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Costuming Glass
Weaving Norse Culture
Naalbinding  

Costuming

Overview of Norse dress accessories.  This class is a "show and tell" of artifact photos and discussion of what we know about them (1820 K).
Overview of Norse garb, taught at Atlantian 12th Night in January 2004, to help people prepare for the Tourney of Ymir in February 2004 (108 K).  The men's and women's garb articles were consolidated and upgraded on 17 Oct 2005 to PDF format, for a smaller download.
Class on 10th Century Danish clothing, taught from fall 2001 to the present, and continually updated with new research. The class was last updated in March 2003.
Documentation for Norse woman's embroidered linen head-dress, shown at the Crown Tournament A&S Fair (September 2000) and numerous A&S displays.
Documentation for a Viking man's jacket and hat set, entered at Kingdom Twelfth Night in January 2000.
Documentation for her Arts and Sciences entry of a hlad, cuffs, and a heraldic viking cloak. This project included double-faced tablet weaving, applique' sewing, and some other skills.

Weaving

Red and Gold Brocaded Tablet Woven Band
Tablet Weaving Theory Class, an introduction to tablet weaving, last updated in August 2002.
Documentation for a hand-woven 12th Century German belt pouch, entered at the Middle Kingdom A&S Faire in May 2002.  
Documentation for 13th Century tablet-woven brocade, entered at the Middle Kingdom A&S Faire in May 2002.
Brocaded Tablet Weaving Class, an introduction to brocaded tablet weaving, last updated in October 2001.
Documentation for a hand-woven Viking woman's apron dress with trim hand-woven into the garment, entered at Tourney of Ymir (Atlantia, Feb 00) and Rose Tournament (Midrealm, Jun 00). Note: this page has been updated as of 28 Oct 00 to include a close-up photo of the dress and integrated trim.
Isabel's rigid-heddle weaving class, last updated December 1999.

Naalbinding

Naalbinding socks made in the Klas-Brita pattern.
Naalbinding socks made in the banana sock pattern, these are my favorite socks.
Two pair of naalbinding mittens made in the Broden stitch.
Nålbinding Socks worked in the Brodén Stitch.

Glass

Red, Black, and White Necklace
VCA Necklace
Purple Necklace
Glass bead necklace featuring leaves. While not entirely historical, it showcases the handmade glass leaves which Isabel creates and uses as tokens.
Norse necklace of glass beads, made for HRM Rachel Wallace for Tourney of Ymir.
Class notes on Norse Glass Beads, last updated January 2004 and converted to PDF in October 2005 (340 K).
Documentation for a 10th Century Danish 3-strand hanging necklace, entered at the Middle Kingdom A&S Faire in May 2003.
Documentation for a glass Hnaefatfl set, entered at the Middle Kingdom A&S Faire in May 2003.  
Documentation for a 16th Century Glass Faux Amber Rosary, entered at the Middle Kingdom A&S Faire in May 2003. While this project deviated from her usual focus on 10th Century Denmark, Isabel learned a lot about glassworking in making the project, and such rosaries sell quite well.

Norse Culture

Women in Norse Culture Class, last updated January 2004 and converted to PDF in October 2005 (370 K).
Documentation for Nut and Honey Cake with Honey Cream Sauce, entered at the Middle Kingdom A&S Faire in May 2002.  
Danr also has some Norse Culture articles on his page.  

There was an accident with our computer and the documentation for most of the projects done between Jan 01 and Oct 01 was lost. If it's not here, I don't have the document anymore.

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