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The Fabric of Civilization: How Textiles Made the World (Hardcover)
by (shelved 14 times as textile)
avg rating 4.14 — 3,408 ratings — published 2020
Women's Work: The First 20,000 Years: Women, Cloth, and Society in Early Times (Paperback)
by (shelved 14 times as textile)
avg rating 4.31 — 3,176 ratings — published 1994
The Golden Thread: How Fabric Changed History (Hardcover)
by (shelved 13 times as textile)
avg rating 4.08 — 3,913 ratings — published 2018
Threads of Life: A History of the World Through the Eye of a Needle (Hardcover)
by (shelved 11 times as textile)
avg rating 4.09 — 2,406 ratings — published 2019
Fabric: The Hidden History of the Material World (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as textile)
avg rating 4.22 — 1,038 ratings — published 2021
Worn: A People's History of Clothing (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as textile)
avg rating 4.17 — 2,636 ratings — published 2022
Vanishing Fleece: Adventures in American Wool (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as textile)
avg rating 4.18 — 3,271 ratings — published 2019
Textilepedia: The Complete Fabric Guide (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as textile)
avg rating 4.61 — 245 ratings — published 2020
Slow Stitch: Mindful and Contemplative Textile Art (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as textile)
avg rating 4.23 — 507 ratings — published 2015
Indian Textiles: The Karun Thakar Collection (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as textile)
avg rating 3.57 — 7 ratings — published 2014
This Long Thread (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as textile)
avg rating 4.55 — 198 ratings — published
Fray: Art and Textile Politics (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as textile)
avg rating 4.43 — 63 ratings — published
Resilient Stitch: Wellbeing and Connection in Textile Art (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as textile)
avg rating 4.07 — 130 ratings — published
Many Hands Make A Quilt: Short Histories of Radical Quilting (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as textile)
avg rating 4.55 — 171 ratings — published
Fabric for Fashion: The Complete Guide: Natural and Man-made Fibres (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 4 times as textile)
avg rating 4.39 — 74 ratings — published 2010
The Subversive Stitch: Embroidery and the Making of the Feminine (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as textile)
avg rating 4.11 — 522 ratings — published 1984
Fibershed: Growing a Movement of Farmers, Fashion Activists, and Makers for a New Textile Economy (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 4 times as textile)
avg rating 4.06 — 433 ratings — published
This Golden Fleece: A Journey Through Britain's Knitted History (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as textile)
avg rating 4.14 — 755 ratings — published 2019
Patterns of Fashion 1: Englishwomen's Dresses and Their Construction C. 1660-1860 (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as textile)
avg rating 4.64 — 507 ratings — published 1972
Anni Albers On Weaving (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as textile)
avg rating 4.62 — 152 ratings — published 1965
Yarnitecture: A Knitter's Guide to Spinning: Building Exactly the Yarn You Want (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 3 times as textile)
avg rating 4.62 — 479 ratings — published 2016
Color: A Natural History of the Palette (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as textile)
avg rating 3.79 — 73,738 ratings — published 2003
Fabric for Fashion: The Swatch Book (Spiral-bound)
by (shelved 3 times as textile)
avg rating 4.52 — 143 ratings — published 2010
டெக்ஸ்டைல்ஸ் நூல் மற்றும் துணி கணக்கீட்டு முறைகள் Textiles Nool Matrum Thuni Kanakkeettu Muraigal: A Hand Book of Textile Costing (Tamil Edition)
by (shelved 3 times as textile)
avg rating 4.67 — 3 ratings — published
5,000 Years of Textiles (Five Thousand Years of Textiles)
by (shelved 3 times as textile)
avg rating 4.13 — 87 ratings — published 1993
Handmade in India: A Geographic Encyclopedia of India Handicrafts (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as textile)
avg rating 4.40 — 60 ratings — published 2009
The Art of Annemieke Mein: Wildlife Artist in Textiles (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as textile)
avg rating 4.57 — 61 ratings — published 1992
Patterns of Fashion 4: The Cut and Construction of Linen Shirts, Smocks, Neckwear, Headwear and Accessories for Men and Women C. 1540-1660 (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as textile)
avg rating 4.75 — 173 ratings — published 2008
Patterns of Fashion 2: Englishwomen's Dresses and Their Construction C.1860-1940 (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as textile)
avg rating 4.68 — 342 ratings — published 1977
The Secret Lives of Color (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as textile)
avg rating 3.98 — 23,273 ratings — published 2016
Weaving Textiles That Shape Themselves (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as textile)
avg rating 4.60 — 20 ratings — published 2012
