My costumes

onsdag 16 oktober 2024

The Tale of the Mantle - finished!

 Yes!

My one year (or five, depending on if you count the four years when I didn't work on it) project of making first a cloak inspired by a description in the 13th century Möttuls saga, a translation of the French romance Le cort mantel, and then a matching kirtle and surcoat, is finished!


Read all about it here, on its long and detailed page.!

tisdag 15 oktober 2024

Update on the folk costume page

 The page about my folk costume has now been updated with info about, and photos of, the new bodice, and some new photos of the older pieces.