Every now and then, I'm feeling whimsical (who am I kidding, it's pretty much all the time!) and I want to weave something a bit different to the sensible book samples I've been working on. My husband has a green summer tunic for SCA events, but last year during a heat wave, he was wearing his thicker winter one and risking melting because his summer tunic didn't have any of my trim on it. The time has come to fix that! He's a big Legend of Zelda fan, so I wanted to work an element of that into it. Having pondered various options, I settled on the Triforce. Once I had drawn it out on graph paper for 3/1 broken twill double-face, the arrangement of the triangles reminded me of a historical band known as Hallstatt 123[1][2]. The band was excavated in 1990 in Hallstatt, Austria, and dates to the Early Iron Age. It is held by the Natural History Museum in Vienna (inventory number: 89.832). I worked the meandering line of the Hallstatt band into my design as it frames the Triforce nicely and is in keeping with the types of designs found in Legend of Zelda. I wove the sample band with King Cole Merino-Blend 4ply in the colours Buttercup and French Navy, with Buttercup as the weft.
The Triforce symbol does, of course, not belong to me and is a trademark of the Nintendo Corporation.
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[1]Bichler, P. et al (2005): "Hallstatt Textiles" Technical Analysis, Scientific Investigation and Experiments on Iron Age Texiles. British Archaeological Reports, International Series 2005, 81-90 https://www.academia.edu/11916994/Tablet_woven_Ribbons_from_the_prehistoric_Salt_mines_at_Hallstatt_Austria_results_of_some_experiments
[2] Hartl, A. et al (2015):Reproducing colourful woven bands from the Iron Age salt mine of Hallstatt in Austria: An interdisciplinary approach to acquire knowledge of prehistoric dyeing technology. Journal of Archaeological Science Reports 133 https://www.researchgate.net/publication/275897796_Reproducing_colourful_woven_bands_from_the_Iron_Age_salt_mine_of_Hallstatt_in_Austria_An_interdisciplinary_approach_to_acquire_knowledge_of_prehistoric_dyeing_technology
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