http://www.maisonstclaire.org/resources/skin_out/womenswear/womenswear_cotehardies.html
http://www.geocities.com/ariedin/index.html
http://members.fortunecity.com/cadieuxx/florentine.html
Viking men's clothing:
http://www.historiska.se/histvarld/eng/drakter/vherre/vherrefr.htm
Viborg Shirt
http://www.forest.gen.nz/Medieval/articles/Viborg/VIBORG.HTM
Viking Coat:
Nice pattern:
http://woodshed.wccnet.org/projects/coat/Coat%20Documentation.htm
http://www.cs.vassar.edu/~capriest/mensgarb.html
The coat, also known as the "caftan" or "Rus riding coat," may have
been an explicitly eastern (Swedish/Rus) phenomenon. We have solid
evidence of it only at Birka in the ninth and tenth centuries. It is a long
coatlike overgarment, buttoned from neck to waist and decorated with
specialized and elaborate metal trimmings. The remains of five such coats
were found, each with a row of cast metal shank-buttons; several other
coats were identified which, while they had the right sort of elaborate
trimmings, had no associated buttons. Wood or bone buttons, however,
would leave little or no trace in a burial, and it is likely that these
coats were also buttoned (Hägg 1986, 68). It is thought that this
garment was borrowed or adapted from the Byzantine skaramangion, which was
the standard day garment for the Emperor and his court (Geijer 1983, 99).
Scary Viking facts:
http://www.vikinganswerlady.com/ibn_fdln.htm
Frog closures (not viking but thinking to use the on the coat)
http://www.9v.com/crystal/kerij-e/docs/knots.htm
food: http://www.sca.org.au/st_florians/university/library/articles-howtos/9-12C_Norse_Food_AR070604.htm
The account of the Hedeby harbour finds has only been published in German [1]. The following article is an annotated summary of Inga Hägg’s report on the Trägerrock. The report was translated by Rachel Kellett, and the summary written by Shelagh Lewins.
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/shelagh.lewins/shelagh/Hedeby_apron/Hedeby_apron.htm
Overview of apron suppositions:
http://www.dragonbear.com/text/VikingApronDress.doc
Darning socks:
This pattern uses gussets and gores. Love love love gussets and gores.
I started with a pattern from a period garment that placed a gore in the middle of the front panel. I hate placing a gore in a slit in the middle of a panel. I always end up with an ugly pucker at the point. So I experimented with leaving it out. Viola, Sylvie's QnD Peri-oid chemise. This has since evolved into Sylvie's Dress, Nate's Tunic, and Fearghus' Tunic. Patterns not drawn to scale.
All evolutions have been made by me.. they seem like logical steps and end up with a better fit for my Medieval family.
-I- sew these together with a machined flat-felled seam. A how-to is posted here: "Quick&Dirty Tunic Construction". I suppose you could use french seams.. or false-french seams.. but flat-felled seams are just so perfect. It just falls together in a way that really appeals to my inner type-A personality.
Here's my instructions for assembling a tunic with flat-felled seams. As with most hands-on things, this works much better in person. Please feel free to email me if you have questions or if I'm unclear.
Sylvie (sylvie@fibergeek.com)
From http://www.turkishculture.org/clothing/ottomanclothing5.html
Ottoman Thrace, red silk velvet coat decorated with applications of corded gold embroideries and ribbons with printed cotton (basma) lining, 110x240 cm.
Skeggi's Coat
Starting a collection of vertically striped german gowns. Annoyed at the poor quality of the pictures. Amused at the idea of a documentable vertically striped skirt.