufacturing, but nothing for a "running yard". I would have added it myself if I had found a good reference. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.131.8.142 ( talk) 19:12, 30 July 2012 (UTC)
119.226.207.10 ( talk) 07:34, 17 August 2012 (UTC) Need to know various methods to attach a gusset at the bottom hem of a traditional shirt with sketches of seams/stitches made
There are two articles on the same topic, Illusion knitting and Shadow knitting. Anyone up for the merge? MatthewVanitas ( talk) 21:25, 13 December 2012 (UTC)
Hello, I've been thinking about this for a while now, but not really sure where best to raise it for discussion. My question is:
Would it make sense if all disambiguated textile article titles had one consistent disambiguation? And WHICH one of the three should it be? Also let me know if this should be discussed elsewhere - maybe it is already? Mabalu ( talk) 22:25, 23 March 2013 (UTC)
image:Imperial Cotton Duck.jpg has been nominated for deletion -- 76.65.128.222 ( talk) 05:24, 26 July 2013 (UTC)
I have updated Missing topics about clothing and fabrics - Skysmith ( talk) 08:49, 29 August 2013 (UTC)
image:Cotton duck manufactured by the Imperial Cotton Company Limited.jpg has been nominated for deletion -- 70.24.244.158 ( talk) 08:50, 14 September 2013 (UTC)
Dear textile experts: The above article is up for review at Articles for creation. Please check it out and see if you think it is a different topic from Batik, or if maybe there should be a general topic Wax prints which encompasses both of these. — Anne Delong ( talk) 22:37, 29 October 2013 (UTC)
The article on Frivolite (a French analog of tatting) has been proposed for deletion. A review by knowledgeable editors would be welcome. -- Mark viking ( talk) 20:22, 9 January 2014 (UTC)
I've archived some inactive threads to subsections which were notifications about discussions that have since been closed. — Cirt ( talk) 10:21, 1 February 2014 (UTC)
Greetings. Apparently bordado means embroidery in Spanish. I was working on a Peru related article and apparently street vendors sell "bordado". So my question is, is "bordado" notable as distinct from embroidery? Is there a type of Peruvian embroidery known as bordado that is notable? Thanks for any insights and assistance. Candleabracadabra ( talk) 15:09, 13 April 2014 (UTC)
Hey all, I'd really like to help in anyway possible. Right now, there are two articles that I've been scouring for a bit. They're knitting and hand knitting. Two separate articles with a LOT of the same information. We should either consolidate or figure out a solution here. -- Kobuu ( talk) 15:19, 5 August 2014 (UTC)
Category:Textile properties, which is within the scope of this WikiProject, has been nominated for deletion. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the Categories for discussion page. Thank you. RevelationDirect ( talk) 05:13, 22 September 2014 (UTC)
Category:Smocking, which is within the scope of this WikiProject, has been nominated for upmerging into Category:Embroidery. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the Categories for discussion page. Thank you. RevelationDirect ( talk) 00:17, 29 September 2014 (UTC)
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This is a notice about Category:Textile Arts articles needing expert attention, which might be of interest to your WikiProject. It will take a while before the category is populated. Iceblock ( talk) 16:24, 28 October 2014 (UTC)
I approved an article today on Greek lace that's in the scope of your project. The article needs a lot of work so I thought I'd bring it to your attention. Cheers, Primefac ( talk) 21:56, 12 November 2014 (UTC)
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The project is tagged as defunct, but someone supposed there is enough activity. But even in the archive I overlooked at first (counted from the wrong end) I don't see much answers. Jo Pol ( talk) 21:03, 19 December 2014 (UTC)
Resusciating - January 2015 satusuro 14:13, 24 January 2015 (UTC)
The usage of Carbon fiber ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) is under discussion, see talk:carbon (fiber) -- 65.94.43.89 ( talk) 04:57, 22 March 2015 (UTC)
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— Preceding unsigned comment added by Victuallers ( talk • contribs) 19:53, 14 April 2015 (UTC)
Coutil redirect to Polish Wikipedia is to a fabric called drelich ( /info/en/?search=Coutil to https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drelich), which is untrue. Coutil can be also woven in satin and brocade weave, drelich is only twill weave. Drelich is in fact drill ( /info/en/?search=Drill_(fabric)). In Polish wiki there is information thet drelich is made of linen (flax?), but in fact the linen drelich is not present (or very rare) on the market, it is now mostly made of cotton. Additional source confirming this translation: http://en.texsite.info/Drill - Polish redirection: http://pl.texsite.info/Drelich_%28tkanina%29 translating drelich=coutil is untrue and makes a mess. could you help me fix it? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Akashne ( talk • contribs) 07:17, 19 May 2015 (UTC)
The naming and topic of {{ Types of armour}} is under discussion, see Template talk:Types of armour -- 70.51.202.183 ( talk) 05:00, 6 June 2015 (UTC)
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Help us, Wikiproject Textile Arts; you're our only hope! Chrisrus ( talk) 05:28, 3 August 2015 (UTC)
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Dear Editors, Greetings of the day! please help to improve in putting citations and adding picture gallery in Performance fabrics. These fabrics are in fashion and all leading apparel brands are marketing their products on premium to create awareness and educate end user and upcoming textile students this article may be helpful. thanks in anticipation,
kind regards
14.98.230.31 ( talk) 11:38, 24 August 2015 (UTC)
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Dear Editors, Greetings of the day! please help in improving Performance fabrics. thanks rajiv sharma 11:43, 24 August 2015 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by RAJIVVASUDEV ( talk • contribs)
Hi,
I've been on the technology timeline ("Timeline of materials technology") talk page to inquire about more stuff on fiber tech (cloth and rope), although/because I know little about it. A place to go?
