Weave Along with Elewys, Ep 19: Hochdorf 39

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Weave Along with Elewys, Ep 19: Hochdorf 39

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3 жыл бұрын

A look at a piece of weaving that dates back 2500 years, near Hochdorf an der Enz in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. This piece is one of several found in the Celtic Chieftain burial mound, along with a collection of riches--gold, furnishings, dishware, jewelry and more!
Note: this is not a twist-neutral pattern, but you can weave in reverse, as I showed in a previous video. Flip all your cards (S to Z or Z to S), and start weaving from line 32 (or 36--wherever you start) and work your way down to row 1.
Things I mentioned:
The Celts: Rich Traditions and Ancient Myths --
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Dr. Johanna Banck-Burgess: tabletweaving.dk/wordpress/wp-....
Lisa Raeder Knudsen: her blog with links to articles and research: www.tabletweaving.dk/
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I am not sponsored by any company, but if any of you are interested to know the materials I use:
Tablet Weaving Pattern Generator:
* jamesba.github.io/tabletweave/
Yarns:
* Maysville Carpet Warp, which can be found at several different weaving supply places (I often use WEBS at www.yarn.com). It comes in more than 70 colors on an 800 yard spool for about $9, so it can be used in a number of projects and the price is very reasonable.
* 20/2 or 60/2 silk from Eowyn de Weaver on Etsy. Each cone is $30 and comes in 18 different colors. There are also small 100 yard spools that run $5 each and comes in more than 2 dozen colors.
* Pearl cotton, size 8, which can be found is most craft stores in a bunch of colors.
Sewing:
* I use 100% linen from Linen-Store.com in the IL019 weight for my tunics. The quality of their linen is very good, their prices are very reasonable and shipping is fast! Use "ILOVELINEN" in the discount code for an additional 7% off!
Cards:
* 2 1/2" wide (63 mm) made on a 3D printer, a pattern designed by my husband. Free downloadable patterns of other tablets are available on Thingiverse (this one is not my pattern--we are still working the kinks out of the design but these cards are Oseberg reproductions: www.thingiverse.com/thing:180...)
* 3 1/4" cards from Schacht Spindle Company, which run $8 for 25 cards. I love these because they are colored on the edges and they are thin but very durable. Similar cards are made by Lacis but without the colored edges.
Tea. Earl Grey. Hot.
Music: Come Again (John Dowland 1563-1626), The Witches' Dance (Anonymous), Shoot False Love I Care Not (Thomas Weelkes 1575-1623) and intro all performed by Jon Sayles

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@marijaorel7299 3 жыл бұрын

So enjoying the history background as well as the weaving itself.

@kathidubach 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for this beautiful video! I just got back from four days of viking reenactment on a forest clearing, now I‘m sitting in my garden sewing a hood and enjoying your tablet weaving, while I contemplate what pattern to weave as a decorative border on the hood.

@ReallyACactus Жыл бұрын

I had someone else's video on backstrap tablet weaving show up as a recommended video. I watched it and was absolutely intrigued, which is how I ended up working my way through this series of videos! Not only are your videos super soothing and informational, but you were also the catalyst to me finally reaching out to my local branch of the SCA with some questions about joining. I also ordered a little ready made tablet weaving kit of Etsy, just to see how feel about actually doing it. If I love it, I'll already have some cards and other things for the backstrap method. Thanks for these videos!

@makennacornwall3288 3 жыл бұрын

I love the honeycomb pattern that the background makes.

@beagleissleeping5359 3 жыл бұрын

Person from the past: Possibly has all the information inside their heads to thread up and weave these patterns from memory. Me walking from one room to another: Why did I come in here? I forgot already. 😉

@samanthaperrin6567 3 жыл бұрын

Lol

@rosalindwong7212 3 жыл бұрын

Fabulous. You made my day. So enjoy your videos

@carolethorpe6507 3 жыл бұрын

Really enjoying your tutorial. Thank you.

@emilywilliams3237 3 жыл бұрын

So interesting as always. Thanks! I am considering entering a piece of tablet weaving in the North Carolina State Fair, and it is all thanks to your instruction and inspiration.

@elewysoffinchingefeld3066 3 жыл бұрын

That's fantastic! Let me know how it goes!

@anna-katehowell9852 2 жыл бұрын

Even as someone who knows nothing about weaving, this is so soothing to watch.

@Deejaay83urj38 3 жыл бұрын

She is awesome. Very intelligent working out all of that. So few views for something so good.

@tracyguttenberg5659 3 жыл бұрын

Nice to spend some time with you! I will have to crack out my loom...it has been a bit since it saw daylight. On the positive side, a very time consuming knitting project is almost off the needles!

