Oonagh's Ramblings

back to work today... nurses exhibition ... 120 items ... bring it on

Happy new year to all. 

May your year be as you deserve it to be.

Long time no post.

I've been busy doing stuff mostly uni but some hobby stuff too..... and here is a little of it.


An all wool Hangarok, apron dress, hand sewn is based on an early Danish find and a dress reconstruction in the Danish National Museum. The under dress is wool based on one of the proposed "Eura dress" reconstruction methods. It is being worn over a machine-sewn linen dress also from the proposed "Eura dress" reconstruction.

Various trim techniques were employed. Tablet woven bands that the gathering was stitched into, and the cuffs of the dress. Finger loop braid for the loops for the hangarok, and naalbinding edging on the hangarok, neck of the woolen dress and the linen under dress.

The naalbinding edging is a bit odd. I did not understand this to be naalbinding, but if it is a generic term applied to needlework then it makes sense. Introduced to me by Jenny Baker     The stitch is from a Danish burial dating back about 3500 bce to the burial of The Skrydstrup Woman. The completed outfit with the over garment belted and the hairnet in place as the body was found in the burial.  The garment and complete burial remains are housed at the National Museum of Denmark. The web page has a zoomable image.
Essentially it is blanket stitch that is needle woven in and out of the lateral stitches then whipped over with a secondary thread. Continue this until you have filled in the space of the blanket stitches. This creates a weave not dislike a two hole tablet weave.



I have also added a horn comb to my brooch chatelaine that is suspended by linen finger loop braid, 5 loop variety.

I had been intrigued by the pleated pieces in finds and the Museum of Denmars interpretation of the Køstrup Dress, and intended to make my own interpretation of it. Then I found Shelagh Lewins’  interpretations and was thusly inspired to push boundaries a little more. Shelagh’s interpretation is constructed as a tube that has an adjusted hem and neckline to accommodate the high back. I have elected to construct from 4 pieces. 2 rectangles, 1 at the front and 1 at the back, and 2 side gores to give width to the hem. This is very economical on base fabric, but possibly more time consuming that Shelagh Lewins’ interpretation.

Peter Beatson suggests in his article on the “Viking Age clothing from Pskov, Russia”,  the front and backs of the hangarok are different levels, the front being higher than the back. So as per Shelagh Lewins’ hypothesis of different heights for front and back the back is higher than the front, in a cold climate this actually make sense.

I really liked what Shelagh did with hers. Later hangarok seem to have developed in levels of complexity from a simple tube with straps to a gored garment that had tablet weaving and silver wire embellishments and silk trims.

This is one more possibility of how the Viking woman of around the 10th century may have dressed.

See the results at my facebook

 

How incredibly rude is this.

I tried to befriend a woman, who is a little odd, and was feeling rather left out of a group we are both part of. So we chatted and I showed her my sketch for a creative idea I had. This was oddly enough a textile based idea and I was seriously considering entering it into a 'real' competition.  NOt part of any re-enactment group.

Tonight a friend tells me this woman was showing her 'her' exact copy of my sketch claiming it as her own sprouting all of my ideas. How dam rude is that.

When I see her it isn't going to be pretty.

REALLY, REALLY UNhappy!

I have some temporary relief of the web page situation
http://webspace.webring.com/people…naghsown/

Scared you ............ lol

Been sewing today with friends.

I've been having fun with something other than Venetian dress.  Hard to believe that the Venetian Laurel could turn her back on it, (not actually turning my back entirely, rather experimenting further afield). 

I've been playing with Norse dress.  I havn't completed it as yet (couple of things left before it is completed), so no photos of it on me till then.

I do have photos of some of the BLING*!*!*!*!*

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Bugga !!!

Anyone out there know of a nice user freindly free webpage hosting they can refer me too??

After my post about my upcoming University studies, I received a few emails offing me assistance with books that I might find of use for my degree.

Well one arrived today. There was a card in it wishing me well with my studies and hopes that I liked the book, but I don't know who it was from, only that they are in the USA.

So to who ever sent it, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU!

I am in. 

I have my offer of placement in the degree. 

I AM going to be training to become a conservator. 

YES!!!