Weave Along with Elewys, Ep. 21: Hallstatt 123

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2 жыл бұрын

How to weave a gorgeous tablet weaving pattern from 500 BC Austria. Several pieces of tablet weaving were found in a salt mine in Austria and have been recreated by expert tablet weavers. I will show you how easy it is to re-create this pattern.
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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:
Fine Knacks for Ladies (John Dowland, 1563-1626), Rest Awhile You Cruel Cares (John Dowland, 1563-1626), See Mine Own Sweet Jewel (Thomas Morley, 1557-1602)... and intro all performed by Jon Sayles.

Пікірлер: 49

@CrypticConversions Жыл бұрын

This pattern shows an incredible amount of weaving mastery and style. It's astonishing how band weaving can give us better focus on what some of the historical fashions were in particular parts of the world.

@jenniferoliphant316 2 жыл бұрын

I found this channel about a month ago and I finished my first weave today! It’s filled with mistakes and took longer than it should but I’m so proud of my pretty little band!

@terrythreecatfarm3112 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for not editing out your mistakes! They are really quite helpful

@SheilaConvery 2 жыл бұрын

I love your channel. History + beautiful things + unexpected krill jokes.

@elewysoffinchingefeld3066 2 жыл бұрын

I'm probably the only KZfaqr who made a krill joke...

@TheGirlfromBowral 2 жыл бұрын

Yay! Kingdom of Lochac! Love the colours you use for this one as they bring out the design. My sister in law was born in Wisconsin (Iron Ridge)! They moved down under when she was 10. Thank you for yet another wonderful and instructive video.

@danilodesnica3821 2 жыл бұрын

Wonderful, as always. I like the little accidental mistakes, they give the work personality. In the words of Bob Ross (the painting teacher), "There are no mistakes, just happy accidents". Or in my words: "I'm too lazy to undo all this work...." :-)

@marierobinson2583 2 жыл бұрын

serendipity is how I describe my dyeing work. I have a general idea of the colors, but would never try to get an exact result.

@Caradepato 2 жыл бұрын

I completely agree! Even old finds often have piecing and asymmetries - it, as you said, gives personality!

@tracyguttenberg5659 2 жыл бұрын

Well, I now know what I will be warping up next! Thanks for presenting this beautiful pattern!

@kathidubach 2 жыл бұрын

Oh, me too! Although I‘m still fighting (weaving) my Dublin dragons, and it‘s low going… I guess I‘ll need a lot more concentration for this pattern!

@McNerdyCostumesandProps 2 жыл бұрын

Wow that pattern is absolutely gorgeous!!! I’ve never attempted one with so many picks before but I’ll sure give it a shot 😊

@elewysoffinchingefeld3066 2 жыл бұрын

You can do it!! Send pictures when you do!

@renata_of_the_craft 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for this very informative video, with its very gorgeous pattern. I am so glad you left in the error and rectification of it, it helps novices like myself tremendously and we don't feel like 'the ox standing in front of the hill', a common saying in Germany, when someone doesn't know how to proceed.

@elewysoffinchingefeld3066 2 жыл бұрын

I've never heard of the "ox standing in front of the hill." In English, we often refer to a "deer in headlights"; one who is frozen in fear. Good luck in your weaving!

@DustedMoon321 2 жыл бұрын

Just got into finger loop braiding after binging tons of Morgan Donner videos but would LOVE a loom to try my hand at tablet weaving. Maybe a christmas gift 😊. You’re an absolute inspiration!

@catzkeet4860 2 жыл бұрын

You don’t need a loom to tablet weave. Just measure out your warp, thread up your cards, secure the end of your warp to a solid object(this can be a door knob, a “c” clamp secured to a table…..you get the idea. Anything solid that you can secure your warp ends. Remember you want to be able to pull more warp as needed so don’t go to the very end….give yourself a comfortable working space. Wrap a belt or a piece of tape around your middle, and half hitch the other end around that, find yourself a chair and position it to get good tension, and weave. As you complete you weave adjust by moving your half hitch along your completed work and let out more warp if you need it. This is a very basic “backstrap” set up. The really nice thing about backstrap with tablets is that you can regularly comb the twist out of your warp, which means non reversing patterns are a doddle. A loom is nice, but by no means necessary.

@elewysoffinchingefeld3066 2 жыл бұрын

You can find more images by googling "backstrap weaving". People have also fashioned looms from C clamps on tables, warp-weighted set ups, and other creative set ups. Pinterest is a wealth of information on home made looms.

@ncarlton236 2 жыл бұрын

Amazing!

@angelapa9513 2 жыл бұрын

❤️

@user-nv8og5uf9e 9 ай бұрын

Good day Elewys, Found your site a few month ago and the more I watch your videos the more I want to start card weaving. I love the history and the teaching 😊. Now where to start ? What is the Inkle loom you are using? please Thanks ahead for your reply Cheers (from Ontario Canada)

@elewysoffinchingefeld3066 8 ай бұрын

Hello! I have three different inkle looms. One was home made--no makers mark and I got it 25 years ago second hand, so there's no tracing the maker. The other two are Schacht and Beka. Both of them are great little looms, but I think I like the Schacht more of those two. For a first project, I would recommend some size 10 crochet cotton from your local Michael's or Joann's (or other craft store). You can usually find big spools of the stuff for pretty cheap.

