Lengberg bra patterning. A dress diary

Since I finished the ray cloth last week, and I want to use it to make a new outfit, it is finally time for me to get going on the Lengberg bra that I have been wanting to do since the finds were published (Nutz, McNealy & Case, 2017). I recently purchased some very cheap...

New weaving project page!

Since I finished the weaving of my ray cloth I have now put together a page describing the project and slotted it into the structure here on the page. Check it out: Ray cloth - black and green

Ray cloth: slow going

It's been a while now since I got my ray cloth warp on the loom, but it's slow going. I have just over 2 metres woven at this point, and I have had opportunity to ponder why this is. One thing was that I still do not have the spangles, they're not made yet. This...

Ray cloth: We have lift off!

I wrote about a project on this blog almost exactly one year ago: New project being planned-rays. I bought thread and did some sampling the month after, then bought the full amount of wool (11/1 from Garnhuset i Kinna). I also purchased some white silk from a German manufacturer, Stoff Connexion, not the same one...

Hopping on TikTok

The happening new platform is TikTok, so popular now that instagram and youtube are trying to look just like it. Probably a sign of its decline, so the perfect time for me to start posting over there. I had the idea to do a micro vlogging experiment of my experience at Medieval Week, so I...