Weave Along with Elewys, Ep. 22: Masku Humikkala 11th c. Finnish

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Күн бұрын

11th century Finnish pattern from an Iron Age grave find in Humikkala. This pattern is more challenging, introducing weavers to half-turns in patterns. Special thanks to Mervi Pasanen for providing guidance and information about this piece. Their Facebook page can be found at / lautanauhat . Her books with Maikki Karisto can be purchased here: www.salakirjat.com/. You my find them elsewhere, but they will be MORE EXPENSIVE.
Other book referenced: Sarkki, S. (1979). Suomen Ristiretkiaikaiset Nauhat. Arkeologian Laitos. Helsinki, Helsingin Yliopisto.
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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.
All music performed by Jon Sayles: My Heart and Tongue Were Twins, John Dowland (1563 - 1626); Shall I strive with Words to Move, John Dowland (1563 - 1626); I Love, Alas, I Love Thee, Thomas Morley, (1557-1602); Rest Awhile You Cruel Cares, John Dowland (1563 - 1626); Dear, If you Change, John Dowland (1563 - 1626); Allemande, John Dowland (1563 - 1626)

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@jackwright5146 2 жыл бұрын

Here's a simple tip for making Finnish sound more like Finnish: word emphasis always follows the same pattern, and that pattern is really weird to internalise if you're coming from English. If you sound weird to yourself, you're probably about there. In English we're used to bouncing around all over the place with where we intone words - in Finnish, emphasis is always on the first syllable. Lau-tanau-HA doesn't sound like Finnish at all, but LAU-ta-nau-ha (with "au" always sounding like the "ow" in "now", and the "a" like the "uh" in "but") sounds a lot better. Resist the urge to spice it up - the intonation of the Finnish language is about as spicy as the Finnish cuisine, and people here will shed tears over a pinch of chilli. (Because "lautanauha" is a compound word - lauta = board or card in this context, nauha = ribbon - you want to give a little tiny pop of emphasis in NAU-ha too, but not as much as at the start. Besides that little uptick that says "a new word has started", Finnish is basically monotonal.) Probably also worth mentioning that syllables always break up in the same way in Finnish. A lot of native English speakers will for example see the word "Tampere" (a good sized city in Finland) and say "tam-peer", because in English consonants and vowels kind of work together to influence each other. In Finnish, where you see a consonant, that means the syllable is breaking, making that word "TAM-pe-re". Consonant clusters are rare, and the syllable always splits in the middle of them - for example "pilkku" (comma), "PILK-ku", "luuranko" (skeleton) "LUU-ran-ko", "leivänpaahdin" (toaster), "LEI-vän-paah-din" etc. It's a a bit like Japanese in that regard.

@elewysoffinchingefeld3066 2 жыл бұрын

That's very helpful, thank you! I kind of knew the rule about the break in the consonant clusters--I have a good friend whose last name is Piukkula. I always wondered what it meant. If you know, I'd love to know! Thanks again!

@jackwright5146 2 жыл бұрын

@@elewysoffinchingefeld3066 The -la suffix in (modern) Finnish denotes a place (usually for a given activity), as in "pesu-la" combining wash+la to mean "laundry". Names like "Anttila" (Antti-place) and "Jussila" (Jussi-place) are pretty common in Finnish - probably from being formerly attached to some Antti or Jussi's (both common male names) household. I couldn't find any evidence for anyone being named Piukku, though, although it totally sounds like a possible Finnish name... the closest actual word I know of is "piukka", which means tight, and "Piukkala" is also a Finnish surname, of which "Piukkula" may be a dialectical variant? Being named after the trait of a place is also very common in Finnish. Sorry I can only give an educated speculation!

@lumikkihusu7259 2 жыл бұрын

@@jackwright5146 Piukku has been a surname but apparently has died out. Our name registry has less than five people who have had that as a surname, all deceased. There are some Piukku-derived place names, though.

@kathyaustin9162 2 жыл бұрын

This is a gorgeous pattern. I really enjoyed watching this on!. I'll have to translate this one into bead weaving.

