Something something Viking stamped decorations something something multiple uses
I’m going to attempt to demonstrate the ubiquity of stamped decorative elements in Viking jewelry, leatherwork, clothing accessories, and whatever else I find.
Dost Thou Like My Bonnet?: A set of Tudor flat caps.
A set of two Tudor flat caps, or “bonnets”, inspired by extant caps detailed in “Patterns of Fashion 3: the cut and construction of clothes for men and women c1560-1620” by Janet Arnold.
Japanese sedge hat (ichimegasa)
An all-weather hat made of sewn sedge leaves worn by townswomen in Muromachi-period Japan (1336-1573).
A Royal Family of Verses
Name:Count Jehan de La Marche, OL, KSCA Pel. Etc.
Introduction to Darned Netting (Buratto)
Buratto is an Italian needle lace made by darning on a net. It is quite similar in appearance to filet lace but with one important distinction—it is darned onto a woven net, rather than the knotted net used for filet.
Voice Heralding 101
Like to yell at people? Want to learn the basics of Voice Heralding? Come to this class to learn!
Olympic Archery Fundamentals for Medieval Archery
Learn what basic steps Olympians use and how to apply that for target archery within the SCA
An Acrostic Royal Family in Heroic Lines
These works are acrostics, meaning that the first letter of each line can be read vertically to reveal a message, in this case the subject of the poem! Each is in “Heroic Couplets,” a form of accentual-syllabic prosody composed of rhyming couplets in iambic pentameter (what a mouthful!).