Hallstatt tablet weaving pattern

Another tablet weaving pattern from Austria's salt mine, dating to approx. 500 BC.

This is a tablet weaving I'm making as a Viking reenactment belt. Pattern from the Oseberg burial ~834CE

Tablet Weaving for the Absolute Beginner: Birka 6 – Lady Elewys of Finchingefeld, JdL, GdS

Tablet weaving is fraught with trapdoors, little mistakes that are easy to make. This pre-weaving checklist may keep you from falling into one.

Measure often, and don’t forget to secure those tails!

♥ ♥ Greetings fellow fibre junkies! ♥ ♥ First I thought I'd play around with supplemental weft. In the following two bands I have two wefts (horizontal) threads on separate shuttles: one finer and one that has 3 or more threads. I open the shed normally and throw through the fine weft, the, holding the same shed open drop selected warp threads, and shoot the thicker weft through. This allows that weft to pop up to the surface and create a pattern I couldn't make with a basic threading alone…

Ravelry: lnrskye's Simple tablet weaving 10 cards

Hallstatt by Aranyakanya

This pattern was inspired by work done by Shelagh Lewins on a band from the Oseberg ship burial (buried in 834 CE). It's a simple threaded-in pattern and is woven by turning the tablets continuously forwards (or by turning the tablets continuously backwards to work out built up twist). It would make a great selvedge pattern as part of a larger band. This is an easy weave, as the tablet threadings produce the pattern so there's no need to make turning direction changes or keep count of…