Share my passion for tablet weaving
Sharing a wonderful resource: Antique Pattern Library has over 200 old books on handicraft. The books have been scanned and made available in PDF format. The oldest edition dates back to 1844, while the newest ones were published in the 1930s. The copyrights for these …
An interesting observation: it seems that the regulation of many handicraft techniques and methods began in the 19th century, during the period of national revival in many countries. By “regulation”, I mean the establishment of clear rules about how certain types of handicraft should or …
It’s fascinating how a woven band from Cologne repeatedly prompts the same question: was this pattern intentionally designed to look as it does, or are we looking at a random result caused by a mistake made during threading the tablets? If the latter is true, …