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Women's Work: The First 20,000 Years: Women, Cloth, and Society in Early Times (Paperback)
by (shelved 13 times as textile)
avg rating 4.31 — 2,933 ratings — published 1994
The Fabric of Civilization: How Textiles Made the World (Hardcover)
by (shelved 12 times as textile)
avg rating 4.16 — 2,840 ratings — published 2020
The Golden Thread: How Fabric Changed History (Hardcover)
by (shelved 11 times as textile)
avg rating 4.09 — 3,708 ratings — published 2018
Threads of Life: A History of the World Through the Eye of a Needle (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as textile)
avg rating 4.10 — 2,291 ratings — published 2019
Fabric: The Hidden History of the Material World (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as textile)
avg rating 4.23 — 954 ratings — published 2021
Worn: A People's History of Clothing (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as textile)
avg rating 4.17 — 2,428 ratings — published 2022
Textilepedia: The Complete Fabric Guide (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as textile)
avg rating 4.63 — 228 ratings — published 2020
Slow Stitch: Mindful and Contemplative Textile Art (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as textile)
avg rating 4.24 — 501 ratings — published 2015
Vanishing Fleece: Adventures in American Wool (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as textile)
avg rating 4.18 — 3,123 ratings — published 2019
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 — 194 ratings — published
Fray: Art and Textile Politics (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as textile)
avg rating 4.43 — 58 ratings — published
Resilient Stitch: Wellbeing and Connection in Textile Art (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as textile)
avg rating 4.06 — 123 ratings — published
Many Hands Make A Quilt: Short Histories of Radical Quilting (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as textile)
avg rating 4.54 — 149 ratings — published
Fabric for Fashion: The Complete Guide: Natural and Man-made Fibres (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 4 times as textile)
avg rating 4.38 — 73 ratings — published 2010
This Golden Fleece: A Journey Through Britain's Knitted History (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as textile)
avg rating 4.14 — 712 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 — 502 ratings — published 1972
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 — 468 ratings — published 2016
Color: A Natural History of the Palette (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as textile)
avg rating 3.79 — 72,887 ratings — published 2003
Fabric for Fashion: The Swatch Book (Spiral-bound)
by (shelved 3 times as textile)
avg rating 4.53 — 142 ratings — published 2010
The Subversive Stitch: Embroidery and the Making of the Feminine (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as textile)
avg rating 4.11 — 503 ratings — published 1984
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
Fibershed: Growing a Movement of Farmers, Fashion Activists, and Makers for a New Textile Economy (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 3 times as textile)
avg rating 4.08 — 412 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 — 60 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 — 171 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 — 341 ratings — published 1977
The Secret Lives of Color (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as textile)
avg rating 4.00 — 21,790 ratings — published 2016
Weaving Textiles That Shape Themselves (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as textile)
avg rating 4.61 — 18 ratings — published 2012
Unsuitable: A History of Lesbian Fashion (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as textile)
avg rating 4.19 — 248 ratings — published
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 — 2,564 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 4.00 — 5 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 4.53 — 74 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 — 425 ratings — published 2012
The Fleece & Fiber Sourcebook (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as textile)
avg rating 4.75 — 710 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
Anni Albers On Weaving (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as textile)
avg rating 4.63 — 147 ratings — published 1965
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 — 143 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 4.16 — 25 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 4.30 — 10 ratings — published
Weaving: Contemporary Makers On The Loom (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as textile)
avg rating 4.40 — 42 ratings — published
Needle Lace and Needleweaving (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as textile)
avg rating 4.00 — 4 ratings — published 1978
The Dyer's Art: Ikat, Batik, Plangi (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as textile)
avg rating 4.50 — 8 ratings — published 1976
“A great textile, like the William Morris Strawberry Thief, is a pice of art, but it takes a lot of time to make a piece of art. It isn't simply design either. You have to understand the fabrics and what they can bear. You have to understand the dyeing process and how to achieve certain colors and what will make the color last through the ages. If you make a mistake, you might have to begin again."
"I don't think I know Strawberry Thief," Sadie said.
"One moment," Mrs. Watanabe said. Mrs. Watanabe went into her bedroom, and she returned with a little footstool that was upholstered in a reproduction of Strawberry Thief. The pattern depicted birds and strawberries in a garden, and although Sadie hadn't known the name, she recognized the print when she saw it.
"This was William Morris's garden. These were his strawberries. Those were birds he knew. No designer had ever used red or yellow in an indigo discharge dyeing technique before. He must have had to start over many times to get the colors right. This fabric is not just a fabric. It's the story of failure and of perseverance, of the discipline of a craftsman, of the life of an artist.”
― Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow
"I don't think I know Strawberry Thief," Sadie said.
"One moment," Mrs. Watanabe said. Mrs. Watanabe went into her bedroom, and she returned with a little footstool that was upholstered in a reproduction of Strawberry Thief. The pattern depicted birds and strawberries in a garden, and although Sadie hadn't known the name, she recognized the print when she saw it.
"This was William Morris's garden. These were his strawberries. Those were birds he knew. No designer had ever used red or yellow in an indigo discharge dyeing technique before. He must have had to start over many times to get the colors right. This fabric is not just a fabric. It's the story of failure and of perseverance, of the discipline of a craftsman, of the life of an artist.”
― Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow
“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
