Weave Along with Elewys, Ep. 10: Siksala Shawl Spiral Motif
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- Опубликовано: 6 ноя 2024
- This spiral tablet weaving motif is from the Siksala shawl, a 13th or 14th century grave find from Estonia. There are more than a dozen different motifs around this woven and beaded edge. I have chosen one very pretty motif, and its mirror image, to show you for this video.
And once again, after finding images for folks who have recreated this shawl, one of them is Mervi Pasanen. hibernaatio.bl...
The next in our Laurel Kingdoms project is the Kingdom of Atlantia, created in 1981 whose borders encompass Maryland; Virginia; North and South Carolina; Augusta, Georgia & Washington DC. Their colors are blue and white.
Pattern for this weave can be found at my blog: ladyelewys.carp...
More motifs from the Siksala shawl can be found in this PDF booklet for sale on Etsy: www.etsy.com/c...
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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 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.thingivers...)
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 used for this video: Jon Sayles; Sweetly my Heart - Asher Fulero; Shattered Paths - Aakash Gandhi.
In addition to having the joy of beginning to learn the art of tablet weaving, I want to say that I appreciate your skill and your demeanor as a teacher! I’m an old retired teacher myself, and your presentation of your lessons, including your quiet, orderly verbal explanations are first-rate teaching. Thank you!
As an Estonian-American trying to learn about Estonian culture, the language barrier struggle is real 😖 There’s SO MUCH INFORMATION! And I can read exactly NONE of it!
Thank you so much for these videos, they make it so much easier to figure out how to weave.
Since I am still learning to do this weaving, I just fell in love with this pattern and looking forward to trying it. Thank you for showing such a beautiful pattern.
I was inspired by your channel to build a loom and start weaving. I have already done a couple of projects. Thank you for the inspiration! By the way, I love your sense of humor. Makes me laugh every time.
Thank you for showing the warping process which is always the most challenging part for me. So appreciate your research and sharing of these designs.
You are simply amazing! I love what you say about not selling yourself short. I have been crocheting since 8 years of age and knitting since about 18/19 years of age (that's also when I began quilting). Whenever people in the offices I have worked at see something I'm working on the try and "commission" a blanket for a new baby, I always declined because after buying the yarns and the time it takes, we're in the hundreds possibly. I suppose I should have given them a number and let them decide if they were willing to pay for the value. I just have a feeling people aren't and compare it to a $20 blanket one can pick up at the store, you know what I mean? I just do my crafting for myself, family, and loved ones...but if I were to sell...definitely price the artisanal value! Don't sell yourself short.
I also started quilting around age 19! I have, on occasion, quoted people a price for the actual cost in labor and materials (not just materials) and have had them say, "oh, well...never mind." A couple, however, took me up on the offer and paid my asking price, no questions asked. They know the value of skill and time! And it's not ego that's driving the price up--it's just how much it's worth.
@@elewysoffinchingefeld3066 Exactly. I know for some, they don't see or understand the value...there are others who do! (:
Haha! Google Translate is a great toy. I like to take passages from Shakespeare and translate from English to Latin and back and forth until the translation stabilizes. You can go from "What light through yonder window breaks?" to "WINDOW. FEAR."
At least it's not Minesweeper or online Solitaire.
When Monty Python and the Holy Grail came out on laser disk, they had a Japanese translation that they translated back into English. It was hilarious! Instead of "Your mother was a hamster and your father smelled of elderberries!" it was "You can tell what kind of parents you had by the stupid look on your face!"
Great video. Watching over your shoulder is very helpful.
Thank you for another inspiring video. Well beyond my skills.....at the moment!😀
I love the history and context you give each design.
Elewys of Finchingefeld - your videos are inspirational! So well researched, so practical. I haven't tried this yet, but I can't help watching. It's mesmerising. Thank you.
I'm so excited to find an Estonian pattern! Definitely going to try this one soon! The funny looking beads on the original are called vaselised - "copper ones" - you're right, they were made of copper. A very old and traditional decoration that is often found at archeological sites. If you like I can translate pattern info for you from Estonian into english - Estonian is my first language.
Thank you! I'm sure I'll come across another Estonian pattern someday--I'll keep your offer in mind! Thanks for the information on the copper decoration. Love it!
Would you be able to do a video explaining the mechanics of the weaving? As in how each thread on a card relates to the row in a pattern? And also what effect the S and Z threading has? Why that makes any difference?
I love your videos, I find them interesting and relaxing. I'm not a tablet weaver but it is something I would like to try at some point. Plus I really like your sense of humour, you don't take yourself too seriously 🙂
S and Z control the direction of the slant in the design. You can see that easily in the border on the pattern.
