Medieval weaving tools

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5- loop square and flat braids are easy to learn, and make great-looking cords and bands. For an even easier intro, try my new tutorial for 3-loop braids. After 5-loop braids, move on to 7 loop bra…

Welcome to the fifth installment of ‘Early Medieval (mostly) Textiles’. This month Christina Petty discusses weaving 2/1 (unbalanced) twill weaves on warp-weighted looms: the evidence, the problems…

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Card weaving was one of textile techniques used in Middle Ages

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warp weighted loom and a whalebone weaving sword

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Carolyn Priest-Dorman's warp-weighted loom. I have worked on this loom (or one like it.) The Icelandic style does work, I am just not convinced it is period for me in Iceland, Settlement Era should not have had enough time for loom styles to diverge.

Clay whorl made by Hatton, spindle handcarved from a dowel. This was my fist attempt at a medieval style spindle. Wool is Louet Icelandic top.

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At an SCA event a couple of weekends ago, a lady was working on a really wonderful small loom: She was making this fantastic brocade-type trim, weaving a straight tabby with an overshot pattern. The results were fantastic, and small...

Iron Age weaving by Tom Björklund

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