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Historical living with Hvitr: May 2015

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Historical living with Hvitr. Wednesday, 27 May 2015. I finished the working class mantua. And took some photos last night. In period it would have been worn over a couple of petticoats, but I don't have the petticoats to go with it so you will have to imagine them. I do plan to make the petticoats, but they aren't as interesting to construct as the mantua itself so I haven't done them yet. Here you can see the bodice and skirt drape:. The draped skirt looks really nice from the back:. It's based on exis...

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Historical living with Hvitr: Deciphering a palaeolithic textile

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Historical living with Hvitr. Monday, 13 July 2015. Deciphering a palaeolithic textile. For HSM challenge 7. I'm reconstructing a headband found at El Wad in what is now Israel. The headband was buried with its owner, who came from the Natufian culture. And lived in the El Wad area during the palaeolithic. In this blog post I'll talk about the process I'm using to reconstruct the headband, and why I think it's likely the original headband was made this way. Remember, radiocarbon dating gives dates as BP ...

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Historical living with Hvitr: February 2015

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Historical living with Hvitr. Tuesday, 10 February 2015. This year's big nerdy project. This is 20 meters of linen. It's all intended for April's Historical Sew Monthly. Project, which I'm quite excited about. I'm going to make a linothorax. If you're unfamiliar with this term*, the linothorax was a piece of body armour made of linen, which was used by the ancient Greeks and Etruscans. Here's a picture of a chap wearing a linothorax:. Predictably, I bought the linen before. Labels: Historical Sew Monthly.

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Historical living with Hvitr: June 2015

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Historical living with Hvitr. Monday, 29 June 2015. Time to chase away the winter blues with something from a nice hot country! This headband belonged to an individual from the Natufian culture. Which thrived between 13,000 BCE and 11,000 BCE in what is now the Levant. Natufians seem to have liked dentalium shells. And they often buried their dead with dentalium jewelry. This paper. But looking at it I can see we have parallel rows of dentalium shells, with a bit of a gap between each row. To me that...

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Historical living with Hvitr: March 2015

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Historical living with Hvitr. Sunday, 29 March 2015. Stashbusting; or, the 1790s waistcoat. Me trying to look dapper, and failing. Close up of the fabric. The nice thing about this fabric is that it is double-sided. The reverse side provides an attractive colour contrast, which I've used for the pockets and lapels. The pattern comes from Norah Waugh's The Cut of Men's Clothes. Half a meter of blue and orange cotton, and a bit under a meter of plain black calico. From Norah Waugh's The Cut of Men's Clothes.

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Historical living with Hvitr: July 2015

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Historical living with Hvitr. Wednesday, 29 July 2015. What my Bronze Age ancestors wore. The next HSM challenge theme is Heirlooms and Heritage. It has a lot of funerary monuments from the Neolithic through to the Bronze Age and although people were highly mobile at that time. It makes sense to think dad's ancestors were in around that general area. All my wool is commercially made S spun yarn, but the idea of making the belt without that cool shadow stripe really irritated me. I re-spun some of my wool...

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Historical living with Hvitr: August 2015

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Historical living with Hvitr. Monday, 24 August 2015. August's HSM challenge is Heirlooms and Heritage. Since I'm mostly interested in very early periods, I've chosen to focus on the heritage side of the coin and celebrate my Danish ancestors by recreating the belt from Borum Eshøj. There are other similar belts from Egtved and Trindhøj, so it's not unreasonable to think my ancestors in Sjæland might have worn belts like these. N/A It's a simple warp faced tabby so doesn't require a pattern. I think mayb...

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Historical living with Hvitr: November 2014

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Historical living with Hvitr. Sunday, 30 November 2014. It's finished. While I can't say this was an easy project, the result is very rewarding. In fact, the main reason for the frustrations and problems I've had with this project is simply that I haven't made anything like it before. If I did it again, it would probably be easier. The fact that it's finished already is thanks to Fabric.com. Doesn't look overly structured either, and I know early banyans weren't structured like a frock coat. 4 and a half...

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Historical living with Hvitr: Liebster award

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Historical living with Hvitr. Friday, 17 July 2015. Bandykullan, who blogs at costumekullan. And makes some absolutely phenomenal 18th century and Star Wars costumes, has very kindly nominated me for a Liebster award. Many thanks, bandykullan! I'm so glad you've enjoyed my blog. More information on the Liebster award. Here are the rules for accepting and passing on the Liebster award:. Thank the person who nominated you and link their blog. Display the award on your blog. Provide 11 random facts about you.

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Historical living with Hvitr: Loom setup for the Borum Eshøj project

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Historical living with Hvitr. Monday, 10 August 2015. Loom setup for the Borum Eshøj project. You know what's great about warp-weighted looms? You don't need any equipment at all. You just need a couple of sticks and something to weight the ends with. I've now finished setting up the loom for my Bronze Age belt. As I said previously. Warp weighted loom all ready to go. In Ancient Textiles: Production, Crafts and Society. Anyway, I did the warp in groups of 8 like the original, because why not? In the anc...