New Weaving Project

This next project is for a dear friend, someone who has inspired me and shaped my progress as a living historian. As such, it is being done with only the very best materials to which I have access. This is 100% worsted wool, hand dyed by us last year as part of this collaborative project using woad, madder, and weld dyeing and overdyeing techniques. These were mordanted with alum. Some products were also saddened using iron oxide baths and others were not. All of the materials and techniques we used were appropriate to Viking Age dyeing standards. While she was the brain behind the dying process, it is now my turn. This will eventually be a belt, and certainly the most exquisite thing I have ever put my tablets to. I am honored to have been asked to make something for this person, and so I will ensure it is woven to the finest standards. Here goes nothing!

This next project is for a dear friend, someone who has inspired me and shaped my progress as a living historian. As such, it is being done with only the very best materials to which I have access.

This is 100% worsted wool, hand dyed by us last year as part of this collaborative project using woad, madder, and weld dyeing and overdyeing techniques. These were mordanted with alum. Some products were also saddened using iron oxide baths and others were not. All of the materials and techniques we used were appropriate to Viking Age dyeing standards.

While she was the brain behind the dying process, it is now my turn.

This will eventually be a belt, and certainly the most exquisite thing I have ever put my tablets to. I am honored to have been asked to make something for this person, and so I will ensure it is woven to the finest standards.

Here goes nothing!