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A Viking's Life For Me. Indigo vs Woad – What’s the difference? February 16, 2016. February 16, 2016. I’ve had a hard time choosing exactly how to go about dyeing wool blue. Previously, I have used commercial wool dyes to replicate suitable Viking Age colours, but the more I do this, the more I want to try dyeing with organic materials where possible. I’ve opted to use hand spun wool as much as… Continue reading Indigo vs Woad – What’s the difference? January 8, 2016. January 9, 2016. First Try Nettle Dye.
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On Replications and Inspiration | A Viking's Life For Me
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A Viking's Life For Me. On Replications and Inspiration. January 25, 2016. January 26, 2016. A customer asked us a really good question in regards to one of our pieces, recently. It was a necklace I made for use with my own kit, and planned to make more for sale. Our customer asked if it was based on finds, or merely ‘inspired by’ Viking pieces, as they wanted to keep their own kit as accurate as possible should they purchase similar from us. Prefer is to emphasis authenticity. A lot of silver beads are ...
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Books | A Viking's Life For Me
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A Viking's Life For Me. Book Review – Runes by Martin Findell. January 15, 2016. January 16, 2016. Something that gets my goat (not really, I don’t even have a goat. Hah! Who’s laughing now? Is the constant confusion when it comes to runes. I’ll make a blog post about it all at some point, but in short, what annoys me is the perception of runes as both a single alphabet and also as… Continue reading Book Review – Runes by Martin Findell. What is linen, and how do I get it? 8211; Getting Started.
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Getting Started | A Viking's Life For Me
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A Viking's Life For Me. What is linen, and how do I get it? 8211; Getting Started. July 4, 2016. July 4, 2016. When we do markets, we get a lot of questions from newbies about how to get started. Particularly questions on making clothing. Getting started with this sort of thing can seem to be very overwhelming, so we’ve decided to make some blog posts addressing the more common questions in the hopes it can make things… Continue reading What is linen, and how do I get it? 8211; Getting Started. Proudly p...
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A Viking's Life For Me. What is linen, and how do I get it? 8211; Getting Started. July 4, 2016. July 4, 2016. When we do markets, we get a lot of questions from newbies about how to get started. Particularly questions on making clothing. Getting started with this sort of thing can seem to be very overwhelming, so we’ve decided to make some blog posts addressing the more common questions in the hopes it can make things… Continue reading What is linen, and how do I get it? 8211; Getting Started. I’ve had ...
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First Try Nettle Dye | A Viking's Life For Me
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A Viking's Life For Me. First Try Nettle Dye. January 3, 2016. January 3, 2016. For the first time, I decided to give nettle dye a try. Nettles were found in Coppergate excavations, as well as in a paddock not ten minutes from my house, and we had some grey herringbone leg wraps that needed colouring, so it seemed like the thing to do. Grey Herringbone Before Dye. Take THAT, nasty nettles! The smell was what I can only describe as pungent and GREEN. I felt as if a thick green fog had descended upon t...
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Bladderwrack | A Viking's Life For Me
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A Viking's Life For Me. January 8, 2016. January 9, 2016. Honestly, I mostly wanted to try bladderwrack as a dye because of the name. It’s such an intimidating, nasty sounding name. Exactly the sort of thing one should brew up in a pot. At night. While dressed in black. A bit of research confirmed my suspicions: I should indeed use it! Bladderwrack, it seems, is also known as Sea Oak (a less threatening but still thoroughly excellent name). Look, here’s some now! All the same, I added my wool, having tak...
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Book Review – Runes by Martin Findell | A Viking's Life For Me
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A Viking's Life For Me. Book Review – Runes by Martin Findell. January 15, 2016. January 16, 2016. Something that gets my goat (not really, I don’t even have a goat. Hah! Who’s laughing now? Is the constant confusion when it comes to runes. I’ll make a blog post about it all at some point, but in short, what annoys me is the perception of runes as both a single alphabet and also as ‘magical’. Ooh, it makes me. This book, though, isn’t like that. Collective sigh of relief*. So what IS this book about?
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Indigo vs Woad – What’s the difference? | A Viking's Life For Me
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A Viking's Life For Me. Indigo vs Woad – What’s the difference? February 16, 2016. February 16, 2016. I’ve had a hard time choosing exactly how to go about dyeing wool blue. Variety of indigo blues. At least, not in a financially viable way. It is for this reason that I started looking into the difference between Indigo and Woad for dyeing wool. While this is just worrying. And so: TO THE GOOGLE. Indigo in powder form. The major difference appears to be the concentration of indigotin in the plant materia...
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Should I use wool, and how can I buy it? – Getting Started | A Viking's Life For Me
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A Viking's Life For Me. Should I use wool, and how can I buy it? 8211; Getting Started. June 27, 2016. June 27, 2016. For this post, I’m going to focus on wool. Wool was a widely used textile in the Viking Age, used in a variety of weaves and weights, colours and patterns. It dyes easily, and is very warm in heavy weights and when layered, but breaths and isn’t too hot when used in thinner weights and looser weaves. Nothing is more likely to hinder your experimenting! Secondly, pure wool holds warmth bet...
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