@jayday1463 2 жыл бұрын

I received Applesies and Foxnoses for Christmas from my dear daughter. I'm really grateful to you Elewys for explaining how to use patterns from this book as I would have made mistakes right from the start. Thank you for your invaluable videos.

@dementedkitty2989 2 жыл бұрын

i love the addition bits you add in. *bloop* *sound effects optional*

@laurieelliott9889 Жыл бұрын

Elewys - Beautiful, and you teach so clearly. No wonder everyone recommends your videos. This is the first I've watched, will go back and start at the beginning. So much to learn. Thank you so much for making your teaching available to us.

@Monkey-low 2 жыл бұрын

Looks great! I'm working through Applesies pattern by pattern, and then I'll move on to the next book. Well done with the Finnish, it's not an easy language to jump into. Thanks for the vid!

@DLowryVA 2 жыл бұрын

My only concern is this: the tea. Did it get cold? I worry about these things. The weaving is just lovely and so fun learning the half-turn technique!

@elewysoffinchingefeld3066 2 жыл бұрын

HA HA HA! The tea was still hot...or at least warm. :D

@kantakouzini 2 жыл бұрын

this is sooo interesting bc i recently bought and received a woven woolen humikkala masku tablet belt, its slightly different but it even has the combed swastikas from finnish motifs that was found in the gravesite. awesome video, and beautiful work!!!

@TheGirlfromBowral 2 жыл бұрын

What a challenge - accepted! Loved the talk before. Thank you for doing so much research. Happy birthday to your dad too. 🎂🎉 80 not out, what a good innings (cricket analogy). Cannot wait to see the Finnish(ed) piece. 😜😜

@bBlaF 2 жыл бұрын

Oh! Clicked back in because Finland and happened to find the feature for my kingdom. Love watching you work.

@thesparkypilot 9 ай бұрын

I just did a Norwegian pattern where I had reverse ABCD labeling, I just turned them to face the opposite way and it worked great just like you did :)

@robynw6307 2 жыл бұрын

This one is stunning. The texture is amazing.

@marydeloria8352 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for this! Very enjoyable.

@draven3838 2 жыл бұрын

I've heard many weavers say double is hard ,however I find it easier for me .hard is easy and easy can be very difficult for me. Thank you for this video

@iamlove757 2 жыл бұрын

ABSOLUTELY STUNNING ❤🙏

@elizabethraitanen5057 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for making this video!

@sarahyates6055 2 жыл бұрын

Yayyyyy I’ve found you ! Looking forward to having a binge of all your videos xx

@elewysoffinchingefeld3066 2 жыл бұрын

Welcome!

@kathidubach 2 жыл бұрын

Paljon kiitos! Thank you so much for these videos (I‘ve been learning finnish with Duolingo for half a year now, it‘s great fun!) This band is particularly stunning. Näkemiin (see you again)!

@juliesmith5123 2 жыл бұрын

I dabble in various yarn crafts and since watching your videos, I started using the surgeon's knot to join ends and I don't know why I wasn't using this knot to begin with. It's the only way I join ends now.

@AgentPedestrian 2 жыл бұрын

I've been finishing projects. really needed the boost in mood and confidence that it provides this week like carving a lucet and making some cord so I can actually wear my hose! but also weaving the hem of my wool tunic. if you can spare the time I highly recommend it! tunic has a whole other weight and fall to it now

@debracarriere9051 2 жыл бұрын

You're very interesting, certainly no counterfeiting going on. The effect is that I think I'm...going...to ...attempt to....weave something! You make this look possible.

@problame2249 2 жыл бұрын

I was a Wildcat… in a small Canadian prairie town lol.

@marierobinson2583 2 жыл бұрын

beautiful. love the Finnish as well. I've been teaching myself Latin :)

@walterw9829 2 жыл бұрын

The final fabric (?) ribbon looks so cool. I still haven't bought a loom, but will someday. Always wanted to learn Finnish.

@tracyguttenberg5659 2 жыл бұрын

I really enjoyed this one. I have been making my way through "Applesies..." but was nervous to try some of the more complex patterns. I am new enough to tablet weaving to need a little help and a confidence booster. Thanks! Oh, by the way. These were my school colors as well!

