Well, finished making - now for the washing and fulling part.

This is the flat cap I started at Raglan, in 2 ply jumper weight, which is quite fine. Hence it took an age.

The next one in the same yarn will be with 2 strands and bigger needles.

In this house, it's hard to photograph anything without a measure of cat butt appearing alongside...


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Years ago I made a lovely Cranach gown (materials donated by thorngrove)  with an underdress, all assembled with Lady Anne of Wokyngham's patient help. (just ignore my expression - didn't know I looked so sour!) It was my first effort at mounting fabric on a backing and then sewing it, cartridge pleating, adding a lining to the skirt hem only (to add weight ( Read more... )

It's always charming to have answers to questions, but I'm certain this is the most e-mail I've received in reply to a simple question about sewing ( Read more... )

The Tudor Child, written by Jane Huggett and Ninya Mikhaila, ed Jane Malcolm-Davies, is a delight. My copy arrived this week because I ordered in advance for a small discount. What a treat ( Read more... )

...England is a awash with flooding. I'll have to watch the Peanuts Christmas special on YouTube, and the Grinch too, for any white Christmas fill.

Hoping to stop pretending to work and slip out of the office soon, and go shopping in person rather than online.

For this holiday crafty wish list:
- get more gilding tools to improve gilding results, ( Read more... )

HLady liadethorneggecame through with pictures, and only one of them is slightly tipsy-looking.

Pics are huge, so you an enjoy them in all their splendour! Also, it was a lovely day.

Aside from being happy that it came out the way I pictured it, I was really pleased with the silly hat. It has a wire form inside to provide the shape - there's precedent for wire ( Read more... )

One of my earliest medieval clothing (well really costuming) experiences was with velveteen - I was charmed by the prospect of making a 'push 'n shove' (basically an ahistorical low-cut bodice that would show off my assets), and made it in red velveteen.

I used one layer of fabric, and the pattern was based on a cotehardie pattern that buttongirl had made for ( Read more... )

...because even early 16th c clothing is a journey of many many steps, when you're trying to follow pattern instructions.

Should look splendid, if I can find enough hours in the day to do the hand finishing. I spent all free hours over Jubilee weekend on this gown. I'm beginning to hanker for t-tunics.

However: one awesome aspect has been using cross ( Read more... )

A lovely newcomer took some pictures - this is in the little courtyard adjascent to the site:


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Thanks for your encouraging remarks about the gown.
maryf and kirieldp commented about the undergown. I'll be honest, I don't know if German noble ladies wore undergowns as a matter of course.
The idea developed with milady Anne of Wokyngham's help, as she was the more knowledgeable of the two of us about 16th c. clothing, but she's the first to say she ( Read more... )