What a neat experience!! And how fun to make! I've been a weaver for just about 30 yrs and I've never woven on an old Viking Loom. I'm Scots, it's in me blood...lol Thanks for the video...I'm going to give it a shot...how fun!!
This is so great to see! This was the technology for all weaving before about AD 1000, and every household probably had a loom set up for the mama to weave the cloth for her family's clothes. Can you imagine the time and labor involved? Just a drop spindle and a vertical loom, and some kind of fiber to work with, and she's gonna make all that in between cooking and gardening and babies and carrying water and scrubbing floors. No wonder when the industrial revolution came, the first thing they automated was cloth making!
Nice plaid! I would recommend using the shuttle as the beater, and beat after the shed has been changed so what you would do is pass the shutttle, leave the weft at a weaver's angle, change the shed, insert the shuttle but don't pass it all the way through..beat the last row with the shuttle and then pass the shuttle all the way through, leave weft at an angle (weaver's angle), change the shed and repeat.
This video has been very helpful as well as the one before it. After looking at your loom, I could make a design so I could build it at home. Thank you.
Great job! I took a wwl class at a medieval event and we threaded the warp through a tablet-woven band, which creates a selvedge, then lashed that band to the cloth beam. We were using miniature tabletop looms for the class.
As you work down, you can wind the finished cloth around the top beam and let more warp out from around the warp weights at the bottom. This means you can weave very long strips of cloth on this, but the width is limited to the width of the loom. Thanks for your comment!
@rigidheddleweaving Thanks for your comment! We actually tried exactly that, but found the more laborious process necessary. I know that's how it's commonly done on rigid heddle looms (which is how I got started with weaving), but given the makeshift nature of this particular loom, it was hard to get even spacing between the warp and even tension on the warp using only rocks to weight the threads. On a more carefully crafted loom, I'm sure the technique would work better!
Interesting video. I wonder, however, if the vikings would have used a shuttle and a comb. If you look at the videos under the name Greneveving - Rátnogođđin here on You Tube, you'll see that she uses a bundle of yarn and her hand.
In "Åkleveving på oppstadgogn (stumfilm)" they show a weaver making that type of bundle. It's very precise. The hooked top creates a natural way to hook the weft on the frame between rows. I have no idea how she created such a functional bundle that was loose but didn't tangle. They didn't go into details, but you at least get a look at it. It looks like a goat horn.
Something that looked like a wooden sword, actually. I saw a silent film from 1956 showing several Scandinavian women doing this for reals. They'd weave maybe four rows, then beat it upwards with this wooden sword. They made a very intricate rug when they were done.
What a neat experience!! And how fun to make! I've been a weaver for just about 30 yrs and I've never woven on an old Viking Loom. I'm Scots, it's in me blood...lol Thanks for the video...I'm going to give it a shot...how fun!!
This is so great to see! This was the technology for all weaving before about AD 1000, and every household probably had a loom set up for the mama to weave the cloth for her family's clothes. Can you imagine the time and labor involved? Just a drop spindle and a vertical loom, and some kind of fiber to work with, and she's gonna make all that in between cooking and gardening and babies and carrying water and scrubbing floors. No wonder when the industrial revolution came, the first thing they automated was cloth making!
So glad I found this video, building a loom is my next big project. Thanks for sharing!
Nice plaid! I would recommend using the shuttle as the beater, and beat after the shed has been changed so what you would do is pass the shutttle, leave the weft at a weaver's angle, change the shed, insert the shuttle but don't pass it all the way through..beat the last row with the shuttle and then pass the shuttle all the way through, leave weft at an angle (weaver's angle), change the shed and repeat.
This video has been very helpful as well as the one before it. After looking at your loom, I could make a design so I could build it at home. Thank you.
Great job!
I took a wwl class at a medieval event and we threaded the warp through a tablet-woven band, which creates a selvedge, then lashed that band to the cloth beam. We were using miniature tabletop looms for the class.
Thank you so much. This gives me a good idea of how a warp weighted loom is operated. I'd like to try it, minus the snow and cold. :)
As you work down, you can wind the finished cloth around the top beam and let more warp out from around the warp weights at the bottom. This means you can weave very long strips of cloth on this, but the width is limited to the width of the loom. Thanks for your comment!
Great video, I'm going to be making one of these and the video really explains things, especially the heddle.
You should have 'crochet chained' the warp threads to spread them out evenly, saves a lot in header weaving to get it to spread out.
@rigidheddleweaving Thanks for your comment! We actually tried exactly that, but found the more laborious process necessary. I know that's how it's commonly done on rigid heddle looms (which is how I got started with weaving), but given the makeshift nature of this particular loom, it was hard to get even spacing between the warp and even tension on the warp using only rocks to weight the threads. On a more carefully crafted loom, I'm sure the technique would work better!
What a cool loom! I really like it (:
very informative! i wondered what the parts were called and what their precise functions were. thanks for explaining
Great presentation
Well done.
Wow it worked...thats awesome...
Authentic conditions for weaving in medieval Scandinavia? Surely, they fixed their looms onto walls inside weaving houses?
+Elice Quillinane They were so heavy, they didn't need to be fixed to the wall.
Interesting video. I wonder, however, if the vikings would have used a shuttle and a comb. If you look at the videos under the name Greneveving - Rátnogođđin here on You Tube, you'll see that she uses a bundle of yarn and her hand.
In "Åkleveving på oppstadgogn (stumfilm)" they show a weaver making that type of bundle. It's very precise. The hooked top creates a natural way to hook the weft on the frame between rows. I have no idea how she created such a functional bundle that was loose but didn't tangle. They didn't go into details, but you at least get a look at it. It looks like a goat horn.
I thought they used beater bars, not combs
Something that looked like a wooden sword, actually. I saw a silent film from 1956 showing several Scandinavian women doing this for reals. They'd weave maybe four rows, then beat it upwards with this wooden sword. They made a very intricate rug when they were done.
@@Marialla. in many cultures ancient weavers beated upwards. combing downwards came later.