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. ...
Bog 3 Day: All together now
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...
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...
Beads for Coronation
My Laurel, Sir Murdoch Bayne, is ascending the throne of Æthelmearc this weekend. At coronation there will be a "dirty dozen" largesse...
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...
Birka Bj. 968: The Clothing
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...
Birka Bj. 968: The Grave
Image from Tafeln, Arbman's version of the grave drawing originally completed by Stolpe Birka grave Bj. 968 was excavated in 1881 by...
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...