• Gown

Houppelande

Diary started June 21, 2012 Summary Winter is coming... and although winter in California is not exactly awash in ice…

  • Dress of the Court of Saxony

Link: Cranach Digital Archive

Of immense interest: Cranach Digital Archive

  • Anglo-Saxon

Kentish: New book

New book. I'm giddy with happy. Buckland Anglo-Saxon Cemetery, Dover. Excavations 1994 (Archaeology of Canterbury) Very nice details about the…

  • Accessories

15th Century Tailed Cap (aka: Flemish Kerchief)

Inspirational Pictures What I see: White, probably linen, head thingy which appears to wrap around the back of the head…

  • Waisted Kirtle

Waisting Away: Pics or it never happened

I ended up finishing the hat in the hotel room on Friday night but the dress was done before then.…

  • Waisted Kirtle

Waist not..want not

I am a big giant dumb ass with OCD tendencies that run amok. So I'm working on this 15th century…

  • 14th-15th Century

What’s with the ruffle?

Have you ever noticed that when you start gathering together images as "proof" of whatever historical things you're planning to…

  • Waisted Kirtle

Black shall be the color

Ok.. all productivity was put on hold during the move. Luckily the move is done now.. now it's just the…

  • 14th-15th Century

14th century buttoned Greenland swing coat with standing collar

The Shire of Canale sponsored an event based on Gaston Phebus book of the hunt. Several months before the event…

  • Anglo-Saxon

Anglo-Saxon Fiber Colors

Saving for future reference: Jenny Dean's Anglo-Saxon Dye Experiments Part 1 - Introduction Part 2 - Reds, Yellows, and Browns…