This post describes the rest of the theoretical analysis of the piled weave from Valsgärde 6. I started writing it just after vacation, but the whole autumn has been chaos so I was never able to finish it. Right before…
Vacation has started, and time for the real analysis. I started with analysing the ground weave. To be able to reconstruct the weave I need to know the weave type, which is warp and which is weft, the densities, types…
In my last post about the analysis and reconstruction of the pillow made of piled fabric from Valsgärde, I had a lot of questions. I will start with trying to answer the most critical – Was it really a piled…
Today I started the most interesting project I have this year; to analyse and reconstruct the piled fabric from the Vendel boat grave Valsgärde 6. I did this by going to Uppsala where the original is stored in a museum…