@CreatingwithWinglessAngel Жыл бұрын

Lol,I have the same lazy kate. An amazon box with dowel’s poking through it.

@danilodesnica3821 2 жыл бұрын

So lovely, but sooooo difficult!

@carlacrazymom 2 жыл бұрын

Wow!

@samanthaperrin6567 2 жыл бұрын

We're the wild cats here too!

@lillytalmage7189 2 жыл бұрын

wow my first time weaving along with elewys! (not on tablet weaving though, on a lap loom) still cool tho!

@Gigimamapa5 2 жыл бұрын

🥰

@godsgirl7884 Жыл бұрын

How wide did this band make? I’m thinking of doing this for the guitar strap I want to make by repeating the cards in between the border cards

@elewysoffinchingefeld3066 Жыл бұрын

Width of any piece will vary depending on the thickness of the yarns used. The 8/4 cotton will make a wider band than the 8/2. I think this one finished at about 1" wide, so you could definitely use two or 3 times as many cards to create a guitar strap. Just be aware that if you are using an inkle loom, that could be more threads than your pegs can accommodate.

@JochenSchrenk 2 жыл бұрын

I start with the left weaving tablet, I do not move the weaving tablets individually forwards or I do not move the weaving tablets individually backwards and then I do not rotate the weaving tablets "forwards" together forwards and then the shifted weaving tablets "backwards" not together backwards , I turn the weaving tablets alone or several immediately 90 ° or 180 ° forwards or immediately 90 ° or 180 ° backwards, I work immediately turn individual weaving tablets or turn immediately with several weaving tablets from left to right at the same time, I am a lot a lot much faster and I also learned to weave the pattern backwards if I made a mistake.

@elewysoffinchingefeld3066 2 жыл бұрын

That's another great option--whatever works for you!

@biaberg3448 Жыл бұрын

This seems like a very difficult pattern. Takes a lot of concentration.

@SheriCasto Жыл бұрын

Hello. I am new to this part of weaving. I was wondering what you would use these materials for? Thanks. Sheri

@elewysoffinchingefeld3066 Жыл бұрын

Belts, purse straps, shoe laces, dog leashes, curtain tie backs, decorative trim on clothing...

@iamlove757 2 жыл бұрын

Have you done brocade? Hexagonal? ❤🙏

@lisajarvis3820 7 ай бұрын

Please can you tell me how much in £ sterling would it cost for a large inkle loom or a monster inkle loom to be sent to UK 🇬🇧 including shipping costs?

@elewysoffinchingefeld3066 6 ай бұрын

I don't make or sell looms, so I can't help you with that. There are sellers on Etsy or you can find the patterns online and commission one from a local woodworker in your area.

@Lomky 2 жыл бұрын

so in this pattern, the colors are only there to hint at the final look?

@larrettamullen4023 2 жыл бұрын

I enjoy watching you create 😊. Although I'm a multi-crafter, weaving is not yet one of my hobbies. However, I do listen and like to learn, so I have a question. Can you explain the reason why, once you've rotated the cards, you don't (at that point) group them all back together? Instead, you save this step until after you've passed the shuttle through, but I don't know why. Is it in case you need to back up? Note: You're the only weaver I watch, and I'm simply curious. Thanks in advance. Stay safe and create happy.

@elewysoffinchingefeld3066 2 жыл бұрын

Yes--I keep them in position to turn them back if I pass the shuttle and something doesn't look right. Sometimes, especially for skip-hole weaves, I need to do the same turn twice, so I keep them separated until after I do the second turn. It just became a habit, I guess.

@larrettamullen4023 2 жыл бұрын

@@elewysoffinchingefeld3066 Understood. Thank you for the info.

@bunhelsingslegacy3549 2 жыл бұрын

Watching you thread your loom made me wonder if you could just mount the head of a seam ripper (the bladed part, anyway) into one of the posts (somehow so you wouldn't hit it by accident or injure yourself like I inevitably would) as a thread cutter you could use one-handed instead of haivng to go for the scissors each time, like the one on the back of many sewing machines that I didn't realize was non-standard till I got a machine without it?

