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Women's Work: The First 20,000 Years: Women, Cloth, and Society in Early Times (Paperback)
by (shelved 62 times as textiles)
avg rating 4.30 — 3,188 ratings — published 1994
The Golden Thread: How Fabric Changed History (Hardcover)
by (shelved 55 times as textiles)
avg rating 4.08 — 3,921 ratings — published 2018
The Fabric of Civilization: How Textiles Made the World (Hardcover)
by (shelved 54 times as textiles)
avg rating 4.14 — 3,421 ratings — published 2020
Worn: A People's History of Clothing (Hardcover)
by (shelved 36 times as textiles)
avg rating 4.17 — 2,641 ratings — published 2022
Threads of Life: A History of the World Through the Eye of a Needle (Hardcover)
by (shelved 36 times as textiles)
avg rating 4.09 — 2,412 ratings — published 2019
Fabric: The Hidden History of the Material World (Hardcover)
by (shelved 33 times as textiles)
avg rating 4.22 — 1,041 ratings — published 2021
The Subversive Stitch: Embroidery and the Making of the Feminine (Paperback)
by (shelved 20 times as textiles)
avg rating 4.11 — 523 ratings — published 1984
5,000 Years of Textiles (Five Thousand Years of Textiles)
by (shelved 20 times as textiles)
avg rating 4.13 — 87 ratings — published 1993
Vanishing Fleece: Adventures in American Wool (Hardcover)
by (shelved 17 times as textiles)
avg rating 4.18 — 3,275 ratings — published 2019
This Golden Fleece: A Journey Through Britain's Knitted History (Hardcover)
by (shelved 15 times as textiles)
avg rating 4.15 — 758 ratings — published 2019
Fibershed: Growing a Movement of Farmers, Fashion Activists, and Makers for a New Textile Economy (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 14 times as textiles)
avg rating 4.06 — 433 ratings — published
African Textiles (Hardcover)
by (shelved 14 times as textiles)
avg rating 4.35 — 62 ratings — published 2003
Textiles: The Art of Mankind (Hardcover)
by (shelved 14 times as textiles)
avg rating 4.08 — 38 ratings — published 2012
The Art of Manipulating Fabric (Paperback)
by (shelved 13 times as textiles)
avg rating 4.37 — 834 ratings — published 1996
With Her Own Hands: Women Weaving Their Stories (Hardcover)
by (shelved 12 times as textiles)
avg rating 3.95 — 1,588 ratings — published 2025
World Textiles: A Visual Guide to Traditional Techniques (Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as textiles)
avg rating 4.25 — 52 ratings — published 1999
World Textiles: A Concise History (World of Art)
by (shelved 12 times as textiles)
avg rating 3.64 — 66 ratings — published 2003
The Pocket: A Hidden History of Women’s Lives, 1660–1900 (Hardcover)
by (shelved 11 times as textiles)
avg rating 4.08 — 365 ratings — published 2019
Slow Stitch: Mindful and Contemplative Textile Art (Hardcover)
by (shelved 11 times as textiles)
avg rating 4.23 — 506 ratings — published 2015
Respect the Spindle: Spin Infinite Yarns with One Amazing Tool (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as textiles)
avg rating 4.43 — 974 ratings — published 2009
The Mummies of Ürümchi (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as textiles)
avg rating 4.16 — 357 ratings — published 1999
Patch Work: A Life Amongst Clothes (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10 times as textiles)
avg rating 3.66 — 627 ratings — published 2021
Anni Albers On Weaving (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10 times as textiles)
avg rating 4.62 — 153 ratings — published 1965
Textiles and Clothing, c.1150-1450 (Medieval Finds from Excavations in London)
by (shelved 10 times as textiles)
avg rating 4.61 — 88 ratings — published 1991
Embroidered Textiles: A World Guide to Traditional Patterns (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10 times as textiles)
avg rating 4.29 — 72 ratings — published 1990
Indian Textiles (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as textiles)
avg rating 4.39 — 36 ratings — published 2008
Sustainable Fashion and Textiles: Design Journeys (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as textiles)
avg rating 4.29 — 90 ratings — published 2007
Prehistoric Textiles: The Development of Cloth in the Neolithic and Bronze Ages with Special Reference to the Aegean (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as textiles)
