Recreating a 2500 Year Old Tablet Weaving Pattern!
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- čas přidán 2. 08. 2024
- Sometimes, you just have to take a step back and take a look at the skills that come before you can thread a needle and assemble the thing.
I hope you enjoy this deep dive into some tablet weaving (AKA card weaving). It has certainly been a while!
Fun fact though: This was the kind of thing I was known for in my reenactment group while I studied at university, so it isn't entirely unknown to me. But much like knitting, I struggle to figure out ways to make a weaving video interesting and engaging, since it involves a lot of repetition to get the desired result. I tried to go for a more story-based approach on this one. Did it work?
References:
[1] Karina Grömer - Tablet-woven Ribbons from the prehistoric Salt-mines at Hallstatt, Austria - results of some experiments www.academia.edu/11916994/Tab...
[2] Bente Skogsaas, Oseberg tablet weave / bente.skogsaas
[3] (Norwegian) Ekko, episodes 1-4 of “Kjetterlandsbyen” published in November 2018 radio.nrk.no/podkast/ekko_-_e...
[4] Cynthia Sebolt - Hallstatt Tablet Weaving www.academia.edu/1488597/Hall...
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Music by Epidemic Sound unless otherwise stated:
Wolfpack - Johannes Bornlöf
Twinkle of the Lights - Johannes Bornlöf
Onthou - Ever So Blue
Secrets of the Earth - Lama House
Calcifer - Jon Björk
Cat Naps - Raymond Grouse - Jak na to + styl
I had never seen tablet weaving before. I'm not ashamed to confess that my mouth didn't close until the video finished - it was amazing! All of it -the pattern, the technique, the history... Mindblowing, all of it!
Thank you! I am glad you enjoyed it and I got to share this craft with you.
_Bellissimo!, anche per me è una tecnica sconosciuta, sono contenta perchè ho scoperto questo metodo di tessitura - gentile signora, sarebbe bello insegnarla ai giovani perchè oltre ad imparare un'arte meravigliosa, imparerebbero anche la pazienza e la gioia di creare con le proprie mani - Grazie per la condivisione!
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Oh my gosh same here !!!
I have knit, crocheted, spun fiber and done a little weaving on a tabletop loom. Tablet or card weaving leaves me in awe. The patience, skill and memory required for it amazes me.
They were so good! To think people in the past did this without detailed patterns blows my mind. I could not do without my lifeline.
"weaving from scratch? that is magic" it is truly. such beautiful work.
Thank you for sharing this intriguing design with us. I am constantly amazed by the artistry that existed in prehistoric times. We really were talented creatures back then.
I think we are still quite talented creatures now as well. Different focus, yes. But still very creative. 😊
I’m sure in all fundamental ways “prehistoric” people were far more advanced than we imagine. And very much just like us.
A desire for "apocalypse skills" and an enjoyment of creating order from chaos is what has really gotten me into the fiber crafts. Thanks for such a fascinating and informative video!
This was such a refreshing change from cross stitching videos I usually watch, made me remember the friendship bracelets I used to knot weave into pretty patterns.
I am so happy you enjoyed it! It is always fun to be exposed to adjacent crafts. 😊
You've really inspired me to somehow incorporate the complexity of what beautiful craftwork our 'less technological' lineage got up to in one or two of the stories I'm writing. We constantly underestimate just how sophisticated homo sapiens (and our ancestral cousins before we didn't have any!) has been over time. We really do seem incapable of staying in one place, of living in homes devoid of artistry, and of not seeking out the novelty to be found in trying out new things and practices! I love this-- thank you so much for the thoughtful, meditative practice you show in this video. I'm a knitter and don't want to pick up anything new on the craft front, but I'm grateful to live in a time when I can watch you lovingly dip back into time, all from the cozy seat in my home!
