Monthly Archives: May 2013

Iron age Finnish Mantle – Warp Calculations

May 30, 2013

In my last post, I introduced you to my latest project, weaving a shawl inspired by an iron age Finnish mantle.  Now that you have the background, its time to get down to some specifics.  I am making changes to size, color, and fiber content, as well as making guesses to some of the construction details where they are not known.  If I was hard core, I would be doing this on a warp weighted…

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Starting A New Project – Iron Age Finnish Mantle

May 29, 2013

I am starting a new project with a hard deadline of the third weekend in July.  This project, an iron-age Finnish mantle, combines cloth weaving, tablet weaving and coiled wire work.   I fully expect the next six weeks to be filled with insanity, frustration, ah-ha moments and, hopefully, joyous triumph.  I’m looking forward to it!

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