tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26124049377251137692024-03-18T12:36:37.442-05:00Cloth of StarsA Sewing and Crafting Blog for the SCA and Other Pursuits, by L. Madylyne Taylor called HrefnaLaurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11076461889521049549noreply@blogger.comBlogger392125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2612404937725113769.post-81097919993045451852024-03-18T10:03:00.002-05:002024-03-18T10:06:59.582-05:00Stuff and Things<p> I'm still alive, just haven't posted in a couple of weeks. I'm in the middle of several projects right now that I'll be posting about very soon; for right now, though, I may be off and on with posting for the next little while, because I'm dealing with a family medical situation that's taking up a lot of my time and mental energy. </p><p><br /></p><p>Coming soon, though: </p><p>1. More tablet weaving, including a new way of warping up the Oseberg loom, new wool thread to weave with, and the next A&S competition</p><p><br /></p><p>2. A new Roman outfit for the upcoming hot weather</p><p><br /></p><p>3. A new Viking outfit, which I'm sewing completely by hand for the first time</p><p><br /></p><p>4. Maaaybe a new Regency dress. I have a set of sheets that I don't need anymore that may become a blue-and-white dress; I also have my eye on some black cotton voile which really wants to be a mourning dress. Not sure yet where I'll go with that (and I have to get through Hellsgate at the end of March and Warlord at the end of April first, before I start new Regency stuff!) </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11076461889521049549noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2612404937725113769.post-79743593412786616772024-03-04T10:42:00.005-06:002024-03-04T10:42:56.694-06:00SCA: Tablet Weaving Stuff & Upcoming Projects<div style="text-align: left;">Just a quick update on what I've been doing lately: I recently updated my linen coat (<a href="https://clothofstars.blogspot.com/2020/05/a-new-coat.html" target="_blank">2020</a>) with some new trim. A few years ago I trimmed it with bands of blue and green linen, wishing, at the time, that I knew how to tablet weave so I could make something cool for it. Well, I do now, so I did! </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNCbyQNU2F_Wt8QQsXIIkRpFgkJ6_7c_QkrH07PqZuCBEscQ-ThTQAqhdC3DSkZrRQocnSVhSe_ORBNkePvrTEVzuYJzN3nGKcm2HmzA1QhyphenhyphenNAUxH7mMPRduBhPIiJfPzlqqey5AxjJL9TJx2t4HeEN6sKOHofcwOO8GyrVt12OXM_dgnivRjyRFN7nJnf/s400/0.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="400" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNCbyQNU2F_Wt8QQsXIIkRpFgkJ6_7c_QkrH07PqZuCBEscQ-ThTQAqhdC3DSkZrRQocnSVhSe_ORBNkePvrTEVzuYJzN3nGKcm2HmzA1QhyphenhyphenNAUxH7mMPRduBhPIiJfPzlqqey5AxjJL9TJx2t4HeEN6sKOHofcwOO8GyrVt12OXM_dgnivRjyRFN7nJnf/w200-h200/0.jpg" width="200" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>old linen trim bands</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5O518Pb7Xt3VBqiCtZQrs1vLymiXejTIhfZNd0ShIjUIlgQDtznllgMDVHaxE77Bs24_6YVis0vBbhRC1oQd-9X9_6QHwK1LTHFFWMrigOOMVZoFsYEuIir3w-m7yihyphenhyphenUEfgpoFmQculLlgj89zySOOh9eNQpOpKndWGbxcXiqlOzISM4KF8YuePByeSm/s694/coat%20trim%20closeup.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="694" data-original-width="694" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5O518Pb7Xt3VBqiCtZQrs1vLymiXejTIhfZNd0ShIjUIlgQDtznllgMDVHaxE77Bs24_6YVis0vBbhRC1oQd-9X9_6QHwK1LTHFFWMrigOOMVZoFsYEuIir3w-m7yihyphenhyphenUEfgpoFmQculLlgj89zySOOh9eNQpOpKndWGbxcXiqlOzISM4KF8YuePByeSm/w200-h200/coat%20trim%20closeup.jpg" width="200" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>new herringbone trim in blue, <br />white, and navy</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><h3 style="text-align: left;"><b><strike><br /></strike></b></h3><h3 style="text-align: left;"><b><strike><br /></strike></b></h3><div><b><strike><br /></strike></b></div><div><b><strike><br /></strike></b></div><h3 style="text-align: left;"><b><strike><br /></strike></b></h3><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b><br />What's Next? </b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div>I'm currently weaving a belt on my inkle loom, working on the Oseberg loom A&S project for another entry at an upcoming event, making a new Hedeby/Birka bag for myself, and making a new Roman outfit for myself for the hot weather we have coming in the next month or two. </div><div><br /></div><div>More soon! </div><h3 style="text-align: left;"><br /></h3>Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11076461889521049549noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2612404937725113769.post-29890679950962546852024-02-28T10:44:00.001-06:002024-02-28T10:44:00.156-06:00SCA: Oseberg Loom: An Experiment<p></p><h3 style="text-align: left;">What Is It?</h3><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgttGDymfmTe4fBs50pbrz65hlStsGtYqUZ_CVNM-0rWplN8ild53_p7LmL53WIQDLJ4y4lZ0iRbEOXDjQTs77hwHkB8G2hHKvqC7h2-14JcRnqsAgVo-ZvRZfLy-R8diIYy__-1LXwGsPISUxZrpS6CfUVhEqM_qYHdm6uFaRiHJacNRNHUrEPvHxaniX5/s1848/Fig.%2010a%20(Custom).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1501" data-original-width="1848" height="260" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgttGDymfmTe4fBs50pbrz65hlStsGtYqUZ_CVNM-0rWplN8ild53_p7LmL53WIQDLJ4y4lZ0iRbEOXDjQTs77hwHkB8G2hHKvqC7h2-14JcRnqsAgVo-ZvRZfLy-R8diIYy__-1LXwGsPISUxZrpS6CfUVhEqM_qYHdm6uFaRiHJacNRNHUrEPvHxaniX5/s320/Fig.%2010a%20(Custom).jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span face=""Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #999999; font-size: 12px; text-align: start;">Photo from the Oseberg Textile book (Nockert 2006, p. 144).</span></td></tr></tbody></table>The Oseberg loom is a wooden loom found in the Oseberg ship burial (Tonsberg, Norway, excavated in 1905, dating from the 9th century). It was partially destroyed by the weight of the ground above it, but a woven band and weaving tablets were still attached to it. The loom consisted of a base, two upright sides, and a crossbeam in the center for support; the whole thing measured about 2 meters wide by about a meter high and is made of beech wood. <p></p><p>I've found LOTS of information online about the woven <i>bands</i> that were found at Oseberg; but very little information about the loom itself - mostly what I've found are people's recreations of the loom in various sizes (which I found very helpful for construction ideas, but not documentable research). </p><br /><p><br /></p><p> </p><h4 style="text-align: left;">How I Built It</h4><h4 style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGvSeg8VT-CzkqeiMrxL5RIKbFh_-DuS5QqG3qtxh3RwxtBtqblZ8q9Fl4aFAX03Pfg16A_0Tmxh0Oz9Lt1AwxMJ_5Cfvs5m5hs2WZMUun_vSaOq1SToMAEsRwv3vPkHuMvd1-J_Zd6uvStuf-epkGF3ppaL72mGVT_WdwixMUdBDNW1gSHi-HQzFcpU-R/s694/Oseberg%20loom.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="694" data-original-width="652" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGvSeg8VT-CzkqeiMrxL5RIKbFh_-DuS5QqG3qtxh3RwxtBtqblZ8q9Fl4aFAX03Pfg16A_0Tmxh0Oz9Lt1AwxMJ_5Cfvs5m5hs2WZMUun_vSaOq1SToMAEsRwv3vPkHuMvd1-J_Zd6uvStuf-epkGF3ppaL72mGVT_WdwixMUdBDNW1gSHi-HQzFcpU-R/s320/Oseberg%20loom.jpg" width="301" /></a></div></h4><p>I decided in late January that I wanted to build myself a smallish version of the Oseberg loom as an experiment - just to see if I could do it, and to see how weaving on an actual period loom would be (I normally use an inkle loom, which was invented in I believe the 1700s). </p><p> I used only scrap wood I had laying around in my shop for this, because I wanted to get this done on the cheap. The original Oseberg ship burial loom is made of birch; mine is made of pine 1x2" furring strips. Each piece that I had on hand was about 3.5' long, which was the perfect size for this project. </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifGwDL_ZkiWeKIGW6XEVBeXwUAg16Ci_sZQJCuf-ceXnYL8GQCznsmDVq6LKvsz2a6xVNOAebFUshvu5Grk3qavtey06L1rUsKkH4gc7VQwBLTS-9cdljV4kPTHjBYjDqWfv5OHT4csvNLu1EJcgFG_llMUO5xxwriDa11PP6BPiVIsrH7pSv-588bIEMe/s1207/Oseberg%20parts.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="670" data-original-width="1207" height="178" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifGwDL_ZkiWeKIGW6XEVBeXwUAg16Ci_sZQJCuf-ceXnYL8GQCznsmDVq6LKvsz2a6xVNOAebFUshvu5Grk3qavtey06L1rUsKkH4gc7VQwBLTS-9cdljV4kPTHjBYjDqWfv5OHT4csvNLu1EJcgFG_llMUO5xxwriDa11PP6BPiVIsrH7pSv-588bIEMe/s320/Oseberg%20parts.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>(ignore the table legs, that's a different project)</i></td></tr></tbody></table><p>My loom is approximately 3' wide and about 18" high. It's a little big for a "tabletop"loom - but I planned to use this on my low coffee table in my living room at home, and it's exactly the right size and height to work with there while sitting on the couch. </p><p>The uprights are pegged into the holes in the base with dowels that are glued into the uprights, but can be removed from the base. The crossbar in the middle of the loom is also pegged in place in the same way - glued in the crossbar but not into the sides. The whole thing breaks down into 3 sticks and the base/foot piece for travel and storage. </p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1UhJZCGteGT8BEZLhPar6pmjDk22E0e5zqyLkMbXhARh7XPozT3KGbBWxXwILrG1JozFiAMYfKPfzpjwaBPErLEL3Bzu3PQlrfEi-6ZfaTGt7c1x-S3jSYb7MPkEw82iMYZiRxvgMxLecXy9XI519jBxnH3G5FYI4ewZgdGDol7xPE5eQxPgwUJO3Sdjv/s335/dowels.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="335" data-original-width="295" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1UhJZCGteGT8BEZLhPar6pmjDk22E0e5zqyLkMbXhARh7XPozT3KGbBWxXwILrG1JozFiAMYfKPfzpjwaBPErLEL3Bzu3PQlrfEi-6ZfaTGt7c1x-S3jSYb7MPkEw82iMYZiRxvgMxLecXy9XI519jBxnH3G5FYI4ewZgdGDol7xPE5eQxPgwUJO3Sdjv/s320/dowels.jpg" width="282" /></a></div><p></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>The base is also made of a 1x2" furring strip, with crossbars attached to the ends to stabilize the loom and stand it up. The crossbars are pegged in place permanently. </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><h3 style="text-align: left;">How the Heck Do You Warp This Thing??</h3><p>Honestly, I went into this with zero idea how to warp this loom. I'd seen pictures of recreations of this loom with weaving already on them, but never found any description of how it was accomplished, so I just decided to wing it and see how it worked. After all, this IS an experiment, right? </p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_nX5q55KAMstyRKayh-kqTIqAc9PJjcoIwY7nbPxHVBlPvRXEN8Wj0pRTl2A4UBss1rfLlZrslCji19w4zu-uRQh5trT26RQhofqhsmFfycm2apC9tGTPseyHeTOTJM7O6MVuaG9K1Cep5Wg1G3TbA6D9whlHb0nzn5VBxglV7SpGAXKP5JzwiaFvkWlR/s694/0.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="694" data-original-width="520" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_nX5q55KAMstyRKayh-kqTIqAc9PJjcoIwY7nbPxHVBlPvRXEN8Wj0pRTl2A4UBss1rfLlZrslCji19w4zu-uRQh5trT26RQhofqhsmFfycm2apC9tGTPseyHeTOTJM7O6MVuaG9K1Cep5Wg1G3TbA6D9whlHb0nzn5VBxglV7SpGAXKP5JzwiaFvkWlR/s320/0.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>welcome to my dining room</i></td></tr></tbody></table>I'd seen two ways of warping this loom online: one, where the length of the thread is wrapped around the post and the finished part of the woven band was wrapped around the other post, with the weaving happening in between; or two, where the length of the thread was wrapped around the whole loom from one post to the other, and tied together like you would do on an inkle loom. I decided to try the second method: <p></p><p>Weaving on this loom is…interesting. I had intended to use this loom on my coffee table, sitting next to it, but I have to twist my back so much to weave that it hurts me (I have a bad back). The next thing I tried was putting it on my dining table and standing next to it, which worked great - except that the loom is so lightweight that it walks around while I’m trying to weave, so I had to clamp it to the table top to get it to stay still. Once I did that, though, weaving was super easy, and fast. </p><p>Advancing the warp is easy enough: I achieved proper tension by tying the lower warp to the crossbar, so to move the weaving I just untied it, shifted the warp around, and then re-tied it. </p><p><br /></p><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><h4 style="text-align: left;">The A&S Display</h4><div>This project was intended from the beginning to be an A&S entry at the Bjornsborg "Battle of the Beasts" event this past weekend. Here's what my display ended up looking like: </div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgG3WSvdMdtYoaycQxQK5_EzK027iweEwGKD1yUxmQyqR7UVcmu-RGcSMSyvSY_ofO7EOeL5sAWXHU0ojeCScLYWZzKBq_yhU3L0-1D8nJpFaEeEuwct31bRdjzEbbtckj1MKkEoqKWX-wQms5Tb9pUlXMKdW-SN5SD8F5-RYwaS2uulOshPQRcYgFPsI71/s694/bjornsborg%20oseberg%20display.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="694" data-original-width="520" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgG3WSvdMdtYoaycQxQK5_EzK027iweEwGKD1yUxmQyqR7UVcmu-RGcSMSyvSY_ofO7EOeL5sAWXHU0ojeCScLYWZzKBq_yhU3L0-1D8nJpFaEeEuwct31bRdjzEbbtckj1MKkEoqKWX-wQms5Tb9pUlXMKdW-SN5SD8F5-RYwaS2uulOshPQRcYgFPsI71/s320/bjornsborg%20oseberg%20display.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>The entry consists of the loom with weaving in progress already on it that I could demo for people who wanted to see it in action (of which there were actually quite a few!), my documentation, a page of photos showing the process of building the loom and some related things (patterns, examples of woven goods), a couple of woven pieces to show what you can do with a loom like this, some threads I've used to weave with, and some tools like shuttles, cards, and period-replica scissors. </div><div><br /></div><div>I warped up my inkle loom with a new project before I went to the event, and sat nearby and sewed for most of the day so that I would (a) have something to occupy me at the event since I wasn't doing anything else (I didn't have any "jobs" this time around and I don't fight or compete in any of the other activities that were going on) and (b) so that I would be available to answer questions and demo the Oseberg loom for people, which was a lot of fun. </div><div><br /></div><div>I got a lot of really great feedback on my project and my documentation. I didn't win, but I'm told I was one of the finalists, which pleases me. The best part, though, was that I got to sit down and chat with a couple of my favorite Laurels about the project and about weaving in general, and I have lots of great ideas for warping up the Oseberg loom and some adjustments to my documentation which will make it even better for the next time I enter this project (which might be in March, not sure yet). I'm excited about trying out a new method of warping this loom - I need to finish the weave that's on it now and figure out what pattern and colors to use for the next round. </div><div><br /></div><div>More about this project in the next couple of weeks, I hope! </div><p></p>Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11076461889521049549noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2612404937725113769.post-13100911992816569592024-02-27T12:15:00.003-06:002024-02-27T12:15:40.298-06:00SCA: Bjornsborg Spring Event<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxtEsAJNydno-NTssBfp4OZGoNPfz-a8Xn5bjlj4sWLr-m8go5rgfOimzul2oUS7uxLp_2bvfxy4QYNIPIwxhS-DnWf-v84M_IelDIPyQtJ8rFZmcFaEAu8VR0MAlEF5KXe9bCI8op-skJWnT8TUSX7kCQ1gofptJafGTKsVFadOMel5_lC8n2Ut6I2Wpj/s694/raven%20dress.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="694" data-original-width="429" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxtEsAJNydno-NTssBfp4OZGoNPfz-a8Xn5bjlj4sWLr-m8go5rgfOimzul2oUS7uxLp_2bvfxy4QYNIPIwxhS-DnWf-v84M_IelDIPyQtJ8rFZmcFaEAu8VR0MAlEF5KXe9bCI8op-skJWnT8TUSX7kCQ1gofptJafGTKsVFadOMel5_lC8n2Ut6I2Wpj/s320/raven%20dress.jpg" width="198" /></a></div>Bjornsborg's spring event <b>"The Battle of the Beasts" </b>was this past weekend. I had SO much fun! It was a theme event, inspired by Aesop's fables, so we had lots of animal-themed activities and animal-inspired clothing going around (including some kids in animal onesies, which was adorable). <p></p><p>I'm a nut for ravens and crows, so I brought some of that into my clothing with some dark colors which I never get to wear (because the black dress isn't really period), and I wore some black feathers on my dress and in my hair - and of course, all my raven jewelry bits and accessories: </p><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><h3 style="text-align: left;">A&S</h3><p>I entered two A&S competitions at the event. One was the largesse competition, for which I donated some of my woven bands that I made in December/January for the A&S event at Candlemas that never happened. Turns out, there were only two entrants - me and the person running the derby, so we kind of both won. </p><p>The other was the Bjornsborg A&S Championship, into which I entered an Oseberg loom that I made a couple of weeks ago. I'll have a full post on that up very soon; but for now, here's a pic of the entry: </p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKowEyrMCewADFJMUoQZqaqnrSZUHSOUFOd2X-n8j-bxwQ7jc2Oavr2lnvTwMFyR5UXVNz7GbJfS9rfFgRyIr6GajGsq84Jd_JBn-ZcBd7-8eIZ-dDkinKrT5rSnsja3MBTQz16XVMVpDztLAnqS3GgZAmNUBGJlgSnhkTt4cVFSfmre1adIUveAvkxDc6/s694/bjornsborg%20oseberg%20display.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="694" data-original-width="520" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKowEyrMCewADFJMUoQZqaqnrSZUHSOUFOd2X-n8j-bxwQ7jc2Oavr2lnvTwMFyR5UXVNz7GbJfS9rfFgRyIr6GajGsq84Jd_JBn-ZcBd7-8eIZ-dDkinKrT5rSnsja3MBTQz16XVMVpDztLAnqS3GgZAmNUBGJlgSnhkTt4cVFSfmre1adIUveAvkxDc6/s320/bjornsborg%20oseberg%20display.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p>I didn't win or anything, but I got a LOT of really positive feedback on my project and my documentation; and I got to sit down with two of my favorite Laurels to discuss the project, and tablet-weaving in general. It was a very positive experience, and I have some great tips to work into my documentation and my project for the next time I enter this project (which might be next month, I'm not sure yet). </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><h3 style="text-align: left;"><b>What's Next? </b></h3><p>I'll have the post about the Oseberg loom project up tomorrow, and some stuff about weaving in general as well. </p><p>I'm currently working on some alterations to my Oseberg project, a new Hedeby bag, and a Roman outfit for the upcoming hot weather, which I'll post about soon. I also expect to have a new tent in the next couple of months, and so I may be doing a post about my campsite soon as well. </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11076461889521049549noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2612404937725113769.post-18379331275845440792024-02-20T10:37:00.004-06:002024-02-20T11:02:33.487-06:00SCA: Shiny New Viking Stuff!<p>Yes, I was responsible with <i>most</i> of my tax refund this year, but I also treated myself to a couple of new shiny things for the SCA: </p><p><br /></p><h3 style="text-align: left;">Birka Cup</h3><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1t82Lh609n1mXarNIN_lp8eiBSTY1uLViAeGL4JkezazFvm5IMEi2679HOCQgWxltR-OKyknu5_uFmPYGa7C_3M7jrzLknMwmCaFUxgM_h-ojYTNKmFSLhN_qWvHicdCpnRep9zF1CxgoXipztdvnSdlnM2bdIXnY_2N0w4FT9mp7rNHiGqdgZmxUz6BF/s4032/birka%20cup.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1t82Lh609n1mXarNIN_lp8eiBSTY1uLViAeGL4JkezazFvm5IMEi2679HOCQgWxltR-OKyknu5_uFmPYGa7C_3M7jrzLknMwmCaFUxgM_h-ojYTNKmFSLhN_qWvHicdCpnRep9zF1CxgoXipztdvnSdlnM2bdIXnY_2N0w4FT9mp7rNHiGqdgZmxUz6BF/s320/birka%20cup.