T 88.89.219.147 ( talk) 03:35, 28 September 2015 (UTC)
I have added a request at wp:Article alerts for this project. Once it has been added those who are interested will be able to see alerts for articles whose talk-page carries this project's banner. For example you will see a list of articles nominated for deletion or conversly those that are proposed for Good articles. Ottawahitech ( talk) 14:46, 28 November 2015 (UTC)please ping me
Calling all members of WikiProject Textile Arts who are also interested in fashion:
WikiProject Fashion will be working on a Collaboration of the Month in July 2016. The article to be improved will be Jacket. If you are interested, please sign up! Chickadee46 ( talk| contribs) ( WP:MCW) 00:31, 28 June 2016 (UTC)
This article on rug hooking has replaced the original with a very one-sided view of rug hooking. It was obviously written by an advocate of the McGown guild and Pearl McGown. While Pearl McGown deserves a place in rug hooking history, she wasn't the only important person. There were other teachers and innovators working long before Pearl joined the community of rug hookers and then re-designed rug hooking to suit her view of it as a craft. Demanding that rug hookers follow her rules, even though she couldn't even call them rug hookers and made up new words like "ruggers" to describe these artisans, Mrs. McGown changed the craft for half a century. Prior to the McGown era, people hooked artistic rugs in independent, personal, and creative ways. Mrs. McGown turned the art into a "hook-by-numbers" craft. Rug hooking has finally moved beyond the McGown restrictions and has once again become an art that is attracting more and more people every year. The view held by McGown trained teachers that Pearl "saved rug hooking" is only true for those who believe in the propaganda promulgated by the McGown workshops and guild. I respect Pearl McGown as a hard-working entrepreneur, but there are many other people who deserve just as much respect. One example was Pearl's employer, Mrs. Saunders, who taught Pearl how to make patterns and had an earlier letter system of training teachers. There are many people like Magdalena Briner who made creative and original rugs long before Pearl decided rugs had to be made her way and denigrated rugs made any other way. Joan Moshimer was one of the first to break Pearl's rules by designing her own rugs and selling her own patterns - Pearl punished her by taking away her teaching certification. ATHA, The Association of Traditional Hooking Artists, was formed by a group of women who felt Pearl's rules were too restrictive and chose to form an alternative to the McGown guild system. In recent years, ATHA's leadership has been taken over by McGown trained teachers so all attempts to grow beyond the limits of McGown thinking have been blocked, especially all attempts to create an ATHA teacher training program. However, ATHA's success in encouraging creativity has caused the teacher training workshops to at last allow rug patterns created by non-McGown designers to be hooked at schools and workshops. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2001:5B0:220A:D378:7466:4AAD:93F7:3599 ( talk) 05:31, 17 August 2016 (UTC)
Hello, |
My list of missing topics about clothing (and fabrics) is updated with fabrics list - Skysmith ( talk) 13:22, 8 January 2017 (UTC)
I just read the definition of tatting and found it incorrect. It says that tatting is tying a series of knots on a holding thread. With shuttle tatting you tie one half of the knot with the shuttle thread and then you must transfer that half to the holding thread. Then you make the second half of the knot and transfer it. That's why many people find it easier to needle tat. With needle tatting the stitches are made without the transfer process until the thread is pulled through all the stitches. Both processes look the same when completed. It's easier to directly add beads when you needle tat. Each technique has its own merits. 71.223.128.195 ( talk) 17:10, 2 September 2017 (UTC)
At Wiktionary (see wikt:Wiktionary:Tea room/2018/February, we're trying to figure out the etymology of wikt:凡爾丁 (fáněrdīng)/ wikt:凡立丁 (fánlìdīng), and whether to create an entry for the English name "valetin" used to translate them. The Chinese term refers to a wool fabric that's often mentioned along with gabardine.
