Index by Topic
Index by Author
 Art Institute of Chicago 
 
A Weavers Compendium MTSG 30 
A Weavers Compendium Part II MTSG 31 
A Weavers Compendium Part III MTSG 33 
 
 
Aztec: 
 
Aztec Textiles, Nancy McKenna MTSG 22 
Aztec Textiles, Nancy McKenna MTSG 25 
 
 
Bayeux Embroidery: 
 
Turning Time in the Bayeux Embroidery, Desire Koslin, MTSG 5  
 
 
Beads: 
 
In Consideration of Bags and their Beads, Dot Form MTSG 5  
 
 
Beaulieu: 
 
Beaulieu Account Book, MTSG 18  
 
 
Bibliography: 
 
Lampas, MTSG 20  
Medieval Textile Sources, MTSG 22, 23  
 
 
Block Printing 
 
Block Printing; MTSG 32 
 
 
Brat, Irish 
 
Weaving an 11th Century Irish Brat, MTSG 36 
 
 
Bog discoveries: 
 
Eulogy for a Bog Man, MTSG 22  
 
 
Bocksten Man: 
 
Eulogy for a Bog Man MTSG 22  
 
 
Broadcloth 
 
Textiles and Clothing c1150-1450, MTSG 9 
 
 
Broken Diamond Twill 
 
Broken Diamond Twill MTSG 30 
 
 
Camelin: 
 
Camelin, MTSG 39  
 
 
Card Weaving,  
see also Tablet Weaving: 
 
Brocaded Cardweaving, MTSG 36  
Open Hole Cardweaving: A Viking and Pre-Viking Sample, MTSG 38 
 
 
Carpets: 
 
Oriental Carpets MTSG 30  
 
 
Celtic: 
 
Celtic Color & Clothing MTSG 20  
 
 
Chausable, Plague: 
 
Br. Kim's Project, MTSG 10  
Linen Chasubles, MTSG 38 
 
 
Clothing: 
 
Eulogy for a Bog Man MTSG 22  
From Modern to Middle-Ages in Eighteen Hours: Handsewing in a Costuming Competition, MTSG 41 
Encountering Medieval Textiles and Dress: Objects, Texts, Images: Book Review MTSG 36 
Medieval Dress & Textile Society MTSG 1,5,7,8,11,14,16,19  
Handwoven Tunic with Handspun Embroidery, MTSG 39 Weaving an 11th Century Irish Brat, MTSG 36  
 
 
Color and Weave 
 
Textiles and Clothing c1150-1450, MTSG 9 
Medieval Color and Weave Textiles MTSG 28 
 
 
Compendium: 
 
A Weavers Compendium MTSG 30 
A Weavers Compendium Part II MTSG 31 
A Weavers Compendium Part III MTSG 33  
 
 
Cotton: 
 
Textiles of Islamic Spain, Lynn Meyer, MTSG 24  
 
Book Review: Italian Cotton Industry, MTSG 37  
 
 
Damask: 
 
Satin Damasks of Renaissance Europe MTSG 37  
 
 
Double Weaves: 
 
Viking Age Pick Up Double Weaves from Sweden and Norway, MTSG 43  
 
 
Drawloom: 
 
General Information on Draw Harness MTSG 23  
 
 
Dyes: 
 
Avacado Pitts & Skins, MTSG 40 
 
Dyeing With Woad, Gayle Bingham MTSG 23  
The Discovery of Woad Pigment, Gayle Bingham MTSG 28 
 
Dye Chart, MTSG 40 
 
Dyeing with Cochineal, MTSG 40 
Fraudulent Dyeing in Medieval Times MTSG 17  
 
Logwood Dyeing on Silk, MTSG 40 
 
The Manner of Steyning: Painting on Cloth with Dyestuffs, MTSG 40 
 
Mordants and Metal Dyes, MTSG 40 
Natural Dye Recipes, Peggy Hoyt MTSG 15  
 
Osage & Young Fustic, MTSG40 
Purple Garments & Silks MTSG 10  
 
Woad, Weld, & Mader Dyes, MTSG 40 
 
Wool Dyes from Prickly Pear Cactus Juice, MTSG 40 
 
 
 