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p>I think my favorite thing in the world, at the moment, is this little glass cup in the foreground of this photo. </p><p><br /></p><p>It's a replica of a glass cup found at Birka (this cup was from grave 750, exc. by Hjalmar Stolpe in 1897), and it just makes my heart glad. I <i>love </i>glassware, especially <i>period</i> glassware - and this is the first piece of period glassware I've ever owned. </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><h3 style="text-align: left;">Key</h3><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhO5WUo0NoEutONlJVyaR1r2z88W0whgG5qJCaX7wT03K1E4nGBiQcUCa5AG-btbJvYGGrsZo0QQSQf0jKbemE1UpjeHwTxKy0xxTI08IABN161tSHDUfjZaMEfmSFEZO3frm_wbc7T9nBs6lkVeNyd_KPZEYRbXogk-Yle_AecNINo22Ta0e5iZaCh_RKD/s4032/key.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhO5WUo0NoEutONlJVyaR1r2z88W0whgG5qJCaX7wT03K1E4nGBiQcUCa5AG-btbJvYGGrsZo0QQSQf0jKbemE1UpjeHwTxKy0xxTI08IABN161tSHDUfjZaMEfmSFEZO3frm_wbc7T9nBs6lkVeNyd_KPZEYRbXogk-Yle_AecNINo22Ta0e5iZaCh_RKD/s320/key.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p>I also got this lovely little bronze Viking key from Raymond's Quiet Press. It's a replica of an extant key from Lund in Sweden, and it's a great little addition to my set of "jewelry". I wove a very thin band to use to hang it from my brooches. </p><p><br /></p><p>Yay, shiny Viking stuff! </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><h3 style="text-align: left;">What's Next? </h3><p>I'm working on a BUNCH of things right now, so there'll be posts a-plenty coming up soon. This weekend is the spring Bjornsborg event, from which there will be pictures (I hope). I'm weaving my butt off right now making trim to go on my linen Viking coat, I'm working on a new Hedeby bag, I built a new loom and am trying it out, and I'm working on a Roman outfit for the hot weather this coming season. Whew! More soon! </p>Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11076461889521049549noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2612404937725113769.post-85986031160263482582024-02-05T09:54:00.001-06:002024-02-05T09:54:14.760-06:00SCA: Just Some Viking Stuff <p><br /></p><p>In addition to spending two months whomping up a <a href="https://clothofstars.blogspot.com/2023/12/sca-green-1490s-florentine-outfit-for.html" target="_blank">new Italian outfit for Candlemas</a>, which was this past weekend, I also, in that space of time, made a TON of largesse items for a largesse competition that was supposed to be held at the event. </p><p>I started working just before Thanksgiving, and finished about the middle of January; and I made the following items: </p><p><br /></p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiJbIsi1ZyMPvssXyVSfRj7OOf2rk753uFLpVgirQeKRO8Iy-YmOSLwS7YGSkLjHVehKFyeuG0fwwLne5yfNUWQCZ_lbFOHCI5mZ5suVl_hCZhHUAKXpKyp-B2QU4vcCXHOH9u3Grsn2DCBBtYMpnjRvrDmdSub52mh5GTrDyYQsWpL65Vaa69LqT9WQy7/s1016/thirteen%20hedeby%20bags.jpg" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="762" data-original-width="1016" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiJbIsi1ZyMPvssXyVSfRj7OOf2rk753uFLpVgirQeKRO8Iy-YmOSLwS7YGSkLjHVehKFyeuG0fwwLne5yfNUWQCZ_lbFOHCI5mZ5suVl_hCZhHUAKXpKyp-B2QU4vcCXHOH9u3Grsn2DCBBtYMpnjRvrDmdSub52mh5GTrDyYQsWpL65Vaa69LqT9WQy7/s320/thirteen%20hedeby%20bags.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>thirteen Hedeby bags</i></td></tr></tbody></table><p><b>1. Hedeby bags! </b> </p><p>I love making these things, and I had plenty of supplies on hand, so I went for it. The handles are a simple, curvy Hedeby-style similar to the ones I usually make (based on the handles found at Hedeby and Birka), and they are made from 1/4" red oak flooring pieces that someone gave to me a few years ago. The handles were cut on my table saw and shaped with a hacksaw and electric sander; then stained with a walnut Minwax stain. It took me about a week to produce all thirteen pairs of handles. </p><p>The bags are hand sewn out of linen, because I had a lot of linen scraps on hand that were perfectly sized for this project. Some are lined, some are not, depending on the weight of the linen used. Each bag has a hand-stitched trim in a braided/herringbone stitch, examples of which were found on an apron dress fragment from Hedeby and on a hat from Denmark; some are bands across the front of the bag, some are stitched around the top edge, and some are covering the side seams. The handles are sewn onto the bag with matching thread (cotton embroidery floss). Each bag, from sewing to decorating to handle attachment, took me about three hours. </p><p>The bags's carrying straps are a combination of flat card-woven bands, and tubular card-woven cord bands made after a method I found described in <a href="https://sites.google.com/site/elenasthreads/card-weaving/tubular-tablet-weaving" target="_blank">this paper by L. Elena Hylton</a>. You use 4-6 cards with 4 holes threaded, and pass the weft thread/shuttle through one side of the warp only, looping under the warp to get back to the first side (instead of going right-to-left and then left-to-right as you do in "regular" card weaving). This causes the weave to pull itself into a hollow round tube when you pull the weft tight, instead of creating a flat band. This method of weaving tubular cording is documentable to as early as the 1100s, according to Elena's research. I used 6 cards for my tubular straps, after I found 4 to make a square-profile band and I really wanted a rounder profile. I also found that it's harder to weave this tubular band after switching the card's direction in order to untwist the threads - for some reason it just works better going "fowards" than going "backwards". I'll have to practice it more. </p><p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipqFBbIoNjHFawsNcsgZe6UlItoybACoGHaOtSJVyronW4zzn_Ur3EmUioIcw5klQ7lc0sdqYt9kMveCeZxtPK6fiMwz1Nivn0sFZSovsi_1enWc1UoiUcjQJhYj_4AmoyjjpAz8f3Gmg6_oSBAoUKihEHnD4UfgPPbJ8QxYUwD-1JSD4KfDfSc7MvMj9e/s3024/tubular%20woven%20strap.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2927" data-original-width="3024" height="194" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipqFBbIoNjHFawsNcsgZe6UlItoybACoGHaOtSJVyronW4zzn_Ur3EmUioIcw5klQ7lc0sdqYt9kMveCeZxtPK6fiMwz1Nivn0sFZSovsi_1enWc1UoiUcjQJhYj_4AmoyjjpAz8f3Gmg6_oSBAoUKihEHnD4UfgPPbJ8QxYUwD-1JSD4KfDfSc7MvMj9e/w200-h194/tubular%20woven%20strap.jpg" width="200" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>tubular strap</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><b><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgieS3DZ3vpBIorA-8qnVaEm5fcGzqGEbVQVIZsMLMPXgdhIn_CB1h8Jt5wzSKeM0mubfg-ptS3pvgtkhNoYxg9KrxM9eZsKDrCsjv_SDgvXl-H_5a7n4fws80hVmOJGM4mL6DjE5kwUSmc-yEVOUR5QPomUP0sCZnGkG-FEe7fWx2pwRKGCFJzLQCin8eW/s1016/card%20woven%20trims.jpg" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="762" data-original-width="1016" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgieS3DZ3vpBIorA-8qnVaEm5fcGzqGEbVQVIZsMLMPXgdhIn_CB1h8Jt5wzSKeM0mubfg-ptS3pvgtkhNoYxg9KrxM9eZsKDrCsjv_SDgvXl-H_5a7n4fws80hVmOJGM4mL6DjE5kwUSmc-yEVOUR5QPomUP0sCZnGkG-FEe7fWx2pwRKGCFJzLQCin8eW/w200-h150/card%20woven%20trims.jpg" width="200" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>thirteen woven bands</i></td></tr></tbody></table>2. Tablet-woven trim</b><div><br /></div><div>Something else I really, really enjoy doing. I had a number of spools of cotton crochet thread on hand from another project, and so I used up my excess on thirteen 1.5-2 yard pieces of trim. <p></p><p>There are five different designs, each very simple and no more than 10 cards each, and all are either period designs or based on period designs. Each one took me about 3 hours to make from warping to finishing. </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b></b></p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmGb9TwOrtygeqmB9IIvVRJLPu4OZQK0gdriByKL-bS1oPnUYjt5kJLJJshV5CC-AO9VmxVwwoFvZRaIjfpZ3pof1DzMqFRYw9OWKQbvEeCGZSG-IQBtJ4okRe1VHnIiLmUjD8r8JN9gflc3uwxyURM_fsvzXrYRa-ioGhffsf_dddHgCNKl6m7W_41IBg/s762/strings%20of%207%20beads%20each.jpg" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="762" data-original-width="669" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmGb9TwOrtygeqmB9IIvVRJLPu4OZQK0gdriByKL-bS1oPnUYjt5kJLJJshV5CC-AO9VmxVwwoFvZRaIjfpZ3pof1DzMqFRYw9OWKQbvEeCGZSG-IQBtJ4okRe1VHnIiLmUjD8r8JN9gflc3uwxyURM_fsvzXrYRa-ioGhffsf_dddHgCNKl6m7W_41IBg/w176-h200/strings%20of%207%20beads%20each.jpg" width="176" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><b>3. Lampworked glass beads </b><p></p><p>I hadn't made glass beads for several months (due to it being summer, and about 120ºF inside my garage where my glass workshop is set up), and I needed the practice badly. I'm not very good at doing this - I'm still VERY much a beginner, so my beads aren't, like, <i>awesome</i> or anything - but they'll make nice additions to someone's Viking kit, I'm hoping. </p><p>I made thirteen sets of 8 beads. All of them are about 8mm in size; some are round, some drum-shaped with flat sides, and some are kind of round/oval with little bumps or dots on them - there are 2 of these "fancy" beads in each set, and 6 plain ones. It took me about a month to make all the beads, working in 20-minute sessions of about 7 beads per session (not all of which turned out right). </p><p> </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><h4 style="text-align: left;">Guess What? </h4><p>For some reason, the competition didn’t happen at the event. I don’t know why it got scrubbed - I KNOW I read a whole post about it on the event page two months ago, but no one knew anything about it when I got there and asked about where to set up. Shoot! All that work...! Not "for nothing" - after all, I'm now prepared to enter the next largesse competition, whenever that happens. </p><p>Meanwhile, I learned a lot, and got a lot of good practice with woodworking and weaving. And glass bead making, although I'm kind of burnt out on glass beads for the time being and probably won't be doing any of that any time soon. We'll see. </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH_EpzbAXEdoMdxR9FCjN5lKUVwpdlCZfbwG01iAXq_G_go75mniaOxLKbcSoU76-J-HuABAEcT1CqKf6Uew4AaS52f7OR-ovZMBqbtYPSoXtX2EXIq9zWhdsi5OuxxN3_TsOojnsj_TYm20Otq8Swk9MCtk8S9ovEtIAyP5lDYu415d_W3VUG0Vp1rmTu/s1016/entirety%20of%20display.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="762" data-original-width="1016" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH_EpzbAXEdoMdxR9FCjN5lKUVwpdlCZfbwG01iAXq_G_go75mniaOxLKbcSoU76-J-HuABAEcT1CqKf6Uew4AaS52f7OR-ovZMBqbtYPSoXtX2EXIq9zWhdsi5OuxxN3_TsOojnsj_TYm20Otq8Swk9MCtk8S9ovEtIAyP5lDYu415d_W3VUG0Vp1rmTu/s320/entirety%20of%20display.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>dry run of display at home</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p></div>Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11076461889521049549noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2612404937725113769.post-52143639904715370422024-01-25T12:00:00.004-06:002024-01-25T12:00:57.167-06:00Regency: The Pineapple Reticule<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCkGQp-HJ5RxL2THN0dX1vbTQXvJNuqH5RTD_Shjx5UmjiSvzEJg7KQ7CqB4gHFc86kp0RFstTQzzaBfVTKpE1e_PXT865Ubn0SSO6eGDNnZAvFFHljpPknWgwk_KbvOOnSslELmtxfzgSxTvAH-SEJI3RXa6-e-dR3DCSeSEEsa9eykNWMCPK1p5w4iy9/s762/0.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="762" data-original-width="558" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCkGQp-HJ5RxL2THN0dX1vbTQXvJNuqH5RTD_Shjx5UmjiSvzEJg7KQ7CqB4gHFc86kp0RFstTQzzaBfVTKpE1e_PXT865Ubn0SSO6eGDNnZAvFFHljpPknWgwk_KbvOOnSslELmtxfzgSxTvAH-SEJI3RXa6-e-dR3DCSeSEEsa9eykNWMCPK1p5w4iy9/w293-h400/0.jpg" width="293" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p>Here is the silliest thing I've ever made: a pineapple reticule! </p><p>A few weeks ago I learned that pineapple reticules were a thing - at least one of them, that I know of. This knit pineapple purse is housed in the Kyoto Costume Institute’s 1800-1810 collection (as featured on <a href="https://janeausten.co.uk/blogs/fashion-to-make/knit-pineapple-purse">JaneAusten.co.uk</a>) </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTF0XpM_3K07Nl0LxXtm31xj9kLtqFB5uMfp7iz18OUw_Jeqc-PhRJeGk21qq4RSqpNpWDeo96KGhaniXf0M17hVWLnmfd-hOv0LDiV3iv9_vSo7eANsSVONS2Wkhy5dDATh8K62rSW9_sh1p30cikFkZGFMtLAHxvB4mKx1jRLSNbXn7NkMRg13EmS3QZ/s436/pineapple%20reticule,%20Kyoto%20Costume%20Institute.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="436" data-original-width="385" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTF0XpM_3K07Nl0LxXtm31xj9kLtqFB5uMfp7iz18OUw_Jeqc-PhRJeGk21qq4RSqpNpWDeo96KGhaniXf0M17hVWLnmfd-hOv0LDiV3iv9_vSo7eANsSVONS2Wkhy5dDATh8K62rSW9_sh1p30cikFkZGFMtLAHxvB4mKx1jRLSNbXn7NkMRg13EmS3QZ/s320/pineapple%20reticule,%20Kyoto%20Costume%20Institute.png" width="283" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p>The extant purse is knit in silk, in several shades of yellow and green. The blog linked above states that pineapples and other tropical fruit were very much en vogue during the early regency, but sadly, I cannot find any other examples of period fruit-like knit or fabric objects online. But this one example is enough for me! </p><p>There are lots of patterns for similar knit reticules on Ravelry and Etsy. I am not a knitter - I crochet (crocodile stitch, maybe?), but I didn’t happen to have any yellow or green yarn sitting around. What I did have was a three yard length of 6” wide yellow poly satin fabric that I wasn’t doing anything with, so I decided to sew a little pineapple bag. </p><p>For the body, I sewed four 6" wide strips of satin together to make a large rectangle, then pintucked the whole thing on the bias, and sewed the result into a tube. The lining is yellow cotton from an old sheet I had sitting around to make mock-ups with. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6HOOBJ_TE7yiAkmy-F01KDySKQftGzcsSee697F_6hW8hJgrZf9VAATe_PTzE0LrHQ1eqhijqofgWabj2KQOvhgfNzTkWaC4OxvqurO231XbyjiVcfqbL63BtUUVdB7pNjKssPwJNESOtGJgBZXsE3jQYnERADWE2TUesm-hPIOuKweUmrBTUO_j1FyPn/s762/pintucking%20the%20satin.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="762" data-original-width="572" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6HOOBJ_TE7yiAkmy-F01KDySKQftGzcsSee697F_6hW8hJgrZf9VAATe_PTzE0LrHQ1eqhijqofgWabj2KQOvhgfNzTkWaC4OxvqurO231XbyjiVcfqbL63BtUUVdB7pNjKssPwJNESOtGJgBZXsE3jQYnERADWE2TUesm-hPIOuKweUmrBTUO_j1FyPn/s320/pintucking%20the%20satin.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>The “leaves” are big triangles attached to the top edge of the tube, and I ran a drawstring (pale gold ribbon) around the top of the bag just beneath the leaves on the inside of the bag so that they'd stand up when the bag is closed. I didn’t have anything green to use for the leaves, so I cut off part of the yellow piece and dyed it green with Rit’s Dyemore for synthetics in “peacock green,” which yielded this lovely leaf green color: </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-wE6tzEUnifEe6kl1Y-nAqaj3DsY_OJSqNLeJFQUz-YUmx0czah2ISlzkZekMIKEbC1O9Q3SZA3OQ3Gy1rFP0vNLuD86Yms3AUtmjAtPDs8V5Glhj63inWmPRd1zeVoUZvqSFwb51mLOxyNsoMBRhPu2LgJRDohj3cYvf84tmk910YIush9CmCIcQcbtA/s762/dyeing%20the%20satin%20green.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="762" data-original-width="762" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-wE6tzEUnifEe6kl1Y-nAqaj3DsY_OJSqNLeJFQUz-YUmx0czah2ISlzkZekMIKEbC1O9Q3SZA3OQ3Gy1rFP0vNLuD86Yms3AUtmjAtPDs8V5Glhj63inWmPRd1zeVoUZvqSFwb51mLOxyNsoMBRhPu2LgJRDohj3cYvf84tmk910YIush9CmCIcQcbtA/s320/dyeing%20the%20satin%20green.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p>The leaves being put together, and the yellow cotton lining: </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj00OYm9tW7AMyeKHGsdUaDz859PYL8Et0ZDtUfbQWZUn3ZnKBy7zGHb_072Vx9b0qnJrRSawqcIOhSx8hYfTnfJcQySpR8iGMJ_A5OUUas5nry2dlXLN2D7C9OK-iqse6gXMnxt38u2B1WqGym8fOaUV5KmyzBLmPY7eZj9e_JVIXYnGsrNuGim25Dco6b/s762/parts.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="762" data-original-width="572" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj00OYm9tW7AMyeKHGsdUaDz859PYL8Et0ZDtUfbQWZUn3ZnKBy7zGHb_072Vx9b0qnJrRSawqcIOhSx8hYfTnfJcQySpR8iGMJ_A5OUUas5nry2dlXLN2D7C9OK-iqse6gXMnxt38u2B1WqGym8fOaUV5KmyzBLmPY7eZj9e_JVIXYnGsrNuGim25Dco6b/s320/parts.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>And here's the round, flat bottom of the bag, also green. The little covered button on the bottom is just for fun, and just because I love covered buttons:</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgf-yLW5fyy9tLZDvvu3S-nIBXIqmWrwcrOYLxWjlBf5vOwkpAoFbLKf88xNPaWDkOxjFBpcqTaWmFKmCSuXbpQhsBhqtq8TLuPHJOQKhgVaU-NJnupg68U41uxnwDmwP-QNFabL2Mnv7Ya1-COXTWbog5VEgDuEdUGDIY88Hp87JbOkGooHc2AJJ3146eO/s768/bottom%20with%20button.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="762" data-original-width="768" height="318" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgf-yLW5fyy9tLZDvvu3S-nIBXIqmWrwcrOYLxWjlBf5vOwkpAoFbLKf88xNPaWDkOxjFBpcqTaWmFKmCSuXbpQhsBhqtq8TLuPHJOQKhgVaU-NJnupg68U41uxnwDmwP-QNFabL2Mnv7Ya1-COXTWbog5VEgDuEdUGDIY88Hp87JbOkGooHc2AJJ3146eO/s320/bottom%20with%20button.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p>Y'all, I CANNOT stop giggling at this thing. It's so silly! This is officially the silliest thing I've ever made, and it pleases my heart. HEE HEE HEE. </p><p><br /></p>Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11076461889521049549noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2612404937725113769.post-77139003580806190352024-01-24T15:32:00.011-06:002024-01-24T15:33:53.226-06:00Regency: Teal Cotton Open Robe<p>After working my butt off on SCA projects since Thanksgiving, I needed a creative palate-cleanser project - and I was itching to do something new with Regency stuff (besides the apron, that was actually a functional thing I needed). So my first “real” project of 2024 is this teal open robe, along with a new shawl and some new jewelry to go with it: </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhp50wHVwIBJ71FtvcL-EZ2V6PD3k_75N0Ac17NW3t1uU69YIKsIV1YpwOTdiyDguuojKMyMz-O8lw4hgy9cxx77Bp3l4hQGLdtSPBqJA-X1fxdz1y_f_dwHlhyphenhyphenNvIfWnKYB05zhtIFqlevk_peMTh6snWe5NhmG0pJuK3jhsMN0bkE-F82GpQQNFQHjhIx/s762/complete%20outfit.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="762" data-original-width="486" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhp50wHVwIBJ71FtvcL-EZ2V6PD3k_75N0Ac17NW3t1uU69YIKsIV1YpwOTdiyDguuojKMyMz-O8lw4hgy9cxx77Bp3l4hQGLdtSPBqJA-X1fxdz1y_f_dwHlhyphenhyphenNvIfWnKYB05zhtIFqlevk_peMTh6snWe5NhmG0pJuK3jhsMN0bkE-F82GpQQNFQHjhIx/w255-h400/complete%20outfit.jpg" width="255" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I had this teal cotton in my stash for years, and I'd originally intended to do a Really Awesome Regency Dress with it (<a href="https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/650080?nextInternalLocale=en&exhibitionId=%7B31a1bee1-137f-4d0d-bf0c-751b9354bb6c%7D&amp%3Boid=650080" target="_blank">like this one</a>), but after chipping little bits off of it here and there over the years for small projects, it ended up only 3 yards long - not enough for something big and fancy. But it was, I realized recently, exactly enough to make a short-sleeved open robe to wear over my white 1800s gown. </p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpuBvAiervaTalng78l_0N1K3RqyqijCLbLvYx-EvmSdhXudMYrlD4x6Hz_trVqvDCCHLGRVFWmNtFefRlwAShHDEJXAXXvsSm7_X8N9gqNUpMdV7KILFwQm9B4Mykf5iQXJXea_LFxCRrya7XSHx1XkhcnudTTYR8zIKXycqy1J_3-ZwSi4aw_YNlf6eo/s721/uuid=92DD1DA7-ED84-4A00-BE45-A110927721AC&library=1&type=1&mode=1&loc=true&cap=true.