Gosh, I cant believe its a year since my last post. I suppose blog writing does not really come naturally to me but as someone said, “If you are writing on Facebook, you can write on a blog”, so here goes.
I wont bore you with all the bits and pieces of my life in the last year, but there have been a lots of interesting happenings including some amazing crafting courses I attended, some fascinating exhibitions and plays I went to topped off with some fabulous places visited.
Today’s taster is of a course I was lucky to get into in the Archaeology Museum here in Dublin. On Saturday 10 May Aislinn Collins gave a 2 hour workshop on Viking Weaving. Both Viking men and women enjoyed adorning their clothes with colourful braids.
Somewhat like the Irish crios that was used in the West of Ireland as a sash often tied around the waist. In later years they were used as straps for guitars and mandolins and other decorative purposes.
It is a slow process, this was all I had to show for nearly 2 hours work. It can also be back breaking as you tie one end of the threads to a door handle or some other fixed post and the other end is tied to a belt you wear. Then the threads are turned in different patterns and a weft thread is woven over and back through the gap. It is well worth looking up on uTube to get some sense of the process. Loved doing it but don’t think I would have the patience to do it on a full time basis.
If you are in Dublin there is an exhibition in the Archaeology Museum of Viking artefacts that is well worth a visit.
That’s it for this week. Hope to be back soon.
Take care
Mo xx
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