I love this pattern! Thank you for sharing it and making it so easy to understand.
On the page you are referring to I think the band is woven according to the pattern by Maikki Karisto. She has published archaeological patterns on the internet and three books, two of them with her friend Mervi Pasanen.
Yes--I actually consulted with Mervi Pananen on this piece. :D
that design is really pretty!
Beautiful! This is new to me. I'd love to weave and watching you. Do I dare start another hobby/craft? I've got so many on my plate right now, I haven't gotten to the point of being an expert and any on them. Still, this weaving looks like fun and it will compliment my cards and shawls!!! Thank you for your lovely videos!
How do you know how much thread you need for your weft? And what happens if you run out before you are done weaving what you want to do?
I don't really calculate it. I load up the shuttle with a bunch and add more if I need to. I did do a short video on adding new weft thread.
Oooo that’s a very pretty pattern!! I your channel popped up as recommended after a couple historical costubers did similar videos (one an inkle loom trim, the other a tablet woven hem), and I e been binge watching the past couple of weeks. I also started weaving my first piece, using diy equipment and some of my large amount of leftover sock yarn.
One question I have as a newbie... how do you finish the ends of the warp once you cut the finished piece off the loom?
Love you. And your videos. Thank you for what you do.
There is a sewing RUclipsr- thoughtful creativity- I believe she speaks Estonian, I might be mistaken.
Your videos are stunning.🤩Could you tell me where to find the scheme? Thank you 😊
I assume you mean the pattern--the link to my blog is in the video description.
@@elewysoffinchingefeld3066 Yes, pattern.🙂 Thank you very much 😊
I have so many questions for you 😮 how do I learn about your zoom classes? I can’t find the seller on Etsy for the silk thread 🧐you have so many great videos - which one explains empty holes - or should I jump right in and go with the flow?
I’ve said it before - I love your style of teaching - I wish I had a way to send you a picture of the loom my husband made from your plans
The silk seller closed her Etsy store and now sells on her own page, eowyndewever.com. I tried to go back and update those links on the old videos, but I guess I missed one or two. I have only done a couple of Zoom classes, they were through the SCA and I don't know where they are posted, if anywhere.
I just watched your warp weighted loom play list. I now "need" an L shaped warping while band making thing.😉
I agree! I learned so much from that Saami woman and I couldn't understand a word!
Where did you find the 38-Card Pattern? It is calling my name! "I dare you!" is its Siren Song.
oh cool a new video. I really want to try this.
Love the channel and your work!
Showing the woven design in your thumbnails might draw in viewers searching for a specific patterning but who can't relate it to the technical pattern or name.
I will have to work on making thumbnails. I usually just choose one of the options that is auto-generated.
These are so cool! Can you show us how to do a (preferably not difficult) wider design that could be used for straps for backpacks, bags, guitars, etc?
I will add that to my list!
Watching you is hypnotic. I soooo want to try this, but my brain keeps thinking that I'll end up making heaps of woven strips, and have no use for them. What do you use them for?
I did a video called 10 Things to Do with Your Tablet Weaving. Lots of great ideas!
@@elewysoffinchingefeld3066 Okay. Thanks. I'm fairly new here so haven't seen many videos. I will look it up. Thanks again.
Every time I try to turn my cards with each row, the cards just want to pull in different directions because of having only two threads, one in each corner. I absolutely cannot keep them straight. And before I know it, I have no idea what direction they've all turned and how to correct them all. I use a knitting needle to hold them in place while I pass the shuttle But once it's removed to turn the cards, they all begin turning in different directions. You don't seem to struggle at all with this problem. You only have to hold the forward cards with your pencil, but the cards you turn backwards just stay in place with no help at all. Is it something I'm doing wrong?
I press the cards up against the pencil, which helps hold them in place. You may have your tension too high. Ease up on it and see if that helps.
Any recommendations on simple band weaves? book names or find catalogs would be lovely. I constantly hear and read that there were plain bandweaving that was non-tablet woven, but I can never find examples, color combos, or patterns. Thanks a bunch for the weave along series, this has been a great distraction from life. (also has spurred my want to weave again)
I have a couple of weaves in my collection of videos that are pretty simple. Check out Pinterest for other patterns and color combos.