Unsuitable: A History of Lesbian Fashion (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as textile)
avg rating 4.17 — 309 ratings — published
With Her Own Hands: Women Weaving Their Stories (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as textile)
avg rating 3.95 — 1,563 ratings — published 2025
Woven Works (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as textile)
avg rating 4.75 — 4 ratings — published 1978
A Short History of the World According to Sheep (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as textile)
avg rating 3.93 — 2,850 ratings — published 2020
Complete Guide to Designing and Printing Fabric (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as textile)
avg rating 4.31 — 36 ratings — published 2011
I Weave What I Have Seen: The War Rugs of Afghanistan
by (shelved 2 times as textile)
avg rating 3.88 — 8 ratings — published
Histoire des tissus en France (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as textile)
avg rating 0.0 — 0 ratings — published
Guide pratique des textiles - Tissés, tricotés, techniques: Tissés, tricotés, techniques (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as textile)
avg rating 0.0 — 0 ratings — published
Fragmentation and Repair: For Mixed-Media And Textile Artists (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as textile)
avg rating 4.54 — 78 ratings — published 2021
Textiles: The Art of Mankind (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as textile)
avg rating 4.08 — 38 ratings — published 2012
The Spinner's Book of Yarn Designs: Techniques for Creating 80 Yarns (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as textile)
avg rating 4.67 — 427 ratings — published 2012
The Fleece & Fiber Sourcebook (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as textile)
avg rating 4.75 — 718 ratings — published 2011
Gift of the Cotton Maiden: Textiles of Flores and the Solor Islands (Indonesia)
by (shelved 2 times as textile)
avg rating 4.60 — 5 ratings — published 1994
Knit 2 Socks in 1: Discover the Easy Magic of Turning One Long Sock into a Pair! Choose from 21 Original Designs (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as textile)
avg rating 4.27 — 144 ratings — published
Looking at Textiles: A Guide to Technical Terms (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as textile)
avg rating 4.33 — 15 ratings — published 2012
Stitching Love and Loss: A Gee's Bend Quilt (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as textile)
avg rating 4.12 — 32 ratings — published
Patterns of Fashion 6: The Content, Cut, Construction and Context of Women’s European Dress c. 1695-1795 (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as textile)
avg rating 4.36 — 11 ratings — published
Weaving: Contemporary Makers On The Loom (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as textile)
avg rating 4.36 — 42 ratings — published
Needle Lace and Needleweaving (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as textile)
avg rating 4.00 — 4 ratings — published 1978
“Fabric" and "fabricate "share a common Latin root: fabrica "something skillfully produced". Text and textile are similarly related, from the verb texere, "to weave", which in turn derives...from the Indo-European word *teḱs̱ , meaning "to weave". "Order" comes from the Latin word for setting the warp threads, [ordinare], as does the French word for computer, ordinateur. The French word metier, meaning "trade" or "craft" is also the word for "loom".
Such associations aren't uniquely European. In the K'iche' Mayan language, the terms for weaving designs and writing hieroglyphics both use the root tz'ibia. The Sanskrit word sutra, which now refers to a literary aphorism or religious scripture, originally denoted "string" or "thread". The word tantra which refers to a Hindu or Buddhist religious text, is from the Sanskrit tantrum, meaning "warp" or "loom". The Chinese word Zǔzhī” 组织 meaning "organization" or "arrange" is also the word for "weave", while Chéngjiù 成就 meaning "achievement" or "result" originally meant "twisting fibers together". ”
― The Fabric of Civilization: How Textiles Made the World
Such associations aren't uniquely European. In the K'iche' Mayan language, the terms for weaving designs and writing hieroglyphics both use the root tz'ibia. The Sanskrit word sutra, which now refers to a literary aphorism or religious scripture, originally denoted "string" or "thread". The word tantra which refers to a Hindu or Buddhist religious text, is from the Sanskrit tantrum, meaning "warp" or "loom". The Chinese word Zǔzhī” 组织 meaning "organization" or "arrange" is also the word for "weave", while Chéngjiù 成就 meaning "achievement" or "result" originally meant "twisting fibers together". ”
― The Fabric of Civilization: How Textiles Made the World
“Knitting her reddish-brown hairy stocking, with her head outlined absurdly by the gilt frame, the green shawl which she had tossed over the edge of the frame, and the authenticated masterpiece by Michael Angelo, Mrs. Ramsay smoothed out what had been harsh in her manner a moment before, raised his head, and kissed her little boy on the forehead. "Let us find another picture to cut out," she said.”
― To the Lighthouse
― To the Lighthouse