My medieval life...and my current.

31 August 2012 @ 20:26

Wellcome to my Medieval Journal

With inspiration from one of my friends I have made this online journal where I can show some of the things that I enjoy making in my spare time.

The journal will primarily be about different textile techniques and the out-come from me trying to learn/master the crafts. It may also be that people have placed an order for something that they want me to make for them. I will then post it and they can see the work in progress. I usually do things like nålebinding, sewing medieval clothing, embrodery - so usually textiles and clothing. The page is ment to give mutural inspiration and dissemination of medieval crafts. One can hope that it might help us all to become better at making great things.

Besides making things for my medieval costume I probably can´t resist making posts with work and study related subjects. This might be the latest excavation that I attend or things that I have been wondering about when reading for exams in medieval archaeology. And it might happen that something about skeletons are on here as well ( I have been studying biological anthropology for the last year).

I would be very happy if you wrote me a comment on some of the posts and if you have questions you are more than wellcome to write as well.

Yours Louise

If you like my journal take a look at these:

mikkelf84

maxlu179

Current Location: Århus

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17 September 2008 @ 17:43

New blog

Hi Everybody

I´m am writing to tell you that me and my boyfriens and some other medieval enthusiasts have joined forces and created a new blog

Haandkraft

This means that I will not use Livejournal as much as I have been earlier (as if it could get any less :0))
But it also means that there will be a lot of interesting medieval crafts to see at the new blog since there are more peole writing.
So hope very much to see you at the blog site.

Yours Louise

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25 Juni 2008 @ 20:45

My new brown dress

Here is my new brown dress. I have been wanting to make a dress with seperate bodice and skirt for some time and since I couldn´t fit my old blue linnen dress I had to make it for this summers medieval trips. So here it is.

The picture is taken by mu good friend Mikkel and is at the medieval marked at Esrum monastery.

Here are som details

I am really pleased with the result altthough I have go get used to being a bit more top heavy that in the other dress that is more slimming. But What the heek - it´s medieval fashion!

And I have to show you a last picture - my new ring that I bought from polish Nina
I love it to bits!

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10 Juni 2008 @ 23:05

Medieval garters

I have mad my self a pair of garters for a pair of womans hoses. I´m making those in a near future so that I can bring them on my next trip to a marked (two weeks)
I bought the buckles at this site http://www.jazwiec.pl/ . It´s a really great place to by from and Nina is really nice to communicate with bt mail.
The brickband I bought at a big viking marked in Ribe at their viking center - see web site http://www.ribevikingecenter.dk/Default.aspx

Here are the garters:

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24 Marts 2008 @ 14:27

My new dying cauldron

Wanted to show you guys my new cauldron - it´s come all the way from Syria. It is handmade in copper with iron handle and there is room for 40 l. I can´t wait to get it out under a fire and try how it works. It´s going to be interested what the copper will do to the coulors and how much cloth/whole pieces of fabric that I can fit into the cauldron and still get the coulor even. So now ím just waiting for my goup to go on the next trip and for something to dye with. I have madder and indigo coming ind from Germany but I would like to try with some more of the things that one doesn´t have to buy.

But here is my precious!

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17 Marts 2008 @ 14:01

My friend Janni

Thought I would post my friend Janni´s journal so that you all could see her lovly work.

She is in the same group as I am in and we both study to become medieval archeaologists. She does both medieval and renaissance and she is relly good.

So go and see her journal

janni79

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09 Marts 2008 @ 12:55

Landsknecht kampfrau

I´m am starting to get very interested in landsknecht clothing and especially in the womens department. So I were woundering if any of you have any great links to groups, sources, blogs with this type of cloth. I have fallen i love with this type of dress.

This Julia from this group . She was actually trying to sell this dress via Historiska´s forum

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02 Marts 2008 @ 21:41

More needlebinding - nålebinding

Here is my newest creation with the bone needle - again it is a pair of socks for Michael in Copenhagen. I really think this is the best pair that I have made so far. They are made with the "mammen-stitch" and as a special feature I have finished the top of the socks with a madderdyed trim. I might make make a pair just like that for my self. But for now there are too many on socks on demand from others so a pair for my self have to wait.

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08 Februar 2008 @ 14:33

My brothers gambason

I want to show you my brothers sewing skills. He is nearly finished with this huge project and i wanted to show how nice it has turned out. I´m really impressed with him.

It is made from linnen with a blanket interlining and hand sewn with linnen tread. He has used a lot of time looking for picture and textile sources. The buttuns on the sleeves are made with wood inside and covered with linnen. He is also in the medieval group that i´m in.

The back:

The in-side:

The elbow:

Simon sewing a button hole for the elbow plate:

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07 Februar 2008 @ 20:43

London hood....with modifications

This is my new hood...or I actually started making this in 2006 but just finished it right before Christmas. I have wanted an open hood for a long time because it is really iritating to put a hood on when you have your "head scarf" on. I use a late 1500-th century wulsthaube (I am making a new one that I will post later on), and once you have it on you don´t want to mess with it so that you have to re-do it often.

The hood is based on no. 246 from "Textiles and Clothing". See this Link
Is is made from blue wool and with green linnen lining.

And of course it had to have buttons.

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