All the books on fiber arts

I was going to comment on one of the books that Judith was offering for sale in the flea market forum, but Pearl bought them and the thread was closed.

So I came looking here.

The title that caught my attention is Women's Work


Well, I'm a sucker for women's history, which admit it, is always about work.

I checked and my library has it on audio, so I'll be listening to at least some of it.

That book is excellent...glad you found it in the library.  I bought it used and even then it was a bit steep with shipping.
That was actually the book, because only the title showed, I thought I might have to explain that it was not at all sexist in intent but in depth historical
The cover says it all...

I'm very curious about this book.  I keep meaning to see if the library has it

One thing we learned in History class at uni, is that for much of the world and most of history, textiles was a man's craft.  

Textiles crafts seem to swing back and forth between the genders. England and knitting is a great example of that.  When it first came to England, men took up the craft and formed guilds.  Then later it spread to the peasantry and was practised by men and women.  Then migrated to woman's work.  

r ranson wrote:I'm very curious about this book.  I keep meaning to see if the library has it

One thing we learned in History class at uni, is that for much of the world and most of history, textiles was a man's craft.  

Textiles crafts seem to swing back and forth between the genders. England and knitting is a great example of that.  When it first came to England, men took up the craft and formed guilds.  Then later it spread to the peasantry and was practised by men and women.  Then migrated to woman's work.  

She is coming from an archaeologists point of view and has researched ancient cultures.  This book is focused on women's fabric making during those times.
I think the period where men may have been in the forefront was more recent than that?

She has a previous book titled 'Prehistoric Textiles' that I have not read.

Judith Browning wrote:

She is coming from an archaeologists point of view and has researched ancient cultures.  This book is focused on women's fabric making during those times.
I think the period where men may have been in the forefront was more recent than that?

That sounds really exciting!  To the library I go.