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="721" data-original-width="558" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpuBvAiervaTalng78l_0N1K3RqyqijCLbLvYx-EvmSdhXudMYrlD4x6Hz_trVqvDCCHLGRVFWmNtFefRlwAShHDEJXAXXvsSm7_X8N9gqNUpMdV7KILFwQm9B4Mykf5iQXJXea_LFxCRrya7XSHx1XkhcnudTTYR8zIKXycqy1J_3-ZwSi4aw_YNlf6eo/s320/uuid=92DD1DA7-ED84-4A00-BE45-A110927721AC&library=1&type=1&mode=1&loc=true&cap=true.jpg" width="248" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p>My inspiration for the color palette for this outfit was this painting of Princess Amelia (youngest daughter of King George III and Queen Charlotte) by Sir William Beechey (1797). While I didn't want to recreate this exact outfit, I did want to do something with the same color scheme, with which I am in LOVE - the teal dress with the delicate little silver/white designs, the rust/burnt orange shawl and gold sash and armband. She also wears long strands of clear (I'm assuming rock crystal) beads - which you don't see in Regency art very often - and which sort of pick up on the look of the little silver/white dots on her dress. </p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtVDCUbEA1ICe23Bso022UJi9_0zRUjWu3a0Y8Gl8WJn7t8Y-V2xgd64Ybupt-bXRUslzEv9V78f3l7A6Sz1wBBz9HCr9-mr-AqecsKz3bfLxOJerAavXyW7uKrV45QeHOHZa3bpGf_mUxJACBN9YZn7XyO3IRU-dxqE-h1VfXUeNB9FKQ0ENOkuxMgek-/s762/closeup%20and%20accessories.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="762" data-original-width="572" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtVDCUbEA1ICe23Bso022UJi9_0zRUjWu3a0Y8Gl8WJn7t8Y-V2xgd64Ybupt-bXRUslzEv9V78f3l7A6Sz1wBBz9HCr9-mr-AqecsKz3bfLxOJerAavXyW7uKrV45QeHOHZa3bpGf_mUxJACBN9YZn7XyO3IRU-dxqE-h1VfXUeNB9FKQ0ENOkuxMgek-/s320/closeup%20and%20accessories.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>The teal dress in the inspiration picture has some sort of white/silver design on it - it’s probably sprigged - and I’m not sure what the design is actually supposed to be. Stars, dots, probably little flowers? I decorated my fabric with little trios of silver dots, which is a design I’ve used before for Medieval stuff; I really like the look of it, it’s delicate and subtle. I chalked out grid lines on the fabric every 6” and then dotted the intersections and centers of the grid with a silver paint pen: </p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfWSAIdHnMyJ9u71Xtka6jMB3fYb29ZgGvdTPDjZdJAFrSDbtPOjSpDeMBYxqq23XgnZBMuhZBKV5MrpOVPSK_pYqy-gj_-IAtxknoA-KoDAfBa3wUeQJhASq4YS1pgxHgmuZbfJm-BMtED8Pu5-1ekM568JyPgRrzGqBiYT44yVU9B-McCx94jNk0Ahy6/s4032/dotting%20the%20fabric.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfWSAIdHnMyJ9u71Xtka6jMB3fYb29ZgGvdTPDjZdJAFrSDbtPOjSpDeMBYxqq23XgnZBMuhZBKV5MrpOVPSK_pYqy-gj_-IAtxknoA-KoDAfBa3wUeQJhASq4YS1pgxHgmuZbfJm-BMtED8Pu5-1ekM568JyPgRrzGqBiYT44yVU9B-McCx94jNk0Ahy6/s320/dotting%20the%20fabric.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>The robe is about half machine sewn and half hand sewn - I did the primary construction of the bodice and bodice lining on the machine; but the lining is inserted and the skirt attached by hand, and all the hemming and edging is down by hand as well. </p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZA6_K0zpNn5sWlX4Oh1fe8JkzkWxXcWdvlrUK1ye0MfcvbO1vfGfqirAI77cZmSEYt5Y80qiCYClnvxRxHRBT4nofeekrakCltxY2G64-6Gx69kURSGm5I1_Fg8hI4Z9fEbKQNoLjheTM0mLn1XZ3m1EXSUQbW7AVawmqODzx2ncMpuQADgHJCB4lXdQh/s762/train%20in%20back.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="762" data-original-width="413" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZA6_K0zpNn5sWlX4Oh1fe8JkzkWxXcWdvlrUK1ye0MfcvbO1vfGfqirAI77cZmSEYt5Y80qiCYClnvxRxHRBT4nofeekrakCltxY2G64-6Gx69kURSGm5I1_Fg8hI4Z9fEbKQNoLjheTM0mLn1XZ3m1EXSUQbW7AVawmqODzx2ncMpuQADgHJCB4lXdQh/s320/train%20in%20back.jpg" width="173" /></a></div><br /><p>There's a wee bit of a train on the back, too, for the lovely drape it gives when one walks or the wind blows. </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><h3 style="text-align: left;">ACCESSORIES</h3><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjdu1a2hBaL4Q9G8ra2OrxzIrPcIrF3UxJ7kfXCIa8IDPWKKUeHvA6fsaiuIhuwhvCs3yPuhtdNsmkYnG6Lg4bTMp7SI7yTj_h3AFy6ow-F2fxHMWuMdzBLj65mmtr3u9eupedJJaOhbXi7U6Wwvlr8DYH9pmUSDDi666GOZxtEu3zwVAV6QN-MWkBVmgu/s762/closeup%20and%20accessories.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="762" data-original-width="572" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjdu1a2hBaL4Q9G8ra2OrxzIrPcIrF3UxJ7kfXCIa8IDPWKKUeHvA6fsaiuIhuwhvCs3yPuhtdNsmkYnG6Lg4bTMp7SI7yTj_h3AFy6ow-F2fxHMWuMdzBLj65mmtr3u9eupedJJaOhbXi7U6Wwvlr8DYH9pmUSDDi666GOZxtEu3zwVAV6QN-MWkBVmgu/s320/closeup%20and%20accessories.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><p>SHAWL</p><p>I made the shawl for this dress out of an old SCA costume. The fabric is a soft, lightweight silk twill, in a deep russet color. The SCA costume was a 12th century *cyclas*, which was just made of two rectangles and some triangular gores, so I removed the gores and the neckline and joined the two rectangles together (flat felled seam + rolled hem edge) to make this shawl. </p><p><br /></p><p>SASH</p><p>The sash in the inspiration painting looks to me like a dark dusty gold, possibly with some kind of print or embroidery on it, but I suppose it could be brown? Mine is a length of gold poly satin, purchased from Etsy as a “bridal sash” and tied around the waistline of the robe. The color is way too light - I wanted a darker gold, almost bronze - but it’ll do for now. I think eventually I’ll get some nice silk and make a new sash for this outfit. </p><p><br /></p><p>JEWELRY</p><p>I LOVE the rock crystal bead jewelry in the inspiration painting so much! I haven’t seen clear crystal jewelry much in Regency paintings - usually you see pearls or coral, or colored gemstones with fancier outfits. My beads are glass (for budget reasons), 14mm round, and strung in two 16” strands. Yes, the bead strands should be waaaay longer than they are in order to look more like the inspiration pic, but I used what I had. </p><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">*</div><div><br /></div><p>Yay! This was a quick, simple project, and a much-needed break from SCA stuff for a minute. It's easy to wear, and versatile. </p><p>And I have no idea what's next! I have LOTS of ideas for new Regency costumes, new Viking stuff and weaving projects, and even a dip into Victorian for the first time (maybe), but where to start? I think I need a break…I’m also refinishing an old wooden table right now, but I’ll be back soon. </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p> </p>Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11076461889521049549noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2612404937725113769.post-56070957032224776292024-01-18T21:07:00.001-06:002024-01-18T21:07:46.480-06:00Regency: A Work Apron<p>Here’s something a bit weird: I made a Regency item for SCA use. I remembered kind of late that I had promised a friend that I’d help him in the kitchen at Candlemas, and I had this <a href="https://clothofstars.blogspot.com/2023/12/sca-green-1490s-florentine-outfit-for.html" target="_blank">fancy Italian dress</a> that I needed to protect - so I needed an apron. </p><p>I had wanted a Regency apron for a while (I love Elinor’s tan gardening apron in the 1995 Sense & Sensibility movie and have wanted one ever since). And so I figured, since nobody would really see me in it at the event, I would go ahead and make a Regency apron to wear over my Italian outfit. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizdDoV4dvuly6ZQsQLgGe13yQ53yq0TyvAA0SrcnLsFb96jj0JpAG-9eZJNa7iNFTlShbanJ9UpYO3oH-32QEH4FwBa8o3pAzbJmyiOuL-SnU27fQHNAktlupxlX2hH6UMpXOYFqKYnibiD1_7M9gfNhBLVHbEWYGtVl-3szZHajXm_bGnwnYTvi2Q95sm/s762/2024%20blue%20apron%20-%20front.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="762" data-original-width="468" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizdDoV4dvuly6ZQsQLgGe13yQ53yq0TyvAA0SrcnLsFb96jj0JpAG-9eZJNa7iNFTlShbanJ9UpYO3oH-32QEH4FwBa8o3pAzbJmyiOuL-SnU27fQHNAktlupxlX2hH6UMpXOYFqKYnibiD1_7M9gfNhBLVHbEWYGtVl-3szZHajXm_bGnwnYTvi2Q95sm/s320/2024%20blue%20apron%20-%20front.jpg" width="197" /></a></div><br /><p>(I swear those pockets are actually even, I don't know why they look wonky on the mannequin; they look fine on me). </p><p>There's not really a pattern; it’s really just a couple of rectangles and some long ties. It’s made out of an old, blue, cotton sheet that I had saved to use as mock-up fabric. The shoulder straps cross over and loop around the waist tie in the back; and there are two large pockets on the front. </p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4okltU8hFN8vvRXzRgezNaR9s1FpmPnHgpsLSyOynskZR9tmQp43Ny14hC9MrRzXTndBMmGPAEsvlChtpPRh9Dm3A3uYt4yhyTKoi2QxBoce-SjJJ0_r0I826Ll-XB25mC6UKV18TblwJqC_GFMImyTkesbW_lMhyniXNGi-y1s7nicwgD2G6LSWrZ5sl/s762/2024%20blue%20apron%20-%20back.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="762" data-original-width="572" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4okltU8hFN8vvRXzRgezNaR9s1FpmPnHgpsLSyOynskZR9tmQp43Ny14hC9MrRzXTndBMmGPAEsvlChtpPRh9Dm3A3uYt4yhyTKoi2QxBoce-SjJJ0_r0I826Ll-XB25mC6UKV18TblwJqC_GFMImyTkesbW_lMhyniXNGi-y1s7nicwgD2G6LSWrZ5sl/s320/2024%20blue%20apron%20-%20back.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I also made a pair of sleeve covers, which I know I’ve seen somewhere in period on a maid or someone like that - probably on TV - to keep my silk sleeves clean. They’re elasticized at the top and bottom for ease of wear. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrCl4_2W2degKamPXq-PShIKghb8eQ9xk-_cd1a11hc4y2ymxsRX6KAn-l9MnIR1f2U2K9vTyTJDodMaImb0grmoH8HLnySkkIGJMVy_ENaDMsSzBF21OeqQnYedIdhmxZozPTGuNFBe3yoMyw7aTZvFpuHX20NqHLJ9oFfyIPnBXhaO6zStbhymY7nwA2/s4032/2024%20-%20blue%20apron%20-%20sleeve%20covers.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrCl4_2W2degKamPXq-PShIKghb8eQ9xk-_cd1a11hc4y2ymxsRX6KAn-l9MnIR1f2U2K9vTyTJDodMaImb0grmoH8HLnySkkIGJMVy_ENaDMsSzBF21OeqQnYedIdhmxZozPTGuNFBe3yoMyw7aTZvFpuHX20NqHLJ9oFfyIPnBXhaO6zStbhymY7nwA2/s320/2024%20-%20blue%20apron%20-%20sleeve%20covers.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p>Wearing a Regency apron with 15th century clothing is a bit silly, but I got a pretty blue apron out of it and now I won't get any food on my Italian outfit, so, win-win. </p>Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11076461889521049549noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2612404937725113769.post-56007029381751921332024-01-07T13:46:00.002-06:002024-01-07T13:46:23.382-06:00SCA: Candlemas 2024: Green 1490s Italian - the Accessories<p>A week ago I posted about the <a href="https://clothofstars.blogspot.com/2023/12/sca-green-1490s-florentine-outfit-for.html" target="_blank">1490s Florentine outfit </a>I made for Candlemas in February - today’s post is about all the accessories that went into the outfit: </p><p><br /></p><p><b>Hair/Headgear</b></p><p>I’ll talk about my hair first, since it was a lot of fun - I used fake hair for the first time ever for this outfit! It was given to me by a friend several months ago, and I finally fixed it up and wore some of it for this outfit. It was really neat - it’s been two years since I cut all my hair off in order to grow out my gray (and I’m growing it back as fast as I can!) - and it felt soooo good to at least have the feel and weight of long hair again. I miss my hair! </p><p>Anyway, I clipped two long silvery-gray extensions into my hair, then braided it all into a single braid down my back. The front of my hair was parted in the middle and smoothed down over my ears, and I curled the bits that were too short to be included in the braid. I wrapped the braid in gold ribbon, wider at the top and end to hide the elastic bands which contained the braid, with thin gold ribbon spiraled around the length of the braid. </p><p>My inspiration for the hairstyle and headgear were from several paintings, like these: </p><p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXyfhbraYs0IqaM9W-o_gM_1XoBZEJPT50dFPNFRrf4p-zRF8XymOoFgrEPIufj_iJsbDJDvjaWAIBPAfNwlZbu8fTvVnCmvtWonGOVGxVck9TtbdU1Y3Z6o0iPCovJeO14Ovo3G1Rdt4Rdsj7r3ZGqBsnp5Yqslm7ZN0xz5YbeaK3V5lvQ-pclogyIHCq/s694/La%20Bella%20Principessa,%20DaVinci.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="694" data-original-width="519" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXyfhbraYs0IqaM9W-o_gM_1XoBZEJPT50dFPNFRrf4p-zRF8XymOoFgrEPIufj_iJsbDJDvjaWAIBPAfNwlZbu8fTvVnCmvtWonGOVGxVck9TtbdU1Y3Z6o0iPCovJeO14Ovo3G1Rdt4Rdsj7r3ZGqBsnp5Yqslm7ZN0xz5YbeaK3V5lvQ-pclogyIHCq/w149-h200/La%20Bella%20Principessa,%20DaVinci.jpg" width="149" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>La Bella Principessa, Leonardo DaVinci</i></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy4KoHpTu_xjTYl5KgrpONHsECX6YKYjdcRKB6egrPyPJ0SUVSfLQY0Wd1xl7edAnGDbygV6W7ZDnzEpdBqM8mWhsaRUbFP3D-6RR13d42L2HIqYg2GnoiTmlZI0PjfxgC3dFzN7cDFRlC8Lz_OCAus536faEitRHT4YsIK_RnsdYJNKteGSqbeAHE_Vcg/s694/Lodovica%20Tuornabuoini,%20Domenico%20Ghirlandaio.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="694" data-original-width="395" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy4KoHpTu_xjTYl5KgrpONHsECX6YKYjdcRKB6egrPyPJ0SUVSfLQY0Wd1xl7edAnGDbygV6W7ZDnzEpdBqM8mWhsaRUbFP3D-6RR13d42L2HIqYg2GnoiTmlZI0PjfxgC3dFzN7cDFRlC8Lz_OCAus536faEitRHT4YsIK_RnsdYJNKteGSqbeAHE_Vcg/s320/Lodovica%20Tuornabuoini,%20Domenico%20Ghirlandaio.jpg" width="182" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>fragment from a painting of Lodovica <br />Tuornabuoni, Domenico Ghirlandaio</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlszN0c0Dk5l7QCWZcrOd1NO2WocBarsj09r3XbMETzByfWF5KcbagrI3GhLwTk2ITaj66PKryDEQBNGVTiFkBp9TmNQygbWHJC2IoBohDX6TW0hPJrlhZCpODMTu2MUeiFaeZwOBBxobIa9nuVjSAMF5I4u4729VH42mczsDnspnGqGKvaUkXWXDXc0ml/s694/La%20Belle%20Feronniere,%20Da%20Vinci.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="694" data-original-width="473" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlszN0c0Dk5l7QCWZcrOd1NO2WocBarsj09r3XbMETzByfWF5KcbagrI3GhLwTk2ITaj66PKryDEQBNGVTiFkBp9TmNQygbWHJC2IoBohDX6TW0hPJrlhZCpODMTu2MUeiFaeZwOBBxobIa9nuVjSAMF5I4u4729VH42mczsDnspnGqGKvaUkXWXDXc0ml/w136-h200/La%20Belle%20Feronniere,%20Da%20Vinci.jpg" width="136" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>La Belle Feronniere, DaVinci</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p><br /></p><p>I created a <i>reta </i>- a netted skullcap like you see in the first two paintings - using a base of cotton needlepoint mesh canvas. Once I had the shape figured out, I sewed/knotted the mesh pieces together, and then spray-painted the piece gold, which stiffened the mesh so that it held its shape better. Then I sewed gold metallic braided trim over the seam to hide it, and around the edges, and then attached a long gold ribbon to the corners to tie under my chin. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieE5RCIm0rFiirWrp5tkhukgAZ2lgT2Lx08Mmt_8qkra2QVJn83nk7enAJexN-PKjnu2JiQniOdXIwuV03Jwx_LqJWcCIZB9nQG3Oorqv-_JaPhg_qZ-mQ5gn44GwhMpOscalcUvT8F7UrJ1rLbUO9NH_N5e9gQc63PyP2rO3hqZbUwyMgO33bPG30WgK-/s762/reta%20parts.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="762" data-original-width="642" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieE5RCIm0rFiirWrp5tkhukgAZ2lgT2Lx08Mmt_8qkra2QVJn83nk7enAJexN-PKjnu2JiQniOdXIwuV03Jwx_LqJWcCIZB9nQG3Oorqv-_JaPhg_qZ-mQ5gn44GwhMpOscalcUvT8F7UrJ1rLbUO9NH_N5e9gQc63PyP2rO3hqZbUwyMgO33bPG30WgK-/w169-h200/reta%20parts.jpg" width="169" /></a></div><p><br /></p><p>Over the top of it all is a <i>feronniere</i> - mine is a long thin black velvet ribbon, onto which I threaded three gold beads spaced out along the front. </p><p>The whole look goes something like this: </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHGuyue-YKgjHhxfOOYJSsZdkLc6cB-MQSBdNH4jBB0Tkw6kA0bpoWcH5VESTlzn3Rwcp2kxXYWIVwDS-63KvN25uUmtpUh0uWTM6d7sqzL-_bORK_BuKZ8aTFfwYkLzEUo6OJkbWv0eob4tqzVXsz8pMO4Z8-FQz729JiEAsNSdVhZ_aDjiujyCCq_B3P/s762/hair%20dry%20run.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="762" data-original-width="572" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHGuyue-YKgjHhxfOOYJSsZdkLc6cB-MQSBdNH4jBB0Tkw6kA0bpoWcH5VESTlzn3Rwcp2kxXYWIVwDS-63KvN25uUmtpUh0uWTM6d7sqzL-_bORK_BuKZ8aTFfwYkLzEUo6OJkbWv0eob4tqzVXsz8pMO4Z8-FQz729JiEAsNSdVhZ_aDjiujyCCq_B3P/s320/hair%20dry%20run.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><p>The hair needs work - I like the false hairpiece, but my own hair in the front/side is very flyaway and frizzy looking. Gotta figure out what to do about that. </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>Jewelry</b></p><p>The necklace that I made to wear with this outfit is one of those kits where you press an acrylic cabochon (over a picture or flower petals or what-have-you) into the [pewter] setting - I’ve used these kits for <a href="https://clothofstars.blogspot.com/2022/08/regency-jewelry-more-brooches.html" target="_blank">Regency jewelry in the past</a>. For this pendant, I painted the back of the cab with blueish iridescent nail polish, and the effect is sort of labradorite-ish, and I love the way it looks, and the way the color looks with the green and aqua/gold colors in the outfit. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqy09ICAFs39SHOkQ4OeYbaPB2M5G1qrXS_OQqiAretmzPU784pdZvTEU8D4TG3-mMyL4-Z8Z05hpCmCiHuE61_EY6U0Q4bxPyw2Dz6pArr3aiOXz948AvorPiYwln088DkMEkVvPgcroSEtkXF-x5vBb3teyQaEi924YcNATAESfOmeJE9c1O2oHZj0Wv/s425/Nail%20polish%20pendant.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="425" data-original-width="407" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqy09ICAFs39SHOkQ4OeYbaPB2M5G1qrXS_OQqiAretmzPU784pdZvTEU8D4TG3-mMyL4-Z8Z05hpCmCiHuE61_EY6U0Q4bxPyw2Dz6pArr3aiOXz948AvorPiYwln088DkMEkVvPgcroSEtkXF-x5vBb3teyQaEi924YcNATAESfOmeJE9c1O2oHZj0Wv/w191-h200/Nail%20polish%20pendant.jpg" width="191" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p>The pendant is hung on am 16" gold chain; and worn with a second much longer chain which is tucked into the neckline of my <i>gamurra</i>. </p><p>I opted not to wear earrings with this outfit, since my hair covers my ears anyway. </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>Purse</b></p><p>I wanted a new purse/pouch to go with this outfit, since my other SCA pouches are all blue and red. I used scraps of the sleeve fabric, cut into orange-wedge-shaped pieces, and lined the bag with some spare blue cotton sheeting I had lying around. I couched a thin gold cord along each seam line on the outside, added a little fabric-covered button to the bottom to hide the joint between all the seams, and laced the top with a gold satin ribbon. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIrQd9FsmNdO_gpA-NBfU3mV3IzSSsn6bwHm_o-t5abaMoUHpwfHTG7HP_tbmWcFCwtWyvW14uDj6iOqRWGUzeK7HSvcLPIZvRKClimfFXH2Bl3oNTXIQroXC74U2g5FdJ5i4eQKfH-LyQu90K0YzwA9HNnvoep2TMcdJTquUZpMZbSc7Lh3SAcgM8MMu6/s2048/pouch%20finished.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIrQd9FsmNdO_gpA-NBfU3mV3IzSSsn6bwHm_o-t5abaMoUHpwfHTG7HP_tbmWcFCwtWyvW14uDj6iOqRWGUzeK7HSvcLPIZvRKClimfFXH2Bl3oNTXIQroXC74U2g5FdJ5i4eQKfH-LyQu90K0YzwA9HNnvoep2TMcdJTquUZpMZbSc7Lh3SAcgM8MMu6/s320/pouch%20finished.