Our fourteenth calendar post is a double weave. From Marby church, Sweden.
Here we can see a close up on the backside of the weave. The wool yarn is dyed with madder and woad. The white yarn is made of linen/ or hemp.
The weave dates to 1000-1200 AD.
Now in collections of Historiska museet, Sweden
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