@@elewysoffinchingefeld3066 Sorry, when i say simple band weaves, i meant more so what would be more often made on inkle looms(which as far as i can tell didnt come about until the 1700's frame) and a Rigid Heddle band weaving, such as you would see from the Sami culture in the 18/19-00s on. I know that Rigid heddle band weaving has been documented in a lot of time periods, but rigid heddles seem to be non-existent in viking finds, even though, as I noted, I see it in passing said that simpler weaves that werent made with tablets pop up, but i never can seem to get any proper documentation of them. No worries if nothing has came up on your end, I am more so just seeing if i have missed any books out there. Thanks again for all the extra insight with the weaves you have done so far, cant wait to see what else you find and make!
P.s. I do have the 2 books from the 2 weavers you mentioned in a few videos back on my list, hoping to buy as soon as the English version of the 2nd book comes out.
Very pretty! I have some general questions: a) can one weave multiple short lengths on this setup (such as bookmark or bracelet lengths); 2) how do you add additional thread to your shuttle if you run out? Just tie a knot? Or is there a trick to hide such a join? I have more questions, but I can’t remember them at the moment, maybe I’ll put them on your next video...
I got the weft question a lot, so I did do a video for it. It's a short one, but check out the list of videos and you'll see one for adding weft threads. If you want to do a bunch of short lengths, you absolutely can. Just put a piece of cardboard or something between each length to add fringe between them, and keep on weaving!
Just lovely!! This might be my favorite one yet! I love the blue and white! I would love to see some examples of the same pattern done in different colors! Like, what would tis one look like if you had the same warp set up but you used white weft? I cannot believe I have been watching you for HOURS!!!!
Let me do an experiment and see...then I'll post a photo of it on my Facebook and Ko-Fi pages, Elewys of Finchingefeld.
Thank you for your fantastic videos - they've been so much fun to watch! Do you think you could do a short video talking about how you finish the bands, and how to finish one one shuttle and start another (if/when you run out of weft thread)? Do you trim the tail to the edge of the weave, for example, or do you stitch it into the edge to secure it? Do you fell the ends at all? Thank you in advance!
I have bits of that information in other videos--in fact, I have one called Tablet Weaving Tutorial--Adding New Weft Thread. As for finishing, I just snip it off the loom, leaving about 1/2" of fringe. I don't have any issues with unraveling, but if you're concerned about it, a drop of Fray Check will help.
@@elewysoffinchingefeld3066 Oh! That's a video I missed - thank you! Off to go find it and get fully caught up. : ) And thanks for the gouge on fray check!
Now I have to buy a loom. haha
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¡Muchas gracias y gracias por vernos!
Could you make a video on your background, how you came to be interested and how you learned? Thank you!
I think I talked about it a bit in my first pattern video, Episode 1: Oseberg. Check out that one!
You are a beautiful woman. Where are may buy the loom .??? I want to try too. Help me.
I have a link in the description to Amazon. They don't have the exact same loom, but ones that are very similar and high quality.
Thank you 🙏 x
Thanks beautiful work
Maybe try deepl. maybe they have the language you are looking for. German, English works like a charm
HI Are you ment to be missing they holes that you havent put the thread through
There are a number of tablet weaving types and terms. This one is a "skip hole" where you skip holes and only use 2 threads in the card to produce the desired pattern.
What Shalie said--bonus, it makes the pattern double-sided, so on one side is blue spirals; on the other are white ones that really pop!
Thanks for asking this question; as I was also curious why she didn't use all the holes in each card.
She actually SAID it was a skip hole right at the start. Actually I’ve always wanted to play with skip hole.........hmmmmm what to make tablets with....
Some people use playing cards, but you could use beer coasters (cut them down a bit--they're usually around 4" and you want them closer to 2 1/2"), or heavy poster board (hello Dollar Tree!), or plastic 2-pocket folder things: www.officedepot.com/a/products/449021/Office-Depot-Brand-Poly-2-Pocket/?gclid=Cj0KCQiAqdP9BRDVARIsAGSZ8AmPx8SURVh_UZ8CUwIEoEKjACcUP4fSHf4WoaOAEW0UeTIF1r28rpIaAhSAEALw_wcB&gclsrc=aw.ds
If you can get it where you are, you can put a strip of nonslip drawer liner under your loom to keep it from sliding around 😉
Good idea! I have some in the drawer in the kitchen (rolled up)
@@elewysoffinchingefeld3066 Let me know how it works for you ❤
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If you need a translation from estonian to english you might contact "Kullike" from "RpetsAndUs". She originates from Estonia and lives in Cananda.
Thanks--I'll look into it if I need more translation help.
I really love this dress Elewys; did you sew it yourself? Would be perfect for history bounding I reckon :)
I did make it myself! I have a How to Make a Tunic video in the making.
How does one EV-VER design a pattern?!
Hokey Doodles, Batman!!!