Recreating a Viking Age Brocade Tablet Woven Band

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Күн бұрын

I made a thing! Hope you enjoy my venture into my old hobby of card weaving (AKA tablet weaving) by recreating this Viking age brocaded band from Bjerringhøy, Mammen in Denmark, dated to about 970 AD (AKA early medieval/middle ages).
This video exists because I saw Morgan Donner use these beautifully carved weaving tablets for pattern weights in one of her videos. So in the spirit of Noelle and "Just do the thing", I did my best and just made... this thing!
References linked to in the video
[1] samlinger.natmus.dk/DO/asset/822
[2] www.yumpu.com/en/document/vie...
Digitized pattern:
kristinevike.com/recreating-a...
My most favorite maker of cards/tablets:
www.etsy.com/no-en/shop/Ampst...
An excellent supplier of weaving yarn:
www.handweavers.co.uk/
Links:
Instagram: / kristine.vike
Webpage (WIP): kristinevike.com/
Music (From KZfaq Music library):
No. 7 Alone With My Thoughts - Esther Abrami
No. 6 In My Dreams - Esther Abrami
No. 2 Remembering Her - Esther Abrami
Allégro - Emmit Fenn
No. 1 A Minor Waltz - Esther Abrami
No. 10 A New Beginning - Esther Abrami
No. 9 Esther's Waltz - Esther Abrami
PS: Sorry for all the "um", and "so", and "and" in this video. I also feel like I overused "tedious" a tad. Practice in progress!

Пікірлер: 49

@KristineVike 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching! I am happy that so many (by my standards) people are enjoying this video!

@joshuaharper372 Жыл бұрын

Wow, it is amazing to think how long those fancy trims took to weave in the middle ages. I am working on some vestments for my church, and some of them take 12 or 13 meters of trim. With machine-woven trims at only several dollars a yard or meter the trim still costs nearly as much as the fine fabrics. Centuries ago all of the materials would have been even more expensive and much more time consuming!

@linr8260 2 жыл бұрын

Oooh thank you for that safety psa, that's important.

@KristineVike 2 жыл бұрын

If you know, you know. Back pain is no joke! 😅

@octette Жыл бұрын

watching this again. so beautiful and calming! lovely work.

@staceydean8963 2 жыл бұрын

Truly amazing. I do a lot of tablet/card weaving and am looking to branch out into brocading. Thank you, this video is the best I've seen for instruction. Your work looks absolutely stunning!

@KristineVike 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you! I’m sure you’ll be a dab hand at it with your experience. I really think it’s one of the easy techniques, just time consuming. 😊

@phoenixkh93 Жыл бұрын

Hello Caption Goblin, I see you typing away in your Caption Cave

@KristineVike Жыл бұрын

*maniacal typing noises* :)

@kathrynbassett1535 Жыл бұрын

So inspiring and really well explained have just bought an Ashford rigid heddle loom so your work is something that I will eventually try not even close yet love your videos take care Katy

@KristineVike Жыл бұрын

Oooh, those looms are really beautifully made, I hope you will enjoy creating with them!

@leppardess 3 жыл бұрын

I'm speechless at your patience and skill. I'm just starting my journey in inkle/card weaving (I'm building my loom right now). I love the fine detailed work you did in this video. Not the same thing but it reminds me of fine lace work with cobweb weight yarn.... so detailed and so beautiful. Thanks for sharing your work!

@KristineVike 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much! I hope you enjoy the weaving process as much as I do! :)

@walkiriadesousa5304 Жыл бұрын

Fantastica work! Congratulations! 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏💙💙

@kellybryson7754 7 ай бұрын

Fascinating. Thank you for your explanations.

@noemielamoll4921 2 жыл бұрын

WOW this looks amazing! I want to learn weaving and I already started once, but i get very quickly frustrated, because I'm impatient xD but I love this, it's so astonishing what people can do with few threads and patience

@KristineVike 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you! I actually like weaving since you can just learn/follow the rules and it turns out good. Detailed more freehand embroidery on the other hand… 8D

@HugSeal42 3 жыл бұрын

I've been thinking about trying brocade so this video was great to get me started. I've realized that making fancy bookmarks are a great presents for friends with kids. At least if they are friends who can appreciate he silly amount of hours that is put into something as simple as a bookmark :) It's also a nice way to get small projects so I can try more patterns and techniques. As for the S/Z threading. The explanation I've heard for the variation is that some use the tablet to determine it, whether it leans / like a z or \ like an s. Others go by how the threads lean, which will be opposite.

