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As I previously announced, I am about to extend my winter-equipment and what I wanted for a long time already was a pair of mittens, that keep my hands warm and dry.
Findings of mittens are numerous:
– Skandinavia around 1300
– Sweden late medieval
– And again Sweden
– And again, 14th century
– I hate those spoiled by findings scandinavians…
We would like to show you a full every-day ensemble for the wife of a well earning craftsman or Viennese citizen around 1350-60.
What you see here:
Kyrtle:
brazilwood coloured wool-twill and woad-dyed silk, after different original pictures from Austria and Germany around 1350-60, pattern constructed freely referencing the Moy Bog garment, 22 buttons in the technique of the London findings, sewn with wool and silk thread and brass needle after findings from London. More about it here and auch here
Because we are holding a little private weekend for the IG14 Austria at the Bachritterburg Kanzach in Southern Germany in March, I needed a little upgrade on my outdoor-wear.
What I needed for a long time already was a simple Surcot which can be used as a layer over the kyrtle. Long armed, comfortable and as cheap as possible since I already know that I am not going to wear it very often. (more…)
So, I know, I let it slide a bit since the last parts….
The search for original pictures of shirts from my time and region is not as easy as I thought. You often see them, but only worn underneath the kyrtle.
For the hosen/trousers I still had a great piece of wool twill, plant dyed in reseda and iron-sulfate by Firiel in a gorgeous light green. Exactly the right amount, I only left some small scraps.
For the reconstruction I used a whole bunch of different original pictures and findings from which I incorporated different attributes.
We would like to show you here a complete ensemble of everyday’s and Sunday’s clothing for the wife of a craftsman or a craftswoman in Vienna around 1350.
What you see here:
Dress:
from Woad-dyed wool twill after different original pictures from Austria and Germany dating to 1350, (more…)
I showed you my first smoked apron a while ago. That one is made in Honeycomb-Smok-Technique which makes it a very close reconstruction of the apron in this picture from the Luttrell Psalter.
Yet, in the same psalter you can see other styles of aprons here and here and here and here or also in the Holkham Bible here and here on which more elaborate patterns can be seen which can not be done in honeycomb-smok. The simple line-patterns combined with signs of pleated fabric reminded me of english smok, used in linnen-wear of the early 16th century.
I made this simple cap after several depictions and the cut of the Saint Birgitta’s coif, which I would like to use as a day to day piece, alone for work or under different veils, hoods and scarfs. Actually it is quite stupid I did not have one for so long since it is so practical!
I had two garters of fine leather with copper-alloy-buckles, yet I lost them somewhere along the event-season. I definitely needed new ones. From wool this time
Since I lost my paternoster a while ago (going by metro a little tipsy and with metal in my earphones on full volume I did not notice one pearl after the other falling from my belt spreading my paternoster all over Vienna) I needed a new one.
When I found these wonderfull coral pearls on an event in Purgstall (Austria), I had enough for 50 Ave Maria prayer beads and 6 pater noster prayerbeads.
