Math meets Middle Ages

Math meets Middle Ages

Grace Hansen

Using measurement

If you decide to make clothes, there is always measuring. Inches, feet, length, width, thickness. It's all in there. The clothes have to be big or small enough. You have to make sure there is room inside it to fit.

Using symmetry

You also really have to use symmetry! You don't want one side be long and the other short! Symmetry is when both sides look almost identical. Like with a butterfly or a shirt.

Cleaning and Spinning

The Math behind it

2. Next, the merchant's assistant would clean the dirt off the coat of wool. They would also untie the knots.

3. The wool was then twisted into threads using a spinning wheel operated by a professional.

Medieval Clothing

This is the process in which people were to make clothing in the middle ages.

1. People would shear a sheep to get the wool they would use to make clothes. This happened in the spring when they had fresh new, thick coats of wool.

Fulling and napping

6. After dyeing, the clothing was fulled or cleaned.

7. Lastly the clothing, whatever it was, was always napped. No it didn't go to sleep but it was hit with a tool that had thorns and sharp edges. This helped to stretch out for a larger size.

Weaving and Dyeing

4. Then, the threads of wool would be weaved into cloth with a machine called a loom.

5. The wool was then

dyed different colors,

usually only for royal or

wealthy.