Weaver's Guild Badge, Anonymous, 1585-1600, Rikjsmuseum. Silver badge of a weavers' guild. The round plate depicts a shuttle and two carders in the center. A double chain is attached to the plate, from which hang a carder and a shuttle. With inscriptions.
the loom shuttle ! the carding brushes ! i gasped when i realized what i was looking at. one of those moments when you find something and as recognition lights up your brain, you feel very lucky you were at the right place, right time to witness.
last night, i fell asleep reading Foxfire 2's chapter titled "From raising sheep to weaving cloth" and then dreamt i stumbled upon a strange outdoor weaving faire, where i proceeded to entangle myself into a standing weft, snagging away at the threads to deliver myself but destroying the hours of works necessary to start a weaving.
