- "Textile arts are arts and crafts that use plant, animal, or synthetic fibers to construct practical or decorative objects."
This subfield includes the study of textiles, such as knitting, weaving, embroidery, and tapestry.
Yarn: Understanding different types of yarn, their properties, and how they are made.
Knitting: Techniques for knitting, including casting on, knit and purl stitches, increasing and decreasing, and finishing techniques.
Crochet: Techniques for crochet, including basic stitches, increasing and decreasing, and finishing techniques.
Weaving: Understanding different types of looms and weaving techniques, such as plain weave, twill, and tapestry.
Spinning: Techniques for spinning yarn, including drop spindle spinning and wheel spinning.
Dyeing: Understanding different types of dyes and how to dye yarn and fabrics.
Felting: Techniques for felting, including wet felting and needle felting.
Embroidery: Techniques for embroidery, including basic stitches, decorative stitches, and techniques for working with different fabrics.
Sewing: Understanding different types of stitches and sewing techniques, including hand sewing and machine sewing.
Quilting: Techniques for quilting, including piecing, applique, and quilting designs.
Macrame: Techniques for macrame, including basic knots and patterns for creating wall hangings and other decorative items.
Rug-making: Techniques for rug-making, including hooking, braiding, and weaving.
Tapestry: Techniques for creating woven tapestries, including warp and weft.
Beading: Techniques for bead embroidery, bead weaving, and other beading techniques.
Knitting machine: Understanding different types of knitting machines and how they work.
Fiber identification and preparation: Understanding different types of fibers and how to prepare them for use in fiber arts.
Block printing: Techniques for block printing designs onto fabric.
Sashiko: Techniques for traditional Japanese embroidery used for functional and decorative purposes.
Shibori: Techniques for Japanese dyeing methods used to create unique patterns on fabrics.
Kanzashi: Techniques for creating traditional Japanese hair ornaments using folded fabric.
Knitting: Knitting involves interlocking loops of yarn or thread to create a textile. Knitted items can range from garments to accessories and home decor.
Crocheting: Crocheting is similar to knitting but uses a hook instead of needles. Like knitting, crocheting can also be used to create various items such as clothing and home decor.
Embroidery: Embroidery is the art of decorating fabric or other materials with needle and thread or yarn. It can be done by hand or machine and can range from simple stitches to highly detailed designs.
Quilting: Quilting involves sewing together layers of fabric to create a quilt, which can be used as a bedspread or as a decorative item.
Weaving: Weaving involves interlacing threads or yarns to create a fabric. It can be done on a loom or by hand, and can produce a variety of items such as clothing, textiles, and tapestries.
Macrame: Macrame involves knotting cords or strings to create decorative items such as plant hangers and wall hangings.
Rug making: Rug making involves creating a textile with a thick, heavy pile. It can be done by hooking or braiding yarn, fabric strips, or other materials.
Spinning: Spinning involves taking fiber and creating yarn by twisting it together. It can be done by hand or with a spinning wheel.
Tatting: Tatting involves creating lace by making a series of knots and loops with thread or yarn.
Felting: Felting involves using heat, moisture, and agitation to create a dense textile from wool fibers. It can be used to create items such as felted bags, clothing, and home decor.
Dyeing: Dyeing involves adding color to fibers and fabrics using various techniques such as immersion, tie-dyeing, and painting.
Braiding: Braiding involves interlacing multiple strands of material to create a decorative item such as a bracelet or hair accessory.
Tapestry: Tapestry involves weaving on a vertical loom to create an image or design, often used as a decorative piece of art.
Lace making: Lace making involves creating intricate designs using thin threads or yarns, often used as a delicate decorative touch on clothing or home decor.
Needle felting: Needle felting involves using a special barbed needle to felt fiber into a three-dimensional shape, often used to create small soft sculptures or decorative items.
Basket weaving: Basket weaving involves creating baskets and other woven items using various natural materials such as reeds, willows, or grasses.
- "Textiles have been a fundamental part of human life since the beginning of civilization."
- "The methods and materials used to make them have expanded enormously..."
- "There are many functions for textiles, whether it be clothing or something decorative for the house/shelter."
- "The history of textile arts is also the history of international trade."
- "Tyrian purple dye was an important trade good in the ancient Mediterranean."
- "The Silk Road brought Chinese silk to India, Africa, and Europe..."
- "Tastes for imported luxury fabrics led to sumptuary laws during the Middle Ages and Renaissance."
- "The Industrial Revolution was shaped largely by innovation in textiles technology: the cotton gin, the spinning jenny, and the power loom mechanized production..."
- "...and led to the Luddite rebellion."
- "Textile arts are arts and crafts that use plant, animal, or synthetic fibers..."
- "...to construct practical or decorative objects."
- "The methods and materials used to make them have expanded enormously..."
- "Tastes for imported luxury fabrics led to sumptuary laws during the Middle Ages and Renaissance."
- "The Silk Road brought Chinese silk to India, Africa, and Europe..."
- "...the cotton gin, the spinning jenny, and the power loom mechanized production..."
- "...and led to the Luddite rebellion."
- "The Industrial Revolution was shaped... cotton gin..."
- "Textile arts are arts and crafts that use plant, animal, or synthetic fibers..."
- "...whether it be clothing or something decorative for the house/shelter."