Gender: 
 
Artisans, Drudges, and the Problem of Gender in Pre-Industrial France MTSG 7  
 
 
Gold 
 
Cloth of Gold MTSG 31 
Purple Garments and Silks: Precious Gems and Gold, Nancy Spies, MTSG 9 
 
 
Fustian: 
 
An Irregular Fustian Weave MTSG 37  
 
 
Gebrochene: 
 
Weaving the V and A Gebrochene, MTSG 39  
 
 
Guatemala: 
 
Guatemalen Spindle Whorls MTSG 22  
 
 
Ikat: 
 
Weft, Warp &Compound Ikat Workshop, Julie Hennessy, MTSG 26  
 
 
Italy: 
 
Italian Textiles MTSG 21  
 
 
Khan, Genghis 
 
News from the Coordinator, MTSG 32; News MTSG 33  
 
 
Knitting: 
 
Early Knitting History Group MTSG 6 MTSG 10  
 
 
Kruiswerk 
 
A Medieval Kruiswerk Weave, Carolyn Priest-Dorman, MTSG 33 
 
 
Lampas: 
 
Overview of project & Bibliography MTSG 20  
1.2 Weft Faced Compound Twills MTSG 31 
 
 
Linen: 
 
9000 Years of European Culture and Linen MTSG 23 
Some Medieval Linen Weaves MTSG 30 
Some More Medieval Linen Weaves MTSG 31 
Textiles of Islamic Spain, Lynn Meyer, MTSG 24 
 
 
Loom: 
 
Tablets & looms: Alexandria Introduced the Weaving with Many Heddles but Gaul Began To Divide with Small Shields MTSG 15  
A Re-enactor's Boxloom, MTSG 41 
Warp Weighted: MTSG 10  
 
 
Maori: 
 
Maori Kapa Textiles MTSG 23  
 
 
Medici: 
 
Italian Textiles MTSG 21  
 
 
Medieval Dress and Textile Society 
 
MTSG 1, 5, 7, 8, 11, 14, 16, 19 
 
 
Monographs: 
 
Members Monographs MTSG 21  
 
 
Motifs: 
 
Circa 400 BC, South Central Siberia MTSG 11  
 
 
NESAT: 
 
Drafts of Samples from NESAT III MTSG 24  
 
 
Oriental Carpets: 
 
Oriental Carpets MTSG 30 
 
 
Pallium: 
 
The Pallium, Nancy M. McKenna, MTSG 32 
 
 
Pavy: 
 
Two Asymmetrical Pavy Weaves, Carolyn Priest-Dorman, MTSG 35 
 
 
Plaid: 
 
On Weaving a Handspun Plaid Shawl, MTSG 38 
 
 
Pennsic: 
 
Pensic for the Fiber Artist, Cerise Moodey MTSG 34 
 
 
Perugia Towels: 
 
Perugia Towels, Patricia Baines from Journal of Weavers, Spinners & Dyers MTSG 18 
Weaving 'Perugia Towels' Joanne Burrows MTSG 3 
 
 
Pile: 
 
Icelandic Supplementary Weft Pile Textiles: an Update MTSG 30 
Trade Cloaks, MTSG 28 
 
 
Perugia Towels: 
 
Perugia Towels, Patricia Baines from Journal of Weavers, Spinners & Dyers MTSG 18 
Weaving 'Perugia Towels' Joanne Burrows MTSG 3 
 
 
Poland: 
 
Family Self Guide: Art in Poland MTSG 21 (handout from Art Institute of Chgo)  
 
 
Printed Cloth: 
 
Ciba Review #26 MTSG 10  
 
 
Proto-Lampas: 
 
1.2 Weft Faced Compound Twills MTSG 31 
 
 
Purpurae: 
 
