Bobbins that I've hand painted, and wrapped with hand dyed yarns and handspun yarns #handspunyarn #handdyedyarn #bobbins
@leaandelfie
Lea and Elfie, Wales UK - We love heritage crafts and living history. Weaving, handspinning, distaff spindle spinning flax, wool, wood craft, sewing, embroidery, crochet, knitting, net making, art journals, basket making. We keep a flock of Shetland sheep.
Bobbins that I've hand painted, and wrapped with hand dyed yarns and handspun yarns #handspunyarn #handdyedyarn #bobbins
Tablet weaving at Tewkesbury Medieval Festival #tabletweaving #historiccrafts #medieval
Backstrap weaving plant dyed tablet woven bands, for living history with reenactment groups. These ones are distaff ribbons, headbands, backpack straps, and belt. #tabletweaving #weaving #ancientcrafts #livinghistory #ancestralcraft
A piece of handwoven cloth on the rigid heddle loom #weaving #loom #handwoven
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Backstrap tablet weaving straps for my backpack for medieval, iron age, and Saxon living history #tabletweaving #weaving #reenactor
A tiny thread bag, slow stitched from plant dyed fabrics and silk, linen, and cotton hand dyed threads #slowstitching #slowstitched #plantdyed
Hand painted wooden bobbins with hand spun miniature art yarns #artyarn #handspun #bobbins
Some art silks I've been spinning on the traveller wheel #handspunyarn #handspun #spinningwheel
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At Butser Ancient Farm doing living history #livinghistory #ironage #reenactors
I've hand carved and embellished another collection of weaving/nalbinding needles and knitting needles (they're on Lea Wild Creative) #weaving #knitting #nalbinding
Spinning linen sewing thread in the roundhouse at the Ancient Technology Center for the pre history weekend #ironage #livinghistory #handspinning
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Thank you so much! Happy weaving ๐ฅฐ
Thank you! It's lovely!
Thanks so much!
Thank you very much!
Elfin started working on this fishing net in the roundhouse at the Ancient Technology Center last weekend at the pre history event. We were there doing iron age living history with The Vicus #ironage #livinghistory #reenactors
Pure wool cloth that I've handwoven on the 8 shaft loom #weaving #handweaving #weaver
I recently finished weaving a blanket wrap, it's gone to Pennsylvania now, but here's a few photos of it before I posted it, along with Daisy and Hazel who are two of my little flock of Shetland sheep. #handwoven #weaving
We went to the Shrewsbury Museum to do medieval living history with the medieval reenactment group we are part of. We did medieval crafts and games. Photos taken by Mila. #medievalcraft #livinghistory #medievalreenactment
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These are a couple of the handwoven folk belts I've made, they look so pretty over a dress. #handwoven #woven
Brilliant. Cheers!
Thank you, it was a lovely day!
Fantastic, have a great time today!
Yesterday we worked at the Shrewsbury museum with the medieval reenactment group we are part of, The Corbet Household. Here's a couple of photos of one of the medieval games tables. Elfin and Mila are playing swords and shields, and Adam and Tom are playing farkle. #medievalhistory #livinghistory
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Elfin at work on the factory floor of the Newtown Textile Museum, a Welsh flannel factory #weavingloom #spinningwheel #livinghistory
A table runner, woven by hand on rigid heddle loom #handweaving #weaving