We’re used to things like placemats and rugs and wall hangings. Window treatments, yardage for garments, upholstery fabric– they can be incredibly unique and beautiful, but sometimes they can fade into the background of our everyday routines. We still appreciate them, especially when we’ve taken the time to weave them ourselves, but weaving is not usually a high-adrenaline activity.
To shake things up, here’s a pretty astonishing and heart-stopping use of what was once just a lot of thread. Even though I’m sure this cloth was manufactured by machine and not handwoven, I think this video is a great reminder of how amazing cloth is, and how it can be used to foster remarkable human achievements (think of all those handwoven sails that made pre-Industrial ocean travel possible), and how the mere fact that we can create fabric is a pretty remarkable achievement of its own. Enjoy!
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What an amazing video. Thanks for sharing