Purpurae MTSG 31 
 
 
Religious Textiles: 
see also Vestments 
 
Linen Chasubles, MTSG 38 
Manifest Insignificance - the Consecrated Veil of Medieval Religious Women MTSG 18  
The Mantle of St. Clare: Desire Koslin's Project MTSG 10  
The Pallium, Nancy M. McKenna, MTSG 32 
 
 
Research: 
 
Adventures in Research, Alexis Abarria MTSG 32 
The Art of Research, Alexis Abarria, MTSG 38 
 
 
Samitum: 
 
Samitum Sampler, Peggy Hoyt, MTSG 21  
Samitum Sampler, Krystal R. Morgan, MTSG 42 
1.2 Weft Faced Compound Twills MTSG 31 
1000 Years of Samitum, MTSG 41 
 
 
Silk: 
 
Purpurae MTSG 31 
1.2 Weft Faced Compound Twills MTSG 31 
 
 
Saxon Clothing: 
 
Saxon Clothing, c. AD 400-500 MTSG 17  
 
 
Spinning: 
 
Recreating Medieval Handspinning Techniques, MTSG 43 
 
 
Spain: 
 
Textiles of Islamic Spain, Lynn Meyer, MTSG 24  
 
 
Tablet Weaving: 
see also Cardweaving 
 
Tablet Woven Bands: A Thousand Years of Brocaded Tablet Woven Bands MTSG 7  
Beginning Cardweaving. Cerise Moodey. MTSG 35 
Brocade Cardweaving. Cerise Moodey. MTSG 36 
Open Hole Cardweaving: A Viking and Pre-Viking Sample, MTSG 38 
 
 
Tapestry: 
 
See Also: Wall Covering, Embroidery  
 
 
Textile Society of America: 
 
MTSG 8 
 
 
Trade Cloak: 
 
Icelandic Supplementary Weft Pile Textiles: an Update MTSG 30 
Trade Cloaks, MTSG 28 
 
 
Twill: 
 
A Medieval Kruiswerk Weave, Carolyn Priest-Dorman MTSG 33 
Broken Diamond Twill MTSG 30 
1.2 Weft Faced Compound Twills MTSG 31 
2/2 Twills: Kreuzkoper Carolyn Priest-Dorman MTSG 24 
2/1 Twills: Rippenkoper, Carolyn Priest-Dorman MTSG 25 
Spin Patterned Twills of the Viking Age, Jacquie Kelly MTSG 23 
Textiles and Clothing c1150-1450, MTSG 9  
 
 
Vestments: 
 
Dressing Archbishop Stigant MTSG 37 
Linen Chasubles, MTSG 38 
The Pallium, Nancy M. McKenna, MTSG 32 
Plague Chausables MTSG 10 
 
 
Wabengewebe: 
 
Warp-Float Weaves with Deflected Wefts: Wabengewebe MTSG 27 
 
 
Wall Covering: 
 
Hangings About the Hall MTSG 28 
Making of a Medieval Wall Covering MTSG 22 
Woven "Viking" Wall Hanging MTSG 28 
 
 
Walnut: 
 
Black Walnut Dye MTSG 29 
 
 
Warp Weighted Loom: 
 
Slouching Toward Jarvik: My Adventures with a Warp Weighted Loom, by Carolyn Priest-Dorman, MTSG 42 
Sue Furst's Warp Weighted Loom MTSG 10  
Warp Weighted Looms MTSG 21  
 
 
Weld: 
 
Weld Dyeing MTSG 29 
 
 
Whorls: 
 
Guatemalen Spindle Whorls MTSG 22  
Spindle Whorls MTSG 22  
 
 
Woad: 
 
The Discovery of Waod Pigment MTSG 28 
Woad Dyeing MTSG 29  
 
 
Women: 
 
Women in Weaving Guilds MTSG 25  
 
 
Wool: 
 
Wool Textiles: Textiles & Clothing c 1150-1450, Musuem of London MTSG 9  
Textiles of Islamic Spain, Lynn Meyer, MTSG 24  
 