@marynimocks6791 2 жыл бұрын

Hi “Elewys”! You make such LOVELY women’s! Brava! Why did you thread the 4-of-a-kind colors singly, but the mixed colors 2 at a time? I find your voice and sense of humor delightful! 🌺 Mary from Seal Beach CA

@marynimocks6791 2 жыл бұрын

Oops! Wovens. Autocorrect is simply hellish! 🤣

@elewysoffinchingefeld3066 2 жыл бұрын

I only had one spool of each color in my collection, and I actually ran out of the blue at the end, so I can only thread one at a time.

@marynimocks6791 2 жыл бұрын

You can tell I only watch, but do not yet weave! 🌺

@beagleissleeping5359 2 жыл бұрын

Antarctica isn't just krill and penguins. There are also wingless flies.😁

@beagleissleeping5359 2 жыл бұрын

@@thingsthatmakemego-ooh 🤣

@marierobinson2583 2 жыл бұрын

I have had 3 spectacular disasters of trying to warp my rigid heddle loom for card weaving. I give up, going to have to order an inkle loom :p

@elewysoffinchingefeld3066 2 жыл бұрын

Oh no!

@bddragon469 2 жыл бұрын

Awsome. Can you make a tutorial on tablet weaving letters!? Please it’s an request ☺️

@elewysoffinchingefeld3066 2 жыл бұрын

I will add it to my list!

@katemorrisguitar 9 ай бұрын

Hi Elewys, the blog link does not take us to a page with the pattern on it. Can you help me find the pattern please?

@elewysoffinchingefeld3066 9 ай бұрын

Thanks for letting me know! I have fixed the link.

@kathidubach 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you, Elewys, for another beautiful pattern! When you weave such long repeats, is there a special trick not to loose your place in the pattern when you need to take a break? I find that I always have to weave til the end of a repeat, or else I won‘t remember where I was, even with a ruler. (I‘m on pick xy, but did I already turn the cards or not??) 🤔

@elewysoffinchingefeld3066 2 жыл бұрын

If I have to drop and run--taking a kid to an appointment or something--I will mark the spot between picks on the pattern with a pencil mark...just a little line between pick 24 and 25, for example. That way, I know I will have to start after the pencil mark. I tried using a ruler to hold my spot, then I invariably bump the table as I walk by. Sigh.

@kathidubach 2 жыл бұрын

@@elewysoffinchingefeld3066 Hm, that sounds like a good plan, must try this next time. -- Gets up to put a pencil into the little box of weaving notions. -- Thanks!

@jillianc8380 2 жыл бұрын

I usually use translucent sticky pointers/tabs to keep my place or a plain old post it note

@donnawinton9396 2 жыл бұрын

just wondering what yarn you're using, and do you usually use the same, or does it vary depending on the project? (i saw you did a silk weave once, but, in general.) thks.

@elewysoffinchingefeld3066 2 жыл бұрын

In general I use the 8/4 Maysville carpet warp. I may eventually transition into something finer, like a size 8 crochet cotton or an equivalent linen or wool, but it's what I have on hand at the moment.

@donnawinton9396 2 жыл бұрын

@@elewysoffinchingefeld3066 thks! i've really only started doing this, so don't know much. i really liked working with 3/2, and with #2(fine). the 8/2 worked well but seemed really small and the end product was very narrow. i'm thinking to try double threading it, sort of like an 8/4(?), and see if i like that better.

@Norfolk250 2 жыл бұрын

Query: Is there a good reason for turning the cards up, up, up, while establishing the root? Will turning up, shuttle, down, shuttle, pull tail through, up..... not secure as well?

@elewysoffinchingefeld3066 2 жыл бұрын

It probably would, but would create floats of some of the threads. I have just always done four quarter-turns forward to secure the warp and weft threads.

@Norfolk250 2 жыл бұрын

@@elewysoffinchingefeld3066 I pondered, because, in doing the up up up, it begins to twist the threads even before you begin the pattern. Oh well, I got my answer. Cheers [can you do that with tea?)

@marierobinson2583 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Elewys. I'm wondering if you have any ideas for me. I have 2 kittens, a ginger named Thor and Loki is all black. I want to weave them collars that fit the Norse Gods that they are :) I found a shop on Etsy that sells the breakaway buckles.

@elewysoffinchingefeld3066 2 жыл бұрын

www.pinterest.com/pin/56646907797311789/ www.pinterest.com/pin/212724782372087952/ Good luck!

@marierobinson2583 2 жыл бұрын

@@elewysoffinchingefeld3066 oh thank you !!

@elfieblue3175 2 жыл бұрын

Only barely relevant: Have you considered using a thermal mug for your tea? It occurred to me that it'll be stone cold before you get 4" on the weave.

@elewysoffinchingefeld3066 2 жыл бұрын

I do have a few thermal mugs...they're all pretty ugly, though.