The book includes many examples of finely woven nineteenth-century bands. In Norway, and other parts of Scandinavia, woven bands were used to wrap and close heavy winter coats of fur and skin performed a decorative function in many different elements of traditional dress and household textiles, and, as shown here, acted as beautiful decorative straps sturdy enough to wrap and carry porridge pots.Ī similarly broad range of everyday uses are mentioned in Theodor Schvindt’s book, Traditional Finnish Decorative Bands (available as a modern reprint of the 1903 original), where he notes that weaving tape and bands (with both tablet, and rigid heddle methods) was an activity familiar to the majority of Finnish households until the early decades of the nineteenth century. Heather Torgenrud’s book, Norwegian Pick Up Bandweaving, includes many wonderful images of nineteenth-century woven bands being used for swaddling and cradle ties (where their purpose was symbolic as well as functional). (Thankyou to Tiina, the designer of the beautiful Saighead mittens in our Warm Hands book, for your recommendation of the Schvindt title!) Here are three great books in which you can read about some of those uses. It really interests me that one of the first things many people think of when they look at woven bands and tapes of the kind that I’m making on my inkle loom is “what is that kind of weaving for?” This interests me because, as someone with a bit of knowledge about eighteenth / nineteenth-century dress and textiles, I’m aware that just a century ago, few of us would have asked that question, because narrow woven bands had so many different household uses. I really enjoyed reading your comments on my last weaving post – especially hearing about the impressively wide range of new skills you are all currently picking up! I’m continuing to enjoy my weaving, and am finding it very inspiring.
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