Maybe I should've asked for two hours

[saraidh]

Revisiting my references to find examples and pictures for the complex weaves class has been a bit daunting. It turns out that something an awful lot like overshot, which I tend to think of as a primarily colonial American weave, shows up in Viking times under several names including monk's belt and daldrall. The good news is that this means that

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[anonymous]

It never occurred to me that overshot was that old - much like you, I had sort of classified it in my head as colonial American and moved on.

Damn, I wish I could be at your class.

[gwyneth1362]

And that was me - I didn't realize I wasn't logged in.

[saraidh]

Never fear. If there's interest I will probably offer it again, and a number of people have already expressed interest, so this is probably not your only chance.

[julia_spring]

How do you think the boucle was used? I've seen it in many Coptic examples as well-- on clavi!

[saraidh]

It was a short blurb and I don't remember if it talked about uses - I'll have to get back to you.

[katrionans]

Can I see the Viking Age docs? It looks like I will not be able to go. *pout*

[saraidh]

Sure thing. I'll bring the book along to show you sometime when we're likely to be at the same place at the same time.