Right!

[telophase]

So! You fiber artists! Do you have any idea how to do this sort of weave?

https://www.facebook.com/sheastandefer/photos/a.360938723968005.81982.360914540637090/360939050634639/?type=1&permPage=1

https://www.facebook.com/sheastandefer/photos/a.360938723968005.81982.360914540637090/360939393967938/?type=1&permPage=1

I can probably work it out by staring at the pictures and messing with yarn/cord, but if you know of any explanations or tutorials, or even proper terminology so I can do searches, that would go a whole lot faster. :)

Comments

[thistleingrey]

All I can say is that it's not quite hairpin lace. It looks hand-knotted to me, FWIW, so messing around seems like a good bet.

[telophase]

I may just fall back on a cobra paracord braid/weave. Not like anyone's really going to be looking too closely at it!

[thistleingrey]

On second look, it seems like something that a bunch of individually threaded needles could do, but paracord is probably faster to make!

(And yeah, the fabric in the other post is totally a gauze, agreed.)

[telophase]

Looking at this, an expensive gauze which, if it flows nicely on the show when I watch it, will probably fake with a few weights sewn into the hem. XD

[telophase]

The more time goes by, the more I'm leaning towards paracord!

[batwrangler.livejournal.com]

I'm sure it's braiding over cords and it is how soutache is made, but I can't think of a search term narrow enough to find anything useful. Maybe there's a friendship-bracelet variation that uses it?

[telophase.livejournal.com]

I"m thinking if all else fails that I can just do a basic cobra paracord weave: it's not like anyone's going to be looking too closely at it besides me. XD

Thanks.

[batwrangler.livejournal.com]

Looking more closely at soutache reveals it uses a v-pattern rather than the sort of spiral you are trying to get.

Give me a few minutes to play with some string. :)

Also, I was thinking you might use polymer clay over a metal ring (for strength and structure) for the brooch/fibula thingy.

[athenejen]

Do you have a picture of how you want it to look when it's finished? A friend of mine is visiting us right now and she's really into fiber arts, including SCA-era weaving and braiding, but she thinks she might have a better chance of giving input if she can see the intended finished product. Her more general initial suggestion is to possibly try looking for/adapting from warpless weaving or sprang, or there might be fingerloop braiding techniques that could maybe give you the look you want.

[telophase.livejournal.com]

It should end up something like this: https://www.facebook.com/gigawattscosplay/photos/a.434389143330132.1073741835.390109861091394/458674160901630/?type=3&permPage=1

This is the best shot I've found of the dress showing the armbands and neck strap: https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/54/9e/f0/549ef08b5c8adffef4dd9aeb22efd0fe.jpg

[telophase.livejournal.com]

FYI, I got your emails, just haven't had time to look at them more deeply so far. Thank you!

[athenejen]

She reports that she hasn't seen something exactly like that, but suggests that you might be able to adapt techniques from a couple of Viking-era crafts, either naalbinding (a knot-based fabric creation technique) or trichinopoly chain, aka Viking wire weaving or wire knit. From the description on the facebook post and comparing it with some of the images online of trichinopoly (like this one, for example), it looks to me like you could maybe use a flat/rectagular-ish band of craft foam core to wrap the strands around instead of the round dowel in the viking knit tutorial? But I'm not super crafty myself so I'm really just guessing.

[telophase.livejournal.com]

Thank you! I'll do some poking around about those, although I may just end up doing a cobra paracord-style weave, as that seems to be relatively quick!

[athenejen]

That makes sense! I would think if you can find the right base material (gunmetal-colored leather, maybe?) that could look really good.