Tag Archive: madder

Reading About Red

Long winter nights are a perfect time for armchair travel – reading my way around the world and through the centuries, and learning a little more about textiles. If The Root of Wild… Continue reading

Jacquard Coverlet

This is a double-cloth coverlet, woven in two panels on a Jacquard loom.  The yarn is 2-ply wool in its natural cream color, indigo blue and (I believe) madder red.  The colors are… Continue reading