Bravo!

Yes very good job on that trade

That is literally cool as fuck mate.

did you use that rifle to get your sash back?

@@RealitiesCookiejar HAHAHA you just won the internet

Probably nowhere near the first!

The Abacus is far older. It might be the oldest computing system, about 5,000 years old.

Amazing!

There are far older methods of calculating things. Hell, the Great Sphinx is over 10,000 years old. It was old even before Egypt.

The abacus is really just a notepad, not a calculator. The device isn't a "computing system", the operator is.

Agreed. The same thing, of course, with other things like knitting and crocheting. Even though I know, logically, what you're saying, it still amazes me when I see old Victorian era photos of very small children knitting. Today, all they're interested in are smart phones and stupid app games. Of course, it's all a matter of what they're exposed to.

I have taught a five year old to knit successfully. It does become muscle memory. I will try with my boys when they are older. Some people are more proficient in creating patterns (in any medium) and that is a superb skill to have. It helps with mastery of many things. Practice does make perfect, but some people have a head start in skills, but with most things dedication can have you exceed those.

I learned to crochet at 5. Since then, I have taught myself tatting, inkle weaving, kumihimo, and fingerloop braiding, all in the last 5 years. Part of it is innate talent, but part of it is being so used to working with thread that it's practically instinct to know how the thread should work in the project. If you teach a child early enough, it not only gives them something to do and learn, but it works their mind in different ways and allows for a new kind of mental flexibility. Plus, there's the pride they feel when they finish a project and can say 'I made that'. And that pride never really goes away. It doesn't matter how old you get, there is a certain sense of satisfaction in tying a project off, or adding that last bit of polish, or putting in that last nail, and being able to step back and say 'This is work well done'.

@@warriormaiden9829 yep. My five year old is very interested in learning to crochet like her mother, and I have had my oldest 2 kids in the forge with me learning to forge and work on a project with me.

its nice to have your own special way of remembering how something is done. i remember how to spell beautiful by thinking of jim carrey saying it "B-E-A-UTIFUL".

Also by repetition and long practice. Humans used to be able to remember the lyrics or words to song or stories that took 30 minutes or more to tell, so it's a given that they'd be able to weave complex patterns easily after a bit of practice.

She was taken from another clan in a recent raid.

Yes, let’s stumble upon this video and decide to doubt the pro weaver 😂

@@MissJoyVay Mind you, I'm an advanced tablet weaver myself. Why do you assume I'm stupid and arrogant?

I also bet it got passed down from one generation of women to another. Just like knitting and crocheting did in my family!

@@Khamomil your words not mine

tbf, she says "they didn't put it down like this," which makes me think she was referring to the very modern-looking pattern. (It kinda looks like a FiberWorks draft to me)

Dude?

Elewys has a channel on KZfaq that's great to get started with!

Morgan Donner explains it brilliantly.

If you made a tablecloth this way, you wouldn’t let any food near the damn thing after working on it for a year! Hehe

Or sick of creepy foreign men skeezing onto her all day.

@@dr.lexwinter8604 nah i used to go to stavanger university there are very few sceezy man and the gender ratio is 70 per cent female . Btw Jernaldergården is regulary visited by various groups so is normal people to ask questions. I think she got into this without proper cloththing underneath or she has a crappy day

she just looks like shes chilling to me tbh

Tired. She looks very tired.

That's because her 21st Century sweater would detract from the period outfits so she's not wearing it despite the chilly weather.

S and Z refer to the direction the thread slants in the woven fabric. Top left to bottom right or bottom left to top right.

z and s also refer to what it looks like when threaded through the card be if from the back or front of the card making a z shape or s shape!

entirely different technique, "friendship bracelets" are a form of macrame (which is knotting, not weaving)

@@haldouglas4773 thanks for informing me. I suppose weaving doesn't produce knots and that's why you can unravel fabrics?

@@PrettyH8Mach1n3 Basically. A frienship bracelet is technically a stitch from tatting, otherwise known as the Josephine's knot. Weaving has no knots, other than the ones necessary for lengthening/holding thread. A knot in the middle of a weaving (unless it is tapestry weaving) is seen as a flaw. :)

Thanks Lilly Fraser. I am glad to hear that there are enthusiastic people like you practicing this beautiful traditional weaving technique. All the best with it!

