Another autumn has come and there's been many things happening over the last year, many of them terrible (gestures broadly at the world) but a lot of small (and big), good things have happened within my small group that have kept me occupied for the past year. My Laurel won crown, again. This was an interesting, and vastly different crown tournament because the previous king and queen had needed to step down and Æthelmearc needed to hold two crown tourneys on a single d

On November 16, at Fabric, Fiber, and Fighting, I had the incredible honor of being elevated to the most Noble Order of the Laurel. ...

The event has come and gone and things were finished in time! And worn! Except for the wool coats, because it was a balm 91 degrees and...

We have made it to the loom. The process involved a lot of threading and true crime podcasts, but I'm finally at the weaving stage. So....

The Barony of St. Swithin's Bog in our Kingdom hosts a 3 day event in July every year called, very creatively, Bog 3 Day. This year the...

Within the grave of Birka Bj. 968, along the woman’s right hip, lay a knife within its sheath. Now in badly corroded condition, the...

One of the things that really attracted me to the Bj. 968 grave was the necklace. While the pendants are all really interesting and...

For the clothing of Birka Grave Bj. 968, I was fortunate that there were some fragments of textiles that were found on top of her oval...

Image from Tafeln, Arbman's version of the grave drawing originally completed by Stolpe Birka grave Bj. 968 was excavated in 1881 by...

*Note: A longer, pdf document of this project with attached resources in available in the Research Section This was a fun project for Ice...