More on Idling Packs

A few people have asked to see a video of me weaving using the Idling Pack technique, so I've put together this video for you. It includes tips on weaving in the structure and how you can use Tablet Weaving Draft Designer to produce drafts for it. You can find a text-based tutorial on using TDD with it here, as I know that many people (me included) prefer that way of learning. The example band you see me weave in this video is below:

Click here for the TDD file 

Click here for the text version

Sources for the two historical examples I mention:

The Cambridge Band:

Crowfoot, Grace M. (1951). Textiles of the Saxon Period in the Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Proceedings of the Cambridge Antiquarian Society 44 (pp. 26-32)

Walton Rogers, P. (2007). Cloth and Clothing in Early Anglo-Saxon England (AD 450-700), CBA Research Report 145, Council for British Archaeology

The Felixstowe Band:

Crowfoot, Grace M. (1950). A Medieval Tablet Woven Band From a Buckle Found at Felixstowe, Proceedings of the Suffolk Institute of Archaeology