How lovely! It is always nice to be reminded of how we have always been creative. 😊
Dang, now i want to do some tablet weaving again. I used to do it all the time and made woven belts, trims, decorations, bands etc. for me and everyone else from my norse medieval reenactment group. Mostly simple beginner patterns or Kivrim, cause i always did it while talking with visitors and tourists, who were really fascinated a lot (it's not that common in Germany, especially in the south-west, nowadays). I still have some of the more complex patterns printed out or drawn that i haven't done yet. Maybe I'll do one of them over winter period, for the new tunic that i'm sewing for my partner right now. Thank you so much for sharing this, you did so great on that pattern.
Ooh, yeah. I definitely would not do this in front of visitors as demos at markets or the like. But it is fun to have some winter projects too! 😊
Seeing the weft yarns dangling at the end made me realize I have a woven belt with weft yarns knotted all together and about 3 inches left dangling like a tassel, on both ends of the belt. I bought it in the 90's.
How fun! Handmade adds something extra, I think.
Memory is one of those skills that can be trained to be amazing. Take for example mail carriers. A typical mail route in the US is about 750 houses, with about 60-70% of those houses having more than one last name. Nowadays, 150+ packages on a route is common for a day, along with mail. When you're new, it takes months to truly learn a single route, but by the time you've been introduced to your 4th or 5th route, you can memorize all the addresses in order in a single day, along with delivering all the packages by memory alone. Within a year, you know every route in the city by memory, and the routes you do most you know every last name at every house, including maiden names. (Based on my experiences in a suburb of a large city)
I can believe these artisans had the patterns engraved in their minds like a second nature, forged from decades of practice. The mind is a muscle!
I think that is absolutely possible! But this always makes me wonder. Were there dedicated weavers or was weaving something you did in between other chores to make life go round? I do not know, but knowledge of rural life many years ago here in Norway would lead me to maybe believe it is the latter. One of many skills you accumulate over the years. I don't know how that would affect your working memory as opposed to doing the same thing or walking the same route every day. Maybe they were just that awesome. It wouldn't surprise me though. :)
I started my first tablet weave today, with just whatever leftover yarn I had lying around and tablets made from a cereal box, but I am immensely enjoying it despite the super simple pattern.
Just watching a ribbon like this come together is incredible - my brain understands how it works, but I am still in awe watching it happen. Your video editing and voiceover also made for such a nice viewing experience!
This is absolutely beautiful. It feels like magic.
I am happy you enjoyed it! 😊
Clicked on this video because I recognised this pattern from a dissertation when I was researching for a paper about the the celtic tomb in Hochdorf. Thank you for recreating and uploading this. ♡
Ive been curious abotu card weaving for a while but the videos i happened to find didnt really show so clearly how it actually works. Your video was so clear about the mechanics and everything clicked into place i feel like i finally understand!
Oh, that makes me so happy to hear! I started with just a cardboard backing from a sketchbook cut into squares, so I can really recommend just having a go! 😊
You have some impressive skills and such a soothing voice, I would watch you weave all day long! I also have an interest in archaeology and from this point of view your work really highlights the skills of those prehistoric weavers. You truly are doing an amazing work I love it, it makes me want to pick up weaving as a hobby
That turned out absolutely beautiful. I love it when you weave in historical anthropology in your videos, too. Thank you for sharing your skills with us.
Thank you. I am a bit floored by the reception to be honest. I thought weaving would be too repetitive to be engaging!
@@KristineVike Passionate people make anything interesting, when you see someone so dedicated to their craft you can only watch in awe as they labour away :)
Absolutely gorgeous design
Your tools, your pattern notebook and most importantly your tablet weaving is beautiful!
Thank you! I know good tools are not entirely necessary, but they do make the experience such a joy. 🥰
What a gorgeous video. I loved how you integrated history, the calm music, the intricate detail… as a totally new weaver, I feel inspired an in awe of all those that went before
Thank you! I hope you enjoy are enjoying this intriguing process!
This was really cool, what a beautiful end result you have! And the process itself is really beautiful too, history and all. Also an honourable mention to the model at the end, what a beautiful friend you have!
