Thursday, 9 April 2020

Almost done with shirt cloth and start on a viking garment inspired by picture stones


Weaver's log, Earthdate 14102019
I notest these bumps today, I'm not 100 on how they occur but I think the warp is to loosely tensioned.


Weaver's log, Earthdate 16102019
Happy hole time again and am so close to finishing but am out of weft yarn so I can't finish right now, and my teacher is gone for the week so I have to do something different tomorrow.


Weaver's log, Earthdate 17102019
To make a draft you need to know how much you need to weave, so today I started on a tuille for the Viking garment I talked about earlier. In my first textile class on Bäckedal, a classmate did one and it spurred me to want to do it my self. It is a tunic based on picture stones from Gotland Sweden, the stones are dated to 850ish. I have pulled out the images I need from the stones so its easier to focus on the garment.
The stones are from Irbo and Tängelgårda Gotland. The first thing I did after a good look at the images I made this quick sketch.

Then I cut down the fabric to 
the width I am planing, this time 70 cm, I hade some old duvets from the second-hand store. Cut it to length and cut a hole for the head, using the headband method, you just take sting or something put it around your head loosely and that is what you need, lay it on the fabric until it looks good and marks it down Finnish with cutting.


Now we need some sleeves. A friend came with this ide on saving fabric and I like it as the way I placed them would be a lot less effective.


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