I know I've been posting a LOT of tablet weaving lately - the tunic and the coat and the bag - but I thought I'd show you my full [female] "Viking" kit all decked out with the jewelry and the other tablet weaving I've been doing. This is my nicest, and my favorite, Viking outfit at the moment:
The entire outfit is made from linen - the serk, smokkr, and the herringbone weave cloak/shawl. Yes, wool would be more historically accurate for some of these pieces, but it's HOT here in central Ansteorra, and wool just isn't practical in this heat unless it's the middle of January.
The dark blue smokkr was a lighter teal color, but I dyed it to a darker indigo shade to make it look nicer and more accurate (ish).
Tablet weaving on this outfit consists of:
- The blue and yellow band at the top of the smokkr underneath the blue silk trim fabric
- The ivory/white woven band at the neckline of the serk, which is meant to mimic the look of a woven-on edge, though it's actually just sewn in place
- The blue and white belt
- The thin strap that hangs the metal key from the right brooch (left in the picture)
- a pair of bronze brooches purchased online
- a silver round brooch to close the serk neckline which I made from a metal button
- three strands of glass beads suspended from the bronze brooches, which I made myself (it turns out I'm awful at making beads, but I managed to get enough made to wear with my kit at least)
- a strand of tiny blue glass beads around the neck
- a strand of amber chips around the neck
- three silver raven pendants which hang from the lowest strand of beads between the brooches - two of them are period replicas, and the third is a modern knotwork design
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