Viking North @ The Yorkshire Museum
The Yorkshire Museum invited me to an exclusive press preview of their new Viking exhibition, Viking North!
Viking Age Clothing for Dummies: A Short Resource List
I met a lovely gentleman this weekend at Jorvik Viking Festival- he was hovering near the muster point and ended up joining myself and a friend in conversation. He is currently a fashion student and he asked if I could send him any sources to give him a BASIC grounding in Viking Age clothing. I…
After Hastings: Compilation
#AfterHastings is a collaborative living history project dedicated to telling women’s stories from the time of the Norman Conquest.
Recreating Illuminations: Nun Edition
I recreated one of my favourite manuscript illuminations, but I had too many nuns!
2024: Where have I been?
Where I’ve been, what I’m up to and what you can look forward to on my blog.
Vikings On Ice: Trying Out Bone Ice Skates from York
Alternate title: Fear and Skating in Jorvík With 2023 coming to a close, I’m reminded of the famous Eleanor Roosevelt quote to “Do one thing every day that scares you.” Ever since I saw my first pair of bone ice skates at the Jorvik Viking Centre and Yorkshire Museum, I’ve been charmed by them. After…
Impressions: Two Wealthy Hiberno-Scandinavian Settlers, A Century Apart in Wood Quay
Location: Wood Quay, Dyflin (Dublin), Ireland.Date: Mid 10th century and mid 11th century. Culture: Early Hiberno-Scandinavian.Estimated Social Status: Affluent urban freewoman. The following photos show two sets of speculative clothing based on archaeological finds from Viking Dublin, set approximately a century apart. My goal is to combine these items according to their proper dating and present them in…
A Wool Cap from 10th Century Dublin. DHC33
This cap is based on item DHC33 from Fishamble Street, just one of the roads in Viking Dublin’s Wood Quay neighbourhood. All of the street photographs were taken on location in nearby Winetavern Street, Dublin. DHC33 was made of wool and like all of the Dublin caps (silk or wool) it was woven in tabby/plain…
Some Footwear in Anglo-Scandinavian York
Last year, I published an article on a set of Coppergate-inspired clothing. In that article, I mentioned that the shoes and socks I was wearing with that outfit were not exactly what I had hoped to include. I remedied this not long after we took the photo set and so now I’d like to share…
Impressions: A Christian Merchant’s Wife of Coppergate, Mid 10th Century
Location: Coppergate, Jorvík (York), England.Date: 930-975AD (Periods 4B and 5A.)Culture: Anglo-Scandinavian.Estimated Social Status: Affluent urban freewoman. This impression combines replicas of some of my favourite items found in the 10th century levels of 16-22 Coppergate. When combining them, I envisioned the daily life of someone living there and what she might wear day-to-day. As you can see, I…
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