I agree, she is the most beautiful and excellent supurrvisor. And she knows it too! 🥰
Beautiful pattern! I think many people tend to think of our ancestors as less mentally agile when the opposite was probably true. They had fewer technologies to rely upon and had to struggle more, produce more, and innovate more often in order to survive and thrive.
This is unbelievably wonderful, with every new fact I had to pause the video and try to fathom how on earth such incredible mastery was possible. Thank you so much for all the information you shared, along with the gorgeous pattern and beautiful weaving you did.
I thought if you're not already aware, you might be interested to know that singing is a much more effective method of passing information along withour significant error accumulation. The most effective known method is still used by Indigenous groups in Australia, and requires three generations - let's call them grandmother, mother, and daughter. The mother teaches the song and craft to the daughter while the grandmother listens and corrects if necessary. If they are especially lucky, by the time the daughter is teaching her own daughter she may have both her mother and grandmother to listen and support her. The middle generation still has the strength and agility to show and teach, the youngest generation is best able to learn, and the oldest generation has spent their life with the knowledge memorized and can ensure no errors are passed down. The process is truly awe-inspiring.
I was aware that singing and rhythm is much easier to remember and thus pass on to the next generation, but I had not had it described in so much detail considering generations and the very conscious passing of knowledge like that before! That is really cool and makes a whole lot of sense.
What a pretty ribbon! Tablet weaving seems like such fun too!
It is fun! Do recommend for sturdy belts and straps. 😊
As a spinner and knitter, what an awesome video! Love the shots from different angles to see how your craft works! It's insane what can be done with tablets 🤯
This was fun to watch, and your band is so beautiful! 💜
Thank you! I keep trying to think of ways to make these repetitive type projects engaging to watch too! 🥰
I've worked fabric in almost everything, but this leaves me in awe. I could probably do a very simple band, but not this.
Absolutely magnificent. And your cat is too cute. I fear tablet weaving is going to be a future hobby. Subscribed.
‘T is a craft well worth learning! 😁
Goodness gracious beautiful shenanigans. Such skill. Bravo.
Thank you very much!
This is beautiful. I love how you engage with history. I read the article you linked and I find experimental archaeology like this fascinating, especially how they experimented to figure out how exactly it was done.
Your comment about our current lack of understanding regarding pattern recording and transmission intrigues me deeply. I can imagine whole communities sat, singing songs and weaving. How they might incorporate instructions into a poem, or a song, or if they were recorded another way lost to time. Fascinating to think about.
Thank you for this video, it was a pleasure to watch. I really appreciate how much credit you give artisans of the past, acknowledging their skill. I can tell you really love history and your craft.
Like you said, weaving is magic, I think the old Norse word for magic (Seidr) meant to weave because weavers were seen as magical people that could shape the future. So cool, beautiful skill, beautiful content.
Wow that's super interesting. I've never seen anything like that. Thank you
I love this video so much, sometimes I just come and see to watch.
Oh my goodness, so complex! The colors play so well together, though, and your work turned out beautifully!
Good tip for blackstrap weaving to tie the yarn round your hips rather than your waist, to protect your lower back. My lower back is weak so hips it is! Thank you
As a cross stitcher this was a really cool watch. People sure are something. Well done and thanks!
I agree! People sure do make some amazing things. :)
This is absolutely beautiful and fascinating!! And finally a new craft that doesn't require a huge investment in equipment and space! Thanks for teaching me about this art form. 🙏 Your work is looks very professional. I'm sure that will take some time and practice lol
I wouldn’t recommend this for a first-time project, no. 😅 but with some practice I’m sure you’ll get there in no time!
Amazing, how a master can make such a beautiful art work just with some simple pieces of wood. Beautiful video as well.
Amazing work and dedication. I am personally humbled by your skills. What a marvel.
I admire the computational complexity of this craft and pattern. I also admire the record keeping ability.
That is so freaking awesome! I'm glad to see talented a person recreating patterns almost lost to time.
