In 1918, Frithiof Svennson, a farmer from the Åsle Tå community near Falkoping, Sweden, was digging for peat moss in the Åsle Mose (bog) when about half a meter down he came across an incredible find.<!--[if supportFields]>CITATION Hol34 \p 67 \l 1033 <![endif]--> (Arbman, 67) He found what he believed to be a very old mitten. He… Continue reading A Mitten is Found
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A 16th Century Naalbinded mitten
As many of you know I am a member of the Society for Creative Anachronism. We research and recreate items and activities from pre-seventeenth century history. One of my favorite things to do is naalbinding, something I learned to do about 14 or so years ago after joining the S.C.A. For several years I participated in… Continue reading A 16th Century Naalbinded mitten
Rectangular Construction: A Tunic Pattern
(Thank you to Mistress Vigdis Vestfirzka, CP of the West Kingdom for posting this pattern on her website and allowing us to use it.) This class was developed as a means to give an easy and inexpensive (meaning you use less fabric) method for making undertunics and other similar shaped garments. It all came about… Continue reading Rectangular Construction: A Tunic Pattern
Tudor Smocks
Let's get started making the costume. We start with the base underlayer of the whole thing: the smock. So I used the instructions from the Tudor Costume page for my smock. It is based on rectangular construction, which I am very familiar with as I normally dress in Norse or Anglo Saxon clothing. This was… Continue reading Tudor Smocks
Checking the Stash
So now that I had my list of clothing items to make, it was time to check my fabric stash to see what I had to make them out of: A lovely white cotton to make the smock out of. A sage green cotton broadcloth to make the petticoat out of. A beautiful piece of… Continue reading Checking the Stash
And so it begins
My research into my Tudor style clothing for the Magna Faire event took me to some great websites. (From one of the websites I ordered a book to go with the others that I already had.) At first I felt a little overwhelmed when I read some of what I would have to make, but… Continue reading And so it begins
New clothes
So, recently, I went to an event called MagnaFaire. Everyone in the household I belong to was asked (stress the word asked) to make the attempt to wear something from the Tudor time period, as that was the theme of the event. I was looking around saying, "I am a Viking, what do I know… Continue reading New clothes
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