New year and new post

Well it is a new year and my New Year's resolution is to post every other week things that I am working on.  I have been very lacked in that respect.  So to catch up I will post some things that I have been doing.  I have attending demos and built a new bread oven as well.  Made more hats and currently working on some hood and clothing.  

Happy New Year Everyone!  

Updating.....

Through the next few days I will be updating my blog. Adding a couple more classes and changing a few others. I am also going to be adding more than just hats and headdresses. But other items of interest as well. Perhaps I should change the tag line a bit......hmmmm

Underneath it all!

Last week as I was visiting with a friend who researches viking area clothing and culture I came upon something very interesting. We were talking about headscarves and we were looking through books that had pictures from a find. We were leafing through various books and came across a line drawing of two finds and Birka. They are skulls of viking women with braided trim around their head. One in particular was higher on the forehead and I said, I wonder if the trim was used to hold in place their head coverings, the scarves and hats. She said she wondered the same thing. I think this is so interesting! I will post the pictures later today along with the gave information. The book is Viking Clothing by Thor Ewing By Tempus Publishing Ltd. ISBN 0-7524-3587-6.

Inspiration

A couple of weeks ago I was approached by a woman to show me hear tubular cauls she had recently made. I told her that she wore them quite well and that I liked the fitting. She told me she was inspired to make them because of all the hats I had been wearing recently. I was very touched by her statement. The thought of inspiring someone is amazing!

New download

I just added another article in the download section. I am hoping to add a few more in the next few days including a couple of patterns and how-to articles.

Black band and loop article

I was reading through my recent article on the little loop and black band found during the later part of the 14th Century into the 15th Century women's headdress when it came to me that I should have mentioned in the article that the loop may have been used to pull a sliding headdress back in place. I have found that when wearing larger headdresses, especially one's worn high on the forehead, they tend to slip back further on my head through the course of the day. I myself have used my black loop to bring my headdress back in place so perhaps they did as well.....
I will be adding the full article on the black band and loop in a few days.