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Tada! I did a practice run on the whole costume today - doing my hair and getting completely dressed took me about forty minutes! SHEESH. I need a lady’s maid. Everything is finally finished, though, and now I just have to sit back and wait until the event. In three weeks. I guess I'll go crochet something, hehe. </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11076461889521049549noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2612404937725113769.post-85275386093290719212023-12-31T12:54:00.001-06:002023-12-31T12:54:06.935-06:00SCA: Green 1490s Florentine Outfit - for Candlemas 2024<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgw9tk9a5OF7L6leZvYbrmpxm-cIcDt3CD1kHO2xXbCDkZbGKmvv8QCN0v90lMlUEHO1_0uYYNEcs64aEvkpvWuS68pIK2Wp2C9BIFHKfwMB4F4Kdjpt5p_oblBtA8o0WwVGADZWBQpwEo0InsWwNkK6ubXx_btUK2hsmexGFLiFf4sslkV0uOkTD_p3Gj4/s762/finished%20dress.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="762" data-original-width="471" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgw9tk9a5OF7L6leZvYbrmpxm-cIcDt3CD1kHO2xXbCDkZbGKmvv8QCN0v90lMlUEHO1_0uYYNEcs64aEvkpvWuS68pIK2Wp2C9BIFHKfwMB4F4Kdjpt5p_oblBtA8o0WwVGADZWBQpwEo0InsWwNkK6ubXx_btUK2hsmexGFLiFf4sslkV0uOkTD_p3Gj4/w248-h400/finished%20dress.jpg" width="248" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>1490s Florentine Italian <br />for Candlemas 2024</i></td></tr></tbody></table><p>In the beginning, I honestly had no thoughts about what to wear to Candlemas in February - I figured I would just go Viking, like I always do. But then I went to the event webpage and saw this: </p><blockquote style="border: medium; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><p>"<span style="color: #3a3a3a;"><span><span face=""Noto Sans", sans-serif"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 17px;">The year is 1494 and the wealthiest bride in Europe is about to become the queen of Germany and future Empress of Rome. Come re-live the wedding of Bianca Maria Sforza of Milan and King Maximilian I of Austria and Germany." </span></span></span></span></p></blockquote><p><br /></p><p>1490s Italian? I'm in. The Sforza wedding was said to be one of the most amazing spectacles in years, by several people who wrote about it later: a pageant of high fashion and pomp the likes of which the writers had never seen. Candlemas this year is intended to be a huge costume extravaganza, and everyone will be wearing their finest Italian and German garb - there's even a costume contest! Time for a new fancy outfit, I thought.</p><p>My first thought was to make some minor alterations to the <a data-cke-saved-href="https://clothofstars.blogspot.com/2022/09/sca-1490s-florentine.html" href="https://clothofstars.blogspot.com/2022/09/sca-1490s-florentine.html" target="_blank">red velvet Florentine-ish outfit </a>I wore to Baronial in 2022 (the trim is wrong, the sleeves are too big, and the whole thing needs small adjustments here and there), but I wanted something <em>new</em>. And so of course, I started with something <em> old</em>. </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><em><strong>Gamurra</strong></em></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdXqWKfRgK0KQymApTLEDc4EQPYYQHp0IgvXNKo3wathlccfqjLSHDGnsAjxgEJCcjsphkmkWV1UqbTGp8obOsVBZezR3raq2-rowO7Nrqtf1l52HeMtCPuWZtCxvbpnOoi_GR0rogR-aNACM_UEowQpaAMEKCQR7Zl07KmORSyWR1I-vkdExc0IQvkfz0/s762/gamurra%20closeup.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="762" data-original-width="725" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdXqWKfRgK0KQymApTLEDc4EQPYYQHp0IgvXNKo3wathlccfqjLSHDGnsAjxgEJCcjsphkmkWV1UqbTGp8obOsVBZezR3raq2-rowO7Nrqtf1l52HeMtCPuWZtCxvbpnOoi_GR0rogR-aNACM_UEowQpaAMEKCQR7Zl07KmORSyWR1I-vkdExc0IQvkfz0/w190-h200/gamurra%20closeup.jpg" width="190" /></a></div>I started with my black silk noil <em>gamurra</em>, which I made in 2014 and which has undergone many transformations in the past nearly ten years, mostly in the form of various decorative stitching and trims being applied and removed to change the look. <p></p><p>I did the same this time, applying a gold and black braided trim to the neckline and front edges, and attaching some gold (brass) lacing rings to the front opening (yes, on top of the hand-sewn eyelets that were already there. The eyelets are very small, and they don't show under the rings when the dress is laced at all). </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><strong><em>Giornea</em></strong><br /></p><p></p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9eGrhMlemfPl5V5W5AhwaDV_cBYCfJOkfBlJPjl4ydVo4fHRJMH9VESj1_X3M_Dldv_zQyiULGjDign54Bx3XvrYPE6G-i-MWuLt7DS2QYsSETgWdZU-G2_4sSbNrCr7wF8Y2eyVcPLj5XkHJTmygyBdgyxY_eqvh6htVEmmaObFeMhPUVCthhKogmImX/s897/032015%20green%20velveteen%20burgundian.jpg" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="897" data-original-width="441" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9eGrhMlemfPl5V5W5AhwaDV_cBYCfJOkfBlJPjl4ydVo4fHRJMH9VESj1_X3M_Dldv_zQyiULGjDign54Bx3XvrYPE6G-i-MWuLt7DS2QYsSETgWdZU-G2_4sSbNrCr7wF8Y2eyVcPLj5XkHJTmygyBdgyxY_eqvh6htVEmmaObFeMhPUVCthhKogmImX/s320/032015%20green%20velveteen%20burgundian.jpg" width="157" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>before - Burgundian dress</i></td></tr></tbody></table>For the <i>giornea, </i> I made over an old Burgundian dress that I had made in 2013 and<em> </em>had never worn - I just never got around to making an underdress or headgear to wear with it, so it just sat ignored in my closet all these years. The outline was already nearly perfect, though. The dress is voluminous (much fuller than it looks in this picture), but the sleeves were too tight at the top, which made the shoulders fit weird. Fortunately, I didn't need the sleeves. <p></p><p>I removed the sleeves and all of the faux fur trim, cut the armscyes a bit deeper, removed the collar and opened up the center front seam all the way to the hemline. </p><p>I also stitched a length of gold braided trim along the neck opening/center front. I didn't want to dress this giornea up TOO much, because the sleeves and the trim on the <i>gamurra </i>were more than enough decoration for this outfit, but it did need something so that the edges weren't just plain. </p><p><em></em><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhikANzjOsM-UxB1nIuZohphJj2M8Nji_aXTKpVEC-Xg7xdA8OUWMJJJpXlLkLM-7d0N4d6InwZLkmtxZMZ4pnJ3xYe1wh1W7J7wTwZ71zAODUGU_KdatDk9uCnAxESWa4Eqrj5naAlTb3QxVDF17O6-Gg8CAGQ931PlaLqyOn8Zj2Luu1H6LZN1ubYXg_9/s762/finished%20dress%20-%20front%20closeup.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="762" data-original-width="572" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhikANzjOsM-UxB1nIuZohphJj2M8Nji_aXTKpVEC-Xg7xdA8OUWMJJJpXlLkLM-7d0N4d6InwZLkmtxZMZ4pnJ3xYe1wh1W7J7wTwZ71zAODUGU_KdatDk9uCnAxESWa4Eqrj5naAlTb3QxVDF17O6-Gg8CAGQ931PlaLqyOn8Zj2Luu1H6LZN1ubYXg_9/s320/finished%20dress%20-%20front%20closeup.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>closeup of the front</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p><br /></p><p><em>Giorneae</em> were usually open either at the front or sides or both, to allow the <em>gamurra </em>underneath to show through - mine is only open up the front, and is belted all the way around with a long, black, double-faced satin ribbon sash. My <em>giornea</em> was inspired by several Renaissance paintings, like these two (both fragments of frescos by Domenico Ghirlandaio): <br /></p><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPt5o0Z53ZVDg3SZu7Y7BLk111HTtCGD2qulXrjkxHMfkQe12UT_nSFS2cHBOlasuVAzE0LK_fknQRuebMA171sHxiehOrPkrXnu6A0kWVFsnD_ekx2BmZ7Dwp9lufg8hRatEgC_8rMXKS4Mj3UQgeTdoP0qnm4DKB82_eV3ZvGOurW96DJvIDzFHmGiPe/s640/Fragment%20from%20%E2%80%9CBirth%20of%20St.John%20the%20Baptist%E2%80%9D%20fresco,%20Cappella%20Tornabuoni,%20Basilica%20of%20Santa%20Maria%20Novella,%20Florence,%20Italy.%20Domenico%20Ghirlandaio,%20circa%201486-1490%20years..jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="478" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPt5o0Z53ZVDg3SZu7Y7BLk111HTtCGD2qulXrjkxHMfkQe12UT_nSFS2cHBOlasuVAzE0LK_fknQRuebMA171sHxiehOrPkrXnu6A0kWVFsnD_ekx2BmZ7Dwp9lufg8hRatEgC_8rMXKS4Mj3UQgeTdoP0qnm4DKB82_eV3ZvGOurW96DJvIDzFHmGiPe/w149-h200/Fragment%20from%20%E2%80%9CBirth%20of%20St.John%20the%20Baptist%E2%80%9D%20fresco,%20Cappella%20Tornabuoni,%20Basilica%20of%20Santa%20Maria%20Novella,%20Florence,%20Italy.%20Domenico%20Ghirlandaio,%20circa%201486-1490%20years..jpg" width="149" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>fragment from the "Birth of St. <br />John the Baptist" fresco</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTlie4RLjsyR60hlIAiWF1BR128ZnlEjqVFNpfIjJU_NZDtWwVOFEE3ZOb7D8blJvJ75lkY1J2L43bDEjM0jkeedXIh4FZthZP341JrCXhw-SyJXfcJNYhCm9Ma9t8NQZFec8dmLG6BiI9r1-4kP7fHgSibm2MXyBdKFb-E-KLs0LHqImQYAEbjasHOKvC/s694/Visitaion%20fresco%20fragment,%20Ghirlandaio.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="694" data-original-width="469" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTlie4RLjsyR60hlIAiWF1BR128ZnlEjqVFNpfIjJU_NZDtWwVOFEE3ZOb7D8blJvJ75lkY1J2L43bDEjM0jkeedXIh4FZthZP341JrCXhw-SyJXfcJNYhCm9Ma9t8NQZFec8dmLG6BiI9r1-4kP7fHgSibm2MXyBdKFb-E-KLs0LHqImQYAEbjasHOKvC/w135-h200/Visitaion%20fresco%20fragment,%20Ghirlandaio.jpg" width="135" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>fragment from the "Visitation" fresco<br /><br /></i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><strong>Sleeves</strong> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6UsU046ee_xtd311QRjffV0z5qXV0aIuA3kI1rnfbruI4l6DAY8oUxKGOksY_tIk1SsndKLhhueaRlpB9X39pnCwgan3WAdck-4LlgBHntY7axGllcxn41jQEjeZboN1BR1jUAGkCzckDPRuIK18DdkQffI4G7RzaeBKf1AGH3_noL6zJ8oF3SdZ4CHmo/s762/sleeves%20montage.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="762" data-original-width="762" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6UsU046ee_xtd311QRjffV0z5qXV0aIuA3kI1rnfbruI4l6DAY8oUxKGOksY_tIk1SsndKLhhueaRlpB9X39pnCwgan3WAdck-4LlgBHntY7axGllcxn41jQEjeZboN1BR1jUAGkCzckDPRuIK18DdkQffI4G7RzaeBKf1AGH3_noL6zJ8oF3SdZ4CHmo/w200-h200/sleeves%20montage.jpg" width="200" /></a></div>While 90% of this dress was basically free - I made over old costume pieces and used materials from my stash for almost all of it - I did actually splurge on fabric for the sleeves. This is a silk damask in aqua and gold (sort of a shiny tan, really) from <a href="https://renaissancefabrics.net/" target="_blank">Rennaisance Fabrics</a> - it’s so soft and pretty, I just love it! <div><p>Since the fabric was fairly dressy, I opted for a plainer sleeve design, closed at the upper arm and open on the lower arm, and laced open to allow my linen <em>camicia</em> to poof out through the lacings. </p><p>I stitched eyelets along the open forearm edges and on the sleeve heads where the sleeves attach to the <i>gamurra</i> in a tan/brown thread which matches the "gold" parts of the fabric's design. </p><p>I took my inspiration from images like these: </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdXLEU-Vpcx3dcMSB5Bx-eUWXxEJISdXPX4YJInpzCyutwTG0lGpUbZBVIG4q48jsA1X2LGfj11_N_so98CRJWBFLExc6yYTBEIsINg-RSZHuRWehrMPNhAv1Z8RWvnQgntG456OJIf9UedKhC7XFZbeUgypcqeNjgzGGcYLjhyL3o7dH7DgU_MRb37n6l/s562/closeup%20-%20John%20the%20Baptist%20fresco.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="562" data-original-width="329" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdXLEU-Vpcx3dcMSB5Bx-eUWXxEJISdXPX4YJInpzCyutwTG0lGpUbZBVIG4q48jsA1X2LGfj11_N_so98CRJWBFLExc6yYTBEIsINg-RSZHuRWehrMPNhAv1Z8RWvnQgntG456OJIf9UedKhC7XFZbeUgypcqeNjgzGGcYLjhyL3o7dH7DgU_MRb37n6l/w117-h200/closeup%20-%20John%20the%20Baptist%20fresco.jpg" width="117" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8PnEBvj5qsWV1jOBUw_FhQ-xfqoyu8qHUFaFA-cWENUcv7hyDUxQpTOlW-AXH5flfJpA9WqGUTkEU2YRFkWpZGts7aqa52r1g2KMYwVl1FaJJs8SsBMsmpPA8U2uCxbjKwLCcSjZ63lb8qFe_tazxDixSalmrwL31-6_YQmhBhSY6zfSkZ2twz10LQehy/s694/servant%20-%20fragment%20of%20the%20Visitation%20fresco,%20Ghirlandaio.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="694" data-original-width="596" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8PnEBvj5qsWV1jOBUw_FhQ-xfqoyu8qHUFaFA-cWENUcv7hyDUxQpTOlW-AXH5flfJpA9WqGUTkEU2YRFkWpZGts7aqa52r1g2KMYwVl1FaJJs8SsBMsmpPA8U2uCxbjKwLCcSjZ63lb8qFe_tazxDixSalmrwL31-6_YQmhBhSY6zfSkZ2twz10LQehy/w172-h200/servant%20-%20fragment%20of%20the%20Visitation%20fresco,%20Ghirlandaio.jpg" width="172" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>another fragment from the <br />"Visitation" fresco by Ghirlandaio</i></td></tr></tbody></table><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I'll talk about the accessories, and my hair, tomorrow. For now, although I won't be the fanciest nor the richest-looking person at the Candlemas event in my made-over dress, I'm proud of this outfit and I can't wait to wear it. I just hope it's not too hot, and that it holds up to dancing. </p><p><br /></p><p>Bonus: my Project Cat, Rabi, asleep on an Ikea pillow underneath my work table: </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz6OA_olfem4jsHcTY-JA8NLR34va_2g6Lkh34FwAyS2vr5JaHOek7B4mJFxSlZ8yxdYlulEj-conWlXWoDqiiCTbqkH0i81mATp5mAtLJ3Ra1BxqjPI-fPs0uIWLsSP9nRYR-QMT8PbCmMB_BO9WxO3zu_JKObKiSfhSn3hcyFldf0CHO4viPTXELmpTu/s762/bonus%20cat%20(rabi).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="762" data-original-width="655" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz6OA_olfem4jsHcTY-JA8NLR34va_2g6Lkh34FwAyS2vr5JaHOek7B4mJFxSlZ8yxdYlulEj-conWlXWoDqiiCTbqkH0i81mATp5mAtLJ3Ra1BxqjPI-fPs0uIWLsSP9nRYR-QMT8PbCmMB_BO9WxO3zu_JKObKiSfhSn3hcyFldf0CHO4viPTXELmpTu/s320/bonus%20cat%20(rabi).jpg" width="275" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br data-cke-eol="1" /></p></div>Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11076461889521049549noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2612404937725113769.post-5068586193600859422023-12-26T22:26:00.001-06:002023-12-31T12:58:34.147-06:00SCA: Hooray, New Book! <p> LOOK what a friend gave to me last week: </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimZkv8RiPO7r5oXaCHFKp7cC8H6kejvwHhVCFMSMamjqXOQMvjyqKVp1yuwA5tRYYrSZVMKmZtJbprbHW2L3lTCuGmcIn1jgwH42gVXSyzQo2_GNIknusBysOLAVY7TiNKGDRDnk0owe12O2LEWrPcH9N1pWceQa8XRLxIqjuHgEYVj_reUNcUGTRwinWY/s762/0-4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="762" data-original-width="542" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimZkv8RiPO7r5oXaCHFKp7cC8H6kejvwHhVCFMSMamjqXOQMvjyqKVp1yuwA5tRYYrSZVMKmZtJbprbHW2L3lTCuGmcIn1jgwH42gVXSyzQo2_GNIknusBysOLAVY7TiNKGDRDnk0owe12O2LEWrPcH9N1pWceQa8XRLxIqjuHgEYVj_reUNcUGTRwinWY/s320/0-4.jpg" width="228" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p>“Women In the Viking Age” by Judith Jesch (1991). Im SO excited to read it! Looks like there’s some nifty stuff in there - archeology, religion, politics, home life; poetry, weaving, jewelry, tools - and lots of great black and white photos and illustrations and MAPS. I love maps! </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPBfgPKVnC47EgJEf6AII_MCBREptHECLoRp-3OoeVx64S6HDUT9sE6QlPAg_ZuxWD9Dk5Zga50EYLdIi8YY7SUFT-1P69V2oXY-QQgltFQyXNGN80irYRaZGVDTCOP8uplHcT8aSmXRtDrCI_jZBZqE9eD_ZYR_RdZ5e7T_hiCT_VSqvXSZwff_gZyxr3/s762/0-5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="762" data-original-width="762" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPBfgPKVnC47EgJEf6AII_MCBREptHECLoRp-3OoeVx64S6HDUT9sE6QlPAg_ZuxWD9Dk5Zga50EYLdIi8YY7SUFT-1P69V2oXY-QQgltFQyXNGN80irYRaZGVDTCOP8uplHcT8aSmXRtDrCI_jZBZqE9eD_ZYR_RdZ5e7T_hiCT_VSqvXSZwff_gZyxr3/s320/0-5.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p>Yay! Thank you, friend! </p><p>* </p><p>We now return you to your regularly-scheduled pre-event creative crunch, wherein out heroine is finishing up six different projects before the event deadline and also starting two more that she absolutely does NOT have time to work on right now. Stay tuned… </p>Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11076461889521049549noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2612404937725113769.post-81335872944069137462023-11-30T09:12:00.001-06:002023-11-30T09:12:51.248-06:00SCA: We Interrupt This Blog For: A New Loom!<p> I got a new loom! </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjULEcNAVqRgCNQ3OB5G9Ac8V7r-G98arviapn_zYZAucHjNu0HzCJm8WBA_W9FKi45ON3IAaoKAE84V_A2qg1sUEjW67bvV5HvqOQUhirsVXb623HO_b6p_JNLa6HUluYado8eLtrSN85WZ1kDjEP-YZXRPCG195kqqWpodgsB8sUUyefwIvdjdxhQ036G/s694/new%20loom.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="694" data-original-width="520" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjULEcNAVqRgCNQ3OB5G9Ac8V7r-G98arviapn_zYZAucHjNu0HzCJm8WBA_W9FKi45ON3IAaoKAE84V_A2qg1sUEjW67bvV5HvqOQUhirsVXb623HO_b6p_JNLa6HUluYado8eLtrSN85WZ1kDjEP-YZXRPCG195kqqWpodgsB8sUUyefwIvdjdxhQ036G/s320/new%20loom.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p>This is a Windhaven “Harpsichord” model loom. It’s 24” wide and 31” tall. The wood is red oak, and the loom was designed by Windhaven over 7 years ago, so this loom is possibly that old. The top comes off and you can use it as a lap or tabletop loom by itself; or you can connect the entire thing and use it as a floor loom. When put together, it’s capable of making up to five yards of continuous trim. </p><p>One of my favorite things about this loom is that I got it for free. My local SCA barony has a Facebook gifting group - sort of like Buy Nothing but for the whole barony - and someone there was just giving this thing away, can you believe that? I had to drive over an hour to pick it up, but it’s definitely worth it. </p><p>It’s seen some use for sure - the wood near the tension peg is worn a little bit, and one of the pegs is a bit loose. (Currently debating whether to remove it and repair it now, or leave it until it becomes a problem). </p><p><br /></p><p>For fun and for comparison, here is my “old” loom: </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh49KuZAGu47-naqN3oLyuWUK3urgTg0mtuP9ONLGcq0gsdaqbVNdSc_ruVYfzDY4QMJIdCytdM_mrsC90iHYaH5zhAKQ0GdExz0MkVJlUew00TMwGYDOpcmXwB7-_xd8ltX98Ino_daXfch-Gtd2ZrTPXD5yNvkl2aFIJlZv3JfjCkq-H7AYlUjDa5fdXo/s925/old%20loom.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="694" data-original-width="925" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh49KuZAGu47-naqN3oLyuWUK3urgTg0mtuP9ONLGcq0gsdaqbVNdSc_ruVYfzDY4QMJIdCytdM_mrsC90iHYaH5zhAKQ0GdExz0MkVJlUew00TMwGYDOpcmXwB7-_xd8ltX98Ino_daXfch-Gtd2ZrTPXD5yNvkl2aFIJlZv3JfjCkq-H7AYlUjDa5fdXo/s320/old%20loom.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p>I built this myself based on a design in a YouTube video a few years ago. It’s pine; 15x37”; and it has two loose pegs and a number of adjustments and repairs that I’ve made over the years. It makes 3 yards of card or inkle trim when fully warped. </p><p>I can’t wait to start using the new Harpsichord, though. I’m going to have to go watch some videos on how to warp it, because I’ve never used one with a tension peg in this position before. </p><p>I have a Viking coat that needs trim all the way around (front edge, lower hem, and sleeves), and the coat takes just under 9y of trim all told. I would have had to have made three weaves to cover the distance with my “old” loom; now I’ll only have to make two. I don’t know what colors I’ll use yet, or what design, but I definitely want to try something more complicated than I’ve done before, to grow my skill set. </p><p>First, though, I have to finish my current A&S project, which I’m going to be completing on my old loom - I’m making 13 bits of trim, and since I started on the old loom I’ll finish the project there so they’ll all be uniform. Only 5 more to go! Whew. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_FQqEvk-_wE7Cy44jjPljHxsiiIg8_lF-sBK3vbVG9ajOTdohRJdL_hw0-27bq2X1_wTpohl510zH4CPrWpWUP6hjwaZyEtFRyFroTp7_lqmNgn7sRcAqXO8LxXqZ8PKZJYhBcOXBNZ6CqojwqRz_L1qlOdTNmB2hR_J55wtB6QGvjM0f6edswQRq7Vgp/s694/card%20weaving%20samples.