A trip to Thailand’s silk route

[PeteC]

A long article with many photos at link: https://www.nationthailand.com/travel/30379968

There is no clear evidence of the origins of weaving in Thailand. It could be said that “weaving” is one of the oldest of arts and crafts that ancient humans seem to have had from prehistoric times.

Going back about 7,000-8,000 years in the prehistoric era, it was found that the ancient humans had decorated terracotta pots with rope marks and gauze marks at Ban Chiang in Udon Thani province. Therefore, it is assumed that humans must have known how to make ropes and nets by using fibrous plants to slit into ropes and then tied the ropes or knitted them into a net, which possibly developed into a simple technique of weaving: a rope is tied to the wood or is held up as a standing thread, then another rope is dashed against the thread of the warp until it becomes a rough sackcloth............