The Bayeux Tapestry From a Scientific Point of View

Mary Corbet has a link to a fascinating (although an hour long) video about the Bayeux Tapestry viewed from various sciences.

https://www.needlenthread.com/2026/04/archeologists-on-the-bayeux-tapestry.html

If historial embroidery is your thing, you shouldn't miss this.  Here's the direct link.

https://www.needlenthread.com/2026/04/archeologists-on-the-bayeux-tapestry.html

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This Needle's 50,000 Years Old

I thought folks interested in our stitching ancestors would enjoy reading about this archaeological find--a fifty thousand year old needle.  The eye looks like a cross between the round eyes of a traditional Japanese needle and the punched-out ovals of modern needles.
https://hands-across-the-sea-samplers.com/50000-year-old-needle/

Wonder what thread floated in that eye all those years ago?

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and at http://chstitchguides.blogspot.com
© Copyright August 25, 2016 Jane M. Wood. All rights reserved.