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="694" data-original-width="694" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_FQqEvk-_wE7Cy44jjPljHxsiiIg8_lF-sBK3vbVG9ajOTdohRJdL_hw0-27bq2X1_wTpohl510zH4CPrWpWUP6hjwaZyEtFRyFroTp7_lqmNgn7sRcAqXO8LxXqZ8PKZJYhBcOXBNZ6CqojwqRz_L1qlOdTNmB2hR_J55wtB6QGvjM0f6edswQRq7Vgp/s320/card%20weaving%20samples.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p>Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11076461889521049549noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2612404937725113769.post-82247353256922765212023-11-28T12:07:00.000-06:002023-11-28T12:07:08.797-06:00Update About Random Things<h4 style="text-align: left;">SCA STUFF</h4><p>So, BAM (War of the Rams) was exciting and wonderful, as anticipated. There were a million things to do and see and learn, lots of classes, music, crafts, and lots of of fun times with friends. The Ansteorran Longship Association was out in full force with their first longship, called Skelmir, on display, and a dear friend gave a series of lectures about the history of the ship and its construction, which were fun and fascinating. Unfortunately, this year BAM was unseasonably warm, so I didn't get to wear the velveteen <a href="https://clothofstars.blogspot.com/2023/10/sca-15th-century-velvet-houppelande.html" target="_blank">houppelande </a>that I spent October making for it - but there'll be other cold events. </p><p><br /></p><p><b>What's Next? </b></p><p>So what am I working on right now? My next event will be Bryn Gwlad's Candlemas in February, so I'm working towards that. I'm making over an old dress into a completely new outfit to wear to the event, and making new accessories and jewelry to go with it - here's a little preview I whomped up in the ever-so-modern-and-up-to-date program, Microsoft Paint (yes, it still exists, LOL): </p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhg0vKdKqGPV96lxFidEJjaJ19Q4Ms_XddSVhXLeQh93HBQiAxVjZBNGOJ_mflmvFh6qwbiq_vL9rwW6ZxCWJFFWyQ3L9yW9WiD9vNmvl910w43uUBDKAorQdJSjZRkVTPwT5d7s5jb6puFrWFKMY0aCKXSOTG5xJxVN22pHsujErMVJd0drF5EYGcm7_Jh/s567/giornea%20color%20scheme.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="488" data-original-width="567" height="275" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhg0vKdKqGPV96lxFidEJjaJ19Q4Ms_XddSVhXLeQh93HBQiAxVjZBNGOJ_mflmvFh6qwbiq_vL9rwW6ZxCWJFFWyQ3L9yW9WiD9vNmvl910w43uUBDKAorQdJSjZRkVTPwT5d7s5jb6puFrWFKMY0aCKXSOTG5xJxVN22pHsujErMVJd0drF5EYGcm7_Jh/s320/giornea%20color%20scheme.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p>I'm also working on a series of A&S entries for a largesse competition at Candlemas, which includes glass beads, bags, and lots and lots of card weaving: </p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9HlkV4mE9DY32aEZ6IeylEw11dduaJUCR3dCAQvU4pO_6IWgjUcJAYqc4UIwCMyPKgV-WlPaj_u6ZhL8ox6FhuBUt-LSIhN22bH-ftR_eviUZsxoqfujsIO6iu1KhjDIJkXKf5jA8mdScofhyEOGKXLA9xwPH0aCuabr4ipojL2aRHNMiie6nj2K4iTye/s2048/card%20weaving%20header%20for%20Trelol.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9HlkV4mE9DY32aEZ6IeylEw11dduaJUCR3dCAQvU4pO_6IWgjUcJAYqc4UIwCMyPKgV-WlPaj_u6ZhL8ox6FhuBUt-LSIhN22bH-ftR_eviUZsxoqfujsIO6iu1KhjDIJkXKf5jA8mdScofhyEOGKXLA9xwPH0aCuabr4ipojL2aRHNMiie6nj2K4iTye/s320/card%20weaving%20header%20for%20Trelol.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p>I'm getting lots of practice doing things I love, and I'm having fun working on the new costume. I'll be working on all of it throughout December and January, so there may not be much in the way of updates until early next year. </p><p><br /></p><h4 style="text-align: left;">REGENCY STUFF</h4><p>A group of Regency costumers that I follow online did something fabulous this week: they went to see the Napoleon movie together as a group in Regency costumes! AAA! I would LOVE to do that, but unfortunately I'm the only person I know who's even remotely interested in Regency stuff. Oh, well. Maybe some day I'll live somewhere with a Regency society group that's more than just a study group like our local one is. (Not that a study group is bad, it's interesting, but I want <i>costumes</i>). </p><p>I don't have any Regency stuff planned for this winter - I'm too busy with SCA stuff right now. Although, I do have a ballgown and a new Spencer jacket on my planning boards (Trello - if you haven't seen it, check it out, it's an awesome project management app/website that keeps me organized and on track for all my projects, and it's free!) for the future - maybe in the spring. </p><p><br /></p><h4 style="text-align: left;">OTHER STUFF</h4><p>Meanwhile, while SCA work continues apace, I'm also about to start crocheting a comfy and swishy <i>ruana</i> for my roommate that she can wrap up in at work since her office is always freezing. </p><p>Also, (once SCA stuff and crocheting are done), I have <i>three</i> wooden tables in my house that I need to refinish. I probably won't talk about those here, although I may. I used to have a "furniture and other home crafts stuff" blog in addition to this one, but I don't keep up with it anymore. Maybe I should start again. But this won't be happening until probably March or later. </p><p><br /></p><p>Busy busy busy! I'll be back soon with an update about the Candlemas outfit. </p>Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11076461889521049549noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2612404937725113769.post-10982694115840355262023-10-25T19:03:00.003-05:002023-11-28T11:31:28.170-06:00SCA: A 15th-Century Velvet Houppelande<p>At my very first Gulf Wars, someone lent me a giant flannel houppelande on a cold night, which I threw on over my cotehardie, and I have wanted one ever since. So comfy! So voluminous! It's like wearing blankets! This year I finally made one for myself, since War of the Rams (BAM) in November is likely to be pretty cold in the evenings. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBpGdGhulgk3moTHM8Z9J_F-XhLT92LgZl6nQuK8FvTeG0VSO3lHO7GYRKGR5PFK8WxDVxl-j_vXbuXtIn4tp86ad8q3tlw_UJXBgpvUtfUL4bKcpm6zq4yrcvfTRDN5VifusU5Sx0JNvnCdPECDqAAh7kPd1TugTlLaupYEEa9kdNy_Ecd01GKj6rTCtJ/s762/finished%20houppelande%20%20-complete%20outfit.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="762" data-original-width="461" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBpGdGhulgk3moTHM8Z9J_F-XhLT92LgZl6nQuK8FvTeG0VSO3lHO7GYRKGR5PFK8WxDVxl-j_vXbuXtIn4tp86ad8q3tlw_UJXBgpvUtfUL4bKcpm6zq4yrcvfTRDN5VifusU5Sx0JNvnCdPECDqAAh7kPd1TugTlLaupYEEa9kdNy_Ecd01GKj6rTCtJ/w242-h400/finished%20houppelande%20%20-complete%20outfit.jpg" width="242" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p>This houpelande is made of the same cotton velveteen Ikea curtain panels that I used for my <a href="https://clothofstars.blogspot.com/2023/06/regency-green-velveteen-pelisse.html" target="_blank">Regency pelisse</a>, back in June. Last year I acquired a huge box of these curtain panels from my local neighborhood swap group for free, and I still had 4 of them left (about 10 yards of fabric) - they were perfect for this project. </p><p>I didn't have enough of the velveteen to make a full circle houppelande, so I used a simple A-line cut for the body of the dress, (adapted from a vintage 80s dress pattern) with side gores for as much fullness as I could pack into this thing. The sleeves are D-shaped, and come to a short cuff at the wrist. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2mNz0tEnlhUWmw0IeY2H7aqSt7sU4fkGJoQd2x2BgCVEgm6k0S34wNRz04tAw_lFZj0jbudb9jlp6sJkbWLLydrN0IdGM6gpsDm5x64UhRKecYKFdc-NSfaiTNn7g3C5ZRI12Emryvvp0mu1PnR2nOaOd1lIrQsdue1xZBTYplqBFH0bIHF2RQV4SYZE1/s762/sleeve%20shape%20and%20original%20pattern.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="762" data-original-width="762" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2mNz0tEnlhUWmw0IeY2H7aqSt7sU4fkGJoQd2x2BgCVEgm6k0S34wNRz04tAw_lFZj0jbudb9jlp6sJkbWLLydrN0IdGM6gpsDm5x64UhRKecYKFdc-NSfaiTNn7g3C5ZRI12Emryvvp0mu1PnR2nOaOd1lIrQsdue1xZBTYplqBFH0bIHF2RQV4SYZE1/s320/sleeve%20shape%20and%20original%20pattern.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>The houppelande is unlined - I didn't have any fabric to use as lining, and I figured this velveteen would likely be heavy enough to keep me warm when worn over my other clothes. After it was put together I dyed the entire piece with teal and charcoal Rit dye, which gave the aqua-blue fabric a lovely medium blue-ish-gray color: </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0_zceQOQLth5TDCMeZ2KbNYGcbp7AeK_fYYC6jdQassAY5a1naxJVo9VN1k4Y1xPEbn3LwQrXp_GQm4OGtkO1FgZUuFgUO3d3DMoNntZFYY0Ocfx6K_YPx3ATtqLQJ5ZA9hP83JFAsIjFkqnuGDc3AKhNuKSZBSAu3xDMgvA1oMudndRwoEbHjzfg5fUq/s762/dyeing%20the%20fabric.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="762" data-original-width="762" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0_zceQOQLth5TDCMeZ2KbNYGcbp7AeK_fYYC6jdQassAY5a1naxJVo9VN1k4Y1xPEbn3LwQrXp_GQm4OGtkO1FgZUuFgUO3d3DMoNntZFYY0Ocfx6K_YPx3ATtqLQJ5ZA9hP83JFAsIjFkqnuGDc3AKhNuKSZBSAu3xDMgvA1oMudndRwoEbHjzfg5fUq/s320/dyeing%20the%20fabric.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>After dyeing the whole thing, I added a collar and cuffs of white faux fur from my stash: </p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzTwxMnkuX8q3v5GoKkqRlhb7AyOleiZgAZpWAMQXk8XfJuK8hnlDO_lIEfrDdK6kgdyv1_02UaukfZsRTxfycBE_kLNMJB-49o1JuXG-Rish6F_GV0mmZCBxvpOoO7o9vlnSPO1LomwLnDYA65y1k7b9rYPuVSChlm1M7tUIMhwphvfcknQ7ysUbHxHIx/s762/collar%20closeup.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="762" data-original-width="762" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzTwxMnkuX8q3v5GoKkqRlhb7AyOleiZgAZpWAMQXk8XfJuK8hnlDO_lIEfrDdK6kgdyv1_02UaukfZsRTxfycBE_kLNMJB-49o1JuXG-Rish6F_GV0mmZCBxvpOoO7o9vlnSPO1LomwLnDYA65y1k7b9rYPuVSChlm1M7tUIMhwphvfcknQ7ysUbHxHIx/s320/collar%20closeup.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p> </p><p>The belt is one I made for a Burgundian gown that I made several years ago and never got around to wearing (oops). I had to move the hooks out several inches from where they were to get it to fit, but thankfully, the belt was long enough that I had plenty of space to work with. The hooks themselves are gold-colored plastic highlighted with green nail polish to mimic an enamel look; I forget where I bought them originally, I've had them for aeons. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK2M3YFU_OphjyvqgTu5xOmyvTGB78qP-YAutt0j9vzdB7T1Owo47oi77cTL_C0791hwCg4Ppjs21GJh7nn9McFuWoNTQqSpoS-KIWaZRc2ph65vlU6QzLMRqAc_dTJU1sD6Z3uWQfzhg8l1SQbecY4kWhaJp7NzAgZmDfD6j-IwsKbVX_oPsEEZStEbOo/s762/belt%20hooks.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="762" data-original-width="762" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK2M3YFU_OphjyvqgTu5xOmyvTGB78qP-YAutt0j9vzdB7T1Owo47oi77cTL_C0791hwCg4Ppjs21GJh7nn9McFuWoNTQqSpoS-KIWaZRc2ph65vlU6QzLMRqAc_dTJU1sD6Z3uWQfzhg8l1SQbecY4kWhaJp7NzAgZmDfD6j-IwsKbVX_oPsEEZStEbOo/s320/belt%20hooks.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>The padded roll hat in the first picture is one I made many years ago. It's nothing fancy, just a stuffed roll of damask upholstery fabric with pearl beads sewn on, worn with a netted/beaded snood and a couple of lightweight veils pinned onto it. </p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhreTO_p8j03qtgP9Z30kTuv9w_UI45vsLJnQ133YQ_wmci5G077NEZ3v5P_ub5UcU9VrJOjF91grhG7UMA_nsURZA6LEN3xPVxy3TM2yV6YSPncxTG_3gMABEZQpPnJQJTo1s7N5zOi6RF344aSOKwArxmtrIOpWM9jkkHMYuxMPeXGBFHOYTbLiSm2Elr/s762/headgear.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="762" data-original-width="548" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhreTO_p8j03qtgP9Z30kTuv9w_UI45vsLJnQ133YQ_wmci5G077NEZ3v5P_ub5UcU9VrJOjF91grhG7UMA_nsURZA6LEN3xPVxy3TM2yV6YSPncxTG_3gMABEZQpPnJQJTo1s7N5zOi6RF344aSOKwArxmtrIOpWM9jkkHMYuxMPeXGBFHOYTbLiSm2Elr/s320/headgear.jpg" width="230" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>So there's a big, new, warm outfit for BAM that I can wear on cold nights. I also have my linen coat to wear over my Viking outfits, which won't be terribly warm on its own, but which I can wear with layers of hoods and caps, and my wool shoulder cloak. </p><p><br /></p><p>Edit: It turns out the weather at BAM wasn't cold at all - mid-70s during the day, and only into the 60s at night, so I didn't get a chance to wear this at the event at all. Maybe next year. </p><p><br /></p>Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11076461889521049549noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2612404937725113769.post-73587545215746872272023-10-03T09:31:00.003-05:002023-10-03T10:22:21.715-05:00SCA: Making Over An Old Dress<p> Approximately one million years ago, I started making a pendant-sleeved gown for myself with some plain, tabby-woven silk that was given to me by a friend. She had dyed it a bright kelly green, and at the time I had visions of one of the hunting scenes from the hours of the Duc du Berry in my head: </p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4O3BGgTIfFIAyHq2hz_D0PFzxOOB9wdtBPbuVv1anrJP8AAJekw0hEi_1th45wqiBPdRV_lU4XDBRCk36X9Os_X1iVr94kxRahzGJR0w2oXAKjVpXuJ0W53DZl1PdIVuKdUuU2d97-UEWlRYDpujiZ-Kgi3n60Qi8Vvv7DG6VykSjB5qCgfPIY0JQpxfE/s768/Fre%CC%80res_Limbourg_-_Tre%CC%80s_Riches_Heures_du_duc_de_Berry_-_mois_de_mai_-_Google_Art_Project_cropped-scaled-e1664360233399-768x506.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="506" data-original-width="768" height="211" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4O3BGgTIfFIAyHq2hz_D0PFzxOOB9wdtBPbuVv1anrJP8AAJekw0hEi_1th45wqiBPdRV_lU4XDBRCk36X9Os_X1iVr94kxRahzGJR0w2oXAKjVpXuJ0W53DZl1PdIVuKdUuU2d97-UEWlRYDpujiZ-Kgi3n60Qi8Vvv7DG6VykSjB5qCgfPIY0JQpxfE/s320/Fre%CC%80res_Limbourg_-_Tre%CC%80s_Riches_Heures_du_duc_de_Berry_-_mois_de_mai_-_Google_Art_Project_cropped-scaled-e1664360233399-768x506.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p>However, I never finished it, and it sat for so long that over the years it somehow magically became too small for me to wear. However, it was still quite a bit of fabric, and the construction was pretty simple: rectangular front and back, with triangular side gores. I thought, if I cut the top off of it, I might be able to refashion it as a Viking apron dress…maybe? </p><p>So I dyed it with the blue dyes that I had left over from the last dye project (royal and navy) with a bit of charcoal to tone things down a bit, and I ended up with this gorgeous dark hunter green: </p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ82NDgSCXgpygpHwSgmqCpfSS3XZ-k3Edgj2tid2nYv-tBenAqOfCI4c6e-nuAbwWBiLsUgezrzCNU8o74X-E0Y8Qf5zI7akbGrCxFWM_GXYEt3YrIpxB3GpMNsmMpGTQALcevRT_amzbEYISNpZBEQDB4C5lVnG8VDDov-7PdzSLTY6Jl_wHPjSuDTBO/s698/een%20dress%20dye%20job.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="698" data-original-width="698" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ82NDgSCXgpygpHwSgmqCpfSS3XZ-k3Edgj2tid2nYv-tBenAqOfCI4c6e-nuAbwWBiLsUgezrzCNU8o74X-E0Y8Qf5zI7akbGrCxFWM_GXYEt3YrIpxB3GpMNsmMpGTQALcevRT_amzbEYISNpZBEQDB4C5lVnG8VDDov-7PdzSLTY6Jl_wHPjSuDTBO/s320/een%20dress%20dye%20job.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I cut the top of the dress off at the waist, cut off the hem and re-hemmed it by hand (the original dress had a long train at the back, which I removed), and made some straps out of the fabric from the top of the old dress, et voila: </p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8B9bnVWCFPPpD8BooYZeEDj3ZZ2OgTOU8qE7fE4w1cCnZ4NS140HOS-BKGS52noRdMKcq4TQ-pADqEoIbrOuBTmLq7poUsWRK8ZZVv267sURLRyBpXBmTXsErSe-7Hp1YNh9_FA3-R2O5YAwggJuC3-H-R-4nAfYpnmSrVoE8Ljjjjs4FvIed6NAEUkGa/s698/Green%20dress%20finished.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="698" data-original-width="404" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8B9bnVWCFPPpD8BooYZeEDj3ZZ2OgTOU8qE7fE4w1cCnZ4NS140HOS-BKGS52noRdMKcq4TQ-pADqEoIbrOuBTmLq7poUsWRK8ZZVv267sURLRyBpXBmTXsErSe-7Hp1YNh9_FA3-R2O5YAwggJuC3-H-R-4nAfYpnmSrVoE8Ljjjjs4FvIed6NAEUkGa/w231-h400/Green%20dress%20finished.jpg" width="231" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Since this is essentially the skirt of a much longer dress, the gores start from just under the bustline, instead of at the waist, making this a looser, more A-line shaped dress than the ones I normally wear, which are fitted to just underneath the underbust and flare out from there. I really like the fit and shape, it’s very flattering on me and will look nice with or without a belt. </p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8YewpjZ_g729h9yJkUHpZR6XAkUbVK9Q9nGJ7fOiFSAYw3ZXukyOyT2GzS95Y9lbN45mT0WIpo2QvyRrJ9ZtEVLU1-NgZm7qMD6S4j02NjsQOaBb-qTwmBYJMfjtbmXlbX5iVCrIKtANdFDmiimarp8rcvzv9MGev_suqpBBOjDRYN21OseKaHQV_eUz3/s698/green%20dress%20stitching.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="698" data-original-width="698" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8YewpjZ_g729h9yJkUHpZR6XAkUbVK9Q9nGJ7fOiFSAYw3ZXukyOyT2GzS95Y9lbN45mT0WIpo2QvyRrJ9ZtEVLU1-NgZm7qMD6S4j02NjsQOaBb-qTwmBYJMfjtbmXlbX5iVCrIKtANdFDmiimarp8rcvzv9MGev_suqpBBOjDRYN21OseKaHQV_eUz3/s320/green%20dress%20stitching.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p>The long seams of this dress were originally done on the machine (and thank goodness the old thread took the dye pretty well); I did all the new sewing by hand - the top and bottom hem are done with a herringbone stitch, and the straps are folded and whipped together, and attached to the dress by hand. </p><p>I don’t currently have anything with which to decorate the top of the dress, but that’s fine for right now. I can wear it plain this coming weekend (our fall Baronial event), and then when I have time I might be able to weave something for the top hem before the Bjornsborg event at the end of the month. </p><p>At the moment I’m just pleased that I have a new dress for free, and that it’s not blue. I love blue, but literally ALL of my apron dresses are blue, and I’ve been wanting some variation. This color is probably not period-appropriate (neither is the fabric, really), but it’s what I had, and it’ll do just fine. </p>Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11076461889521049549noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2612404937725113769.post-56670198376474639092023-09-25T16:54:00.002-05:002023-09-25T16:54:34.254-05:00SCA: Heraldic Table Runner For the New Sprezzatura Table<p> Once the <a href="https://clothofstars.blogspot.com/2023/09/sca-table-for-sprezzatura.html" target="_blank">table for Sprezzatura's camp</a> was complete I wanted a nice bit of something to go over the top of it. I briefly considered painting the household's heraldry onto the top of the table, but the table will be covered with food and drink and all sorts of other stuff at events, so I decided to do make a fabric table runner - it will be easier to see, make the table look nicer, and be washable in case of spills. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgds_Yghpw0l_0fJcNErXgCM7ineiHyQFM4425f1SnH7XAv3UahSzKj5Mr9AG4TtWKmrfbEaa_cS9KfrkBp1a5YhU7QVcOZ6A-wSPe3TnkRzHCOJoUrD4daYutVuoiS7NxA9clH9Nl2du3lf33fjcrqV3__ZfCuh6A79fA2f0UBRHj4b9VIsZ6x15kbYrcL/s762/table%20finished%20and%20dressed.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="762" data-original-width="572" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgds_Yghpw0l_0fJcNErXgCM7ineiHyQFM4425f1SnH7XAv3UahSzKj5Mr9AG4TtWKmrfbEaa_cS9KfrkBp1a5YhU7QVcOZ6A-wSPe3TnkRzHCOJoUrD4daYutVuoiS7NxA9clH9Nl2du3lf33fjcrqV3__ZfCuh6A79fA2f0UBRHj4b9VIsZ6x15kbYrcL/s320/table%20finished%20and%20dressed.