The best we can figure so far is that the Chinese is derived from some non-Chinese name, but we can't seem to find anything via Google that's not a translation from Chinese (see wikt:Citations:valetin). I would appreciate it if you could check in any references you have access to, and help us figure this out. Thanks! Chuck Entz ( talk) 02:10, 5 February 2018 (UTC)
It is not clear to me why this detailed article: /info/en/?search=Rya_(rug) is marked stub, low importance, and as having dubious sources. Jackdime ( talk) 11:25, 7 February 2018 (UTC)
I would like some feedback from fellow textile artists on adding the cloud filling stitch to the feather stitch wiki page.
I believe that this stitch can apply under the guidelines of the feather stitch as one thread loops through the vertical stitches that are applied first on the fabric. Any and all feedback would be greatly appreciated, thank you!
Mariannah88 ( talk) 17:39, 22 September 2018 (UTC)
I went to a craft day yesterday where we were shown Stick weaving, which seems to be a variation of a pegloom, peg loom or pegged loom. I can't find any mention in the encyclopedia beyond a red link to Pegged loom in Loom#Traditional_looms. An article I've found asserts that this was a native American weaving technique, so I'm surprised if we haven't got anything on it in the encyclopedia. Before I create a duplicate article, currently a draft at User:PamD/Peg loom, I thought I'd check here in case there's an alternative name I'm not finding in my Googling. All I'm finding online is either "how-to" sites or sites selling looms or weaving sticks (essentially the same technique, the sticks either handheld or in a stand). There's a lot of it about, I'm sure it's notable, but I'd like to get the historical aspect sourced, and to avoid any duplication. Any thoughts? Pam D 11:23, 15 November 2018 (UTC)
I post this notice in case somebody in your WikiProject would like to redirect or create these pages.
capeskin
chamois <->
chammy
doeskin
grain leather
levant morocco
pebble leather
pig suede
Russian leather
saddle leather
sole-leather <->
shoe-leather
tawed leather
whitleather <->
white leather
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brocatel <->
brocatelle
Canton crepe
cire
Courtelle
doeskin
faille
hopsack
jaconet
marquisette
organzine
panne
percaline
ragg
ratine
shalloon
swansdown
swanskin
tabaret
tafetta
toweling
tricotine
Venetian cloth
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Is Tafetta a misspelling of Taffeta? Leschnei ( talk) 23:49, 21 December 2018 (UTC)
Hello. I noticed a recent query on Talk:List of laundry topics, where it seems likely to be overlooked. I post it here in case any of you can help, or suggest a better place to re-post it.
Thanks. -- Carbon Caryatid ( talk) 19:26, 17 February 2019 (UTC)
Hello, |
To my knowledge there is no recognized definition of "Hereke carpet". Reducing the definition of such a carpet only at its place of production is not relevant because it is not a verifiable data and this does not characterize the product. A carpet is not like a wine or a cheese, there is not a "terroir" that gives it a unique specificity recognizable by a specialist or by scientific analysis. No vendor, in Istanbul or elsewhere, will give you the name of the craftsman or the workshop who made the carpet. The less honest will even sell you a carpet from China or India for a "Hereke rug".
This lack of commercial definition leads to a very uncomfortable situation for buyers as the sums involved are important. This explains that there are multitudes of forums where tourists incompetent on the subject and too gullible wonder after returning home, if the "Hereke carpet" they bought a few thousand to tens of thousands of euros/dollars are "real Hereke rugs" !
Let's try another definition that better characterizes the product :
On a formal point of view, a "Hereke rug" is a carpet that was produced by the imperial manufacture of Hereke until its closure around 1925.
