Different style of garters

[freep]

These are hand woven French Canadian style garters used by the "woods runners" in the late 18th, early 19th century.
I thought they might be of interest to someone looking for a different take on garters/flashes.

http://jas-townsend.com/hand-woven-garters-p-794.html

[Profane James]

They look great, I really like them!

[freep]

I used to wear them with my leggins for a bit of color and to help keep 'em sagging down when I was a Mountain Man in the 1830s (re-enactments)and sometimes a matching sash either over or in place of my belt. The belt by the way is now my great kilt belt--3" leather with a round hand-forged iron buckle.

[Steve Ashton]

Those are woven on an Iinkle loom. It costs less than $20.00 to make an Inkle loom. Then about another $20.00 for yarn.

Here is a link to a wiki on Inkle looms.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inkle_weaving

[GrainReaper]

Those are woven on an Iinkle loom. It costs less than $20.00 to make an Inkle loom. Then about another $20.00 for yarn.

Here is a link to a wiki on Inkle looms.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inkle_weaving

I've got this urge to make one of those looms and give it a try!

[GrainReaper]

And Ive just discovered I need to pick up a knit Monmouth cap, and a boarding axe, and......

[brewerpaul]

I've got this urge to make one of those looms and give it a try!

Here is an older thread I had started on making garter ties with a couple of home made inkle looms I also made. The larger one on the first page of the thread is really handy for both garter ties in one warping. The smaller one on the second page of the thread is a pattern that is easily found on the net. That loom was my girlfriends, Jennifer, first wood working project.

Link to thread
http://www.xmarksthescot.com/forum/f...ion-1-a-72059/

This is a pair of ties I gave to someone here on Xmarks because they were two small for me. There are a couple of good pattern books and also a web site with a pattern generator to make up patterns.

http://www.xmarksthescot.com/forum/f...er-ties-84977/


link to pattern generator

http://www.carolingianrealm.info/PatternGenerator.php


The possibilities are endless and the weaving is very meditative and fun.

[freep]

Many native tribes used finger weaving, sans inkle loom and I suspect there may be a native influence in the French Canadian versions.
I'm not sophisticated enough to know if the example in the OP is done on a loom or by hand.

http://www.nativetech.org/finger/belts.html

[Katia]

Hm. From the picture in the link, that appears to be what I would know as "backstrap weaving."

[Todd Bradshaw]

The patterns on the OP are pretty easy to do on an inkle loom.