Weaving Finnish Iron Age Legwraps - Historical Fashion from the Era of the Vikings

Legwraps are part of many Viking age and medieval costume. Basically they are about 3 m of fabric wrapped tightly around the legs and they were popular before stockings were invented. We do not know whether legwraps were worn by women in the Western Europe as there are no surviving finds. However, bronze spiral decoration in Finnish women's burial clothing has preserved the garments better and we have definite evidence of women wearing legwraps in here. The Finnish legwraps are worn with tubular selvedges which are pretty visible. So, the only way to get legwraps that look right is to weave them. So I did.

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The book I referenced: Löydöstä muinaispuvuksi by Mervi Pasanen and Jenni Sahramaa

The weaving tablets I used are from this weaving kit I bought from Etsy: https://tidd.ly/2ZfG6tu

The pictures from archeological finds are owned by Finnish Heritage Agency.
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The Bayeux tapestry scenes are from the Wikimedia Commons.

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