Tag: tablet weaving

Tablet Weaving: Pattern 73

Tablet Woven Band 73

Tablet Weaving Pattern #73 Card or Tablet WeavingFI – LautanauhaThere are many wonderful resources and instructions on how to do tablet weaving available, so I won’t go into details here.The pattern shown […]

Blue Skirts Golden Belts

Sinihameet

Sinihameet Kultavyöt – Blue Skirts, Golden Belts Finnish Viking Age Textiles In October 2003 I had the chance to visit the fascinating exhibit of ancient Finnish textiles, in Tampere, Finland.The Sinihameet kultavyöt […]

Viking Textiles

Warp Weighted Loom

Viking Textiles It is commonly thought that Viking clothing was rough “sack-cloth”. Not so. Viking textiles influenced and were influenced by the many countries in which they travelled. Viking Cloths have described […]

Card Woven Edging

Tablet Band Edge 1

Tablet or Card Woven Edging Card or tablet woven edgings have been used in Finnish and Sami textiles since ancient times. – Textile fragments have been found in Viking Age textiles of […]

Tablet Woven Band 74

Tablet Woven Band 74

Tablet Woven Band Pattern No. 74 This is my second tablet woven belt. Instead of using wooden cards, I wove this belt with the Lacis brand of plastic cards. I found these […]

Tablet Band Weaving

Tablet Woven Red Sash

Tablet or Card Weaving I have woven on large multishaft looms for many years, but have not had the chance to study the smaller versions of our weaving craft in much detail […]