• Minoan/Mycenaean Source Materials

Fresco – Mycenaean Procession of Female Worshippers

By George E Koronaios Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mural_composition_from_the_Palace_of_Thebes_(14th-13th_c._B.C.)_at_the_Archaeological_Museum_of_Thebes_on_10_April_2019_(cropped).jpg Find spot: Thebes, Greece, Kadmeia, Palace of ThebesDate: LH III A period, 1400-1300…

  • Minoan/Mycenaean Source Materials

Fresco – Dancing Lady

By Xenophon - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:AMI_-_T%C3%A4nzerin.jpg Find spot: Crete, Knossos, palace, Queen's MegaronDate: 1450-1375 BCEClothing depicted: short-sleeved…

  • Minoan/Mycenaean

“Boobies teeheehee”

Okay. So I'm not quite done reading Ariadne's Threads*** (the book about the evolution of Minoan** clothing 2700 - 1500…

  • Knitting

Display: Sylvie’s Medieval Knitting

A Ymir 2026 I setup a display of my progress in knitting. I (of course) neglected to get any pictures…

  • Stitches & Seams

Stitches

Tent Stitch Tent stitch was a popular and easy to work embroidery stitch used extensively for creating richly decorated furnishings…

  • Waisted Kirtle

The Blood Red Linen Kirtle that wasn’t

Blood (Beet) Red linen waisted kirtle started 4/12/2022. Never going to be finished. Mama needs a new kirtle. It turns…

  • Image Review

“Marketenderin un Troßbube” ca 1534-1562

Herzog Anton Ulrich Museum, VSolis AB 3.123Marketenderin und Troßbube (Sutler and horseman) 1534-1562 Zoomable Image: http://kk.haum-bs.de/?id=v-solis-ab3-0123 What I see:The German…

  • 16th Century

Simple Hemd (shirt)

White linen hemd for Erik started 2/7/2024. Finished 2/24/2024. Details: - white linen hemd(shirt) - slightly-longer-than-hip length - narrowed at…

  • Image Review

“The Woodcutter” ca 1530-1562

"The Woodcutter" British Museum, 1874,0711.1888"Series: Twelve soldiers of different ranks", Print made by: Virgil Solisca. 1530-1562 Museum link: https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1874-0711-1888 A…

  • Viborg Shirt

Resized Viborg Shirt

Resized Viborg shirt pattern work started on September 4, 2022. Sewing started on September 20, 2022. Initially finished on October…