The Weaving
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....
Bog 3 Day, the Weaving Set Up.
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...
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...
Viking Age Spindle Whorls part 2
Stone spindle whorls from Jorvik, care of the York Archaeological Trust With the bone spindle whorl out of the way, I turned my...
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...
Calontir Clothing Challenge, Layer 4
Layer 4 involved a bunch of accessories. The simplest was a veil, which was just a length of plain linen that I tried to dye but mostly...
Calontir Clothing Challenge, Layer 2 and 3
This is going to be a big photo dump, because things got done, but not written up, during the Thanksgiving/ Christmas rush. Layer 2: A...
Tangled webs, woven
November's mission was to get my new loom warped and my apron fabric woven. The loom is a 48" Ashford Rigid Heddle. Step 1 was to...
Week One
This week was pretty short, as the challenge started Thursday. But I was able to get a bit of work done. Both the Karakul and Shetland...