I hope everyone had a Merry Christmas.Day 3 of the Artsy Challenge saw me enjoying Christmas morning with my family. I made breakfast, opened presents with the grandsons, and then watched the Disney Christmas parade on television.I wasn't expecting to get any artsy time in at all yesterday. It turns out I had plenty of… Continue reading Day 3 – Christmas Day and Knitting a Shawl in the Car
Day 2 – The Serk Startup
So, to start off the Artsy Challenge I am making a Viking outfit based on the Haithabu finds.Was reading up at urd.priv.no/serk.html on the finds and her efforts to create her own set oof garments. After reading her site, I have decided that I am going to try my hand at the same style serk (tunic). Check… Continue reading Day 2 – The Serk Startup
The Personal Artsy Challenge
It has been a long time since I last posted here. I am going to try to post more often.I issued myself an Artsy Challenge, whereby I try to spend at least an hour everyday doing something Artsy. Some of that is making clothes and some of it is working on my naabinding. Daily posts… Continue reading The Personal Artsy Challenge
Day 1 – Artsy Challenge
So. Day 1.Got a decent start to this challenge. I want to make some new S.C.A. garb and have decided on using the extant finds from Haithabu as a start. Besides, I already own a pair of period shoes in Haithabu style.Took measurements and dug through the big box o'material to see what I have… Continue reading Day 1 – Artsy Challenge
Artsy Challenge
Wow! It's been a long time since I have posted to this blog. I am hoping to change that though.Some friends of mine have self imposed a challenge on themselves. It is a 100 day Artsy Challenge. For 100 days spend a minimum of a specific amount of time doing something artistic. One friend is… Continue reading Artsy Challenge
Braies patterning, Part 1
Okay. So, I actually started on working up a pattern for Edward's braies today. Boy!!Since some of the sites I have come across show a version of braies that are pretty much boxer shorts, I took a pair of Edward's elastic waisted shorts and drew off a pattern from them. Epic fail. The rise wasn't… Continue reading Braies patterning, Part 1
Researching 14th Century clothing
Well, another sewing project is in the works. My husband has been wanting to up the look for his 14th Century clothing so off to the races for me as I research the items that we both need to make this happen.I figure I will start from the skin and work my way to the… Continue reading Researching 14th Century clothing
Viking Women’s Cap Construction
1. Cut out the rectangle of fabric created by the two measurements. 2. Fold the fabric in half matching the short ends. This will give you more or less a square of folded fabric. 3. At this point, you need to decide whether you are making a Dublin style or Jorvik (York) style cap. The… Continue reading Viking Women’s Cap Construction
Viking Women’s Cap
One of the classes that I teach is a head covering for Viking women that has a basis in several finds in Dublin, Jorvik (York), and Lincoln.Viking Woman’s CapBy: Mistress Muirghein inghean Rioghain Bean Ui Eamonn, CPSo, you’ve got this wonderful Viking outfit all set to wear and realize that you don’t have anything to… Continue reading Viking Women’s Cap
Class Time
Sitting here in class at the AUM Technacenter. This weeks class is about MS Sharepoint 2010 for Developers. I would much rather be getting my class materials ready for Gulf Wars next week. Published with Blogger-droid v2.0.4
Fiber Arts Fascination 