• Recipes

Fylettes in galytyne

From The Forme of Cury(1390)(http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/docs/books/gutenberg/etext05/8cury10.txt): FYLETTES IN GALYTYNE. C. XVII. Take Pork, and rost it tyl the blode be tryed…

• Feasts

Beaconsgate Boar Hunt A.S. XL (2005)

Boar hunt 2005 is the second feast I've ever cooked. I started out with very big plans. Life intervened. The…

• Tudor: Henry VIII

Tudor: Henry VIII (1530’s)

Diary started October 21st 2005 Garb research in progress. Summary It all started so innocently. One day while gazing at…

• Dress of the Court of Saxony

Brown and Gold Gown

Diary started October 13th 2005 Dress first worn: August 26, 2006. Saxony, Germany [Edit: After almost 2 years of calling…

• Tablet weaving

Tubular Tablet Weaving

From an email from phiala@email.com Henshall, A. 1964. Five tablet-woven seal tags. Archaeological Journal 121:154-162. 5. Multicoloured tablet-woven cord The…

• Yellow Cote (late 14th - early 15th Century)

We got to 12th night and I finished the last eyelet in the hotel room (it wouldn't be 12th night…

• Yellow Cote (late 14th - early 15th Century)

Finished sleeve two.

• Yellow Cote (late 14th - early 15th Century)

One sleeve is done. Just one more to go. I decided to hand sew the sleeves as it gives them…

• Yellow Cote (late 14th - early 15th Century)

Edith came over and graciously agreed to help me fit sleeves for the dress. We fit them tight and then…