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Using the lessons from my test piece, I decided to move forward with a more challenging project, and weave a pair of winingas. Winingas are a piece of clothing common to men’s attire in the early medieval Norse and Anglo-Saxon cultures. They appear again as puttees in British military garb in the late 1800s. Typically made of wool they are long strips of fabric which wrap around the lower portion of the leg, protecting the fabric of the pants and the legs themselves from being caught by bushes and brambles. Most of them appear to have been woven to width, with visible selvages on both ends. They can be fastened at the knee either by tucking or with a metal hook.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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These require a long warp as each winingas is 4 yards long. Up to this point the longest warp I have woven was 2-3 yards. The pattern is usually a type of twill. I decided that since the pattern was only a 4 shaft twill and I have an 8 shaft loom, that I would weave them simultaneously using a double weave pattern and two shuttles. Below are the drafts for the 4 shaft basic pattern and the 8 shaft double weave.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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But before I could start weaving, I needed to spin. For this project, and probably most of my medieval reconstructions, I have opted to use Shetland wool. I have chosen this for two reasons:<\/p>\n\n\n\n