• SCA

Pennsic War XLI Post-Mortem

OMG Pennsic! It rained and it was hot and it was humid and it was dirty and it was fantastic…

  • Waisted Kirtle

Cobalt Kirtle

Blue short-sleeved waisted cotehardie started July 30,2012 then I paused and didn't work on it during Pennsic (8/2-8/13). Finished on…

  • Encampment

Stake Loops

We have a Panther Pavillion Regent Tent. I -love- it. BUT I don't love they way they do their stake…

  • Påsbyxor

Påsbyxor aka “Viking Rus Pants”: Background and Research

Diary started June 4, 2010. Copied a pattern from a friend's pants (simplified modern construction). Made first and second pair…

  • 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…