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Saturday, 28 July 2018

Vines

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's reversible, so the pattern appears on both sides of the band and 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 numbers of turns. A perfect pattern to work on if you're new to tablet weaving.

A simple tablet weaving pattern in green, white and black

A photograph of an example band woven using the pattern above


The text version of this draft is here:

  • Threading:
    1. S threaded tablet
      1. Japanese Laurel (#009900)
      2. Japanese Laurel (#009900)
      3. Japanese Laurel (#009900)
      4. Japanese Laurel (#009900)
    2. Z threaded tablet
      1. Japanese Laurel (#009900)
      2. Japanese Laurel (#009900)
      3. Japanese Laurel (#009900)
      4. Japanese Laurel (#009900)
    3. S threaded tablet
      1. White (#ffffff)
      2. White (#ffffff)
      3. White (#ffffff)
      4. White (#ffffff)
    4. Z threaded tablet
      1. Black (#000000)
      2. Black (#000000)
      3. Black (#000000)
      4. White (#ffffff)
    5. Z threaded tablet
      1. White (#ffffff)
      2. Black (#000000)
      3. White (#ffffff)
      4. Black (#000000)
    6. Z threaded tablet
      1. Black (#000000)
      2. White (#ffffff)
      3. Black (#000000)
      4. Black (#000000)
    7. Z threaded tablet
      1. White (#ffffff)
      2. Black (#000000)
      3. White (#ffffff)
      4. White (#ffffff)
    8. S threaded tablet
      1. Black (#000000)
      2. Black (#000000)
      3. Black (#000000)
      4. Black (#000000)
    9. Z threaded tablet
      1. White (#ffffff)
      2. White (#ffffff)
      3. White (#ffffff)
      4. White (#ffffff)
    10. Z threaded tablet
      1. Black (#000000)
      2. Black (#000000)
      3. Black (#000000)
      4. Black (#000000)
    11. S threaded tablet
      1. White (#ffffff)
      2. White (#ffffff)
      3. White (#ffffff)
      4. Black (#000000)
    12. S threaded tablet
      1. Black (#000000)
      2. Black (#000000)
      3. Black (#000000)
      4. White (#ffffff)
    13. S threaded tablet
      1. White (#ffffff)
      2. Black (#000000)
      3. White (#ffffff)
      4. Black (#000000)
    14. S threaded tablet
      1. Black (#000000)
      2. White (#ffffff)
      3. Black (#000000)
      4. Black (#000000)
    15. Z threaded tablet
      1. White (#ffffff)
      2. White (#ffffff)
      3. White (#ffffff)
      4. White (#ffffff)
    16. S threaded tablet
      1. Japanese Laurel (#009900)
      2. Japanese Laurel (#009900)
      3. Japanese Laurel (#009900)
      4. Japanese Laurel (#009900)
    17. Z threaded tablet
      1. Japanese Laurel (#009900)
      2. Japanese Laurel (#009900)
      3. Japanese Laurel (#009900)
      4. Japanese Laurel (#009900)
  • Turning:
    1. 17F
    2. 17F
    3. 17F
    4. 17F

As with all of the free patterns on this site, you are welcome to weave them, sell bands woven using them, and use them to teach other weavers, just as long as you state where you found them.
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2 comments:

  1. escueladetics28 August 2022 at 14:10

    Muy sencillo, gracias por compartir

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  2. crows22 May 2025 at 05:52

    Thank you so much for the amazing resources on this site! I've made this pattern twice now as my start at tablet weaving, once as a trial and a second time (with a lot of lessons on board from the first one) as a belt for a viking folkedrakt I'll be wearing in place of a bunad for some events here in Norway, where I am an immigrant. The result is just so stunning for a manually simple process, allowing a beginner to focus on technique and logistics while producing a really, really nice finished piece. Watching the pattern appear by magic with each pick never got old!

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