Thank you! It doesn't hurt that it is fun either. ;)
I've weaved with tablets using a slightly finer thread before (one plie of a six-plie embroidery thread, i think is what its called?), once with tablets that were made out of playing cards and twice with wooden tablets that for the second time some were still somewhat unfinished with a slightly rougher egde and i had trouble weaving for more than roughly 30 centimetres before the threads ripped (the 30 cm one was with the wooden, smooth-edged tablets, the rougher edges ripped the threads after just ca 15 cm). the weaved band is a perfect width and thickness to use as a book ribbon :) knowing all of that, it makes it even more impressive to me, what has been accomplished 2500 years ago! the tablet edges and surfaces would have had to be really really smooth. the complexity of the pattern is also incredible, so far ive finished only less complex (4 forwards-4 backwards) patterns and had to give up my first and so far only attempt at a slightly more complex ram-horns pattern. your work is absolutely impressive!
Mindblowing, indeed! What a discovery! What a random click on the internet can do! Your demonstration is OUTSTANDING from all points of view: from the amazing subject matter proper to the quality of presentation, personal and filmic-technical!! A joy to watch, with the dropping of the jaw - to paraphrase an American idiom
This is amaaziiiinnnggg and i dont even do fabric work lol but i totally get the complexity, just visualizing the patterns in your head is incredible!
I was curious to what the vid was about... and at ca 10.30 it hit me .WOW !! The endles possibilities spun through my head. Wonderful art Kristine ! greets ,Paul.
I am interested in understanding how you set up your warp. You seem able to maintain the tension perfectly, yet you must be able to put it down and return to it whenever the cat needs attention. I love this pattern - your version of it is very beautiful.
I have the warp secured at the end point to something (like a hook or a table leg), and then the other end of the warp is secured to a belt around my waist, so I maintain the tension with my body. When I need to put it down I secure the cards in their position with a large safety pin (you can also use a long needle and some thread) and then just unhook it from my belt. I tried a small loom-like contraption a while back and actually prefer maintaining the tension myself, as I can make minute adjustments as necessary.
@@KristineVike thank you. I must try it.
I love tablet weaving! What a gorgeous pattern!!
I had never seen this done with wooden tablets- I learned on ones made of icecream container lids with hole punched holes.
I love your subject material, production value and insight. Please keep up the good work. I’m excited to catch up on your other videos and see what else you have to come!
This is absolutely beautiful!!! You are a true artist ❤️
Wow! That is so cool! Thank you, for sharing!
What a beautiful video with interesting history and handcraft!
I had no idea about card weaving! Mind blowing!
Incredible. Thank you so much for sharing this! 🙌🏻
Amazing! I studied fashion design in college, and took a weaving class where I learned traditional weaving on a floor loom, but I’ve never seen anything like this. I’ve never even heard of it.
This is completely amazing! I had no idea this type of weaving exists. What you created is so beautiful! Thank you for sharing :)
Beautiful work. I am in awe of your skills!
That is crazy how easy you make that look😮
Well this was a fascinating video. Never heard of this type of weaving. So cool. Thanks for sharing.
I am glad you enjoyed and discovered something new!
Fantastic information !!!
And I love the final conclusion...🙂
This video was just recommended to me. You are amazing for sharing this with the world. Thank you so much!
Thank you for bringing this amazing art to life again for many to see. I had never heard of this form of weaving before and it's amazing. The history lesson included while we watch in awe was great also.
Beautiful and amazing!
Oh wow this is so cool. I saw those types of slavic looking ribbons on etsy and was wondering how on earth they are made by hand. It looks complicated
It’s quite fun once you get into it, to see the pattern grow in front of you! 😊
I like this pattern, I recently learned how to ,weave garment seams for norse / Scandinavian clothing it's been a great adventure
How exciting! Weaving really is an adventure.
Very beautiful video. This technic is amazing.
This is really neat
I've never heard of this before. I love it. Thanks for the intro.
I've never even really thought about weaving and just stumbled upon this. Such a beautiful piece and the video/narration was very well done, especially the historical context. Thanks for posting the video!
Thank you. Interesting video explaining how it was done in past.
