Making a Laurel
On November 16, at Fabric, Fiber, and Fighting, I had the incredible honor of being elevated to the most Noble Order of the Laurel. ...
Birka Bj. 968: The Knife
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...
Birka Bj. 968: The Beads
One of the things that really attracted me to the Bj. 968 grave was the necklace. While the pendants are all really interesting and...
A Birka Bag
*Note: A longer, pdf document of this project with attached resources in available in the Research Section This was a fun project for Ice...
Spindle whorls from Viking Age Britain
Clockwise from top left: bone, soapstone, soapstone, soapstone, sandstone, chalk So I'm lucky enough to live in an environment and in a...
Children's Turnshoes
Our oldest nephew will be attending his first SCA event next weekend, so he and I scrambled together a viking outfit in about 72 hours. ...
A tisket, A tasket
As I finish up some projects, I keep coming across ones that never got photographed or blogged properly. So: a photo dump of baskets...
CCC: Month One
So it's almost the end of October, but the first snow is falling. It makes me glad that I looked forward to January and planned for...
Largesse
I had a lot of fun making largesse for Queen Gabrielle. Over the years, I've collected a lot of beads and I had a blast trying to...
14th Century Hood
The hood was made with a pattern from Reconstructing History. It's gray wool fully lined with a plum linen. The top stitching was made...