Finding linen offcuts, using up leftover warp threads, using a new embroidery stitch successfully… Oh and making last minute lucet cord and tudor-style wrapped beads! Here lies the tale of a drawstring pouch made of scraps.
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An occasional blog about tablet weaving
Finding linen offcuts, using up leftover warp threads, using a new embroidery stitch successfully… Oh and making last minute lucet cord and tudor-style wrapped beads! Here lies the tale of a drawstring pouch made of scraps.
Read MoreHere I offer three patterns for “mini” ermine points. They require a maximum of 18 cards. Each can be reproduced with as few as 12 cards (8 pattern cards plus 2 border cards either side). Do you want to try doubleface tablet weaving? Have a go with these 🙂 A couple of years ago, I…
Read MoreValda asked me to make a tablet woven squire belt that was appropriate to her viking persona’s best outfit.  I asked whether she was aiming for authenticity, or if she’d like a piece that ‘looked the part’. It turned out that  something ‘viking-ish’ would be fine, and that the threads used should be guaranteed colourfast.…
Read MoreTwo tablet woven bookmarks made for largesse in 2018.
Read MoreA second pattern for tablet woven ermine points running parallel to the edges of the band.
Read MoreOne chart – many possibilities
Read MoreA low cost approach to making cards, and if you really get the weaving bug, you can make enough to keep several projects on the go at once!
Read MoreLooking back at working on the first two tablet woven bands I made using silk.
Read MoreGarters for Mistress Catlin le Mareschale
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