• Accessories
  • Antwerpen/Low-country
  • Knitting

Thrum cap (aka: objectionable dreadlocks hat)

Thrum Cap started August 3, 2018. Finished August 20, 2018. Fulled August 21 and 22. From Merriam-Webster Thrum noun Definition…

  • 16th Century

Schamloten schaube for Helga

Helga has asked me to fit her and then construct a new German boy short coat for her modeled after…

  • 16th Century
  • Accessories
  • Antwerpen/Low-country

Halscleet – Antwerpen white linen partlet

Antwerpen White linen partlet started May 12, 2018. Finished June 9, 2018. Special thanks to Aleit Pietersdochter over at The…

  • Tayloring

Tailoring Manuals

Ausberg/Innsbruck (Austria) 1544/68 Hans Nidermayr, the younger of Innsbruck, 1544/68, Innsbruck, Tiroler Landesmuseum Ferdinandeum F.B. 4240. (Poland) Polish Tailor's Cutting…

  • 16th Century
  • Antwerpen/Low-country

Rust Antwerpen Market Gown

Rust linen Antwerpen gown started May 16, 2018. First wearing May 27, 2018. In October 2019 I removed the yellow…

  • Clever Hacks
  • Stitches & Seams

Voodoo Magic with Eyelets

My first YouTube video. Be gentle. https://youtu.be/6O2mnv9ClRA Machine done eyelets on a Janome 6600 using an Elna eyelet plate. The…

  • 16th Century
  • Antwerpen/Low-country

Antwerpen gown epiphany

I've had this thing that I've been kicking around for a while. I'm working on my Antwerpen gown and I've…

  • SCA

The bar

At Beltane, on Friday night I phoned it in... hard. We set up camp, headed off site for dinner, returned…

  • Knitting

Frankenhat

Started on 4/24/2018. Finished 5/10/2018. Pattern: Frankenhat (Scholar’s Cap+Knitted coif cap) Yarn: Patons Classic Wool Worsted black medium 100% wool…

  • Random

Parable of the Engineer

The parable of the engineer. In my day job I am a software engineer. People who are not engineers come…