> [!NOTE]+ Meta > Author:: Heidi Laura > Reference:: https://formkraft.dk/en/the-social-fabric/ > Date:: 2022-10-08 > Tags:: #Denmark #textiles > WeftLinks:: [[Social value of craft]] ### Summary The social fabric is a natural metaphor for cohesion in society, reflecting the collective nature of textile production. >This ambition of ‘socializing’ fibres so they can serve new purposes is reflected in the working process itself: textile production has always been a collective effort with a social aspect. Utilizing natural fibres by farming and shearing animals or growing and harvesting plants and then processing, spinning and transforming the fibres in countless ways has always required many hands and brought people together around a common goal. See also [[Social fabric as a craft metaphor for cohesion]]