The Most Surprising Thing I Learned About Textile History

[@fondazionefilatoiocaraglio8289]

Thank you for choosing us! This video is really captivating 👏

[@aescala]

I loved that you told this story of silk weaving in your book, since I come from a city like Valencia, in Spain, where there are still some companies that weave silk manually, what we know as "espolín", which is a cornerstone of folk clothing in the celebration of our local festival. I loved "The fabric of civilization". Many of the stories that you documented in the book have served as inspiration for my own fashion and science scicomm project. Thank you!

[@SpringNotes]

So fascinating - thank you !

[@audreydeneui192]

I love your book!

[@pharoahofdreamers]

Your videos are so informative. Could I suggest though that you turn the background music volume down? It’s so loud that it distracts from being able to hear you

[@vpostrel]

I have investigated this music problem and, contrary to what I myself thought, I was told that how loud the music is depends on the specific computer the watcher is using. The only thing I could possibly do is completely redo the video from scratch and hope that the ratio between the narration and the music--which I did work hard on--would be better. I'd rather make some new videos (stay tuned).

[@lisascenic]

The machine seems to be largely made of wood. It’s just astonishing how skilled our ancestors were in pre-industrial times.