Welcome to Episode 4 of the Drakos Dottir Podcast
Today a making focus on weaving and a double dose of Wuffa reenactors!
From the Workshop:
I take you through what is tablet weaving, some examples I weave myself with pictures and a suggestion on how to use tablet weaving in your outfit.
Compelling Chronicles:
Meeting Hervor the Volva from Wuffa reenactment group. Jerrie explains the role of the Volva outside of the Viking community. When we can reenact she can be found commentating Wuffa's displays and acting as camp mum.
Meet the Makers:
A talk through Jayne Delarre's Warp Weighted Loom and its basic functions as well as some historic facts about weaving in this way. Jayne runs ViksDottir's Loom on Etsy and Facebook where you can find examples of her beautiful weaving to buy.
Compelling Chronicles:
A talk with Solvi the Everchosen from Wuffa about how the reenactment family help with her anxiety. During lockdown Cat has been taken her permitted exercise as walks through different areas of her local countryside and it's been a joy to see her photos and how she's taking charge of her mental health as an example to others who might be struggling.

If you would like to see more of my tablet weaving, Dark Age textiles and heritage crafting techniques go to my Facebook Page:
https://www.facebook.com/drakosdottir/
Commissions taken through messenger. Final items available to buy at my Etsy shop:
https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/DrakosDottir

LINKS:
Hallstatt:
file:///C:/Users/heath/Downloads/Tablet_woven_Ribbons_from_the_prehistori.pdf
https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1903&context=tsaconf
Taplow:
https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/H_1883-1214-17-a
Birka:
http://www.shelaghlewins.com/tablet_weaving/Birka_twine/birka_original.gif
Collingwood, P (1982) The Techniques of Tablet Weaving, London: Faber and Faber
Oseberg Facebook Group:
https://www.facebook.com/bente.skogsaas
Information on where to buy her books:
Book I: 'Oseberg 34D - Reconstruction and how to weave step by step'. The book is written in Norwegian and English (in the same book). Soft cover 90 pages.
Book II: Oseberg - 9 Tablet Woven Bands (Norwegian and English). Hardcover 200 pages.
Facebook: ‘Oseberg tablet weave’
Email: bpskogsa@online.
Shelagh Lewins:
https://www.shelaghlewins.com/tablet_weaving/patterns_past.php
https://twistedthreads.org/
Weaving on Skjoldehamn images from:
http://mojesredniowiecze.blogspot.com/2016/02/artyku-stroj-ze-skjoldehamn.html
Fashioning the Viking Age:
https://natmus.dk/historisk-viden/forskning/forskningsprojekter/fashioning-the-viking-age/the-three-project-parts/
Weave with Elewys
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_b5UVh3SRlb-utV7iIqw1Q
http://ladyelewys.carpevinumpdx.com/category/tablet-weaving/
Compelling Chronicles with Jerrie as Herver the Volva:
https://wearewuffa.wixsite.com/wuffa
https://www.facebook.com/wuffareenactment/
https://en.natmus.dk/historical-knowledge/denmark/prehistoric-period-until-1050-ad/the-viking-age/religion-magic-death-and-rituals/a-seeress-from-fyrkat/
Meet the Maker with Jayne Delarre:

https://ViksdottirsLoom.etsy.com/
https://www.facebook.com/ViksdottirsLoom
Cat from Wuffa Reenactment Group – details as above.
https://www.norfarchtrust.org.uk/project/caistor-roman-town/

A massive thank you to Jerrie, Jayne and Cat for today’s interviews and for the use of their photos and associated photographers.

If you want to join a Dark Age Reenactment group there are many listed on this website along with traders and events:
http://www.darkagereenactmentcommunity.co.uk


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