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To: ALS
"Now we have a "textile expert" telling us it's Christ on a blanket. Who's next, a sewing expert? The only person who can tell us if it is Christ is Christ. The bible warns of all this there He is there He is crap. Gosh! You seem SO well informed...
24 posted on 10/10/2002 4:43:38 AM PDT by Judith Anne
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To: Judith Anne
Thank you. Learned it all in the bible. You should give it a whirl...
45 posted on 10/10/2002 7:32:18 AM PDT by ALS
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To: Judith Anne
re--"sewing experts"---

Fascinating ancient textile--

Would love to have a look at that "seam" myself. Wonder if it's not a seam at all, but a fold in what very skilled weavers use in a process modern weavers called "double weave." This was how ancient weavers, not having wide looms, managed to weave wide cloth. You weave two layers at once, with a fold on one side and two selvages on the other. You have to string two warps, and keep both layers straight while wefting. Patience, skill, makes for a very expensive garment. The "veil" before the Ark was likely done with a variation of this process. It's written as being very heavy and thick, so I picture muliple warps and wefting most layers right together rather than layering.

Jesus's robe, a prize for the gamblers, is written to be "without seam." You can weave a pullover sleeved garment with no seam, if you know what you're doing.

I, for one, would hang on any word that a textile historian has to say. How accurate is carbon dating on an item less than ten thousand years old, anyway?

124 posted on 10/11/2002 9:13:38 AM PDT by Mamzelle
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