@VeretenoVids 3 жыл бұрын

This is an elegant pattern, but I have to confess that the color dots in the threading chart just about completely broke my brain. I knit and spin and I kept looking at them and going "WRONG WAY! WRONG WAY! S goes this way \ Z goes this way / !" 😂

@elewysoffinchingefeld3066 3 жыл бұрын

I know...but it's the angle of the thread through the cards. I included an image in earlier patterns but I've forgotten to do so in the last couple of videos. I'll have to remember to include it in the next one.

@VeretenoVids 3 жыл бұрын

@@elewysoffinchingefeld3066 I think my brain is still broken. 🤪 If you look at an S threaded card from the top, the threads go through the card in the same direction as the bar in the middle of the S. Z threaded cards have the same angle as the bar in a Z. Correct? In the threading chart, the colored ovals were leaning opposite to what the S or Z at the bottom indicated. I'll go back and look at earlier videos and hopefully I can put Humpty Dumpty back together again.

@anna-katehowell9852 2 жыл бұрын

Can you explain this to me like I've never woven anything in my life (because I haven't) what exactly turning the cards forward and backward DOES?

@elewysoffinchingefeld3066 2 жыл бұрын

The threads that go through the cards rotate around, like a ferris wheel, moving from front to back, then top to bottom. As the cards turn, the threads twist around each other like a rope, as well as having the weft threads going back and forth through the middle. Also, magic.

@draven3838 2 жыл бұрын

This pattern is interesting, however I already have a headache from it ,😎

@elewysoffinchingefeld3066 2 жыл бұрын

It is definitely a challenging one!

@josivanJose-ls7pg 4 ай бұрын

😊😮

@DanceswithDustBunnies 2 жыл бұрын

"...cause you to swear like a sailor..." "..you're all familiar with this technique." BWHAHAH. yes, yes I am.

@elenavaccaro339 3 жыл бұрын

The Celtic culture is a hobby of mine, think most of my ancestors were either Celtic or Saxon... The Celts were absorbed into the immigrants coming into England, but ther are pockets still in areas where they inhabited before Julius Caesar declared the Druids (the high priests of the religion) anathema. He didn't declare the other two anathema, so the Bards were able to continue. The Ovids, or sacrificers, went to ground. I have been watching another series on KZfaq, Time Team out of Britain. One of the team had a DNA test done for the show... He (Phil Harding) was 100% Celtic. Love your work, and need to get the thread to start!

@samanthaperrin6567 3 жыл бұрын

Time team is the best?!

@elewysoffinchingefeld3066 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the Celtic info! Fascinating history! I also love Time Team! KZfaq is great for catching up on all the great BBC offerings. No surprise that Phil was all Celt. :D

@elenavaccaro339 3 жыл бұрын

@@elewysoffinchingefeld3066 If you are interested, there is a book, "The Life and Death of a Druid Prince". At the time, the multi-disciplinary approach was very new, it got blazed by anthropologists. Still a good read into how one person interprets the evidence of a bog body, Lundlow Man.

@nizarahdragon3973 3 жыл бұрын

I got a book called Inkle pattern directory it has several I want to try it shows the card shape with 2 color then a box with one half one color and it repeats this several times how would you string this for cards instead of huddles

@elewysoffinchingefeld3066 3 жыл бұрын

I had never thought about using cards for Inkle patterns, but I suppose if I were to try, I'd thread one row as A and the second row as C. Weaving would be a half-turn (not a quarter-turn) forwards, throw the shuttle, then a half-turn backwards and throw the shuttle. Repeat. Alternatively, you could do the Icelandic double weave technique (see previous video).

@nizarahdragon3973 3 жыл бұрын

@@elewysoffinchingefeld3066 page 100 has some great knots but I also like some of the Baltic- styled hearts patterns

@Fotina0412 3 жыл бұрын

👍💓🙏🙏🙏

@p4chennorway 3 жыл бұрын

Elewys - Greetings from Norway! Is it possible to email you directly?

@elewysoffinchingefeld3066 3 жыл бұрын

You can PM me directly through my Facebook account: facebook.com/Elewys/

@maryexton7929 3 жыл бұрын

Hi! I've been following along and enjoying your videos very much. I'm now teaching my granddaughter how to card weave. I was just wondering, did I miss Episode 16? I can't find it on KZfaq.

