RE: Stories From The Past At The Transylvanian Crafts Festival

@tamaralovelace · 2025-10-14 20:18 · waivio

This type of festival is my very favorite type of fair/festival to visit! So many things to learn, and to think that in times past, a household would engage in all of them!

The weaving is something I am familiar with and I can tell you that the woman furthest fom us is working on a backstrap loom. The end of the warp is tied to a stationary post and the other end to the waiste of the weaver, via a belt. Tension is applied by leaning back to tighten the warp. The small wooden heddle is manipulated to form the sheds.

The woman closest to us is doing tablet weaving, also known as card weaving. The cards have a hole in each corner and hold the warp threads. Specific cards are rotated toward the weaver or away depending on the pattern and that forms the shed.

As for the rest...is all something I would like to learn! I loved visiting this fair so thank you!

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