Birka patterns my way

ByThe haberdashery February 2, 2017December 3, 2021

After the exam, I felt like repeating a pattern from Birka. I like a few of them in particular, and this time I decided to play with combining motifs. I chose two fragments from two finds and added a connector of my own to fill the background.

I wove using a yoke loom, because the pattern required the use of a large number of warp threads. The width came out quite large – almost 7 cm. The length is 2 meters with fringes. The originals were much narrower and made using tablets, and the pattern was created by a gold brocade thread in the weft. My entire interpretation very loosely refers to the relic.

Laces and ribbons

Norwegian salmon with eggplant in cream

ByThe haberdashery February 22, 2017December 3, 2021

If anyone is wondering what to make for dinner today, or how to prepare the salmon they just bought, and ended up here, I apologize for the confusion, because the post is about the recently woven lace 😉 Gardening tip: remove faded hydrangea inflorescences in spring – they may come in handy in winter 😉 I don’t know much about colors, and especially…

Laces and ribbons

Warm browns

ByThe haberdashery February 17, 2011

I present a variation on the find from Ostrówek in Opole. I chose a harmonious color scheme of warm browns. I modified the pattern, leaving the grosgrain weave in the middle. The rows are tightly compressed, so the selvedge is quite stiff and solid, and it came out wider than I expected for the number of threads in the warp (3.4 cm). I managed to break the length record and came out 8.6 m….

Weaving techniques

Backstrap for selvedges

ByThe haberdashery April 12, 2011

Since I already have a weaving belt, I started using it to weave selvedges. Without my esteemed… lower back, it looks like this: It is incredibly comfortable. And most importantly, it is easy and quick to get ready for work. When the kettle whistle starts to blow, you can free yourself in a few seconds… before the water burns 😉

Laces and ribbons

Fantastic border

ByThe haberdashery July 20, 2011

I worked on this border for quite a long time, but it's finally here. I finished it in Ląd. I'm only posting about it now, because I couldn't handle the photo. It's hopeless anyway... but let others take care of the photography 😀 The length is 8.7 m, and the width is 2.8 cm. The material is a nice yarn made from a mixture of real sheep wool and...

Laces and ribbons

Tricolor

ByThe haberdashery April 23, 2013

Today, I am happy and proud to present new technically and visually advanced selvedges 🙂 I have long wondered whether the warp-pulling method could be used to obtain more colorful selvedges. Up until now, I have been weaving two-color patterns. Of course, I am not mentioning the fact that the warp can be divided lengthwise into stripes of different colors. I made a few drawings then and came to the unfortunate conclusion that…

Laces and ribbons

Colorful... very colorful

ByThe haberdashery March 15, 2012

I am not happy with the photo, because the camera, as usual, had its own opinion about the colors. I struggled a bit, then I wondered if there was any point in publishing any of the photos at all, and now I decided to show this: I repeat, I am not a photographer 🙂 You could say that this series of selvedges was created because of an itchy visual organ. Nothing so…

2 Comments

Anna says:

February 2, 2017 at 7:37 pm

Oh, now I see green 😉 Still beautiful.

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Aśka Kucharz says:

February 3, 2017 at 3:24 pm

Thanks for your help. The "auto-color" function in the program also proved useful 🙂

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