avg rating 4.53 — 94 ratings — published 1991
A History of Hand Knitting (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as textiles)
avg rating 3.91 — 324 ratings — published 1987
Unraveling: What I Learned About Life While Shearing Sheep, Dyeing Wool, and Making the World's Ugliest Sweater (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as textiles)
avg rating 3.86 — 5,379 ratings — published 2023
A Short History of the World According to Sheep (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as textiles)
avg rating 3.93 — 2,867 ratings — published 2020
Cloth and Human Experience (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as textiles)
avg rating 3.97 — 31 ratings — published 1989
The Age of Homespun: Objects and Stories in the Creation of an American Myth (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as textiles)
avg rating 4.01 — 659 ratings — published 2001
Eco Colour: Botanical Dyes for Beautiful Textiles (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as textiles)
avg rating 4.34 — 251 ratings — published 2008
Mastering Weave Structures: Transforming Ideas into Great Cloth (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as textiles)
avg rating 4.62 — 82 ratings — published 2004
Gee's Bend: The Architecture of the Quilt (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as textiles)
avg rating 4.64 — 138 ratings — published 2006
Resilient Stitch: Wellbeing and Connection in Textile Art (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as textiles)
avg rating 4.07 — 130 ratings — published
The Secret Lives of Color (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as textiles)
avg rating 3.98 — 23,352 ratings — published 2016
Stitch, Fabric & Thread: An Inspirational Guide for Creative Stitchers (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as textiles)
avg rating 4.25 — 129 ratings — published
Layer, Paint and Stitch: Create textile art using freehand machine embroidery and hand stitching (Textile Artist)
by (shelved 7 times as textiles)
avg rating 4.24 — 37 ratings — published 2015
Textiles: The Whole Story: Uses, Meanings, Significance (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as textiles)
avg rating 4.28 — 86 ratings — published 2011
Mark Making In Textile Art (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as textiles)
avg rating 4.07 — 29 ratings — published 2013
The Textile Reader (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as textiles)
avg rating 4.42 — 31 ratings — published 2012
Medieval Clothing and Textiles 1 (Medieval Clothing And Textiles)
by (shelved 7 times as textiles)
avg rating 4.17 — 18 ratings — published 2005
Textiles in America, 1650-1870 (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as textiles)
avg rating 4.36 — 22 ratings — published 1984
A Handweaver's Pattern Book (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as textiles)
avg rating 4.64 — 85 ratings — published 1944
Hot Textiles Inspiration and Techniques with Heat Tools (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as textiles)
avg rating 4.13 — 23 ratings — published 2007
Fragmentation and Repair: For Mixed-Media And Textile Artists (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as textiles)
avg rating 4.54 — 78 ratings — published 2021
Textilepedia: The Complete Fabric Guide (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as textiles)
avg rating 4.61 — 247 ratings — published 2020
The Spinning World: A Global History of Cotton Textiles, 1200-1850 (Pasold Studies in Textile History)
by (shelved 6 times as textiles)
avg rating 3.83 — 6 ratings — published 2009
“But what, I ask, was life really like? What hard evidence do we have for what we might want to know about women's lives? No evidence means no real knowledge.”
― Women's Work: The First 20,000 Years: Women, Cloth, and Society in Early Times
― Women's Work: The First 20,000 Years: Women, Cloth, and Society in Early Times
“I have learned that each and every piece of cloth embodies the spirit, skill, and personal history of an individual weaver. . . . It ties together with an endless thread the emotional life of my people.”
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