So happy this turned up on my feed! Super interesting video, and love your cat. Wish you all the best,
-Cecilie
That’s beautiful! What a great pattern! The colours work well together
Thank you! It turned out better than I anticipated. 🥰
I’m a newbee, just bought my first loom
Craftsmen of the past(and some current) used bone for burnishing leather(smoothing the edges) and creasing paper for book making. The great thing about bone smoothing tools is that they get smoother(so better) with use. So cards of bone could be great for delicate card weaving.
I have no idea what you are doing or saying but I am intrigued...looks incredibly difficult and talent is needed... love your information while watching you create! Thanks 😊
You are too kind! It is quite a fun craft. 😊
That's fascinating!
Wow! This is just amazing!!! You’re very talented 💚🧶💚
this was absolutely fascinating and really informative, thank you!
Glad you enjoyed!
Im glad this video was suggested to me! Weaving is such a fascinating process, I know how to knit, sew and crochet but weaving is on a different level! ❤
It really is very fascinating how yarn and thread can become cloth!
Beautiful video and super interesting info! 👍
Really lovely and very well presented. Thank you ❤️
I've done a little tablet weaving but get very frustrated with it. Yes I spin and do some other weaving, but I prefer to leave the tablet weaving to others.
❤❤❤ so beautiful!!!
fascinating, fantastic. thank you.
Thank you for sharing!
This is INCREDIBLE
Thank you. ^^
@@KristineVike I have to say this video affected me on a deep level because I think about it around once a week for multiple different reasons. Thank you!!
Awesome and lovely project!
Thank you! It was such fun to weave again! 🥰
Your wooden cards are beautiful!
Ancient people were not dumb. Beautiful work!!!!
I absolutely enjoyed listening to your explanations and considerations. Amazing work of course. Thank you so much
Thank you, I am so happy so many people are enjoying it and learning about the craft.
Also wanted to say, first vid of yours that I've seen, and the quality production made me insta-sub! Can't wait to see what else you have 😄
Awesome, thank you!
I'm not smart enough to understand the spellcraft displayed here. Simply incredible.
This is absolutely beautiful! Well done on the recreation 💛
Thank you so much, glad you like it. ^^
How interesting!! I love learning new skills and I've never heard of this before! I'm excited to watch some more videos and maybe try it! Also incredible history! It's interesting how much we will never know that we lost to history.
I absolutely agree! History is fascinating, and learning new skills never gets old.
Beautiful!!
Thank you!
Beautiful! you are always a joy to watch and listen to. Hugs
Thank you so much! I am always a bit anxious that repetitive projects like this will be boring. But I want to do them too!
@@KristineVike it's meditative
It looks so gorgeous.
Thank you! ^^
Amazing!!! Thank you for sharing!
I am happy you enjoyed it! 😊
Regarding how would an ancient person might have remembered the patterns? I wonder if they just kept a cashe of "samples" that they could translate to patterns. Also (just a thought) could they have used a wooden peg board with holes to insert removable pegs of different woods (to represent different colors and to make patterns - just guessing). I think ancient craftspeople had to have amazing memorization ability too. Thanks for this amazing video, Kristine! I have spent a lifetime doing various crafts, knitting crocheting, sewing, etc. etc., and yet had never heard of this art. I got to buy some Chinese ethnic minority clothing that had these woven "ribbons" on them when I teaching in China in 1986. I always wondered how they had made them, being that they came down from a mountain in Kunming.
Incredible...
Impressive! And very interesting💙
Thank you! There are so many interesting historical crafts and anecdotes!
Fascinating - but no idea how this found its way into my recommendations LOL.
It shall forever remain a mystery. 🧐
As i was weaving one day, i started to notice that i could tell what color and pattern each turn would give me. I think, perhaps, that the patterns were more of an artist drawing than a mathematical, memorized process. When you learn the scales, chords, and arpeggios of weaving, then perhaps recreating something from sight would be more instinctual than we thought?
I've been thinking the same thing - it must've been an incredible skill, and one that took a LOT of repetition and pantient teaching to understand.