Fringes

Fringes may be used on the ends of stoles and maniples, on the hood of a cope and along the bottom edges of various paraments. If you want fringes there will always be an additional charge but the amount will vary depending on the type of fringe chosen. Below is a selection of fringes that are available. Some are commercially made and these will be consistant. However, I also hand make lots of fringes - some where I am unravelling the fabric to create a fringe and embroidering a top header or adding knotting, others where I am hand weaving the fringe using different weaving methods.   The advantage of a handmade fringe is that I can use the same threads as those used in the embroidery ensuring colour matching.  With commercially woven fringes I have to choose the threads to match the fringe rather than the other way around.   Whether commercially available or hand made, the advantage of a bullion style fringe is that it does not fray.   Those with cut ends will fluff up slightly at the ends over time.

Pictured right is a fringe woven for the bottom edge of an altar frontal woven on a 16 shaft floor loom in bullion style, hand sewn onto hand painted silk.

The examples below are intended to give you an idea of the range of fringing options available.  The prices shown are the extra charge I would make for adding to a 12cm (4.5 inches) wide stole and should be used for comparison between the different types.  The actual charge may vary depending on what stole, vestment or parament is being made. 

hand woven - This example is a weft-faced weave in a mixture of hand painted silks and metallic gold threads woven in passementery style on a tapestry frame.   9cm depth.

£90

commercially woven - This is a fine twisted bullion metallic gold fringe - approximately 5cm depth

£20

hand woven - This example is a weft-faced peg loom weave in a mixture of wool and metallic gold.  It is a twisted bullion fringe designed to exactly match the tartan.  9cm depth

£80

commercially woven - This is a heavy twisted bullion metallic gold fringe and is available at either 5cm or 7.5cm depth. Here it is shown with an embroidered orphrey style tape.

£30

hand woven - This example is a bullion style weave woven on an inkle loom with a mix of wools and metallic threads.  6.5cm depth.

£75

commercially woven - This is antique style gold wire bullion about 7cm depth.  It is quite heavy in weight because it is real metal (not actually gold)

7cm depth

£50

hand made - This fringe is made of individually wrapped & looped tassels that have been created using a milx of silks, rayons and metallic threads

11cm depth.

£70

commercially woven - This is a knotted and tasselled fringe from Italy. It is quite heavy. (I can make something similar but lighter weight at the same price.)  The tassels are 6cm long and the full depth of the fringe is 9cm.

£105

hand made - The fringe header tape is machine embroidery on top of tartan which along with the tartan of the lining has been unravelled and then knotted to create the fringe. The header band is 4cm and the fringe 10cm depth

£55

hand made - This fringe has a machine embroidered header and is made by fraying off themain fabric of the stole.  The embroidered header is about 3cm deep and the fringe has a depth of 8cm.

£45

hand woven - This example was woven on an inkle loom and made with a combination of silk, rayon and metallic yarns.  8cm depth.

£70

hand woven - This fringe was woven on a miniature peg loom making a weft faced  header tape.  It is bullion style and uses colours to coordinate with the tartan used in the embroidery.  It is a very full, thick fringe with a depth of 8cm.

£75

hand made - The fringe header tape is machine embroidery on top of tartan which along with the tartan of the lining has been unravelled and then knotted to create the fringe.  The header band is 2cm and the fringe 7cm depth

£55

hand woven - A narrow tape inkle woven fringe made with a combination of silk, linen, wool and metallic threads.  The tassels are hand whipped to create the trellis pattern.  Total depth is 12cm.

£105

hand woven - The fringe has been woven on an inkle loom with bullion style tassels made with a combination of rayons, silks and metallic threads.   7cm depth

£75

hand made - Bundles of wool and metallic threads are threaded onto the end of the stole and then machine embroidered to create the look of a gold braid.  Depth 9cm.

£50

hand made - made with a double layer of frayed off tartan and sewn with a machine woven metallic gold braid. - 8cm depth

£40

hand made - The machine embroidered border is inspired by the spiral patterns of the ChiRho page of the Lindisfarne Gospels. The frayed off tartan of both front and lining of the stole ends are hand knotted together.  8cm depth.

£75

hand woven - This fringe has been woven on an inkle loom with silk and metallic threads.  The tassels have been hand whipped to create the lattice pattern.    12cm depth

£105

commercially woven - this is a fairly chunky bullion style fringe with a plain open texture top band.  6cm depth

£20

hand made - In this example, the machine embroidered header is 2cm deep with the fringe being made of frayed off tartan. 8cm depth.

£50

commercially woven - a medium weight bullion style fringe with a plain, open texture top band.

8cm depth

£30

hand made - The tartan that forms part of the design has been frayed off, along with the lining tartan and the two layers are knotted together. 8cm depth

£45

hand woven - this is a simple inkle woven fringe using wools, silks and metallic threads to match the embroidery. The band above the fringe has been woven on the same warp, but has a closer pattern as there are no tassels included.

£85