Weaving with an Oseberg-Style Loom

The Oseberg Ship was a rich burial from somewhere between 800 and 834, discovered in the early 1900s in Norway. It is now on display at the Viking Ship Museum in Oslo. Two women were buried in the ship, along with many textile-related items. Among the finds were parts of a loom, tablets, and a tablet-woven band. 

The loom, tablets and band as found in the ship grave.

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How the loom would have looked, from the archaeological report (Oseberg Fundet, Vol. II). 

The original was approximately one metre high and two metres long.

Hrobjartr, who normally does our tablet weaving, is unable to work due to a broken arm. We wish him a full recovery before he gets replaced by young Fion, shown here making the band found at Oseberg on a reproduction loom.