@KristineVike 3 жыл бұрын

Absolutely, they make fabulous bookmarks! And yes, the confusion around how z/s is used is why I always advise people to read the intro of the book/resource for their definition. Having the pattern show up underneath is funny the first few times it happens, but it’s a lot easier to work when you can see what you are doing. 😂

@katrinam3912 3 жыл бұрын

This is incredibly fine work! You have unbelievable patience.

@KristineVike 3 жыл бұрын

Awww, thank you so much! 🥰

@skirtedgalleons 3 жыл бұрын

I'm astonished and impressed.

@KristineVike 3 жыл бұрын

It really isn't very difficult! Just time consuming. :)

@jacksontreece3497 Жыл бұрын

This is gorgeous. I'm only just beginning my exploration into tablet weaving but this has given me more ideas and a better appreciation for how versatile the craft is!

@KC-jo4lz 2 жыл бұрын

Amazing, and somehow very soothing. Thank you.

@KristineVike 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you. I do find weaving very soothing.

@Seducier Жыл бұрын

Impressive

@projectpenwing Жыл бұрын

"it is I, the caption goblin" made me cackle. Your captions are always another layer of fun times, love all the small shenanigans you do! Would these woven band just be for say "belt" or would they also be used for hems on dresses and decoration in a hairdo?

@KristineVike Жыл бұрын

Tablet woven bands in general could be used for a great many things, but the silk and precious metal ones seem to have been worn prominently displayed, like jewellery.

@diannadarling699 2 жыл бұрын

I love that beautiful blue thread and that pattern is terrific… thanks for the video..

@KristineVike 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you. 😊

@crystalwright1504 2 жыл бұрын

How beautiful!!

@KristineVike 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you! 😊

@Lyra_of_Spinning_Winds 3 жыл бұрын

Very nice!! Thank you for the video 💕

@KristineVike 3 жыл бұрын

Aw, thank you! 😊

@katiatorreshernandez2171 Жыл бұрын

Trop jolie. Muy lindo maravilloso

@jennglow4647 7 ай бұрын

Cool 😀

@benjamindejonge3624 Жыл бұрын

Wooh, I love this where do I find this beautiful.wooden cards?

@KristineVike Жыл бұрын

I bought them off Etsy from a gentleman named Gunnar Karro of the Amostreet shop. Sadly I haven’t seen activity from the shop for a while. There are many other excellet artisans though!

@katchan228 Жыл бұрын

Quick question, is your silver thread also silk?

@KristineVike Жыл бұрын

It is! It is a hammered silver strand wrapped around a silk core, just like the original. It was really challenging to find a non-polyester, (both core and "silver"), metallic thread, but I eventually got help from the FB group "Advanced Tablet Weaving /Brettchenweben für Fortgeschrittene". I wouldn't normally recommend FB, but that group is really amazing and full of really skilled, knowledgeable artisans.

@CaraesNaur Жыл бұрын

The pattern, at least as shown in your PDF, contains an error in rows 1 through 5. Notice there is only 1 white square between the black squares at 5,14 and 7,14. There should be three to match the rest of the pattern. The correction begins with making the first 3 rows symmetrical, the rest you should be able to see.

@KristineVike Жыл бұрын

The asymmetry comes from the original, as well as I could interpret it. I chose to replicate it, but you are free to weave it symmetrically if you wish. We do only have a small fraction of a larger whole, after all. So it is difficult to know if this is intentional of the original weaver or not.

@bjorn8453 3 жыл бұрын

Lovely video, thank you! Is there anything that you have to do to maintain the border, or is there no difference from tablet weaving?

@KristineVike 3 жыл бұрын

Same as other tablet weaving; make sure the borders are turning the same way to get an even result (until you can no more and have to go the other way). You could pull the brocade up a few cards before the end or the invisible weft technique (on the edge card on either side you take three threads over the weft thread and one thread under the weft). But these are intermediate techniques for any tablet weaving and nothing special for brocade. :)

@bjorn8453 3 жыл бұрын

@@KristineVike thank you so much! It helps a lot. One last thought; what gauge wire do you typically use for brocade?

@KristineVike 3 жыл бұрын

@@bjorn8453 Oooh, great question! I remember that being a massive pain, as most modern metallic wire is too thin, and for brocade you want something a smidge thicker than the rest of your warp and weft to get that lovely continuous look, and not a series of interrupted lines, if you know what I mean. If you are on Facebook, there is this amazing group called "Historical Tablet Weaving" or something like that (I have since stopped using FB). They helped me with suppliers last time I did a reconstruction, even going so far as letting me buy stock off someone who had access to resources I do not. They are super knowledgeable and helpful!