Mark Szabo Thank you. 😊

i dont how what its called, but im attempting to copy it. both outermost cards have two brown threads diagonal from eachother and the same with the white and blue thread, so im assuming all the cards are like that. iv attempted to copy the pattern from her pattern and how the band looks to be coloured, linked imgur.com/a/fGgbU it will be maybe a month, maybe two until i actually attempt this, but if i succeed i will note the turning order and any diference in card thread colours and come back here to comment it good luck if you try it before me

@@Suiseiseki00Rozen the pattern is on the video

The technique she's using is named BIRKA but I don't know the name of this motif.Once you understand the system of notation you can create your own motifs. There's a free software named GTT that allows you to weave existing motifs or create your own. @1:17 she's showing a printout from this app, with the weaving diagram in grey, the threading of the tablets at bottom of the grey diagram, and the resulting band in color.

A search for "tablet BIRKA woven belt" will help.

@@Khamomil Omg, there's an app?! I just used graph paper

@@valeriy8502 I've tried using an app but you lose as much time learning how to use it as you would save once you knew it perfectly and frankly, when you decide to weave, what you're looking for is a contact with the materials, including pen and paper, and color pencils. But what an app does is make you stare at a computer screen and waste a lot of time. Plus it removes an important aspect which is that of THINKING and UNDERSTANDING the process because when you are told "turn 10 forward, 2 back" etc. you're just following orders instead of acting like a thinking person, with all the frustrations that go with tablet weaving before you "get it".

@@Khamomil Oh with my computer skills I don't think it would be worth while at all... I was just kind of amazed. It might be helpful for learning how to compute the patterns in one's head

But not modern goddesses?

i think it was just a bit chilly and miserable that day by the look of it.

That was exactly my first reaction to her facial and body language as well. And it being chill and damp only exacerbates the issue.

She studied in London.

This gal explains it really well, and it's the same thing shown here, just on a hem. :) kzfaq.info/get/bejne/q72qYNp1nLfQaJs.html

@@warriormaiden9829 thank you!

Interesting fact to know. Possibly they have learnt some of weaving these techniques along the trading routes.

I assume cold

It seems they were about to leave because it is beginning to rain, when Mark asked the friend to show her old technics. So she is waiting in the cold, to when finally this is over. She is a little annoyed but still tries to laugh at the camera sometimes. A very loyal friend and very respectful towards visitors.

Turkey did not exist at this in the viking age😂😂😂😂

there's a bit there. she was probably taught by a good teacher from England.

with no distractions, they were able to focus much much better than us

Also I would not be surprised if they had some kind of rhyme or little song for each pattern - that way even a longer sequence can be remembered much easier. And if you do these patterns every day (instead of just sometimes, when you want to have some fun) that also gets into muscle memory. I assume the "younger girls" would be much slower, but advised by older women to get them used to the right patterns.

We have a pretty good idea actually! The tools to make modern paper are fairly distinctive. You need fine wood pulp so a grinder of some sort. You need a basin for water to float the pulp in, and you need a fine mesh or cloth in a frame to capture the pulp. Archaeologists would know by now to a fair certainty.

@@828burke Could they not have recorded a pattern some other way than on paper though? Carving a code into a stick to help remember for example?

I think she was just a bit bored. She smiled. She's got a small basket of pinecones diped into wax that they used as a fire starter or canadle.

To me she looks a bit cold.

She was a student either volunteering for the museum or working as summer job. (I don’t exactly remember). She and her friends were very friendly, knowledgeable and enthusiastic introducing these tools and showing the museum to the visitors.

@@MarkSzaboUK working as a summer job??? I just discovered by new dream job, haha (plus the shoes of the girl behind her look so comfy and soft. I'd love to be able to wear them without being thinking I'm a weirdo, haha.) Amazing video thank you 💚

@@Vexarax I can imagine:) They were wearing really comfy shoes and dresses. Give it a go! There are many places like this in Scandinavia and in other countries too.

It's all history in the end..

The craft survived down the ages, idiot.

@@Vingul IDOIT