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I began my first hand woven piece during the first week of February 2014. Due to lower back issues using a Back Strap Loom isn't an option for me so I used an Inkle Loom to hold my work. One set of string heddles helped me to more easily seperate the warp threads during weaving. I found the thick S-twist warp threads strongly stuck together and everytime I changed the shed it was long and hard work. I managed to use almost all of my first hand-spun wool yarn which I made over the past several months using a top spindle (fig. 1).
The main piece that makes up the pouch is 72-warp threads wide (fig. 3), using my thick single-ply, S-twist yarn (fig. 1). The weft is a single two-ply hand spun thread, each thread has a S-twist and I plied them together with a Z-twist. This fabric ended up being about 48 inches long and 3+ inches wide (fig. 6-7).
The first few inches of the main pouch body looks a bit different then the rest, this is due to having switched from a thick one-ply weft yarn to my late Autumn thin two-ply wool 'thread' for the weft (fig. 3,10-11). I completed the the piece using this thinner two-ply thread as the weft (fig. 2-3). I had decided to only use a single two-ply weft yarn instead of doubling it and making a Basket weaven piece. I didn't want to fuss trying to keep the two weft threads side by side and of equal tension. Looking back I should have done that for the added security of two weft threads. So the pouch body is a Half-Basket weave.
After I wove the main pouch body I devided it into three sections each approximately 16 inches long. Before I cut the sections I secured the ends with an edge whip stitch. These three sections were then cut before being connected side-by-side to make the main pouch (fig. 10-13).
I tried using a Buttonhole Stitch and then a Whip Stitch, but both looked odd and caused too much tension on a small width of warp threads. Instead of causing structural stress and making the piece look odd I decided to use a single two-ply hand-spun thread to weave the sections side-by-side. I went 4-6 warps deep on each side and wove the thread where the weft threads were to blend everything together as seamlessly as possible (fig. 10-13).
The strap is a Basket weave using eighteen two-ply hand-spun threads for the warp. I doubled up the weft and used 2
two-ply, hand-spun threads (fig. 4-5, 9). Ach thread has a S-twist and I plied them together with a Z-twist, combined with the Basket weave this made a very sturdy strap . My weft threads were not long enough to weave the complete strap, I had to splice on new weft threads twice (fig. 4). I attached the end sections of the strap to the main section of the pouch using a Whip Stitch (fig. 8-9).
I left the inner edge of the bag raw and unfinished (fig. 11-13). The outter edge where the closing flap ends is folded over once and sewn using a Running Stitch (fig. 10-13) and more of my S-twist, 2-ply yarn.
I used a store bought horn button (fig. 10-11) to match the color scheme and to use a material that would have been used for buttons during the Viking Age. I created the button loop by making a few stacked loops and then with a Buttonhole Stitch I went all around the loop to reinfornce it (fig. 10, 12).
The approximate final dimensions in inches is 8 1/2 wide by 6 height by 1 deep.
All of my hand spun yarn/thread can be seen on my FB profile's main image (fig. 1). The darker beige strip was made from Merino wool and was the first yarn I have ever spun. Almost all of the yarn in the image was used as the warp yarn here. One ball of yarn from the picture is being used to finish the edges of my red wool shawl, a blanket stitch edge finishing. Two sides have been completed and I need to finish this shawl soon.
I was able to complete it for our BIA celebration on March 1, 2014 and entered it into our A&S Baronial Championships.
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