[Ansteorra] Medeival Garments Reconstructed - was Greenland Gown(s) & Embroidery?

[SoldierGrrrl]

Daria,

I have this book and I'll bring it to practice today.

Helene

On Sun, Feb 6, 2011 at 9:38 AM, Ysabeau <ysabeau.lists at gmail.com> wrote:

> Pulling out my new book:
>
> http://www.amazon.com/Medieval-Garments-Reconstructed-Clothing-Patterns/dp/8779342981/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1297005098&sr=8-1-spell
>
> "Two types of sewing/weavig tha tthe Norse Greenlanders used as decoration
> and to stabilize edges are called footweaving (or slynging) and
> tablet-woven
> piping."
> <snip>
> "Braided Cords - This technique is also called Faroese cords. These types
> of
> cords are used in several places on the garments, both as decoration and
> reinforcement."
>
> I have basic instructions with pictures in the book. I can try to scan them
> and email them to you, but if you are really interested in the style, you
> should get the book. It looks like it is back in stock and not a bad price.
>
> I haven't had much time to really get into this book but here is a quick
> review:
>
> Two of the leading experts on the Greenland/Herjolfnes dresses combined
> forces to attempt to recreate the dresses. It is kind of a sheep-to-shawl
> type of undertaking. Not being a weaver/spinner, I can't say whether there
> is more/less/different information than in Woven into the Earth but there
> are really pretty pictures of them actually doing it.
>
> Most notably, having listened to several straight to straight/straight to
> bias/bias to bias discussions, the longest seams tend to be selvage to
> bias.
>
> Each of the reconstructed dresses has a set of measurements, layout
> pattern,
> and the pattern pieces on a grid in small, medium, and large sizes. In some
> cases, they show the original museum piece on the grid to show how they
> changed the pattern from original. In the overview, they explain the
> dresses
> were not the deceased's "finest". They were buried in old clothing with
> many
> repairs and that had been stretched through use over the years or,
> possibly,
> because of deformities. They were asymmetrical so they made them
> symmetrical
> based on the best preserved piece.
>
> The book does not give detailed assembly instructions so it isn't for the
> novice seamstress.
>
> I hope this helps and let me know if you want me to copy those pages for
> you.
>
> Ysabeau
>
>
>
> On Sun, Feb 6, 2011 at 8:40 AM, Daria Riley <daria at hellsgate-sca.org>
> wrote:
>
> > I am totally in love with my new Greenland Gown (had some help drafting
> the
> > patterns) I was wondering if embroidery was appropriate on the neckline
> and
> > hems.
> >
> >
> >
> > The only documentation I could find has 3 to 6 strand tablet woven cord
> > woven directly to the garment. No idea how one would do that?
> >
> >
> >
> > Any insight will be much appreciated.
> >
> >
> >
> > YiS,
> >
> > Daria
> >
> > (still recovering from Candlemas, so much fun!)
> >
> >
> >
> > Baroness Daria Riley
> >
> > Web Minister ~ Stronghold of Hellsgate
> >
> > http://www.hellsgate-sca.org
> >
> >
> >
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