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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 …
Inspired by the latest entry in the Guestbook. To this day, I still shudder when I remember the countless, pointless pocket samples we used to sew at school during craft lessons. I don’t recall us actually being taught anything – we were simply given tasks: …
An incredibly persistent theory is that the earliest finds related to tablet weaving date back to Ancient Egypt. Despite the fact that the hypotheses supporting this theory have long been proven to be wrong, many sources continue to assert, for example, that the oldest example …
I sometimes wonder how many people actually pay attention to copyright information when reading a craft book or using a pattern collection. Probably not that many – especially since most publications simply include the standard line “all rights reserved”. But now and then, you come …
Not long ago, a rather fascinating topic came up in one of the tablet weaving communities: how, and with what equipment, were wide tablet-woven bands made in the Middle Ages? Among the surviving examples of historical tablet-woven bands, there are both very wide ones and …
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, …