Don't have a loom? No problem with this weaving idea. All you need is yarn and your fingers!

Don't have a loom? No problem with this weaving idea. All you need is yarn and your fingers!

Don't have a loom? No problem with this weaving idea. All you need is yarn and your fingers!

The use of the spindle and loom, sewing, braiding, etc, form the subjects of many of the paintings, as also the process of cultivating flax, beating and combing it. - Goodrich, 1844

The English cloak, though commonly adopted as the translation of these terms, conveys no accurate conception of the form, material, or use of that which they denoted. The article designated by them was always a rectangular piece of...

The palla, as well as the pallium and palliolum, was always a rectangular piece of cloth, exactly, or, at least, nearly square. It was, indeed, used in the very form in which it was taken from the loom, being made entirely by the weaver....

An outer garment. The English cloak, though commonly adopted as the translation of these terms, conveys no accurate conception of the form, material, or use of that which they denoted. The article designated by them was always a...

An outer garment, strictly worn by females, and thus corresponding to the himation or pallium, the outer garment worn by men. Like all other pieces of cloth used for the Amictus, it was often fastened by means of a brooch. It was,...

Cornell University provides an essay in tribute to the ideas of Thomas Malthus. Some good biographical material included as well.

Lengthy discussion of Dionysos that cites a variety of sources. Includes a bibliography, as well as quotations from Euripidies and others.

Find out what led to the end of the Anglo-Saxon era in England.