highland textiles: practicality vs. romanticism

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Highland Textiles: Practicality vs. Romanticism. Erin Kuester. If it wasna for the weavers, what would you do? Ye wouldna hae your cloth that’s made of woo Ye wouldna hae your cloak neither black nor blue If it wasna for the wark o the weavers!. Highland Textiles. Practicality - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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Highland Textiles: Practicality vs. RomanticismErin Kuester

If it wasna for the weavers, what would you do?Ye wouldna hae your cloth that’s made of wooYe wouldna hae your cloak neither black nor blueIf it wasna for the wark o the weavers!

Highland TextilesPracticality

SpinningWeavingLinguistic legacies

RomanticismThe Act of ProscriptionIndustrialization

ReferencesSpinning and Weaving by Enid Gauldie for National Museums of ScotlandTartan by Jonathon FaiersTocher: Tales, Songs, Traditions no. 50 Selected from the archives of the School of Scottish StudiesTartan, the Highland Textile by James D. ScarlettThe Tartan Weaver’s Guide by James D. Scarlett

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