Bayeux Tapestry Recreation Project Update Two (it doesn't fit on the frame!!)

I am recreating part of the Bayeux Tapestry Embroidery using original materials and techniques. In this video I hit my first problem - having decided to recreate at full size, I now discover I need to find a bigger frame!!
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Dr Alexandra Makin Early Medieval Embroidery Professional Embroiderer Textile Archaeologist #bayeuxstitch #bayeuxtapestry #embroidery #alexandramakin

[@lignaquy]

Thanks a Lot!!!!see you!!

[@belleestoile4629]

I love seeing your updates. As a spinner and weaver, I am interested in knowing the sett of the ground fabric and the grist of the thread you are using. I have not been able to find sources (but I am away from home and my library) describing both on the original. Also, has a micron analysis been done of the wool fibers on the original? I would look forward to hearing this in a future update!

[@EarlyMedievalEmbroidery]

Thank you so much! The ground fabric I'm using for all the Bayeux inspired pieces and the re-creation is handwoven by my amazing weaver to the average count made during the 1980 analysis so 22 warps x 18 wefts per cm. Its all unbleached linen, z-twisted. There's not much technical information out there. The only data I've got for the wool is: all are 2s-plied, varying torsion (175 - 350 twists per metre) and ranging in thickness between -.6 and 1.8mm. This all comes from two chapters in Pierre Bouet, Brian Levy & François Neveux (eds.) The Bayeux Tapestry: Embroidering the Facts of History (Presses universitaires de Caen, 2004). In fact, I might put together a video about the different publications and what I find good / useful about each. I'll this idea to my list.

[@cerwelt]

Experimental archeology! Can you imagine the original embroiderers having to hand make the frames and ENOUGH frames for all the women chosen to do the work? There are so many tiny details folks don’t consider; a broken needle, not enough wool, having enough light to embroider, sore necks and backs, poor eyesight, seating for the embroiderers, and a thousand other things I haven’t considered. Hope your men are able to construct arms long enough for your frame.

[@EarlyMedievalEmbroidery]

That's why I love experimental archaeology so much😃. I won't give anything away but the next video, due to go live very soon, will reveal all.....

[@cerwelt]

@@EarlyMedievalEmbroidery Excited as always!

[@cerwelt]

Can’t wait for this next video. Will answer my question about how they put the design on the ground fabric. Or at the very least offer me some theories as to how it might have been done.

[@EarlyMedievalEmbroidery]

I'm hoping to get the next video or two out throughout September, so watch this space!

[@cerwelt]

@@EarlyMedievalEmbroidery Just returned from London. Disappointed at the medieval section of the British Museum. Still excited about your next video. Did enjoy the Sutton Ho display, but surprised at how small a space they dedicate to medieval items.

[@EarlyMedievalEmbroidery]

I have to be honest, with the BM I tend to go to the stores because the pieces I want to look at are always there. I haven’t been to Sutton Hoo for over two decades, so I have no idea what it’s like now. Do they spend quite a bit of time on the excavation? I hope the rest of your trip went well though