weaving

[old ugly]

all sorts of weaving, was an important part of the 18th century culture. i never gave a lot of thought to the making and use of the woven products until the discussions in the thread posted by NW Territory Woodsman.
i thought i better at least try to make a band or tape to see what is involved. i like to try to make the sort of things used in the 18th century. try to make your own stuff.
so i asked questions, did a bit of research, built a tape loom and shuttle, figured out how to use it (sort of), and made a practice band. it is very crude but it is a start. it did get progressively better as i got onto it. next project will be a powder horn strap.

i have to say hats off to all the folks that take on the task of producing woven items, it takes a lot of skill, patients and time.

i will show you what my first attempt on my homemade box loom turned out like, like i said its crude, uneven, and full of mistakes and the weft color wrong. (learning curve).

maybe we could see your projects and equipment.

ou
tom

 

[Tallswife]

Congratulations on taking the plunge!! Your strap looks great and your technique will get better with practice!

 

[Artificer]

all sorts of weaving, was an important part of the 18th century culture. i never gave a lot of thought to the making and use of the woven products until the discussions in the thread posted by NW Territory Woodsman.
i thought i better at least try to make a band or tape to see what is involved. i like to try to make the sort of things used in the 18th century. try to make your own stuff.
so i asked questions, did a bit of research, built a tape loom and shuttle, figured out how to use it (sort of), and made a practice band. it is very crude but it is a start. it did get progressively better as i got onto it. next project will be a powder horn strap.

i have to say hats off to all the folks that take on the task of producing woven items, it takes a lot of skill, patients and time.

i will show you what my first attempt on my homemade box loom turned out like, like i said its crude, uneven, and full of mistakes and the weft color wrong. (learning curve).

maybe we could see your projects and equipment.

ou
tom

Indeed, congratulations on beginning a period skill!

Gus

 

[Brokennock]

I think you've done well.

 

[old ugly]

after a little practice.
this one will be nice.

 

[necchi]

Nice,
Tip; A smaller shuttle might help ease the chore.
Do the math,, they did. Not much need for 90 yards of weft for a 5' horn strap,,

 

[KLWeaver]

It looks awesome! Welcome to your newest hobby lol! I'm excited to see what else you come up with!

Kelsey

 

[old ugly]

Nice,
Tip; A smaller shuttle might help ease the chore.
Do the math,, they did. Not much need for 90 yards of weft for a 5' horn strap,,

i seam to use a lot of weft thread.
what is the math formula for figuring the length of the weft thread?
ou

 

[old ugly]

over 20ft of practice.

ou

 

[necchi]

Wow, great bit of practice,,

 

[Jeff Kaufmann]

I actually just recently finished a "finger" woven strap for my powder horn. I had some plain white cotton cordage laying around that I laid out into five strands that doubled over made for ten strands total. I tied all of the ends together on one end, died half of the strands red and the other half blue. I think that it turned out pretty acceptable for the amount of time and effort that went into it. I left all of the tail ends a bit long to use to tie it on with.

The wife has been bothering me about making her an inkle room for a solid year now, so I suppose that I had better get around to that sooner than later. You know... the old happy wife happy life and all that. Lol

 

[old ugly]

looks nice
ou

 

[Ohio.75]

Does anyone know of any period patterns available somewhere?

 

[old ugly]

i found some patterns for the tape loom on here but as far a hc i don't know.

http://crow-feathers.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/How-To-Use-Your-Tape-Loom-Feb-2016.pdf
i bought a book called "Hand Woven tape " which has patterns in it for the tape loom.

i hope others will come to the rescue.
ou

 

[old ugly]

decorative fringed woven tape. testing my nerves.

.

 

[Ohio.75]

Very cool

 

[Brokennock]

decorative fringed woven tape. testing my nerves.

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Wow!