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tatting

I just read the definition of tatting and found it incorrect. It says that tatting is tying a series of knots on a holding thread. With shuttle tatting you tie one half of the knot with the shuttle thread and then you must transfer that half to the holding thread. Then you make the second half of the knot and transfer it. That's why many people find it easier to needle tat. With needle tatting the stitches are made without the transfer process until the thread is pulled through all the stitches. Both processes look the same when completed. It's easier to directly add beads when you needle tat. Each technique has its own merits.71.223.128.195 (talk) 17:10, 2 September 2017 (UTC)

Valitine/Valetin/Valitin

At Wiktionary (see wikt:Wiktionary:Tea room/2018/February, we're trying to figure out the etymology of wikt:凡爾丁 (fáněrdīng)/ wikt:凡立丁 (fánlìdīng), and whether to create an entry for the English name "valetin" used to translate them. The Chinese term refers to a wool fabric that's often mentioned along with gabardine.

The best we can figure so far is that the Chinese is derived from some non-Chinese name, but we can't seem to find anything via Google that's not a translation from Chinese (see wikt:Citations:valetin). I would appreciate it if you could check in any references you have access to, and help us figure this out. Thanks! Chuck Entz (talk) 02:10, 5 February 2018 (UTC)

rya article

It is not clear to me why this detailed article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rya_(rug) is marked stub, low importance, and as having dubious sources. Jackdime (talk) 11:25, 7 February 2018 (UTC)

@Jackdime: Just my opinion but:

Stub because all that is covered is history; hardly a detailed article.

Low importance because it is probably only of interest to specialists (in the opinion of the person who applied the rating)

Dubious sources - at first glance I would say that the 3 references to NAZMIYAL Inc are a problem. This is a sales site, so these are promotional links. And although they may have originally linked to pages with actual content, today they all go to the same sales page for Scandinavian rugs.

If you want more specific answers, you could ask user:Ronz who tagged it for dubious sources and user:PKM who added the class and importance ratings. Leschnei (talk) 19:08, 8 March 2018 (UTC)

The "dubious references" hatnote is from 2009 and the "stub" assessment is from 2010. The article has been significantly expanded since then. If you are comfortable with the references, go ahead and remove the hatnote. I'd support changing the rating to "start".

This project has been mostly inactive for the last several years. It would be great if additional editors could review the ratings and generally bring the project current. - PKM (talk) 21:05, 8 March 2018 (UTC)

I've not looked at the article in some time. The problems with Nazmiyal links (and the associated advertising, coi, spam, and sockpuppetry problems) make any use of them (and archived versions) questionable. Wikipedia is far less tolerant of such promotional references (and the editing behind them) than when they were added. --Ronz (talk) 21:08, 8 March 2018 (UTC)

PS: Here are the project guidelines for assessing quality. - PKM (talk) 21:16, 8 March 2018 (UTC)

Adding Cloud Filling Stitch to Feather Stitch Wiki Page

I would like some feedback from fellow textile artists on adding the cloud filling stitch to the feather stitch wiki page.

I believe that this stitch can apply under the guidelines of the feather stitch as one thread loops through the vertical stitches that are applied first on the fabric. Any and all feedback would be greatly appreciated, thank you!

Mariannah88 (talk) 17:39, 22 September 2018 (UTC)

Red links

I post this notice in case somebody in your WikiProject would like to redirect or create these pages.

Leather

capeskin
chamois <-> chammy
doeskin
grain leather
levant morocco
pebble leather
pig suede
Russian leather
saddle leather
sole-leather <-> shoe-leather
tawed leather
whitleather <-> white leather

<-> means or

Fabrics, fibers

brocatel <-> brocatelle
Canton crepe
cire
Courtelle
doeskin
faille
hopsack
jaconet
marquisette
organzine
panne
percaline
ragg
ratine
shalloon
swansdown
swanskin
tabaret
tafetta
toweling
tricotine
Venetian cloth

• Source: Kipfer, Barbara Ann, Ph.D., Editor (2010). Roget's International Thesaurus. Collins. {{cite book}}: |first= has generic name (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

Iceblock (talk) 20:00, 7 October 2018 (UTC)

• Expanded by Iceblock (talk) 20:04, 7 October 2018 (UTC)
• Edited by Iceblock (talk) 21:28, 16 December 2018 (UTC)

Peg loom, Pegloom, Weaving sticks, Stick weaving

I went to a craft day yesterday where we were shown Stick weaving, which seems to be a variation of a pegloom, peg loom or pegged loom. I can't find any mention in the encyclopedia beyond a red link to Pegged loom in Loom#Traditional_looms. An article I've found asserts that this was a native American weaving technique, so I'm surprised if we haven't got anything on it in the encyclopedia. Before I create a duplicate article, currently a draft at User:PamD/Peg loom, I thought I'd check here in case there's an alternative name I'm not finding in my Googling. All I'm finding online is either "how-to" sites or sites selling looms or weaving sticks (essentially the same technique, the sticks either handheld or in a stand). There's a lot of it about, I'm sure it's notable, but I'd like to get the historical aspect sourced, and to avoid any duplication. Any thoughts? PamD 11:23, 15 November 2018 (UTC)

Having read somewhere that this project might not be active, I just went ahead and created Peg loom, with a range of incoming redirects. Any contributions welcome, especially if you could upload any pictures! PamD 18:09, 15 November 2018 (UTC)