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Tablet Weaving a Patterned Band — Card Weaving the Trim of the Viking World

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2. 7월 2026

Tablet Weaving a Patterned Band — Card Weaving the Trim of the Viking World

Tablet weaving — card weaving — makes strong, richly patterned bands using nothing but square cards and thread. Each card carries four warp threads through corner holes; turning the whole pack a quarter at a time twists the warp into a dense corded band while the weft locks each turn in place. For thousands of years these bands edged cloaks, belted tunics and started the borders of larger weaves. This blueprint sets up the warp, threads the tablets, and weaves a patterned band on a simple backstrap.

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Measure and cut the warp

Decide the band length and cut strong wool warp threads to that length plus extra for tying off. You need four threads for every tablet, so count them out by your pattern before cutting.

이 단계의 재료:

Wool Yarn Skein (Undyed)1 개

필요한 도구:

Sharp Scissors

Mark the tablets

Take the square weaving tablets — one hole at each corner — and mark the corners A, B, C and D on every card so you can keep them oriented the same way while threading.

필요한 도구:

Weaving Tablets

Thread the tablets to the pattern

Thread one warp thread through each of the four holes of every tablet. The colour you put in each hole, and the direction you pass the thread (S or Z), sets the pattern the band will show.

이 단계의 재료:

Wool Yarn Skein (Undyed)1 개

필요한 도구:

Weaving Tablets

Tension the warp on a backstrap

Gather the threaded tablets into a neat pack, tie both ends of the warp, and stretch it taut between a fixed point and a strap around your waist so the tablets stand upright and the warp is firm.

필요한 도구:

Weaving Tablets

Weave the first pick

The four threads of each tablet make a square; the gap between the upper and lower threads is the shed. Pass the weft thread through this shed with the shuttle, leaving a short tail to secure later.

필요한 도구:

Boat Shuttle

Turn the pack a quarter

Rotate the whole pack of tablets a quarter turn forward. This twists each set of four warps and opens a fresh shed for the next pick — the turning is what builds the pattern.

필요한 도구:

Weaving Tablets

Pass the weft and beat

Send the weft back through the new shed and beat it firmly against the previous pick with the edge of the shuttle. Keep the band's width even by drawing the weft snug but not tight at each edge.

필요한 도구:

Boat Shuttle

Repeat turn and weave

Continue: quarter-turn, pass the weft, beat. Each cycle advances the pattern one row and twists the warp into the firm cord that gives tablet-woven bands their strength.

필요한 도구:

Weaving Tablets

Boat Shuttle

Reverse to relieve the twist

After many forward turns the warp behind the tablets bunches up with twist. Turn the pack backward for an equal run of picks to unwind it — this also mirrors the pattern, a normal part of the design.

필요한 도구:

Weaving Tablets

Finish and secure the band

Weave to the end of the warp, cut the band free, and secure both ends by knotting the warp into a fringe or whipping them with weft so the band cannot unravel.

이 단계의 재료:

Wool Yarn Skein (Undyed)1 개

필요한 도구:

Sharp Scissors