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><p><br /></p><p>The fabric is cotton broadcloth, with cotton/poly bias tape edging. The appliqué is quilting cotton, backed with fusible interfacing, and the whole thing is backed with more blue broadcloth so that the back of the appliqué is hidden and protected. </p><p>I haven't done appliqué in about 8 years, and I've never done it on my current sewing machine. The machine did NOT want to cooperate. It's not perfect - I've done better in the past - but for not having done it in so long and having to practically alligator-wrestle this sewing machine into doing what I wanted, I think it came out pretty well. I'm satisfied with it. </p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgD69NbQr6UdxZaDQW6wk0doXJ_FmFCAdaXWAsgrOhPGKeNnkv0tER8z7_3RdDy7Z96kYQJJq4OnzMoOEIrIb6ugQ-Oa7A_-FuJJY_11ZyVgiTZ8FDBVRCtyS3KfT6Sy_ZJ-vKXz9IfssTbrcUi_ZG827EMW5Z-RApPcPcHWdd0XT4XEQQ0o1zt5bt8HMk0/s762/Table%20runner%20detail.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="762" data-original-width="572" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgD69NbQr6UdxZaDQW6wk0doXJ_FmFCAdaXWAsgrOhPGKeNnkv0tER8z7_3RdDy7Z96kYQJJq4OnzMoOEIrIb6ugQ-Oa7A_-FuJJY_11ZyVgiTZ8FDBVRCtyS3KfT6Sy_ZJ-vKXz9IfssTbrcUi_ZG827EMW5Z-RApPcPcHWdd0XT4XEQQ0o1zt5bt8HMk0/s320/Table%20runner%20detail.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11076461889521049549noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2612404937725113769.post-2622217306316619292023-09-25T16:52:00.002-05:002023-09-25T16:52:52.529-05:00SCA: Table For Sprezzatura<p>I refinished a table! </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqCklOGr04hsrWzqoOcIiqwZ0fWOSgK0GffIHcT71Ecm_V7EPpscfAd4IIVU2devuo7wHFTLALGUYvQMPvqa_VnFkxRsrArp_D6BGH-ovXewNqjTehSWbgEGLZPnqx0pnolqNaGSW4U0KToG9xQ9faBX49H6Y_rA_oxZl2yL5eyZNsaavY_JhfT-7qKANE/s762/table%20finished%20and%20dressed.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="762" data-original-width="572" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqCklOGr04hsrWzqoOcIiqwZ0fWOSgK0GffIHcT71Ecm_V7EPpscfAd4IIVU2devuo7wHFTLALGUYvQMPvqa_VnFkxRsrArp_D6BGH-ovXewNqjTehSWbgEGLZPnqx0pnolqNaGSW4U0KToG9xQ9faBX49H6Y_rA_oxZl2yL5eyZNsaavY_JhfT-7qKANE/w300-h400/table%20finished%20and%20dressed.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><p><br /></p><p>Earlier this year, I had grand ideas about building some sort of Medieval-ish wooden table for my household's camp. Until now, we have used a plastic folding table in the center of our pavilion for people to gather around and eat and hang out; but I wanted to make something nicer and somewhat period-ish. Unfortunately, budget and lumber prices kept me from starting the project I had in mind. </p><p>But then, at the beginning of August, I found this little wooden table for free on the curb in my neighborhood: </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAyxLoNz4YOZ_puRq82PUmj7IZ4HVhA4ERxCkrQZ8VmpXXmhLIe-swwjyB1cslg3jrWq0Jpfz2ew41Zvt-eAPe46oMkI-ABxe3b2UAjaPfPZH61_YOdGeP8OST9KjLCqEnVS0IXvnTkUZ4W6DflcTXS1N0GPVcFq2sEuJB4JS24TpDosnwn2pr5DB9j-gZ/s704/tablebefore.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="704" data-original-width="702" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAyxLoNz4YOZ_puRq82PUmj7IZ4HVhA4ERxCkrQZ8VmpXXmhLIe-swwjyB1cslg3jrWq0Jpfz2ew41Zvt-eAPe46oMkI-ABxe3b2UAjaPfPZH61_YOdGeP8OST9KjLCqEnVS0IXvnTkUZ4W6DflcTXS1N0GPVcFq2sEuJB4JS24TpDosnwn2pr5DB9j-gZ/s320/tablebefore.jpg" width="319" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>It's in great shape construction-wise, a perfect size for our camp (48" x 32", a little shorter than our plastic table, but wider), and the design, though a bit generically Pottery Barn-farmhouse-y, is sort of vaguely Medieval in style and resembles many trestle tables I've seen in artwork from the 1300-1400s, so I think it works. Ten-foot rule, right? Or as my friend Kate says, it'll look just fine when seen from a galloping horse. </p><p>The only problem with it was that the previous owner (?) stained it with black stain...and they did a <i>horrible </i>job of it. The stain was applied unevenly and not wiped off in between coats, so there are visible brush marks and places where the brush marks overlap, and even areas where it's obvious the stain pooled on the wood and just congealed there. Also, they sanded off the original finish before staining it, and the sanding was done with a sandpaper that was so heavy and coarse that it marred the wood in places, and half the sanding marks are against the grain. Ugh! </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpf2JzZZX-Bpk16Iz7KN0HXpXnwtY7utE0nef85nxPikE_skl-uAz8UmK2l1p-XMmGhhx-LKvl8TrcPezJqoOwEnGuiitVtIcEQsmW8_yDIYiwUg-tyfIr89l94GvYtPmob7UmlVjPkkkTgPMo7NeGklE1tqYG5YG4j3Dixn3TWCGH6Hp7YPm7JPOOYGdx/s2048/before%20finish%20problems.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpf2JzZZX-Bpk16Iz7KN0HXpXnwtY7utE0nef85nxPikE_skl-uAz8UmK2l1p-XMmGhhx-LKvl8TrcPezJqoOwEnGuiitVtIcEQsmW8_yDIYiwUg-tyfIr89l94GvYtPmob7UmlVjPkkkTgPMo7NeGklE1tqYG5YG4j3Dixn3TWCGH6Hp7YPm7JPOOYGdx/s320/before%20finish%20problems.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Left: uneven and blotchy stain; <br />right: sanding and brush marks against the grain</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Enter: two cans of Easy Off oven cleaner. </p><p>That's right, oven cleaner. I saw this trick on Instagram, and then read some blogs about the process and watched some videos, and then tried it out on this table. You basically spray the entire piece down with oven cleaner, let it sit for about half an hour, scrub it down thoroughly with soap and water, and then hose it off with water. (The soap and water neutralize the cleaner chemicals so that you're not washing anything harmful into your yard, just dirty water). Et voila: <i>most</i> of the stain came right off! </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyBA_8Hat7TuR7zGR88PwBYZ9Y8iKTM-ENiRH6akPKR9HIXXoENr0WUKHm3iIZUoKLO4zW10yUJ8zNrbYT0Ycvt1nCv6mZb7Kds1g0TH3fBQ5o23NGZwis4tA9s2Tr3nKvo9YU7M0C8XvarWX_vPfgzG99JUL82maf0U8jaHqgd96iiNOWJq56aD3zpoMZ/s704/table%20after%202%20coats%20oven%20cleaner.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="704" data-original-width="528" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyBA_8Hat7TuR7zGR88PwBYZ9Y8iKTM-ENiRH6akPKR9HIXXoENr0WUKHm3iIZUoKLO4zW10yUJ8zNrbYT0Ycvt1nCv6mZb7Kds1g0TH3fBQ5o23NGZwis4tA9s2Tr3nKvo9YU7M0C8XvarWX_vPfgzG99JUL82maf0U8jaHqgd96iiNOWJq56aD3zpoMZ/s320/table%20after%202%20coats%20oven%20cleaner.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>this was after the first treatment; after the <br />second pass it came almost completely clean! </i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p><br /></p><p> </p><p>The rest of it came off pretty easily with the sander, and I was able to smooth out the rough sanding marks the previous DIYer left behind. After it was all sanded, I cleaned off the entire piece and coated it with wood conditioner to prep the wood for staining. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJmofjL8mjEjAZdS6ZDjQQWhfNDrr1ejQtjyI6R0dEhTWaHUGIthhinpYD7_07733DAU_R9J67hUSMwGiepHp2RYYnAZ8LUdvpTAXanLeFhi1mLQgxn4QBW5YAM8_sEn6zWDqleibV1lVGJIouY42X1dUnyZqqEQo0ycb4_wznmzta-G2VC7vWUb8SFZHi/s2966/unnamed.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2151" data-original-width="2966" height="232" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJmofjL8mjEjAZdS6ZDjQQWhfNDrr1ejQtjyI6R0dEhTWaHUGIthhinpYD7_07733DAU_R9J67hUSMwGiepHp2RYYnAZ8LUdvpTAXanLeFhi1mLQgxn4QBW5YAM8_sEn6zWDqleibV1lVGJIouY42X1dUnyZqqEQo0ycb4_wznmzta-G2VC7vWUb8SFZHi/s320/unnamed.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>While the black stain that was originally on the table was nice, I wanted something lighter and warmer. I have an "espresso" stain that is way too dark, and a "Jacobean" that is a nice dark brown but it's got weird green undertones. I love my walnut stain, but I wanted darker, so I ended up putting two coats of the walnut on the wood, and it came out really nicely, I think: </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizEcax2zMZ5JSlex8eJdM6yz6R0fWXlWQxx7FiMjWP78dvRVBNmCcQa3XG_S5ycwQPeu5JiGrHY_XiK8357EkPqVFLRa6IfxqDmZ3U4XhSj-7zz4n3KIQAA_M2dMBxpyYFmKLw4HQVWTD5JX8tp75mK0PIdwLECCbTRvqBBh0KXYWZC9Y-VNFl0r8jRsDn/s807/table%20finished.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="762" data-original-width="807" height="302" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizEcax2zMZ5JSlex8eJdM6yz6R0fWXlWQxx7FiMjWP78dvRVBNmCcQa3XG_S5ycwQPeu5JiGrHY_XiK8357EkPqVFLRa6IfxqDmZ3U4XhSj-7zz4n3KIQAA_M2dMBxpyYFmKLw4HQVWTD5JX8tp75mK0PIdwLECCbTRvqBBh0KXYWZC9Y-VNFl0r8jRsDn/s320/table%20finished.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>After the staining was complete, I coated the whole table in polyurethane to protect the finish. </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Tada! New table. The whole project took me about a month and a half, working on weekend mornings before it got too hot outside, and a little bit here and there during the week in my spare time. </p><p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvv85ca3ee5aAKLxbLVU-S8443OICc1w2Pu14k23pn89JFjhY1gWQfEPuYcrWhouvHYAmLVcdOymTXr1n1HD8ROp3XhBze2bFU2repUt43E9CTvwYdu6hOAWMqCDD0JmNQv6XBsQTpFUKyD0fj2rGk1svPzz998w1ZZBsQO7036Clbt-5vGxSVFbEUKVPh/s704/wear%20your%20PPEs.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="704" data-original-width="528" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvv85ca3ee5aAKLxbLVU-S8443OICc1w2Pu14k23pn89JFjhY1gWQfEPuYcrWhouvHYAmLVcdOymTXr1n1HD8ROp3XhBze2bFU2repUt43E9CTvwYdu6hOAWMqCDD0JmNQv6XBsQTpFUKyD0fj2rGk1svPzz998w1ZZBsQO7036Clbt-5vGxSVFbEUKVPh/s320/wear%20your%20PPEs.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>always wear your PPEs, people. </i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><h4 style="text-align: left;"><br /></h4><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11076461889521049549noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2612404937725113769.post-2336474941207082492023-09-17T15:31:00.005-05:002023-09-17T15:34:02.853-05:00SCA: Men's Viking Outfit: Dyeing All the Things<p>The other day I <a href="https://clothofstars.blogspot.com/2023/09/sca-some-pictures-of-me-and-some-random.html" target="_blank">posted a couple of pictures</a> of me in a couple of my Viking outfits. When I first saw the picture of me in my men's Viking outfit, I realized two things: (a) that was the first time I'd ever actually SEEN my men's Viking outfit on me from an outside perspective, and (b) I didn't like it at all. </p><p>Most of my (women's) Viking outfits are in varying shades of blue and green, and I like them all. But each women's outfit is primarily one color: the color of the apron dress, backed by a white or pale gray under dress, with coordinating accessories (hats, bags, etc) in complementary shades of blues and/or greens. Very simple. </p><p>The man's outfit, however, was made up of several pieces in varying light blues and light greens that were worn all together, and the different colors were NOT working well with each other. Overall the whole outfit looked...kind of Smurfy. And that's not good. </p><p> </p><p></p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaQxAJFiHTUVuz7XwijgH3elyZ4dKHpuUJBwonG6Zdk7LD9N_aI4k5gZ4f708uNWTHUe7Nz6yT_V2mr_wqO0xXvAQOj6sVbGIrbZyt7rUg9T299s5myvaONpXZSbvbJ0AX4bEJpqfRMWPFEZGJ7QqiGngMSvIqFU7mvVXcMAgMdb7DPspng3-Rti9C6hGK/s400/2023%20September%20me%20in%20male%20Viking.jpg" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="186" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaQxAJFiHTUVuz7XwijgH3elyZ4dKHpuUJBwonG6Zdk7LD9N_aI4k5gZ4f708uNWTHUe7Nz6yT_V2mr_wqO0xXvAQOj6sVbGIrbZyt7rUg9T299s5myvaONpXZSbvbJ0AX4bEJpqfRMWPFEZGJ7QqiGngMSvIqFU7mvVXcMAgMdb7DPspng3-Rti9C6hGK/s320/2023%20September%20me%20in%20male%20Viking.jpg" width="149" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>before</i></td></tr></tbody></table><p><br /></p><p><b>The Problems</b></p><p>1. Multiple shades of blue and green that don't all go together very well</p><p>2. Main body of tunic is a really weird green that is probably not a "period color" which was bothering me</p><p>3. I never really cared for the big trapezoidal neck yoke and the sleeve cuff pieces. I don't like the shape of the yoke at all. </p><p>(Please ignore the violently turquoise socks - those are being replaced by new socks in natural colors). </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>The Solutions</b></p><p>THE TUNIC </p><p>I removed all the trim, visible top-stitching, and the blue yoke and cuff pieces. Then, I re-hemmed all the edges by hand, and dyed the whole thing. After that, I applied some new trim pieces to the neckline, sleeve cuffs, and the lower hem of the tunic. </p><p><br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgF_hc9uXK3MLu4msKHoSuu7mi-XhiMXCfjlnBlnMHcBrwnGsXiJ_v1TsFj49_bnQExr6eenwky5cwCxIfxK8fPSzrHTOQ7sELBSaJAQzvSe37ekzE0guuFfkdbmYGQeTpZKrSg33qLKu2syno7I8FGtfSUbyxLFeh2Gngis0U-DUdsl523yaBad4mgFbm7/s762/tunic.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="762" data-original-width="762" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgF_hc9uXK3MLu4msKHoSuu7mi-XhiMXCfjlnBlnMHcBrwnGsXiJ_v1TsFj49_bnQExr6eenwky5cwCxIfxK8fPSzrHTOQ7sELBSaJAQzvSe37ekzE0guuFfkdbmYGQeTpZKrSg33qLKu2syno7I8FGtfSUbyxLFeh2Gngis0U-DUdsl523yaBad4mgFbm7/w200-h200/tunic.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><br />The new color of the tunic (right) is much better. I used a royal blue and teal to achieve this shade of blue, which is one that would be achievable with natural dyes like woad, and therefore makes the tunic a bit more period-looking than it had been before. <p></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_2UfMY-tjp5w9pCMlTJorHNc_gE99JtHev8Use_anSIT8ZVY7RjckiOSdHanRfqifvhP1hAYT6Sow0uIaMh0Eo4qOfS-dv0BhfoVKUHNQwzDuFwL2ZdvVHrhPyRzAQLGmqNWRc86pZLtOd1NN7i1CAjw_XJlruroVC9yHRLFZ-ZzJFchq22NYFumYVFbp/s762/0.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="762" data-original-width="572" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_2UfMY-tjp5w9pCMlTJorHNc_gE99JtHev8Use_anSIT8ZVY7RjckiOSdHanRfqifvhP1hAYT6Sow0uIaMh0Eo4qOfS-dv0BhfoVKUHNQwzDuFwL2ZdvVHrhPyRzAQLGmqNWRc86pZLtOd1NN7i1CAjw_XJlruroVC9yHRLFZ-ZzJFchq22NYFumYVFbp/w150-h200/0.jpg" width="150" /></a></div><br /> The trim fabric is made from an old linen apron dress that didn't fit me anymore; I also couched a twisted cord in coordinating colors to the edge of the trim fabric. I don't wear this rust/orange color as a primary color, because it looks awful on me in large amounts; but I really love the way the rust/blue set each other off.<p></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>PANTS, SOCKS, AND WININGAS</p><p><br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYHs2TCMIxrx78Gm68_ANuRq41s94EsEv3k-nEe7G3BVbrqK7UBVBSQPMHHHUSXAu_mM177WSbvrkwrwPXhZHz2jWRDsTzlkUGY9z_zIq03R3Sjaoq4VOs8F89M92Nhe1NtET3nD0KmtATHS6rBRyjgoBdZNPdwfDM6iqPHjIm-x1qQwEXil9in65V2_F1/s762/pants.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="762" data-original-width="762" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYHs2TCMIxrx78Gm68_ANuRq41s94EsEv3k-nEe7G3BVbrqK7UBVBSQPMHHHUSXAu_mM177WSbvrkwrwPXhZHz2jWRDsTzlkUGY9z_zIq03R3Sjaoq4VOs8F89M92Nhe1NtET3nD0KmtATHS6rBRyjgoBdZNPdwfDM6iqPHjIm-x1qQwEXil9in65V2_F1/w200-h200/pants.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><br />The linen pants, which started out a sort of "light navy" color (sort of darkish grayish blue, shown on the left of this picture), were dyed with a deep brown, which rendered them a sort of charcoal gray, which grounds the more intensely colored tunic nicely. <p></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoaFvou5PdgtqPo_4KwXgbKrSVWBYIgtaA6s28HYp8cFil3OGtzp_PdnqHQiqDNPjvhlakIgYihZn1jmjIQN916KbeV7FQAu-tUBD4Nq5WEKD08TYARPONv2Y5k7FNhux4fRcT07DPK3EVkVyWs6JIvscKjTH04F1BukE3vPCB-fTQW4_dlAYtB6wpDuih/s762/winingas.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="762" data-original-width="762" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoaFvou5PdgtqPo_4KwXgbKrSVWBYIgtaA6s28HYp8cFil3OGtzp_PdnqHQiqDNPjvhlakIgYihZn1jmjIQN916KbeV7FQAu-tUBD4Nq5WEKD08TYARPONv2Y5k7FNhux4fRcT07DPK3EVkVyWs6JIvscKjTH04F1BukE3vPCB-fTQW4_dlAYtB6wpDuih/w200-h200/winingas.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><br />I dyed the winingas with a bit of the same brown and some charcoal gray. They started out a sort of baby-blue, and the warp threads in the wool remained blue, while the weft threads dyed a deep charcoal-brown, and I REALLY like the effect. <p></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>The End Result</b></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcAi-SjdSsJOcY4m58u27_CZpK0VzL7VTxdgxZ3luBfscvsZfl2dXbsvut1lZhvFhAejM-rCG7NBfQgbTA0ca4AocktN_uuhhh_JFBx1f0hTPd4vq8kOETtdasBoobYkSUxJdim-H1qjoMjAN-YHG0jYtPjZ7wA3BP2vHFWl9HZJnF9D033EjHDTZMSU5x/s762/finished%20outfit.jpg" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="762" data-original-width="361" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcAi-SjdSsJOcY4m58u27_CZpK0VzL7VTxdgxZ3luBfscvsZfl2dXbsvut1lZhvFhAejM-rCG7NBfQgbTA0ca4AocktN_uuhhh_JFBx1f0hTPd4vq8kOETtdasBoobYkSUxJdim-H1qjoMjAN-YHG0jYtPjZ7wA3BP2vHFWl9HZJnF9D033EjHDTZMSU5x/w190-h400/finished%20outfit.jpg" width="190" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>after</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p></p><p>Here's what the finished outfit looks like: </p><p><br /></p><p>This is a much more balanced color scheme, with a single intensely-colored piece grounded by dark neutral tones. I feel like the colors here are much more natural and realistic-looking - these browns and grays and blue are colors which are achievable with natural dyes, and might have been worn in period. I'm immensely happy with the way the dyeing turned out. (The tunic actually looks more blue than this in person, I could NOT get it to come out right on my camera). </p><p>I'm also pretty stoked that I managed to do this entire project for only about $20 for just the fabric dye. That's far less than half of what I would have spent on just the linen for a new tunic! </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxFwtqkTO-_5tybniGRCK1gIkjGH3vbNb4XEs6cCLlm59SmljTLXL8nkJ2TMZqjo5xwOTBdJFVPkBBrTfMR0lg1ITHLRT1LNJ3KGE05vbdSHZpyhsG3RqNGt30LrsUbWwyQvvg3XlBsttkPoqUMS08WGx-O0KYR1og9YD4SBPQcjbIgviMcTZpRHWXouYI/s762/finished%20outfit%20with%20cloak.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="762" data-original-width="332" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxFwtqkTO-_5tybniGRCK1gIkjGH3vbNb4XEs6cCLlm59SmljTLXL8nkJ2TMZqjo5xwOTBdJFVPkBBrTfMR0lg1ITHLRT1LNJ3KGE05vbdSHZpyhsG3RqNGt30LrsUbWwyQvvg3XlBsttkPoqUMS08WGx-O0KYR1og9YD4SBPQcjbIgviMcTZpRHWXouYI/w174-h400/finished%20outfit%20with%20cloak.jpg" width="174" /></a></div><br /> <p></p><p>Just for fun, here's a pic of with my blue wool cloak. </p><p>Bonus: new hat! </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Whew, done! For now. </p>Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11076461889521049549noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2612404937725113769.post-20238758287789471302023-09-15T14:51:00.000-05:002023-09-15T14:51:20.934-05:00SCA: Hedeby "Pillbox" Hat (Leens Hat)<p> Here's a quick little project that I whipped up yesterday, because I was finished with all my other projects and needed something to do. Also, I was lacking any type of headgear for my Viking outfits. </p><p>Previously, I had made several Jorvik and Dublin hoods for myself, which I originally wore with my women's Viking outfits, until I learned that they were very likely men's hats; and which I discontinued wearing when I realized that they were styles from the British Isles, and didn't fit with my Swedish/ Danish persona (I haven't narrowed it down farther than that; I base most of my clothing on finds from Birka and Hedeby).