@elewysoffinchingefeld3066 2 жыл бұрын

An interesting notion, but like you, I would invariably slice myself open with it. Usually I restrict myself to the use of Kindergarten scissors.

@user-bj1dq7zh4o 2 жыл бұрын

@@elewysoffinchingefeld3066 Finnish tablet weave and Fiskars scissors, thumbs up!

@gohawks3571 2 жыл бұрын

I'm so late🥴 I have a question; do you have a way to toughen the floss/yard? I got a new purse, and I want to change the strap so it is more secure. I was thinking to do one of these weaves, but I don't want to feel falsely secure when soneone out there could have a really sharp pair of scissors. Crazy, I know, but I just don't wanna lose my purse....

@elewysoffinchingefeld3066 2 жыл бұрын

If you're using the heavy cotton warp like I do--Maysville 8/4--it takes two or three cuts to get through it, even with my sharp scissors. And if someone is coming at you with something sharper than that, I'd be more worried for my life than my purse.

@gohawks3571 2 жыл бұрын

@@elewysoffinchingefeld3066 Thank you very much! Truly appreciated👍

@draven3838 2 жыл бұрын

I'm redesigning this pattern to make 4"-5" wide sashes

@AnonymousXIII 2 жыл бұрын

That basket of little white balls of yarn looks like a basket of garlic bulbs, lol... (that's what I get for not wearing my glasses when I watch, I guess).

@Ansku-akanketale Жыл бұрын

I have born in Masku, and have get married in this church.

@isaelgomez4226 2 жыл бұрын

Hi, Elewys; nice work with the videos; but, despite the good explanations, i don´t get it at all; i has been wondering if you would help us with a very simple weave, let´s say two color no drawing, no shapes, just straigth stitches... would you? i´ll really apreciate it; Thank you very much. I want to weave myself my own guitar strap instead to buy it!!!

@elewysoffinchingefeld3066 2 жыл бұрын

I have more than 20 other videos, including Tablet Weaving for Absolute Beginners and Easy Peasy Applesies, which are great places to start. Check out my other videos for those titles. This Finnish pattern is a really difficult one to start with. :D

@isaelgomez4226 2 жыл бұрын

@@elewysoffinchingefeld3066 Thank you so much.

@vickimajor7843 Жыл бұрын

I've noticed you wearing a gown and head covering. I would like to know why. Please

@elewysoffinchingefeld3066 Жыл бұрын

I'm dressed up in my Medieval persona. I'm in a history group called the Society for Creative Anachronism. You can find details at www.SCA.org. It's great fun!

@lucyjordan1953 2 жыл бұрын

I'm confused bc the numbers you are saying don't match the pick lines you say you are doing......

@elewysoffinchingefeld3066 2 жыл бұрын

I didn't mark the pick lines on the pattern, so I lost track of which pick I was on. :D

@lisahodges8299 2 жыл бұрын

It's so sad that the grave finds aren't matched with a name of the human found. Birdy

@JochenSchrenk 2 жыл бұрын

I take two balls of "black" and two balls of "white" then I take all of the "black-black-white-white" patterns weaving tablets 1, 2, 3, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 15, 16, 17 in one hand and I thread the four threads black-black-white-white through all the weaving tablets, I tie a knot, with each round I let go of a weaving tablet pattern, it only takes me a few seconds to stretch all the eleven weaving tablets on my loom, then I take it I have two balls of "red" and two balls of "white" then I take all of the "red-red-white-white" pattern weaving tablets 4, 5, 6, 12, 13, 14 in one hand and thread through all the pattern waving tablets four threads red-red-white-white through, I make a knot, with each round I let go of a weaving pattern, for me it only takes a few seconds to stretch all the six weaving tablets on my loom, it takes only a few seconds until I have stretched all 17 weaving tablets on my loom.

@elewysoffinchingefeld3066 2 жыл бұрын

I would love to see a demonstration of that!

@biaberg3448 Жыл бұрын

Finnish is one of the hardest language in the world to learn. You may rather try Norwegian, far far easier. 😊