Invisible Work

I spent all day yesterday doing something I’ve meant to do for years. I made albums of each different pattern I’ve woven and copied a picture of each band into it. It doesn’t help anyone else because I don’t think I’ll post them anywhere [maybe on Flickr], but now I have a study of each

Interpretation of the Durham Cathedral Seal Tag

Interpretation of the Durham Cathedral Seal Tag from 1194-1211CE, scaled up and modified to be a belt.1.5″ wide, 7′ long including checkered split warp and tasseled ends.Motifs repeated in descending order to extend the length, ABCDCBATwo motifs replaced.3-2 perle cotton in medium brown and new bud green.Pattern from A Simplified Guide to Historical Tablet Weaving

Drachenwald 30 Day Challenge

Drachenwald is starting a 30 Day Arts Challenge in November. Every day, you spend 15 minutes on art. It could be sewing, researching (Pinterest counts), calligraphy, block printing, stained glass, etc. Monday, Nov 1st I accompanied William to Monday night fighter practice. I spent the time sorting out a card weaving warp that had gotten

Pattern Draft 9 adapted, yeah

This was supposed to be Pattern Draft 9 again, but I forgot to thread Black Black Green Green to make the stripes double wide. Instead I threaded them alternating, Black Green Black Green. I wove it for the silent auction for a day event. Turlough and Finé ended up winning it!

First Double Turn Double Face

My first attempts at double face double turn. The grey and black is Sampler Pattern B from Card Weaving by Candace Crockett.

First commissions

After I started posting my weaving to Facebook in early 2015, a few friends commissioned belts or straps from me. I only charged for my materials, not time or effort, and stressed that I was a beginner so there were definitely going to be mistakes and I couldn’t guarantee how the bands would hold up.

Pattern Draft 9

I was using cardstock expired coupons with holes punched in each corner for cards. For a loom, the book recommends a board with a C clamp at each end. Luckily, someone gave me a 30″x8″ piece of plywood and two C clamps. I didn’t know what C clamps were at the time and get utterly

Card Weaving

I had been in a medievally LARP for several years. In 2014, I was really itching for a handicraft more portable than sewing. I had heard about card weaving but I’d never seen it done, not even on YouTube. In middle school I got pretty into making friendship bracelets. I thought card weaving might fulfill

Here I am.

First post. Are you as excited as I am? I’ve been encouraged to start a blog to catalogue my crafting for the SCA. I won’t update this regularly or frequently. Here’s hoping I don’t forget about it. And more hope that I passably figure out how to use this, I’m a little dubious. WordPress suggests