For carpets after 1925, and by extension, one could say that a "Hereke rug" is a carpet:
- made entirely by hand by a craftsman operating according to the ancestral Turkish methods, - knotted essentially with the Turkish "double knot", - having a high density of "double knots" per cm², at least 8x8 (10x10 and 12x12 being values frequently encountered - 16x16 or 32x32 being possible but more exceptional values), - made of wool or silk yarn, or camel hair, all of natural origin and tinted using natural pigments according to traditional Turkish methods , - representing a traditional Turkish motif decoration (possibly with contemporary figurative motifs), - produced in the perimeter of Istanbul and Hereke. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Michelfrance ( talk • contribs) 13:58, 16 April 2019 (UTC)
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I've been working hard on the Crewel embroidery article, and wonder if it might now be assessed higher than start class? If this isn't the place to ask this, please let me know where I should. Thank you. TrudiJ ( talk) 11:03, 28 February 2020 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by TrudiJ ( talk • contribs) 10:58, 28 February 2020 (UTC)
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11:41, 28 February 2020 (UTC)Please see Talk:List of tartans#Inclusion criteria, a proposal for a three-point list of inclusion criteria. There are at least 7000 tartans and we cannot account for them all in a single article. — SMcCandlish ☏ ¢ 😼 20:45, 13 March 2020 (UTC)
I propose we rename the Cuben Fiber article Dyneema Composite Fabric, add a redirect for Cuben Fiber to that page, and add "Dyneema Composite Fabric" to the DCF disambiguation page. The market, and article seekers are now used to DCF. Soon Cuban fiber will be only a memory. I defer to you all as this page is tagged as within the scope of this WikiProject. —philoserf ( talk) 04:20, 10 March 2020 (UTC)
Researchers are starting to try to typify materials that make good and bad facemasks; see Face masks during the COVID-19 pandemic. unfortunately, many medical researchers know little about textiles. Articles such as Units of textile measurement and percale might be relevant. Anyone who can improve content of this sort, it would be very useful! HLHJ ( talk) 00:07, 14 May 2020 (UTC)
The last question took a decade at Wikipedia:WikiProject Textile Arts/Help; could the page be merged here? HLHJ ( talk) 23:56, 13 May 2020 (UTC)
I propose an effort to create and improve the articles of notable textile artists. I think other WikiProjects, such as Wikipedia:WikiProject Biography, Wikipedia:WikiProject Women in Red, and perhaps Wikipedia:WikiProject Arts may also be interested in joining us in this work. Enby ( talk) 15:00, 26 August 2020 (UTC)
@ Enby, PKM, and HLHJ:: As promised, in November Women in Red is giving special focus to Textile arts. It would be useful if you could inform other editors who might be interested in participating. I would like to thank PKM for drawing our attention to the redlists available from Wikidata. We have now combined the various aspects into one listing at Wikipedia:WikiProject Women in Red/Missing articles by occupation/Textile. We look forward to wide participation in this important area of craftmanship. Below is a copy of the WiR invitation for November. You are welcome to forward it to other potentially interested editors or projects.-- Ipigott ( talk) 10:27, 29 October 2020 (UTC)
Women in Red | November 2020, Volume 6, Issue 11, Numbers 150, 173, 178, 180, 181
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Hi there, I have added a significant amount of new information to the Mercery article stub and have linked it to the Textile Arts Wikiproject. I am kindly requesting a reassessment of the article. WikiLearner2605 ( talk) 08:56, 17 November 2020 (UTC)
There is a discussion at Talk:Mulmul to which someone here might be able to contribute. Pam D 09:18, 1 December 2020 (UTC)
A requested move discussion has had few comments. Johnbod ( talk) 04:45, 9 December 2020 (UTC)
Hello; I've just been sent and uploaded these high-quality images for our article on circular knitting, but I'm not really sure what I'm looking at, and I don't want to remove any photos that are important. Would someone who knows a bit more about these things like to add some of these to the relevant articles? Josh Milburn ( talk) 15:23, 29 December 2020 (UTC)
Not done
I just added an article on bed hangings, which includes a fair amount about the embroidery on the hangings. I just would like to make sure that I was correct in adding it to this project, and if I was, to see if it might be assessed. I'd also love to have others contribute to it. It is better on the US and UK, weak on other countries. Thank you! TrudiJ ( talk) 17:49, 12 December 2020 (UTC)
@ Johnbod:Thank you, I will explore tapestry use and also see if I can get information about other countries' use of bed hangings. TrudiJ ( talk) 17:21, 13 December 2020 (UTC)
I saw that the Lace article needed work, and is of top importance for this project. Over the last week or so, I've been adding to it. I would like to consult about the focus of the article. There are many sources that say there are 2 types of lace: bobbin lace and needle lace. Someone who worked on this article previously included a long list of types of lace, as well as images. I just added some wording to the lead to address the fact that this article focuses on needle lace and bobbin lace, but is this the way to do it? And should the article try to encompass all the types of lace in the bulleted list? Should the list and gallery come out? I'll keep working on the article, but it would help to have the focus determined. Thank you! TrudiJ ( talk) 16:18, 11 April 2021 (UTC)
