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Katrin How on earth did they do it?
27. März 2024
Ah, that's good to know! I might have a look around just out of curiosity. I've since learned that w...
Heather Athebyne How on earth did they do it?
25. März 2024
...though not entirely easy. I've been able to get my hands on a few strands over the years for Geor...
Katrin Hieroglyphs.
23. Februar 2024
Yes, that would sort of fit that aspect - but you can also go from bits of woods to sticks if you ar...
Bruce Hieroglyphs.
23. Februar 2024
I think the closest English equivalent would be 'Down the rabbit hole'. It has one entrance (No, not...
Harma Spring is Coming.
20. Februar 2024
I'm definitely jealous! Mine disapeared except for one pathetic little flower. But the first daffodi...
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Thorsberg Trousers in Three D!

If you have looked into the history of trousers, chances are high you stumbled across the find from Thorsberg. They are remarkably well-preserved, and they have a very curious pattern that results in a nice, form-fitting, leg-hugging fit. (Which means that you can show off your legs as the wearer of these trousers, and enjoy the view if you are a spectator.)

As a result of a research project of these trousers, there's a 3D simulation of them done in sketchfab, and you can have a look at them from all angles. It's fascinating, and I was thrilled that the model looks very much like the reconstructions that I made a few years ago when worn by the Most Patient Husband of Them All. 

You can take a look at the model here, and there's links to the research behind it and the academia profiles of the researchers as well.

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AUG.
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Off to adventures! And exciting news!

I'm off to the EAA conference in Belfast! Which means that a) today has been a whirlwind of getting things sorted out so everything is ready for me to leave, and b) I will be off the blog for a while.

However, to keep you amused while I am gone, you can check out the brand-new publication now available as pdf about "Fashioning the Viking Age". That was a research project that included reconstructions of Viking Age textile tools and Viking Age garments - and the first two volumes are finished and downloadable for free on the project's web pages

And with this, I'm off to conferencey adventures, followed by some family stuff - so I will be back on the blog on September 12.

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JULI
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Very Interesting Velvet.

Sorry for the unannounced blog silence yesterday - I was off on a field trip, and I had planned to blog on the journey in the train either going there or coming back, but both trips were spent doing other work-y things instead.  

It was a lovely trip, and it included a brief but intense visit to the BNM - where we had a look at the garments from a noble grave crypt in Lauingen, dating to the 17th century. The textiles are very well preserved, and they are rather spectacular due to a number of reasons - but what fascinated me most was the fabric used for the garments worn by Pfalzgraf Philipp Ludwig.

The fabric looks a little like a herringbone pattern fabric with a lot of bands sewn on - but it's woven in one piece, and the bands are a kind of uncut velvet, construction-wise. Here is a very bad close-up picture:

It is beautiful, and fascinating, and the three of us spent a good while in front of it trying to figure out how it might have been made. I'm again and again intrigued by the creativity used to make so, so many different kinds of fabrics...

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JUNI
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Textile Finds from Late 16th Century Groningen

The Tudor Tailor is pondering the translation of Hanna Zimmerman's book about the Groningen textile finds "Textiel in Context". The finds date to the late 16th century, and they have been published in Dutch in a relatively small print run. The plan is to translate the text into English and supply new, better photographs of the objects in the translated version.

In case that sounds interesting for you, you can learn more about the project (and signal your interest in a survey) on the Tudor Tailor webpage here.

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JUNI
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A Hat!

Medieval hats are something that we mostly know from images - the finds are, unfortunately, very rare. At least that is to my knowledge... should you have a treasure trove of medieval hats somewhere, let me know!

So I was very delighted to hear about the find of a medieval hat that is in the Västerbottom Museum in Sweden. And there's even information about it online, you can find it here.  The images directly in the web entry are not too good, but there's a colour photo in the pdf that can be downloaded on the site. I'm a little sad that the dating is only "medieval", which is not very precise... but I'll take a non-precisely dated hat over no hat anytime!

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JUNI
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Manuscript Curtains.

Just in case you'd like to see some medieval textiles... there's a 9th century manuscript, written in Mainz and in the care of the Bayerische Staatsbibliothek that has been digitised.

The really nice thing about it? (Well, apart from the fact that it's a really beautiful old book, with miniatures.) This book still has its curtains. That are pieces of fabric sewn to the pages to protect, or maybe hide, or maybe both, the illuminations - reminding me a bit of the spidery translucent paper that is used in photo albums. (Except in this MS, it looks to me like the fabric is not attached, but only placed between the pages. Hm.)

Anyways - this book still has its curtains (a lot of them were removed at some point from manuscripts, and have either gotten lost or are kept separately), and they were also digitised, and that means you can zoom in on beautiful medieval silk fabrics. 

Here, for example. There's a number of pages with curtains, and it all seems to be the same fabric. It looks like a selvedge at the top and the bottom, which would make it a relatively narrow strip of woven fabric, and there's hems with sometimes discernible stitches at the right and left side. 

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MAI
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EuroWeb: Digital Atlas is Online.

One of the goals of EuroWeb is making it easier to research textile heritage, and one of the steps for this was the development of a Digital Atlas. This has been launched recently, and you can now take a look at the Atlas here

It's of course a work in progress - and contributions are welcome.

And here is the launch, as the recording of the livestream:

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