My Journey as a Viking Age Costumer

Sometimes you just stumble on the very best of the net...

2/26/2018

I needed a date for one of the Danish bog finds (and it was not detailed very well in Hald's book). I searched and hit this site that is a wealth of information, including dates for many items and a gallery that is positively incredible Byzantine and Egyptian textiles and garments.

Go poke around, I guarantee you wont regret it: http://www.textile-dates.uni-bonn.de/findspot_list.phpwww.textile-dates.uni-bonn.de/findspot_list.php

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Wool Veils

2/22/2018

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I started using very fine wool for veils a few years back and absolutely love them (more than linen and far, far more than silk). I buy appropriate cloth when I can find it but recently opted to buy a sheer wool scarf on Amazon that is absolutely beautiful, and very, very soft. It is long enough that I could cut it in half to make two of my normal veils or I can leave it at this length for a Saxon style that needs to also drape around my shoulders.

The navy does not appear so in the photo online (first item on the left below), but in reality it is a nice, dark woad blue.

I am delighted. I want to get the red to try next and maybe even the white and attempt to dye it.

These also come in sheer, fine cashmere!

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Library: Cloth & Clothing in Early Anglo Saxon England

2/13/2018

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This book is fantastic. I sadly missed my chance to buy it right before it went out of print (I had to choose between this volume and Heckett's book on the Dublin headcoverings), and I regretted not picking it up. I did ILL and read the book, but that is not the same as having it in some form.

If you are interested in Saxon costume, or early period costume, you really must download this book, which is now offered for free here: http://archaeologydataservice.ac.uk/archiveDS/archiveDownload?t=arch-281-1/dissemination/pdf/RR145.pdf

This book covers textiles, textile production, clothing, embellishment, and jewelry. If you are interested in this time period, this book easily offers enough material to get you started.

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Wool Veils

Library: Cloth & Clothing in Early Anglo Saxon England

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