RE: Stories From The Past At The Transylvanian Crafts Festival

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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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I had to look up backstrap loom, to see what is exactly. After some thinking I have to agree with you, it looks like it. Thank you for explaining. This is why I love Hive, we all get to see the world and learn as well.

Tablet weaving, would have never guessed and I'm grateful to you for this.

Thank you so much Tamara for the valuable comment and information. I wish you could visit this fair, but at least I'm glad I could show you what I saw and experienced there. I have posted quite a few posts already.

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While it is true I cannot visit your fair, the next best thing has happened, and that is for you to bring it to the eyes of all Hiveans! You take wonderful photos and narrate them so well that It is almost like being there! lol not quite, but so close! I truly love it 😍

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My goal is always to capture everything and show it to the less fortunate. I'm really glad you like it and thank you for the nice and lengthy comment 🤗❤️

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