02-25-2004, 10:00 AM
Hello, I was wondering if anyone has any information as to how the Romans spun or weaved their wool to create tunics or has any of the equipment/descriptions they had to make the tunics survived? Im curious as to whether the wool being used to make tunics now is the same fabric weight and the same weave pattern as the fragments found? If not, is there any place that still makes and sells wool in the same or similar pattern or would buying one from La Wrens Nest be fairly close?<br>
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Also, I forgot where the Romans got their madder red dye from but does anyone still acquire it the same way and dye their wool with it to sell instead of making the red color artificially? Ive noticed through books and reenactor sites that there seems to be some variance of the color red and I would like, if possible, to have mine with exactly the same dye they used.<br>
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Thanks for all your help everyone, I have recently been very interested in Roman things and I would like to buy or make a tunic that was made as closely as possible to the originals. (Yes, I know they also wore white and I do have one of those already in case this goes into another debate!)<br>
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Brett <p></p><i></i>
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Also, I forgot where the Romans got their madder red dye from but does anyone still acquire it the same way and dye their wool with it to sell instead of making the red color artificially? Ive noticed through books and reenactor sites that there seems to be some variance of the color red and I would like, if possible, to have mine with exactly the same dye they used.<br>
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Thanks for all your help everyone, I have recently been very interested in Roman things and I would like to buy or make a tunic that was made as closely as possible to the originals. (Yes, I know they also wore white and I do have one of those already in case this goes into another debate!)<br>
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Brett <p></p><i></i>