</p><p>However, that left me with only my <a href="https://clothofstars.blogspot.com/2023/09/sca-finishing-long-overdue-ufo.html" target="_blank">Skjoldehamn hood</a> to cover my head, and while it's not always cold enough to warrant that kind of coverage, sometimes I just want to wear a hat with my guy's Viking outfit. </p><p>And so, I decided I'd make myself a Hedeby "pillbox" hat. I first saw this hat on The Welsh Viking's YouTube channel (<a href="https://youtu.be/cPQ0p87pCf0?si=i6N1YOD1Vz9H8B4C" target="_blank">link to Leens hat video</a>), and I based my construction and stitching methods on this video of his. </p><p>The most complete hat of this style comes from a find in Leens in the Netherlands very close to the German border (which area was Denmark during the Viking age); other similar fragments which could be this same style of hat have also been found at Hedeby. The design itself is practically timeless - this type of hat has been worn since ancient Roman times, was very popular during the Renaissance, and persisted in various forms up through the 20th century (think fancy hotel bellhops). </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6eeNpRx_PFiPhkfN98Fghl9jZ4-nJRnbtYY1iQq8PVK6QAxFRN7fI7l58iOPtDXOZGTXGlv13c3hWjDwoPZ-nZCK92Aux0s-PK1RhxYURtReZgPXVOBnUdMnLkeXFlpuQoIIp6xwONzrN_qjiSE7_7JKLVqzCBytxiDfI3es9d_M0VHcYPRwZDFA9Ik3R/s564/Haag,%20Textilfunde%20aus%20Haithabu.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="291" data-original-width="564" height="165" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6eeNpRx_PFiPhkfN98Fghl9jZ4-nJRnbtYY1iQq8PVK6QAxFRN7fI7l58iOPtDXOZGTXGlv13c3hWjDwoPZ-nZCK92Aux0s-PK1RhxYURtReZgPXVOBnUdMnLkeXFlpuQoIIp6xwONzrN_qjiSE7_7JKLVqzCBytxiDfI3es9d_M0VHcYPRwZDFA9Ik3R/s320/Haag,%20Textilfunde%20aus%20Haithabu.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: Ubuntu, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Leens hat, from Journal of Archeology in the Low Country</i></td></tr></tbody></table><p><br /></p><p>Both hats date from the 10th century, and are made of wool. The Leens hat contains some decorative stitching around the top edge and down the center of the top of the hat, in a type of braided/herringbone stitch. </p><p>My hat is made of scraps of heavy brown linen left over from the Skjoldehamn hood project - I didn't have any wool on hand. The "side wall" pieces are about 4.5" high by 27" around (my head measurement), and the top is a rough oval shape, which I traced from my metal AOA circlet. So the hat would be thick enough to keep its shape, I double the thickness of the linen on the sides and top. I sewed the hat by hand, using a plain running stitch on the seams, and then turned the selvages in and whipstitched them closed, creating something like a French seam to keep them from fraying. The hem is simply turned and whipstitched in place. </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoFQclTTqZnYoK6t23mSWdIaeQnxmo88V7KFiejsV1Y5bj4RJ833FmC_gFXBkDoKe7_qJx5rxO6r12O9pN9rNzKVjLiG9gFAPR_jtese3XveeKWqTVK6WJa6lKeeJqnyBzQ5bdt-GsDkD3nvlpe_FRf7kvP3imJdxBbFJcJAfvxUBwUAEHKFWKuX2VNyaM/s762/construction%20stitching.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="762" data-original-width="572" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoFQclTTqZnYoK6t23mSWdIaeQnxmo88V7KFiejsV1Y5bj4RJ833FmC_gFXBkDoKe7_qJx5rxO6r12O9pN9rNzKVjLiG9gFAPR_jtese3XveeKWqTVK6WJa6lKeeJqnyBzQ5bdt-GsDkD3nvlpe_FRf7kvP3imJdxBbFJcJAfvxUBwUAEHKFWKuX2VNyaM/s320/construction%20stitching.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>construction stitches</i></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJMfkHVpRaLd56lP_yGDAJdceMcFTP_eBKdrY0H5EtBcLJQq9luK09RyEYR9dwBWSazG5zQkS-5Ql-3UTglX3vS9D806oK1_vXXYop0bfXO8_8h-swOXHUnTY_itGE7xyQESDEPq2aqH_d7f11qHb9EOOoZCCyAy7Eyo7Cs8cibRHT2IzlTmvX5-a3W4rz/s762/hat%20pieces.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="572" data-original-width="762" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJMfkHVpRaLd56lP_yGDAJdceMcFTP_eBKdrY0H5EtBcLJQq9luK09RyEYR9dwBWSazG5zQkS-5Ql-3UTglX3vS9D806oK1_vXXYop0bfXO8_8h-swOXHUnTY_itGE7xyQESDEPq2aqH_d7f11qHb9EOOoZCCyAy7Eyo7Cs8cibRHT2IzlTmvX5-a3W4rz/s320/hat%20pieces.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>top piece based on my circlet; "band" pinned and ready to sew</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p><br /></p><p>For the decorative stitching around the top of the hat and along the back seam, I used a #10 cotton crochet thread floss in a medium gray (because that's what I had on hand). I followed Jimmy's instruction from his video (above), and it looks like this: </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg62HaFqo8vP4uDjZJnjoOTZ6iCFGwmklkdNke3uwMXDkn6UNj1XfMWblE7CljGFXqv9n7XnhPR8z0z9zwq6O_I9r_SDXn-KmUfdYw-j7r_YioVbTsjhc_XUDELZhAIl_0hGf6NNoNFultZMkWNpSqeCiDvAPhlaVC6vhBY2wWsH_wjBPrUB4ptry-O4GzZ/s628/braided%20stitch%20diagram.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="628" data-original-width="415" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg62HaFqo8vP4uDjZJnjoOTZ6iCFGwmklkdNke3uwMXDkn6UNj1XfMWblE7CljGFXqv9n7XnhPR8z0z9zwq6O_I9r_SDXn-KmUfdYw-j7r_YioVbTsjhc_XUDELZhAIl_0hGf6NNoNFultZMkWNpSqeCiDvAPhlaVC6vhBY2wWsH_wjBPrUB4ptry-O4GzZ/s320/braided%20stitch%20diagram.jpg" width="211" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>diagram of how the stitch works</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhm1lpsca9Ij5iit_tTlfvVyWxEadW0YrOWXK5cT_OFlLS6AV2Gg9ybxLkw8vE2KDom-8oI4a-JIZi6yvdI_j9F8yVAM4ACFbEKN7Da_0mAxD9jbyvvD_Z5d8UX8H7RIfqe403wU9AvuXMzdDX56p9Ze7zHP6WDRrs0E0CjoJE9ntPOSxGnegCkl8hwAso6/s762/braided%20stitch%20in%20progress.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="762" data-original-width="572" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhm1lpsca9Ij5iit_tTlfvVyWxEadW0YrOWXK5cT_OFlLS6AV2Gg9ybxLkw8vE2KDom-8oI4a-JIZi6yvdI_j9F8yVAM4ACFbEKN7Da_0mAxD9jbyvvD_Z5d8UX8H7RIfqe403wU9AvuXMzdDX56p9Ze7zHP6WDRrs0E0CjoJE9ntPOSxGnegCkl8hwAso6/s320/braided%20stitch%20in%20progress.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>stitch in progress</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p><br /></p><p>If I end up liking to wear this hat and wear it a lot, I may one day replace it with a wool hat with wool thread on the decorative stitching; but for now this linen version is a good start. I'm actually pretty happy with the way this hat fits and looks. The band is a bit loose, so the hat slides around a tiny bit; but thankfully it doesn't make my already tall head look even taller. I'm not sure whether I'll wear the seam stitching at the back or the front; I've seen it done both ways online. </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTFUfwjSABwhL900oJoVovRMSW_D_0VXjjvyPZzpe1c8cDaBeTNzEqt-Ybyn9Q2IURXekZNLUuqPTI9d5oEe0bqctYdQWRS4kAyXZu3w4p3ZwhDI0vKu2bj8nyISY1cL4yWQvwgtpbYPY-pVDrbxuCzhN39iMdE4TOyxcGPcaIFtfkLvedcWTvITY4QwtN/s762/finished%20hat.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="762" data-original-width="572" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTFUfwjSABwhL900oJoVovRMSW_D_0VXjjvyPZzpe1c8cDaBeTNzEqt-Ybyn9Q2IURXekZNLUuqPTI9d5oEe0bqctYdQWRS4kAyXZu3w4p3ZwhDI0vKu2bj8nyISY1cL4yWQvwgtpbYPY-pVDrbxuCzhN39iMdE4TOyxcGPcaIFtfkLvedcWTvITY4QwtN/s320/finished%20hat.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>finished hat</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11076461889521049549noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2612404937725113769.post-17114270256739936292023-09-08T13:22:00.003-05:002023-09-08T13:22:16.561-05:00SCA: Finishing A Long-Overdue UFO<p>This week I completed a UFO (unfinished object) that's been outstanding for SEVEN YEARS. </p><p>In 2015 I made <a href="https://clothofstars.blogspot.com/2015/08/linen-skjoldehamn-style-hood-unfinished.html" target="_blank">this linen Skjoldehamn hood</a>. I'd meant to put a lining in it, since it was just medium-weight linen, but I never got around to it. I did at one point embroider the edges of the hood (apparently? I don't remember doing it), but it still wasn't lined, and so it wasn't warm enough or heavy enough to really be functional, or even really sit right. The first thing I did this week was remove the decorative embroidery, since it was (a) in my way and (b) not period-appropriate for this garment piece. </p><p>The original hood, found in Norway in 1936 and dating from the 10th century, is made of wool, with a woven (probably whipcord) woolen tie in the center of the hood which can be used to tie the hood closed in the front or tied behind the head. </p><p>Mine is made of linen instead of wool, because at the time I started this project I still thought I was allergic to wool (I'm allergic to the chemicals they use to treat wool fabrics, but I've since learned that those can be carefully washed away and I'm fine). I went ahead and lined it in linen (actually a linen/cotton blend) because the outside was linen. I've omitted the ties on mine for the time being. </p><p>Also, since my hood was machine-sewn, I went ahead and sewed the lining by machine as well; although all the stitching that shows - where the inside and outside are stitched together around the face and the lower hemline - are done by hand (whipstitch), and the trim is sewn on by hand (running stitch through the outside edges of the trim). </p><p>Here's my finished hood: </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwVUV7hOdbyVAiiQSWg6Hm9GbXOv46dtbw4yaQZtkrnM0aq2bc4UXLEOzlNnd-4WbTMJGxA60LarBhLArfZiGqYBxAvfKvTmKVjh0j8zhjrKhHvM7LwrECssaYM7mlx3cDbkz8ZXjf2y5Sxm1g2AQDFqapi9nisVrE2dcOTYRAMb_2jTfHK3eVo6nX_D8A/s762/2023%20Skjoldehamn%20hood%20finally%20finished.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="762" data-original-width="589" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwVUV7hOdbyVAiiQSWg6Hm9GbXOv46dtbw4yaQZtkrnM0aq2bc4UXLEOzlNnd-4WbTMJGxA60LarBhLArfZiGqYBxAvfKvTmKVjh0j8zhjrKhHvM7LwrECssaYM7mlx3cDbkz8ZXjf2y5Sxm1g2AQDFqapi9nisVrE2dcOTYRAMb_2jTfHK3eVo6nX_D8A/s320/2023%20Skjoldehamn%20hood%20finally%20finished.jpg" width="247" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I applied a thin card-woven trim to the bottom edge of the hood, which I wove myself last week (my second-ever card weaving experiment). It's made of #10 cotton crochet thread in brown and light gray, because that's what I had on hand. I got the pattern from <a href="http://www.tabletweavingintheoryandpractice.co.uk/2019/08/" target="_blank">this website</a>; it's a design which was inspired by some of the Oseberg weaving patterns (not an actual period copy). </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgudDmivbDLgHn8ekxuRGFCdZSqwyygT653IXcl7hsBKZ0mTAg2hUrOVFVDEoXwCdZ2gRZkSFMexHIni5WZgahdLqd94-U7cIgS0XIgjgprisokKmM4Wtt_kNesT6wZxYiPOU35QoMvhyrimp2uuHorlP82yhJ6SnebDhmr5t_vMcyXpXHQmzTz450C_kze/s762/2023%20Skjoldehamn%20hood%20with%20card%20woven%20trim.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="762" data-original-width="572" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgudDmivbDLgHn8ekxuRGFCdZSqwyygT653IXcl7hsBKZ0mTAg2hUrOVFVDEoXwCdZ2gRZkSFMexHIni5WZgahdLqd94-U7cIgS0XIgjgprisokKmM4Wtt_kNesT6wZxYiPOU35QoMvhyrimp2uuHorlP82yhJ6SnebDhmr5t_vMcyXpXHQmzTz450C_kze/s320/2023%20Skjoldehamn%20hood%20with%20card%20woven%20trim.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p>Hooray, it's finally finished and I can wear it! This will look great with my men's Viking outfit this fall. (The men's Viking outfit is getting a major overhaul right now, I'll show you when it's done). </p><p><br /></p><p>For reference, here's a photo of the original Skjoldehamn hood as found on the bog body: </p><p><br /></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkbzpOtZ51hzsHRjI0j9-74SGHSsiuzxh-DWmeBhIVd97973KiurLLv2PW6KdMljMVppIuwZN2NNIe_LapcGTx5UFjvC6oSmgkkJ20zQEjZncvh3EbJ1BiJuI3l70Uic5WJrFL3mtCfaeVo_tpL8iK0aFnjYAY0rm7Evc0FCk5yoIDvxuRYho2MUOJZvJa/s468/lovlid-extant.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="396" data-original-width="468" height="271" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkbzpOtZ51hzsHRjI0j9-74SGHSsiuzxh-DWmeBhIVd97973KiurLLv2PW6KdMljMVppIuwZN2NNIe_LapcGTx5UFjvC6oSmgkkJ20zQEjZncvh3EbJ1BiJuI3l70Uic5WJrFL3mtCfaeVo_tpL8iK0aFnjYAY0rm7Evc0FCk5yoIDvxuRYho2MUOJZvJa/s320/lovlid-extant.png" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>the Skjoldehamn hood</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p></p><p>More information on the Skjoldehamn hood: </p><p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small;"><span style="background-color: white;">Náttmál. “A Skjoldehamn Hood.” </span><em style="background-color: white;">NÁTTMÁL</em><span style="background-color: white;">, 21 Mar. 2021</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #555555;">, </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #2b00fe; text-decoration-line: none;"><a href="http://nattmal.wordpress.com/2016/03/16/skjoldehamn-hood/">nattmal.wordpress.com/2016/03/16/skjoldehamn-hood/</a></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #555555;"> </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small;"><span style="background-color: white;">Dan Halvard Løvlid (English translation by Carol Lynn) – </span><em style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="http://www.ceilingpress.com/Resources/SkjoldehamnFindInLightofNewKnowledge.pdf" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(217, 217, 217); border-bottom-style: solid; border-image: initial; border-left-color: initial; border-left-style: initial; border-right-color: initial; border-right-style: initial; border-top-color: initial; border-top-style: initial; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; box-sizing: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.125s ease-out 0s; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The Skjoldehamn find in the light of new knowledge</span></a></em><span style="background-color: white;">, 2011</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small;"><span style="background-color: white;">Carletti, Francesca. “The Skjoldehamn Hood Class Handout.” </span><em style="background-color: white;">Carlys_sewing, Her Ladyship Francesca Carletti</em><span style="background-color: white;">, July 2016,<span style="color: #555555;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #2b00fe; text-decoration-line: none;"><a href="http://carlyfenton.files.wordpress.com/2016/05/theskjoldenhamnhood_revised.pdf">carlyfenton.files.wordpress.com/2016/05/theskjoldenhamnhood_revised.pdf</a></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small;">Brennasdottir, Ula, "Skjoldehamn Hood" 2021 (SCA blog) <a href="https://medievalexcellence.com/2021/05/12/skjoldehamn-hood/">https://medievalexcellence.com/2021/05/12/skjoldehamn-hood/</a></span></p>Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11076461889521049549noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2612404937725113769.post-73371708461688505572023-09-04T14:18:00.002-05:002023-09-11T14:44:00.164-05:00SCA: Some Pictures of Me and Some Random Bits and Pieces<p> So, I realized recently that I've never really posted pics of me in any of my Viking outfits - I hate the way I look in photos most of the time, and so I almost always just post stuff on my dress dummy in the craft room. Of course, the dummy pictures don't really show you what an entire outfit looks like put together, so I thought I'd get dressed up and share pics of ME in my actual Viking clothing. </p><p><br /></p><h4 style="text-align: left;">Hrefna Hrokrsdottir</h4><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMbSR1lHs1RS6wvh2AU4smn-lmCJEV7fEYSSB-9IXpj2MK2ObadviTQN9IqBAZrT0dMapLu7BoSrp2RKqN2xM1B5c3y1z73Bc513UM_HWMotDCloytN2oS_mvkYpDGrpYrD_sAPjbIkpfQ9NubuVekCAg16-uH_0rU-s2ZPaN-N2OeXUFKfkO8DTm3adTN/s762/2023%20Me%20in%20Blue%20herringbone%20Viking%20female.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="762" data-original-width="357" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMbSR1lHs1RS6wvh2AU4smn-lmCJEV7fEYSSB-9IXpj2MK2ObadviTQN9IqBAZrT0dMapLu7BoSrp2RKqN2xM1B5c3y1z73Bc513UM_HWMotDCloytN2oS_mvkYpDGrpYrD_sAPjbIkpfQ9NubuVekCAg16-uH_0rU-s2ZPaN-N2OeXUFKfkO8DTm3adTN/w188-h400/2023%20Me%20in%20Blue%20herringbone%20Viking%20female.jpg" width="188" /></a></div><br /><p>Here's me in my favorite (female) Viking outfit.</p><p>That's a white linen serk and blue herringbone linen smokkr; with brass brooches from <a href="https://raymonds-quiet-press.myshopify.com/" target="_blank">Raymond's</a>, beads and beaded jewelry, leather turnshoes from <a href="https://boots-by-bohemond.myshopify.com/" target="_blank">Bohemond</a>, inkle-woven belt, and Hedeby bag. Everything except the brooches and shoes was made by me (including the woven shoelaces). </p><p>(The white serk is all caught up underneath my smokkr in this picture, so it looks like the hem is wonky, but it's not. I just wasn't paying attention when I was getting dressed. Oops!)</p><p><br /></p><p>(I really need new socks, these turquoise ones are just too <i>loud</i>). </p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><h4 style="text-align: left;">Hrefn (?)</h4><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEje_HAU5c5fuPdCyjt3fB2jmyYN3MKw3o46Q7i2CsMULZCdkf020d7hYcjdwvMgIHOF4BS93OAONlKlWI6tDPaABf7iAhM4TP7H6OVVoeUnt8OYxyoxdIQbzokKjP5Amo0YbtWk-qa5ceHaELmPo-_97Bd48LggpkWNOR7stwvpc6mF8W9PvSv5W2cMIz88/s762/2023%20September%20me%20in%20male%20Viking.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEje_HAU5c5fuPdCyjt3fB2jmyYN3MKw3o46Q7i2CsMULZCdkf020d7hYcjdwvMgIHOF4BS93OAONlKlWI6tDPaABf7iAhM4TP7H6OVVoeUnt8OYxyoxdIQbzokKjP5Amo0YbtWk-qa5ceHaELmPo-_97Bd48LggpkWNOR7stwvpc6mF8W9PvSv5W2cMIz88/s762/2023%20September%20me%20in%20male%20Viking.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="762" data-original-width="354" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEje_HAU5c5fuPdCyjt3fB2jmyYN3MKw3o46Q7i2CsMULZCdkf020d7hYcjdwvMgIHOF4BS93OAONlKlWI6tDPaABf7iAhM4TP7H6OVVoeUnt8OYxyoxdIQbzokKjP5Amo0YbtWk-qa5ceHaELmPo-_97Bd48LggpkWNOR7stwvpc6mF8W9PvSv5W2cMIz88/w186-h400/2023%20September%20me%20in%20male%20Viking.jpg" width="186" /></a></div><br /><p>And here's me as a dude. I originally developed this outfit because I wanted <i>pants</i> to set up/break down camp in, because skirts get in the way too much; but the more I wear this kit the more I just love dressing as a guy. It's comfy and workable, and I love the way it looks on me: </p><p>This is my blue linen pants, green-and-blue tunic with inkle woven trim and black top-stitching, blue winingas, the same leather turnshoes, hammered brass arm rings, beaded necklace, Jorvik hood, inkle woven belt, wool cloak, brass cloak brooch, and Hedeby bag. The winingas, shoes, tablet-woven trim, and brooch were purchased; all the rest was made by me. </p><p>I did just alter these pants, also. The waistband was sitting too low on me and my pants were falling down, so I added a panel at the top to make the waistband taller - I didn't have any more of the blue linen so I used another color, which thankfully doesn't show under my tunic. </p><p>(I should also note that this whole outfit is about to get a major overhaul, stay tuned). </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><h4 style="text-align: left;">Card Weaving!! </h4><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsINOhw39qhqEp7_WUOMvq3VCapneaJ8N-u8uVSKYmHGSp3lVKfD_dDltoiVFru-MTPZFI_ZaRjeoHIFT3E78a_jLPW8_ZjzmhC9E7bi1HLPAXpcvWS2203JRBGNUVBecmxMLuorDljKJ_MmLcRdJVp7StkMglRxMD7c3eCLMNKjcJINmOUZGAjIZCv1mp/s762/2023%20First%20card%20weaving%20piece%20September.