The Hammerum Girl´s dress, Lejre Land of Legends, Denmark 

This is what I wish historical movie makers would keep in mind. The past was full of color. Even in the iron age men and women wore brightly colored clothing. Not as bright as modern dyes, but it wasn't all brown sack cloths and leather and fur.

The skill of everyone who worked on this project is simply remarkable. I can’t imagine how many hours of labor went into creating this garment.

Can we take a moment to appreciate the masterful simplicity of the loom?

So refreshing to see people who actually know their craft doing reconstructions like this. I've seen too many museum exhibits where what was on the loom was basically sack-cloth that wouldn't keep a light breeze out. Well done to all involved!

Floor looms must have been a revolution at the time, wow.

Another RU-vid channel by Sally Pointer goes in depth on how to construct this type of loom.

That was cool 😎 A lot of work went into clothes back then, right up until the industrial age when machines made things easier. Modern people don’t realize how good we have it.

The explanation of spinning is better than some drop spinning "tutorials"

Oh my goodness, this really was so incredibly well done! The textile creation and use itself, but also the narration of the process too: really interesting and informative. Thank you!

This vid shows the monumental work that goes into a garment.

Wow, amazing to be able spin the wool into that thin thread without the wool breaking.

This was an incredibly informative and clear video! Thank you!

Well done! I love seeing so many parts of the process shown. What a tedious job it was to make fabric. And such skill required! I imagine all fabric was treasured and cared for by those who wore it.

Beautiful. I’ve been knitting and crocheting for over 65 years. ❤

Shearing scissors in the hands of an expert doesn't take "a long time."

Such a fascinating work, I find handmade products very natural. My late great grandmother from Pakistan used to spin cotton using the old 'Great Wheel'.

So much care was taken in this presentation to show the skill required for each step of the process. Sheep to shoulders!

Facinating film!!! It is incredibly important to keep these skills active.The colours are wonderful and so much more attractive than synthetic dyes.

It is pretty cool this fasion still works just as it is today!

Have a comment for engagement purposes, because wow, everyone should see this!

This was absolutely fascinating! Thank you so much for putting it together to share with us

Beautiful dress! It’s amazing the amount of skill and labor that goes into to each piece of clothing. Even modern clothing (though not half as much as in the past) have so much work put into them. It really reminds me of how valuable our clothing is and why it used to be considered currency in the past.

Fascinating.. I love ancient crafts documentaries.. wow

Brilliant explanation of weaving fabric. 👏

What a gorgeous shade of red. Could it have been from madder root?

Mad respect for the skills shown here! I love videos like this! Beautiful work! Thank you for making this.

It's a shame that the translator wasn't also a crafter, for instance "forged iron shearing scissors" are "forged iron shears". The clay for the weights is baked (even if it wasn't fired), it's not "burnt". "Wool's hairs" are usually referred to as the "wool fibres" The "tiny wad of wool" is usually referred to as fleece, fibre supply, a nest or even a "floof". I'm a bit surprised that they were shown spinning from such small amounts of fibre, I would want to double check that they weren't also using a distaff back in the iron age. The spindle details involved some guess work, as I don't think there are any surviving spindles from the iron age, although there are lots of whorls. The spindle _may_ have been as shown but it could also have been what is called a hand spindle. Less likely but not entirely impossible is a supported spindle. The wool scouring process got left out of this film entirely and they'd have had to do some scouring if they wanted to dye the wool. They may also have used a mordant, otherwise the dye would have been what is called fugitive, that is, it doesn't hang around for long. The actual experimental archaeology they were doing was great and the crafters/archaeologists involved did a wonderful job.

FASCINATING! THANK YOU! The whole process is so complex!

Wow this is amazing thank you I’ve enjoyed watching this has given me inspiration to go out and learn more

Proof all spinsters were on the spectrum: spindles are the ultimate fidget toy.

Even then they knew stripes had to be vertical ;)😂 This is beautiful!!

Beautiful! Thank you for sharing!

Amazing. Love and greetings from Germany.

Excellent. Thank you!

Really excellrnt explanation, and beautifully made. Thank you!

Fascinating

Beautiful crafts

Lovely fabric!

Wonderful.

I am awestruck.

Awesome

The belt would have been woven too.

This is just amazing to me.

This was really intere!

Wow!

Dress reminding of the Hyksos' clothes in the Egyptian Ibscha relief. Middle bronze age so very long time apart from Hammerum in Post Roman Iron age Notice the red blue and white patterns could hv been wowen of wool. The dark red color looks similar

Great

Jeg skal snart forbi jer. Hvolris ligger ikke langt fra Viborg hvor jeg bor, så det er kun fedt at finde flere steder, men det er mest udenfor sæsonen jeg tager rundt.

Was this part of a larger documentary? I would be interested to know why they chose not to use a distaff, and why they went with drop spindle (as opposed to support spindle or in hand spindle).

they did not show the cleaning of the wool. it didn't just come off the sheep ready to spin.

How many days would that have taken to spin, dye, and weave?

Interesting that she beats the weft upwards. Most are beaten downward towards the weaver.

Our clever girls ;)

Incomprehensible knowledge we have, huh? Sorry, it's a bit hard to wrap my head around that statement.

I think in the last few seconds you meant”comprehensive “ not “incomprehensible “

They sheared the sheep. Your script says cut the sheep, which would have been a disgrace to a skilled shearer. Wonderful video though, despite my carp!

Spændende. Men hvorfor ikke dansk med engelske undertekster, eller i det mindste danske undertekster?

Was the wool washed

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Wonderful video! I'm glad people understand that primitive is not a synonym for stupid. However, maybe that was supposed to be 'the comprehensive knowledge,' not 'the incomprehensible knowledge' in the very last sentence? Just a thought.

THIS is early stone age tools

The shepherds dog leads them in not the shepherd

A rich girl of high status ?

never let it be said that iron age people were unsophisticated...bc I'm fairly confident that as a modern age human, all I heard as the narrator described the process was blah, blah, blah and I know I could never do what was just demonstrated...