For Viking Age re-enacts and tablet weavers, there are . nally
more bands to weave and to use than the Kaupang and Vangsnes
band from Norway, the Mammen and Køstrup bands from Denmark
and the Birka bands from Sweden. No Viking Age . nds
can indicate such a wide variety of patterns and techniques from
one and the same tomb as from the Oseberg ship burial 834AD.
In this book: three bands are suitable for beginners in tablet
weaving, three for competent and three for advanced.
The Oseberg tablet woven fragments are remnants and traces of
a local weave tradition carrying aspects from a culture as intangible
content. It is possible to sense and interpret what was once
the choice of materials, methods and motifs. At the same time,
it is not possible today with complete certainty to interpret what
the weavers perceived in their own contexts, and what they may
in various ways have made sense of in their aesthetic expressions.
«What I love about her book are the pictures and how she describes
the way to the patterns. The way she documents and argues sounds
logical. In the book there are direct comparisons of the historical
textiles with her interpretations, so you can see it for yourself. It is
fascinating to see how she goes from the images of the findings and
develops the pattern, and she has amazing results».
Silvia Aisling Ungerechts, www.aisling.biz