@elewysoffinchingefeld3066 3 жыл бұрын

I think the Icelandic was officially episode 16...I'll have to change the title. :D

@jeanninehausch1379 3 жыл бұрын

I have enjoyed watching your videos. It has encouraged me to make a couple of these. I do have a couple of questions. How long are the pegs on your loom that you warp around? I noticed you warp the longest length on all your videos. Is there a reason for this and how long does it take you to complete one of these bands? Jeannine

@elewysoffinchingefeld3066 3 жыл бұрын

Hi Jeannine! The full warp length of the loom is about 4 3/4 yards, which creates about 3 1/2 yards of finished weaving...sometimes a bit more. I have a video on the loom I use, how it was built and the measurements. I always do the longest length because these are often being used by historic reenactors for garments, belts and other uses, so longer is better. If you are asking how many hours it takes for actual work, it varies depending on the complexity of the piece, usually around 12-15 hours, which usually translates to a week or more depending on how busy I am that week. I am still doing full-time mom stuff, homeschooling, and have other projects in the works (costumes, spinning, watching the Olympics...)

@robynw6307 3 жыл бұрын

Where on the pattern does it tell you which colour to put on the shuttle? Or is it personal choice?

@elewysoffinchingefeld3066 3 жыл бұрын

Entirely personal choice. I tend to match the thread of the outside border cards so the threads blend in.

@robynw6307 3 жыл бұрын

@@elewysoffinchingefeld3066 I had noticed that, but wasn't sure if it was pattern dictated or not. Thanks for replying. Love your videos.

@catzkeet4860 3 жыл бұрын

Generally with tablet weaving the weave is weft faced (ie:you can’t see the warp other than at the edges, all the visible weave is the weft) so it doesn’t matter what you use for your warp colour wise. It can be nice to have little peeps of colour on the edges, otherwise as Elewys has said, match to your edges, and they’ll be invisible.

@Fotina0412 3 жыл бұрын

Вы очень красивая И необыкновенно талантливы 💓💓💓как это можно????👍👍👍

@elewysoffinchingefeld3066 3 жыл бұрын

Большое спасибо!

@TheGirlfromBowral 3 жыл бұрын

Another very interesting pattern, thank you. I love going to the links you give for more information! Hope you haven’t suffered too much with the heat. It’s a chill winter’s morning here and we’re in lockdown (again 🥺) good excuse to weave! Is that embroidery on your apron? Looks interesting.

@elewysoffinchingefeld3066 3 жыл бұрын

You're welcome! The heat wave came and went--we all survived. The kids and hubby all hid in the bedrooms with the small air conditioner units, but I kept cool the old-fashioned way! Sorry you're back in lockdown...I hope you all get your vaccines and get released soon. It is embroidery on the apron! I'll have to post a picture on the blog.

@junipergirl2000 3 жыл бұрын

Sorry about the possible repeat question: hope long does this pattern take to finish?

@elewysoffinchingefeld3066 3 жыл бұрын

I haven't timed myself working the pattern, but I would say that each repeat takes about 15 minutes, and measures about 2" in length. That makes about 8" an hour, multiply that out by 3 1/2 yards.

@Norfolk250 3 жыл бұрын

Your chart should have a black background, so the white shows up better. Or red. Or .... oh, what's that fancy term for purple, ya, use that!

@melanieortiz712 3 жыл бұрын

That dying young myth is brought in part by averaging and taking in account childhood deaths and death in childbirth.

@elewysoffinchingefeld3066 3 жыл бұрын

Oh, yeah--I know. The miracles of vaccines, antibiotics and better medical knowledge has had an astronomical effect on life expectancy. Just look at all the advances on the treatment of cystic fibrosis since the 1950s.

@Deejaay83urj38 3 жыл бұрын

Myth?

@melanieortiz712 3 жыл бұрын

@@Deejaay83urj38 yes, myth because people did live to older ages. It's just childhood deaths and child birth deaths brought the average down.

@melanieortiz712 3 жыл бұрын

@@elewysoffinchingefeld3066 modern medicine is highly patriarchal. Doesn't know everything. Infact it has brought new problems in it's attempts to work against nature.

@samanthaperrin6567 3 жыл бұрын

Did your girl(s) gold? My 9yo niece heard my son had eagled and asked what it was so we explained it and she said "oh the boys version of the gold award, well good for him"

@elewysoffinchingefeld3066 3 жыл бұрын

They got their silver awards, but did not go for the gold award. There were only 3 girls active left in the troop at the end (two more were signed up on paper, but never actually showed up at meetings).

@Lomky 3 жыл бұрын

The gold award was so much work, and all on your own! I was so peeved when i found out got scouts got to get others to help for eagle 😂

@elewysoffinchingefeld3066 3 жыл бұрын

Part of the Boy Scout Eagle project is leadership, which includes planning the project, organizing a group of teenage boys (a feat in itself), and completing a project for the community, whether it be building a walking trail, erecting a community message board, or building picnic benches for a homeless shelter's meals program.