Tablet weaving for Vikings

The replica of the tablet weaving loom from the (Norwegian) Oseberg boat burial is finished and in operation. We started using particularly hariy wool from Shetland that bound itself together at the slightest provocation. After the tablets were threaded they were tied off as individual groups of 4, but later we switched to just tying them as one big knot as that was easier to undo if twists developed in the threads. The pattern of the braid is based on one from Birka (Sweden) and uses 10 tablets with 4 threads in each. For this pattern all the tablets move a quarter turn forwards, which is easy to remember.