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="762" data-original-width="572" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsINOhw39qhqEp7_WUOMvq3VCapneaJ8N-u8uVSKYmHGSp3lVKfD_dDltoiVFru-MTPZFI_ZaRjeoHIFT3E78a_jLPW8_ZjzmhC9E7bi1HLPAXpcvWS2203JRBGNUVBecmxMLuorDljKJ_MmLcRdJVp7StkMglRxMD7c3eCLMNKjcJINmOUZGAjIZCv1mp/s320/2023%20First%20card%20weaving%20piece%20September.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br />A dear friend of mine recently taught me how to do card/tablet weaving! I am SO STOKED! Here's my very first project, done in #3 cotton crochet thread. <p></p><p>This is so much fun! Of course, I screwed everything up on my first warp and had to take the whole thing apart and re-do it, but not only did Kate teach me to weave, she taught me how to deal with my mistakes, too, so I was able to get it all sorted out and then create this gorgeous trim. It's about 3 yards long, which is about as much as my loom can do (either inkle or card).</p><p>I can't wait to try new colors and patterns! </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><h4 style="text-align: left;">Other Stuff</h4><p>In addition to the pants alteration and the card weaving, I've been making some minor repairs and alterations to my Viking kit(s) the past few weeks, including: </p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li> cut a slit in the neckline of my white serk (above) so that it's a keyhole neckline instead of a round one, because I like the ease and look of a keyhole neckline better, and I love wearing my little silver brooch to close the neckline</li><li>wove (inkle) a striped trim to put onto the male Viking tunic (above) to replace the ratty trim that was on it before, which was falling apart and was too big for the tunic anyway</li><li>I covered my cooler in wood grain duct tape to make it look like a little wooden chest! Except I'm about to take it all off, because it looks like country-fried ass, LOL</li><li>I made a new necklace to wear with my male Viking kit (above), which is just 9 glass beads (made by me) on a length of blue string - nothing major, I just wanted <i>some</i> bling </li></ul><div>New plans, which I'm hoping to get done by October: </div><div><ol style="text-align: left;"><li>I'm working on refinishing a table I found on the curb into a nice table we can all gather around at Sprezzatra camp - I'm about 85% done with sanding it and am about to start staining it</li><li>I'll also be making a heraldic table runner to go on the table, with Sprezzatura's device on it</li><li>I have a blue linen Skjoldehamn hood which needs a lining - I have the fabric, I just haven't made the lining yet</li><li>I'm hoping to replace the queen-sized air mattress that I use in my tent with a smaller one, so that I can have more walking space in my tent for getting dressed and stuff</li></ol><div><br /></div></div><div>Whew! Lots going on to get ready for the fall event season. Let's go! </div><p></p>Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11076461889521049549noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2612404937725113769.post-53806941177411164422023-08-28T09:47:00.002-05:002023-08-28T09:47:57.784-05:00SCA: 6-Strand "Hedeby Braid"<p>Several clothing fragments have been found at Hedeby (Haithabu, Germany; was Hedeby, Denmark in the Viking Age) - some in graves, some which had been torn up, coated with tar and used as caulking in a ship. One of these torn remnants was fragment 14, as described by Inga Hagg in 1984, pictured here: </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhX2zwrreoszz2dLAOOj174ead-6kBytGxdY1Om6nodN9w79JZmER5wC54AM5DEA0cZhiaVuho2grAelb6AnLoQpiOZzmgVK-5ncfsjgJXI8zt8d1OQCuP527iov__axs97xM7P3godaZNpimP-7mjd6ebZIRmrWTdhjBRnVfVITzdqp_alWXoPgRv_uwFn/s408/Hedeby%2010thC,%20photo%20and%20illustraiton%20fragment%2014%20Haag%201984.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="408" data-original-width="300" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhX2zwrreoszz2dLAOOj174ead-6kBytGxdY1Om6nodN9w79JZmER5wC54AM5DEA0cZhiaVuho2grAelb6AnLoQpiOZzmgVK-5ncfsjgJXI8zt8d1OQCuP527iov__axs97xM7P3godaZNpimP-7mjd6ebZIRmrWTdhjBRnVfVITzdqp_alWXoPgRv_uwFn/s320/Hedeby%2010thC,%20photo%20and%20illustraiton%20fragment%2014%20Haag%201984.png" width="235" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Hagg, 1984</i></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p>This piece measures around 30x23cm, is made of wool which has been dyed brown, and is cut straight on one side and torn off in a curve on the other side. It is thought to be a fragment of a smokrr, or apron dress. </p><p>There is a seam on one side of the dress where two pieces of fabric are stitched together, and on top of that seam is stitched a section of braided cord, highlighted here in blue: </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6PpVkU2EoUdr4CkXdsn48SUR0v2ArqSLs7g6DIE7Bg98-68QFD-Koch-ErBQl89aZ8kAA-TwdUZnK_Zwd5oXNtYN_B5K6WtmZbtsRW23i3V6QwoMkx6G1OP1bEOkT26r42vcg7MMG1p4KxTvlTSs3zLAMSKbWEPbVXZ1iXoQjaMOo0t46SPYqQeBy-k8a/s408/Hedeby%2010thC,%20photo%20and%20illustraiton%20Haag%201984%20fragment%2014%20-%20hedeby%20braid%20blue%20line.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="408" data-original-width="300" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6PpVkU2EoUdr4CkXdsn48SUR0v2ArqSLs7g6DIE7Bg98-68QFD-Koch-ErBQl89aZ8kAA-TwdUZnK_Zwd5oXNtYN_B5K6WtmZbtsRW23i3V6QwoMkx6G1OP1bEOkT26r42vcg7MMG1p4KxTvlTSs3zLAMSKbWEPbVXZ1iXoQjaMOo0t46SPYqQeBy-k8a/s320/Hedeby%2010thC,%20photo%20and%20illustraiton%20Haag%201984%20fragment%2014%20-%20hedeby%20braid%20blue%20line.png" width="235" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>highlighting by me to show location of braid</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>As far as we know, based on the finds, the Norse peoples of the 10th century didn't do decorative embroidery on these female garments the way you sometimes see in the SCA; but they did embellish seams and edges with strips of contrasting fabric and braids/cords like this one. Sometimes braids/cords were applied to seams, like in this example; sometimes they were applied to the top edge of a smokkr along with a section of contrasting fabric, as decoration and reinforcement of the edge. </p><p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilvM3qFHAZhK3yDo00ZbxuZMhfRxNorHeFPGppvi8k3nwYzxUPAIUGkVcCyL2cAbPG8u39bdE-8_Wekjc_EKqe9h5aNNBYV_9Z6YeYLO8-7ybBJ-GoSJVIQSSa2UjwI4tZbTzq0e3d6mCwNi9w8Wq2QMoUfj6BucjWsD6LYJhhjidGjKKm7CHA9cUNALe7/s141/haithabu-braid-50%20from%20fragment%2014,%20Hagg%201984.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="141" data-original-width="50" height="141" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilvM3qFHAZhK3yDo00ZbxuZMhfRxNorHeFPGppvi8k3nwYzxUPAIUGkVcCyL2cAbPG8u39bdE-8_Wekjc_EKqe9h5aNNBYV_9Z6YeYLO8-7ybBJ-GoSJVIQSSa2UjwI4tZbTzq0e3d6mCwNi9w8Wq2QMoUfj6BucjWsD6LYJhhjidGjKKm7CHA9cUNALe7/s1600/haithabu-braid-50%20from%20fragment%2014,%20Hagg%201984.png" width="50" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>illustration by Hagg (1984), red highlighting by <br /><a href="https://urd.priv.no/viking/smokkr.html#ev-haithabu" target="_blank">Hilde Thunem </a>to show direction of weave)</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>This particular braid is made up of 6 strands of thread, originally in red and yellow (3 of each). Each thread is 6-ply; the entire braid is only 1-2mm wide. </p><p>Having several skeins of cotton yarns left over from recent crochet/weaving projects, I decided to use my leftovers to try my hand at weaving this 6-strand braid from Hedeby, to use to further ornament my apron dresses. I found a very good tutorial video by Wyrd Kindred on YouTube, <a href="https://youtu.be/snTZaMuXqkc" target="_blank">located here</a>. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoiKXrY0O1mAhFrfLrAlBSsPMkTLOx0jsMRh3jErIIpluwydLqDQvQNyNjA3RMAh_CrZRshbIGQLwxeaGVl-Owd95KxtuCRW2-5K5B34-r9ZIDTRptvjziY3SQb6b_FGcLQDwXjyU3gYHGKhHT0hPyLPyEVy-RXL7wLzEZuo8DmgsKtE2tosUMrxxE3i-_/s315/hedeby%20braid%20-%20brown.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="315" data-original-width="309" height="315" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoiKXrY0O1mAhFrfLrAlBSsPMkTLOx0jsMRh3jErIIpluwydLqDQvQNyNjA3RMAh_CrZRshbIGQLwxeaGVl-Owd95KxtuCRW2-5K5B34-r9ZIDTRptvjziY3SQb6b_FGcLQDwXjyU3gYHGKhHT0hPyLPyEVy-RXL7wLzEZuo8DmgsKtE2tosUMrxxE3i-_/s1600/hedeby%20braid%20-%20brown.jpg" width="309" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Here is my first attempt, done in fingering weight cotton yarn, in brown and rust-brown. It's not bad for a first try, but the colors don't go with anything in my wardrobe, which is all done in blues and greens. So I made a second one - I didn't have any blues or greens, so I dyed some white cotton yarn blue and green for this: </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQyxdDKsB2OuPmvkdH6Hnf_Nvxch5fYKpMMU1hvy_wPjW6DTVsu9XRBhQRsHAvpF9CH_raUsbJnvEZyrA3GjUDqk9Lmc2NW2ujnGBO0JIUq4CWCu25GW2ulIrbSE10q03zVpypNFQvLroKdDZ9lvlqfU5zs7C3JuJ7uXTbiSdy_Wp9zhG_-a9cby5RPRwW/s224/hedeby%20braid%20-%20blue.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="224" data-original-width="214" height="224" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQyxdDKsB2OuPmvkdH6Hnf_Nvxch5fYKpMMU1hvy_wPjW6DTVsu9XRBhQRsHAvpF9CH_raUsbJnvEZyrA3GjUDqk9Lmc2NW2ujnGBO0JIUq4CWCu25GW2ulIrbSE10q03zVpypNFQvLroKdDZ9lvlqfU5zs7C3JuJ7uXTbiSdy_Wp9zhG_-a9cby5RPRwW/s1600/hedeby%20braid%20-%20blue.jpg" width="214" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p>Rather than use my braid over a seam the way the Hedeby find does, I opted to use it at the top of one of my apron dresses. Many Viking age finds of smokkr fragments show the top edge of the smokkr hemmed to the inside, and then decorated on the outside with various items, usually contrasting silk ribbon or wool fabric, sometimes along with braids and twisted cords at the top or bottom edge of the contrasting piece to both embellish the decoration and strengthen the construction of the top edge: </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe8iOVNjXdCFpf0E0yRhUBbtQJhiqkrKicylJbfIj6xSZhg1ryNfn80_UFWaS2-2m23iDh5eikoEmpqZzRr8rqerZnO-14pd0nH4abSsQ6zemyCN-Ux_Uk28KprEf5oMVC55QhSwFCHjGRkoNxu2_-0q7KnpWLDeimdcpqsIQZZFiF9eY0Gg2Ep9Usbm8I/s500/decorations%20at%20the%20top%20of%20the%20apron%20dress,%20ilustration%20Haag%201974.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="432" data-original-width="500" height="276" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe8iOVNjXdCFpf0E0yRhUBbtQJhiqkrKicylJbfIj6xSZhg1ryNfn80_UFWaS2-2m23iDh5eikoEmpqZzRr8rqerZnO-14pd0nH4abSsQ6zemyCN-Ux_Uk28KprEf5oMVC55QhSwFCHjGRkoNxu2_-0q7KnpWLDeimdcpqsIQZZFiF9eY0Gg2Ep9Usbm8I/s320/decorations%20at%20the%20top%20of%20the%20apron%20dress,%20ilustration%20Haag%201974.png" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>illustration of various examples of ribbon/cord decoration the top edge of a smokkr, <br />Hagg 1974; image borrowed from <a href="https://urd.priv.no/viking/smokkr.html#int-decoration" target="_blank">Hilde Thunem's Smokkr page</a></i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p><br /></p><p>Since my Hedeby braid is done in blue and teal, I decided to affix it to my teal smokkr, which had only a 2" strip of teal silk ribbon across the top edge. I stitched it on with regular cotton sewing thread, because that's what I had on hand: </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhO8u0b1QRWItV6WpiCEZgU0TISJ8u6YXLdOt0SzrFOjEqO9jGTvAGCcuw3EhJWKcoSTFaQVwJeEecnW1cmpr8-LWM998Ga-T9te0kgS1nT6RcomDyySxXNUvXWmiARhpZ3_IW7alhriwsfVP1fsVFbShDmeRdj3NftwCJA1tR13oymai-pW0bAAdxowO95/s745/hedeby%20braid%20-%20finished.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="698" data-original-width="745" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhO8u0b1QRWItV6WpiCEZgU0TISJ8u6YXLdOt0SzrFOjEqO9jGTvAGCcuw3EhJWKcoSTFaQVwJeEecnW1cmpr8-LWM998Ga-T9te0kgS1nT6RcomDyySxXNUvXWmiARhpZ3_IW7alhriwsfVP1fsVFbShDmeRdj3NftwCJA1tR13oymai-pW0bAAdxowO95/s320/hedeby%20braid%20-%20finished.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I only braided enough to go around the front of the dress; I poked the ends through the fabric and knotted them in place on the inside in order to finish the ends. (I hope they stay in place). </p><p>I like the effect. This feels more "finished" to me; and it's a step towards being more historically accurate than it was before. I love little details like this; in my opinion it's the little things that combine together to make an outfit look HA - and look good. </p><p>(That said, I know this teal color isn't, to my knowledge, historically accurate; but I made this smokkr (and all my other ones) before I started my big push to bring everything closer to accurate a year ago - it's still in good condition, so I still wear it, and at least the construction and stitching, and now the top edge ornamentation, is as HA as I can make it at this time. Future projects will be begun and completed very differently, but that's for another blog post). </p><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">*</p><p><br /></p><p>We're getting closer to the fall event season - only a few weeks away! I'll have more soon about clothing, accessories, furniture, and campsite stuff. </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11076461889521049549noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2612404937725113769.post-85934078881151543912023-08-09T14:11:00.000-05:002023-08-09T14:11:23.579-05:00SCA: "New" Viking Shoes FTW + Bonus Project<p> So my Viking shoes, which I love*, had seen better days. After two years of running around dusty events, the leather was dirty and stained and dry, and the laces were too thick, too short, and never stayed tied. (I actually cut them off short because they kept coming undone, and then literally the <i>day</i> after I did that, I saw someone with the same shoes, with the laces tied up around her ankles, and I thought, why didn't I think of doing that before I chopped them off?? Argh). </p><p>I kept thinking I'd eventually get to the leather store to get new laces for them, but then it dawned on me that I could just WEAVE some on my inkle loom! Et voila: </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaNo9JVVFn_6SSTMXzRb65kbePo0taYswjF2ugh93jDoPmXHYC5fVQumsjpHATBWiqbN4gUX0RtjU8pvpCM6jNBDrgNcVa5GPPyJowGAYdpQ1RSVYw9UdZD4YbLpiU6cxFSbPQpS30xPfpI30k-HLTegOx9tn7egNDWjcB6pABFTradcUgL1KGXJDXHTwS/s704/shoes%20b&a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="704" data-original-width="608" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaNo9JVVFn_6SSTMXzRb65kbePo0taYswjF2ugh93jDoPmXHYC5fVQumsjpHATBWiqbN4gUX0RtjU8pvpCM6jNBDrgNcVa5GPPyJowGAYdpQ1RSVYw9UdZD4YbLpiU6cxFSbPQpS30xPfpI30k-HLTegOx9tn7egNDWjcB6pABFTradcUgL1KGXJDXHTwS/s320/shoes%20b&a.jpg" width="276" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>On the left is the old shoe. On the right is the new teal inkle-woven lace. I took the opportunity to clean and condition the leather as well, and I replaced the navy stitching with teal thread to match the laces. </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxing4VUD9Y-dMkNRhOcfP8iYdk4IidKq_3OxV-NpecsZK7HDBNH677vy79C4B10RaP7n0TzP_5frzPeI4LS4RgIB_TrmC7ul7XnuWCPDBSOt7dOkucCdmFwL7BQ9tE-JcW4bRGk-odjla9ZXsIOANM_ZO0Y8c1-NifFqawWiRATfl0Y-HkoEUEi8O7rB5/s704/shoes%20ankle.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="704" data-original-width="558" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxing4VUD9Y-dMkNRhOcfP8iYdk4IidKq_3OxV-NpecsZK7HDBNH677vy79C4B10RaP7n0TzP_5frzPeI4LS4RgIB_TrmC7ul7XnuWCPDBSOt7dOkucCdmFwL7BQ9tE-JcW4bRGk-odjla9ZXsIOANM_ZO0Y8c1-NifFqawWiRATfl0Y-HkoEUEi8O7rB5/s320/shoes%20ankle.jpg" width="254" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i style="text-align: left;">No socks, aaaa! </i></td></tr></tbody></table><p><br /></p><p>It was a quick and easy fix, and now my shoes are both more functional and prettier. I can't wait to wear them next month when events start happening again! </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><h4 style="text-align: left;">Bonus Project: </h4><p>I also made a new belt for myself: </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzvMkJYBmPtCyE5MrdkDbyU6BCV57ig8NqEpGRP725BpbpP2VCuch_0__gqKEhZO20BdRVRi2OEuzPS8ABBFjrkE0A8FNi4kVM4wo28S759J9PH85aXu1sI4pNqXDGCIYjB3y1zX4yooNirRa1ohhkz7Pl4vPY0IWS0DhnG2LdI9sfVK1CbW6OpVvmDHkD/s704/belt.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="704" data-original-width="528" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzvMkJYBmPtCyE5MrdkDbyU6BCV57ig8NqEpGRP725BpbpP2VCuch_0__gqKEhZO20BdRVRi2OEuzPS8ABBFjrkE0A8FNi4kVM4wo28S759J9PH85aXu1sI4pNqXDGCIYjB3y1zX4yooNirRa1ohhkz7Pl4vPY0IWS0DhnG2LdI9sfVK1CbW6OpVvmDHkD/s320/belt.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I recently ordered some "Rainbow Lace" #10 cotton crochet thread from Hobbii - I used it for both the belt and the shoe laces and shoe stitching. It's soft and smooth and lovely to work with, and it comes in a zillion awesome colors. </p><p>These two projects were the 4th and 5th inkle weaving projects I've done; and this belt is the first time I've done a multi-colored weaving project. It took for EVER to warp up the loom with all the stripes, but I really love the way it came out. It's long enough to wrap around me twice. </p><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><i>~ fin ~</i></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><i>*If you're wondering, they're the Vlaardingen shoes from Bohemond, and they're available in brown and black, both with white stitching. </i></p>Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11076461889521049549noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2612404937725113769.post-68170622560160573422023-07-18T09:29:00.005-05:002023-07-18T09:29:51.569-05:00Summer Lull and Plans of New Things<p>I haven't posted in several weeks, but believe me, I'm hard at work...doing...pretty much nothing, for the time being. I've been hitting the yardwork and the housework pretty hard, but project-wise, I haven't been all that active. </p><p>July is always just kind of a lull. It's too hot to play outside, so there are no SCA events going on, - that won't start happening around here until the end of August, so things are kind of at a standstill right now. </p><p>However, I do have plans that I'd like to get into as soon as energy and finances will allow: </p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>There are materials for a Regency ballgown that I've had sitting on my work table ready to cut out for weeks now that I'd like to get started on soon </li><li>I have [another] Big Viking Project I'd like to get into as soon as I can get the wool for it</li><li>I have several plans for small improvements around camp - like a cooler refit and a change to my bedding situation</li><li>I really want to get back to making glass beads, but it's 105º right now, and nearly that hot inside the garage - too hot to sit over a flame to make glass! (Although, part of me says, if I can mow the grass when it's 90º at 9:00 in the morning, I can probably sit in the garage and make beads? I dunno, I may try it soon)</li></ul><p></p><p>I <i>have </i>been crocheting like a fiend for the past few weeks, though. This blog is not about that, but if you're interested, you can check out my crochet projects on Ravelry, here: <a href="https://www.ravelry.com/people/s1ren">https://www.ravelry.com/people/s1ren</a> I just recently finished a blanket for a friend of mine, and I'm working on a sweater now. </p><p>Anyway, see you again soon! Hopefully I'll have something to show in the next couple of weeks! </p>Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11076461889521049549noreply@blogger.com0