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Recorded at Sagnlandet Lejre, Historical Archaeological Research and Communication Center, Denmark, August 2012, this video walks through the steps of creating textiles, from the plant to the loom.
Information regarding the location:
The Land of Legends, Centre for Historical-Archaeological Research and Communication (in Danish "Sagnlandet Lejre" and formerly known as Lejre Experimental Centre) is a 106-acre (43 hectare) archaeological open-air museum situated in the Lejre Municipality, a few kilometres west of Roskilde (Denmark).
Land of Legends was founded in 1964 by ethnologist Hans-Ole Hansen and comprises reconstruction of an Iron Age village and sacrificial bog (200 BC to 200 AD), a Viking market place (900 AD), a Stone Age campsite (5000 BC), an 18th-century farmstead and various grave monuments. The historical artisan workshops (the pottery, the weaver's workshop, the smithy) work to reproduce (pre-)historical handicraft. Gardens, pastures and fields are the natural scenario of activities and reconstructions. At the Land of Legends Lejre, the activities for the public utilize previous techniques, known from historical documents, archaeological evidence or experimental archaeology.
Each summer, many families spend a week of their holidays in the Iron Age village, the farm cottages and the Stone Age campsite. They dress in period costume and take on the role of peopling the reconstructed areas, while trying to live using the techniques of the past.
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