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Requoting diamond twill source

I mean to go look at this diamond twill...

 

Sounds like a re.seller who buys from these guys. I got mine direct at 
great prices, they do bulk as well if you
can be patient and wait if they do not have enough in stock. on them to 
put the order together.
Usually a couple of weeks for 10 or more. But well worth the wait and 
the blankets are great for cloaks. LOL.
Here is the direct link. Shhh it's a big secret kept by their 
re-sellers. LOL. http://www.loricamos.vizz.pl/tkanieuk.html

Sandy

On 2/08/2010 10:17 PM, LEWINS SHELAGH wrote:
> I got it from a friend who trades in Viking and Saxon wares, in England. I
> can put you in touch with him if you are interested.
>
> These are actually shawls / wide scarves. One would be enough for a top, or
> for an apron to hang down the front of an apron-dress. Or you might piece
> one into a more suitable shape for a small cloak - or make any number of
> hats, pouches, trimming strips etc. But you couldn't make a whole dress out
> of one. And because the colours vary (they are seconds, though I haven't
> seen any flaws in mine) I think you'd be hard-pressed to get enough the same
> to make a full garment. But I haven't seen his current stock, there might be
> 2 the same and that would probably do an apron-dress.

 Looks great to me! Pretty much looks like this down to the size of the repeats:

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_35z6SrYO6Eo/TFWnCRpprXI/AAAAAAAAAGE/bzPGkvrkuPg/s1600/\
Broken+Diamond+twill.jpg
-which was based on the thread/pattern repeat counts at the higher end of the finer fabrics found from the period (gaps between repeats are still there because it was a sample piece and only lightly washed).

Brígiða Vadesbana
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Early Anglo-Saxon embroidery

More quoting from the lists:

Class Handouts
Unaltered class handouts may be reproduced for use in non-profit teaching 
programs (eg SCA Collegia etc).
* Five Period Stitches - Quick Reference Guide - Oct, 2003 (.pdf 148kb)
* Five Period Stitches - In Depth - March, 2006 (.pdf 2.4 mb) (revised)
* Embroidery for Clothing - Anglo-Saxon - Nov, 2004 (.pdf 3.6 mb) 
* Getting Started with Tunics - March, 2005 (.pdf 535 kb)

 Hi,

The best overview for viking and anglo-saxon embroidery stitches and styles 
is 
http://www.cs.vassar.edu/~capriest/asvembroid.html

this site has a few nice images:
http://kaleeb.galtham.org/pdf/Kaleeb-angloembroidery.pdf

Queen Arnegunde find, 6th century Frankish:
http://reocities.com/Athens/forum/6948/arnegunde.html

Gabrielle

 

Hedeby apron dress

More possibly useful things from the lists, apologies for not getting who posted this:

Have you seen the summary that Shelagh has already put online?

http://www.shelaghlewins.com/reenactment/hedeby_apron/hedeby_apron.htm

It really does cover about 99% of what Hägg says about apron dresses

 http://needleprayse.webcon.net.au/research/index.html

 

 

Red-tanned leather

Since I've started back to school, I've not been starting much new, though still keeping an eye on possibly useful items that come up on the lists.  From Norsetalk2:

Christopher wrote:

>What would be a period way to a veg tanned leather belt red?

There are a number of extant early and medieval recipes for dyeing leather 
red. The most common dyestuff I've seen referred to for that purpose was 
brazilwood, but madder was also used.

There is an extant Frankish belt in the Arnegunde grave; it's very 
elaborate, with cutwork and gilded parchment and a big gilt bronze 
buckle. It was dyed red with madder.

Here's an SCA-period recipe for dyeing leather red with madder (Rubia 
tinctorum). It's from The Secrets of Alexis of Piedmont (1558).

"To Die Skinnes in chickweede, called in Latin Rubra Maiore, or Rubra 
Tinctorum, into a Redde Colour.

"Having annointed, washed, wronge and layed abroad the skin, as is 
aforesaied, wete it with water that white wine lees and baye salt hath ben 
boiled in, and than wring him. Take than creuiles or crabbe shelles (be
they of the sea or of the river) burned into ashes, the whiche yon
shall temper with the said water of the lees and salt, and rubbe well the 
skinne therwith, than washe him well with cleere water, and wringe 
hym. This done, take ruddle tempered in water of lees, and rubbe the 
skinne well over and over with it, and than with the foresayde ashes, 
wasshinge, and wringinge it thre times. Finallye, after you have wasshed 
him, and wringe him, if you thinke it not be well ynoughe, you shall geue 
him one dienge with brasyll. The paste or masse of Rubia Tinctorum, must 
be made with water that lees or tartre hath bene boiled
in, and the sayed water must be luke warme, and whan you make the paste of 
ruddle, than leave it fo the space of a night. After this, put upon the 
sayd Rubra Tinctorum, a lyttle alom, dragges,or lees, or Alome catinum, 
steped in water. You maye also adde to it the colour of the shearing of
scarlet, whiche hath been taken oute boylinge in lye, which is a goodly 
secrete."

I can't speak for the Chivalry, of course. But I would be impressed 
entirely to itty-bitty pieces if I had a squire who tried to dye his own 
belt red with a period recipe. Let me know if you decide to undertake it, 
or if you have questions.

Carolyn Priest-Dorman // Þóra Sharptooth
http://www.cs.vassar.edu/~capriest/thora.html