Why an Atheist Thinks the Shroud of Turin is the Real Deal

Without a Trace: French Reweaving

Michael Ehrlich, the president and owner of a Chicago-based company called “Without A Trace” provides invisible mending services for clients throughout the United States. He explains that there are two types of reweaving: inweaving, which is noticeable from the back side of the cloth (as Flury-Lemberg stated) and a technique called French weaving. French weaving was practiced in Europe during the time when it is likely that the cloth would have been repaired. Benford and Marino explain:

French Weaving, now only done on small imperfections due to its extensive cost and time, results in both front and back side ‘invisibility.’ According to Mr. Ehrlich, French Weaving involves a tedious thread-by-thread restoration that is undetectable. Mr. Ehrlich further stated that if the sixteenth Century owners of the Shroud had enough material resources, weeks of time at their disposal, and expert weavers available to them, then they would have, most definitely, used the French Weave for repairs . . . the House of Savoy, which was the ruling family in parts of France and Italy, owned the Shroud in the sixteenth century, and possessed all of these assets.