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Patricia wrote:
>I have heard that there are articles about Birka
>patterns but haven't found any available sources.
>
>Would anyone know of specific articles? At this point
>I'm more interested in exploring non-brocaded
>possibilities.
To my knowledge, there are no published books or articles specifically
about non-brocaded techniques used in the Birka tablet weaving. As nearly
as I can tell, that's because there's very little, if any, TW from Birka
that's structurally anything other than 4-strand warp twining. I designed
my "Birka recipe" pattern in Egyptian diagonals technique because I'm a
structure geek and wanted to work some of the Birka patterns in methods
other than brocading that were nevertheless contemporary with the Birka
pieces.
Agnes Geijer's book on the textiles at Birka briefly catalogues B 28, a
band that might have been worked with individual turnings of the tablets.
But little remains of B 28, and no conclusions can be drawn from them. All
the other tablet woven bands from Birka are brocaded. (B 1 is not tablet
woven, although it is included in the chapter with the other woven bands,
all of which are tablet woven.)
Geijer also discusses a band from Gotland that she suggests might be
related to B 28. It is a narrow band worked with individual turnings. I'm
having some difficulty working out the actual technique of that piece from
the photo, though; it doesn't seem to be "Snartemo V" technique.
As far as I know, all the integral tablet woven pieces from Birka (i.e.,
the starting borders on warp-weighted loom woven textiles) are in plain
weave.
Lise Raeder Knudsen might know more about the Birka tablet weaving.
Carolyn Priest-Dorman
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