Weaving tablets now for sale!

As part of getting ready to organise more workshops next year, I have sourced someone who can make weaving tablets for me. These are now available in my shop.

There are four different types of tablets - all available in packs of ten. All are oak, and the holes are made by burning which results in a smoother hole than drilling.

There are square tablets with 5 holes - the standard one in each corner plus a centre hole. These tablets also come with a 'Beginning Tablet Weaving' sheet to help get you started.

I have also produced a square tablet with 9 holes. Nine I hear you ask - well, the tablets found in the Oseberg Ship burial have quite a variety of hole placements (though it appears that the tablets were still only traditionally threaded). My 9 holed tablets combine the different hole placements in one tablet (and have an additional centre hole), so the advanced weaver could really get adventurous with these!

I also have 3-holed triangular tablets, for those of you who wish to try Roman weaves, and 7-holed hexagon tablets - 6 side holes and a centre hole.

I'm still here... just...

What can I say? August and Sept have not been particularly good months as I've not been very well. Rather put a damper on some of my summer plans. But, I am slowly catching up, and even have some exciting things in the pipeline. I managed to find someone who can make my button moulds, just about any size/shape I want, and who will probably be able to make tassel moulds too. (I will also be experimenting with washable leek buttons!!!) I am still weaving and making - just finished a very large order of leek buttons for a clerical robe - and am trying to do some dressmaking as I have some gorgeous fabric crying out to be made into something I can wear, not just look at.

Very soon I will have my shop back up and running (should everything go to plan) and will be including materials - such as wooden tablets and kits - as well as finished items.

I will update with pics soon, but in the meantime, do you remember the modern buttons I made for my friend Ruth? She's posted up the stunning finished jacket with very good detail photos - do have a look. It's really nice to see traditional items being used in a modern context.