Lady Arabella De Mere, Incipient Shire of Old Stonebridges
EK Wiki – https://wiki.eastkingdom.org/index.php?title=Arabella_De_Mere
This is an adaptation of the classic brocade Birka 22 band I made for Queen Margarita’s Birka outfit (used on her head band, and two lines of trim on apron panel). I changed the pattern slightly to fit more with my modern aesthetic, and made the pattern more balanced. (Original and adapted patterns available upon request). Extant band is originally a grave find from Birka, Sweden, and is dated to the 8/9 century.
I used 31 cards with 60/2 black silk for my background warp and ground weft, and real silver plated thread for my brocade weft.
Final width: 9/16 of an inch wide (1.4cm)
Length: 36 inches long
Sparkle factor: OMG!!! SO SPARKLY!!!
Time: it took between 1.5-2 hours per inch. Usually brocade takes me less time, but this band decided to be finicky.
The repeat pattern was 110 lines long, which ended up to be about 2 inches of weaving.
www.ArabellaDeMere.com – Documentation on multiple projects, class hand out on brocade tablet weaving, previous project pictures, and patterns I have transcribed or modified, free for personal use.
Beautiful work as always Arabella!
❤️ Thank you, your Excellency! It was an honor to make something for our wonderful Queen Margarita! I’m happy that I was able to contribute to the online A&S display as well!
So pretty! I just love the pattern!
Thank you! It was a fun pattern to weave 🙂
This is fantastic! Thank you for spoiling me with this amazing peice of wearable art!
It was my pleasure to make for you! Sheva did an amazing job applying it to the outfit she made. You looked radient and Queenly! 💜💛💜💛
Oh that’s lovely. And a clever composition, wrapping it around that octagonal? prop!
Thanks! Actually, that’s cardboard I use to go between the layers of warp on the loom. So it’s just a flap from an Amazon box that I cut off to use. It works though! 😆
VERY lovely and what amazing patience and skill you have to reproduce such an intricate design.
Absolutely stunning – amazing work! Your pieces always inspire me, and *someday* I WILL try brocaded tablet weaving 🙂