The "types" section could be made clearer along these lines, if they are correct. As it is, the rest of the article covers a) exclusively, & I see no harm in just mentioning the other types. I suspect that the main gaps, here and at lace machine are firstly what machine-made lace (which I think we have to accept is lace) looks like & how popular it was at various points. Secondly, apart from America, the history section pretty much stops by 1800 for England, and 1600 for other places. I thought it continued or continues as an industry in parts of France and the Netherlands long after that. But I see you've added a lot, starting from the beginning, so let's hope that is to come. The references seem rather piecemeal, & mostly internet; I think what you need is a big fat book just on lace. As various people say at Talk:Lace, the article is rather weak at the perhaps tricky job of saying what lace actually looks like. Johnbod ( talk) 02:59, 23 October 2021 (UTC)
I added some stuff to tufting, updated the process of rug making with new machines and technologies as well as a simple overview on how they work. Definitely feel free to add or change my edits, would be excited to hear from others on rug-making.-- KnowledgeBySean ( talk) 19:52, 5 April 2021 (UTC)
Please review the assessmsnt on Talk:Brocade. It is currently listed as a Stub but deserves better. Grantmidnight ( talk) 19:30, 14 January 2022 (UTC)
I was looking for a page on the history of various Iranian textiles, specifically for the ethnic groups within Iran and I can't seem to find it. Can anyone help me? I did find however Persian handicrafts. PigeonChickenFish ( talk) 01:15, 11 March 2022 (UTC)
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I have run across a number of sources that provide information about the development of pattern books for both embroidery and textiles. Examples include Fashion & Virtue: Textile Patterns and the Print Revolution, 1520-1620 (Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin, Fall 2015) and Needlework: An Illustrated History (ed by Bridgeman and Drury). I have thought about starting an entry on the topic, since I've not found an existing one, but I wanted to check to make sure I haven't missed it. If you know of an existing article, please do let me know. I also wonder about separating the two types of books--embroidery and textiles--but the crossover would make disentangling them problematic, I think. But delving into the topic further, and expertise of this group, will help to determine this. Thank you.
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17:30, 17 October 2022 (UTC)Hello friends! I am in the process of editing articles related to knitting. It's my personal hobbyhorse, and I noticed that many of the articles have been set on the right track but could use additional content. In particular, my goals are as follows:
If anyone is game to join, do let me know. I will be editing a variety pages. We should coordinate :) Orcanami; or the 🌊⬛🐬⬜🌊( talk) 20:54, 23 October 2022 (UTC)
I have started to work on the Inkle weaving article, but I think this title is either too narrow, or not specific enough. I've added some possible suggestions for change on the talk page for the article, and would be interested in reactions to these possible directions to take. It will be easier to continue editing with a clearer focus for the article, as well as possibly starting a second article. Thank you. TrudiJ ( talk) 09:56, 15 January 2023 (UTC)
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Please see Talk:Tartan#Twill construction. The article section it refers to ( Tartan#Weaving construction) could use review by someone familiar with weaving terms to make sure that its present wording is as it should be after merging material originally in that section and material from the lead. — SMcCandlish ☏ ¢ 😼 11:06, 15 May 2023 (UTC)
Poly-viscose and the likely redirects
poly–viscose,
polyviscose, and
poly viscose are redlinks. However, this fabric, a blend of viscose (AKA
rayon) and
polyester, needs an article. There's a whole lot material about it (especially in connection to the kilt trade, where it has become a popular alternative to wool tartan), but also in broader manufacturing categories. I find mentions of it in various WP articles
[1]. I would create a
WP:STUB on it, but I'm eyeballs deep in an overhaul of the
Tartan article (for two weeks running). PS: The Wiktionary entry
wikt:polyviscose is wrong, and has a silly folk etymology in it: "A polymer manufactured from plant cellulose". PPS: It's frequently referred to as
PV, which presently redirects to
Photovoltaics, so that would need a {{
Redirect|PV|the polymer blend material|Poly-viscose}}
hatnote. I've also seen it referred to as
P-V, which is a redlink. PPPS: Should also have redirects at
polyester-viscose,
polyester–viscose,
polyester-rayon,
polyester–rayon;
viscose-polyester, etc.;
polyester–viscose blend, etc.; and
poly/viscose, etc. —
SMcCandlish
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Hello, Textile Arts WikiProject,
I've been delaying the deletion of this draft for a while now because I thought someone knowledgeable could craft a short article on this subject. This WikiProject doesn't look terrily active but I'm posting here in case we have any members who are well-versed in embroidery and who might be interested. Thank you. Liz Read! Talk! 20:00, 1 July 2023 (UTC)
Please see Articles for deletion/Designs in Machine Embroidery. You all are invited to add your comments.
--01:19, 5 August 2023 (UTC) A. B. ( talk • contribs • global count) 01:19, 5 August 2023 (UTC)