• Kampfrau (Trossfrau)

My sewing muse is a BITCH

First she disappears for like 3 years. THEN when she finally comes back and starts hinting about how spiff it'd…

  • Kampfrau (Trossfrau)

Material gathering, mockup 1 and plans for mockup 2

I know, I know it's been a while. I lost my sewing muse.. but eventually I found her. Anyway. In…

  • Viborg Shirt

Cheap linen is cheap

So Saturday I got 14 yards of 45" wide natural linen for $2/yd (SCORE). The responsible sewing gremlin demanded that…

  • Viborg Shirt

Starting Rumbles

Next project is a reproduction of the Viborg shirt. The plan is to sew this on my commute since it's…

  • Uncategorized

Ducal in all its glory

In digging through old entries in Livejournal I found this gem. I wanted to save this so I'm copying it…

  • Cuisine

Food and table manners

http://www.wealddown.co.uk/Magazine/Spring%202003/magazine-spring-2003-article-manners-makyth-man.htm Good article about Tudor(?) manners

  • SCA

Hobby in Moderation

In digging through old entries in Livejournal I found this gem. I wanted to save this so I'm copying it…

  • Feasts

Beaconsgate Boar Hunt (2008)

First course: Venison with Furmenty (venison in gravy with a wheat berry side) Capoun in Salome (Chicken in a saffron…

  • String

Viking Whipcord

Interlocking or Making a Viking Whip-cord http://genvieve.net/sca/whipcording-howto.html

  • Garb/Clothing

Viking Leg Wraps

http://www.miklagard.nvg.org.au/articles/legwraps1.htm