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RUSSIAN OLD
BELIEVER BELTS
plaited
simple pickup
potainoi
pickup
card woven
bottle belts
knitted belts
costumes
Process
video clips
Backstrap
- pickup
Making the warp
Backstrap
- pickup
Getting proper tension for the loom
Backstrap
- pickup
Making the first shed mechanism
Floor loom
Picking up the pattern
Plaited Belt
- making a round, 4-strand belt
Plaited Belt
making a flat multi-strand belti
Sewn Belt
Making a sample sewn belt
Making a Plaited Cord Belt
This young married woman demonstrates making a four-strand every day plaited belt
Videotaped by Miriam Milgram and Margaret McKibben