 
Woolen: 
 
Woolen Medieval Cloth? MTSG 25  
 
 
Yarn: 
 
American "Medieval" (Precolumbian) Yarns, Nancy McKenna MTSG 22  

 
 Index by Author
 
 
Abarria, Alexandria 
 
Adventures in Research, MTSG 32 
Art of Research, MTSG 38 Cloth of Gold MTSG 31 
A Selected Weaving Bibliography MTSG 34 
Weaving an 11th Century Irish Brat, MTSG 36 
 
 
Artates, Laura 
 
Handwoven Tunic with Handspun Embroidery, MTSG 39 
On Weaving a Handspun Plaid Shawl, MTSG 38 
 
 
Baines, Patricia 
 
Perugia Towels from Journal of Weavers, Spinners, & Dyers (UK) 
June 1996 MTSG 18  
 
Binghan, Gayle 
 
Dyeing with Avacado Pits and Skins, MTSG 40 
The Discovery of Woad Pigment MTSG 28 
Renaissance Cheese MTSG 28 
Woad Dyeing MTSG 29 
 
Wool Dye from Prickly Pear Cactus Juice, MTSG 40 
 
 
Burrows, Joanne 
 
Weaving 'Perugia Towels' MTSG 35 
 
 
Form, Dot  
 
In Consideration of Bags and their Beads MTSG 5  
 
 
Furst, Sue  
 
Warp Weighted Loom MTSG 1  
 
 
Hafter, Daryl 
 
Artisans, Drudges, and the Problem of Gender in Pre-Industrial France MTSG 7  
 
 
Hartman, Rachel 
 
The Amazing Adventures of Pearl-Agnes Forteuga, Cloth Merchant MTSG 35 
 
 
Hennessy, Julie 
 
Spindle Whorls MTSG 22  
Weft, Warp &Compound Ikat Workshop MTSG 26  
 
 
Hoogt, Madelyn Van der 
 
Lampas Bibliography MTSG 20  
 
 
Hoskins, Nancy Arthur 
 
Technology and Tapestry in the Coptic Period MTSG 35 
 
 
Hoyt, Peggy 
 
Motifs: Circa 400 BC, South Central Siberia MTSG 11  
9000 Years of European Culture and Linen MTSG 23  
Samitum Sampler MTSG 21  
 
 
James, Jacqueline 
 
Woven "Viking" Wall Hanging MTSG 28 
 
 
Kelly, Jacquie 
 
Spin Patterned Twills of the Viking Age MTSG 23  
 
 
Khatri, Mohamedhusain 
 
Block Printing MTSG 32 
 
 
Kies, Lisa  
 
Women's Clothing in Kievan Rus MTSG 27 
 
 
Kightly, Dr. Charles 
 
The Hangings About the Hall MTSG 28 
 
 
Koslin, Desire  
 
Turning Time in the Bayeux Embroidery, Textiles & Text 1990 MTSG 5  
Manifest Insignificance - the Consecrated Veil of Medieval Religious Women MTSG 18  
Weaving Textile History - Reconstruction and Recreation MTSG 6  
 
 
Malloy, Br. Kim 
 
Plague Chausables MTSG 10 
 
 
McCoy, Harry 
 
General Information on Draw Harness MTSG 23 Questions MTSG 21  
 
 
McKenna, Nancy (Also known as Michael, Nancy)
 
