Nice, new mega right after I finish my latest project, perfect timing! As usual, spoiler just to keep the spam down:
belt time
Heres the whole belt, its about 56in/1.4m in length, which is on the shorter side of my belts, but since I used some of the lenght to make trimmings for my tunic’s cuffs it makes sense. It works fine as a belt as well, not too short or long.
Pattern close up
Heres the back, non-reversible unfortunately but thats not a big deal.
And here it is with my tunic. I love the way it matches with the trim, it works perfectly. It works better with the black tunic vs just the white one, but together they work best since the trim is on the white one. Most of my belts are going to be presents for Yule but I’m keeping this one for myself.
(inappropriate use of a penannular brooch here, but it holds really well and looks nice)
Well Im imitating Norse period tablet woven patterns, though Im unsure if they’d match any archeological finds exactly since Im not trying to be super period accurate. The tunic and leg wraps are Norse as well, but Im not well versed on the historical accuracy of their cut/style.
Tablet weaving itself has been around for much longer, back to at least the 800s bc afaik so its not specific to any one culture, but im definitely trying to emulate a viking style of dress.