Ramses III Girdle Project

10/5/14 Update

2 patterns done

This picture is good and new one with less strings. Still have to do another with pick up or Krokbragd for correct zigs. I still has pitter patter foots steps for mountains. 

9/28/14 Update 

Had to change the pattern again. I checked it out on the Carolingian Inkle weave generator site. Many parts were missing but was able to fix the current pattern. New photo attached of the pattern. Warping is going well, just slowly because of all the color changes. 

Plain and simple this the goal: To recreate the Ramses girdle using just inkle looming. I'm using the sample from The www.globalegyptianmuseum.org  and from using examples in Anne Dixon's Inkle Pattern Directory. On the side on graph paper I'm writing up the pattern. Let's see how far this goes...lol!
If you do get to look at the belt up close, you'll see it is mostly zig zags, stripes, circles, dots...the tricky part is the ankh. And doing it without using tablets.
In history the closest the Egyptians had for cards was in Coptic time period, even though they wove ages back to make their textiles. So why not try it the inkle way....The adventure begins!!

So far half way!