American "Medieval" (pre-Columbian) Yarns MTSG 22 
A Weavers Compendium, MTSG 30 
A Weavers Compendium Part II, MTSG 31 
Aztec Textiles, MTSG 22 
Aztec Textiles, MTSG 25 
Buckthorn Dye, MTSG 29 
Camelin, MTSG 39 
Coptic Textiles, MTSG 27 
Drafts of Samples from NESAT III, MTSG 24 
Dressing Archbishop Stigand, MTSG 37  
Dye Chart, MTSG 40 
Linen Chasubles, MTSG 38 
Guatemalan Spindle Whorls, MTSG 22 
Madder Dyeing, MTSG 29 
Maori Kapa Textiles, MTSG 23 
Medieval Color & Weave Textiles, MTSG 28 
Medieval -> Modern Clothing, MTSG 27 
1.2 Weft Faced Compound Twills, MTSG 31 
Weft Faced Compound Twills: Peg Plans, MTSG 39 
Oriental Carpets, MTSG 30 
Osage Orange and Young Fustic, MTSG 40 
Pallium, The MTSG 32 
Purpurae, MTSG 31 
Walnut Dye, MTSG 29 
 
 
Meyer, Lynn 
 
Textiles of Islamic Spain, MTSG 24  
Broken Diamond Twill MTSG 30 
 
Michael, Nancy:  See "McKenna, Nancy"
 
Moodey, Cerise 
 
Pennsic for the Fiber Artist, MTSG 34 
Beginning Cardweaving, MTSG 35 
Brocaded Cardweaving, MTSG 36 
Open Hole Cardweaving: A Viking and Pre-Viking Sample, MTSG 38 
 
 
Morgan, Krystal Ruth 
 
Logwood Dyeing on Silk, MTSG 40 
Samitum Sampler, MTSG 42 Satin Damasks of Renaissance Europe MTSG 37 
1000 Years of Samitim, MTSG 41 
 
 
 
Munson, Jennifer N. 
 
Mordants and Metal Dyes, MTSG 40 
Recreating Medieval Handspinning Techniques, MTSG 43 
 
 
O'Dubhain, Searles 
 
Celtic Color and Clothing Tradidions MTSG 20  
 
 
Page, Kathy 
 
From Modern to Middle-Ages in Eighteen Hours: Handsewing into a Costuming Competition, MTSG41 
 
 
Payne, Grace 
 
A Re-enactor's Boxloom, MTSG 41 
 
 
Priest-Dorman, Carolyn 
 
A Medieval Kruiswerk Weave MTSG 33 
An Irregular Fustian Weave MTSG 37 
Bibliography MTSG 22, 23 
Icelandic Supplementary Weft Pile Textiles: an Update MTSG 30 
"The Manner of Steyning": Printing on Cloth with Dyestuffs, MTSG 40 
Slouching Toward Jorvik: My Adventures with a Warp-Weighted Loom, MTSG 42 Some Medieval Linen Weaves MTSG 30 
Some More Medieval Linen Weaves MTSG 31 
Trade Cloaks MTSG 28 
Two Asymmetrical Pavy Weaves, MTSG 35 
2/2 Twills: Kreuzkoper MTSG 24 
2/1 Twills: Rippenkoper, MTSG 25 
Viking Age Pick Up Double Weaves from Sweden and Norway, MTSG 43 Warp-Float Weaves with Deflected Wefts: Wabengewebe MTSG 27 
Woad, Weld, and Madder Dyes, MTSG 40 
Weld Dyeing MTSG 29  
 
 
 
Schorta, Regula 
 
Notes on the Development of Lampas MTSG 19  
 
 
Swales, Lois 
 
Eulogy for a Bog Man MTSG 22  
 
 
Spies, Nancy 
 
Alexandria Introduced Weaving with Many Heddles but Gaul Began to Divide with Small Shields MTSG 15  
Hunnish Maidens MTSG 12  
A Thousand Years of Brocaded Tablet Woven Bands MTSG 7  
 
 
Talbot, C.H. 
 
"Bealieu Account Book," Citeaux in de Nederlanden, IX 1958 MTSG 18  
 
 
Ward, Jan 
 
Weaving Fabric for a 14th Century Dress MTSG 34 
Weaving the V and A Gebrochene, MTSG 39 Book Review: The Italian Cotton Industry in the Latter Middle Ages MTSG 35 
 
 
Weatherhead, Martin 
 
The Making of a Medieval Wall Covering MTSG 22