"Period is not perfect" and playing on Pinterest

I have finally given in and started using Pinterest.  There are really too many forums and interfaces available, and it is not possible to keep up with them all regardless of how interesting they may be.  The choice to use Pinterest relates to provenance.  I would like to make pictures and links available, while remaining respectful of intellectual property.  Finding great pictures ripped out of context is so very frustrating, so I'm aiming to keep myself honest about sources.

I am particularly proud of the "Period is not perfect" board.  As I have said in the description, "Examples of poor construction, errors and botched jobs in extant finds prior to the mid-17th c. It is perfectly period to have errors, quick-fixes and other examples of Less Than Perfection! Let's take heart from these and have fun using and reparing our stuff." I do hope for suggestions for this board!
My general Pinterest boards covers a range of topics, primarily related to Norwegian/Scandinavian topics, as well as links to other interesting blogs.

Go take a look and leave a comment!

Happy World Book Day! -Missale Nidrosiense from 1519

For World Book Day, The Gunnerus Library of NTNU (Norwegian University of Technology and Science) in Trondheim, Norway presented the first book ordered printed in Norway: Missale Nidrosiense from 1519.  This book presented the new liturgy to be used in the whole of the Archbishopric of Nidaros- which encompassed the Norwegian lands from Trøndelag and to the north.  The book was printed on the orders of Archbishop of Nidaros Erik Valkendorf and was produced in Copenhagen by Master Printer Paul Reff.

(information from library website: http://www.ntnu.no/ub/missale-nidrosiense)

Plenty to do... time to get cracking!

The Lofoten winter fisheries are just ended, and the cod is now drying on the hjell and hesje (racks).  The smell? Well, as they say, it smells of money!

Soooo many options!

I am preparing for a busy sewing season.  I have two major medieval events this year: DoubleWars in Southern Sweden in May, and mother-of-all-wars Pennsic XLIV in Pennsylvania, USA in July/August.  Sure, I'll be watching some of the battles, but this medievalist loves the classes and window shopping that comes with collecting a hoard of our ilk for a week or so of fun!

I plan to work on serviceable clothes that finally move me forward into the 13th-early 14th centuries.  This will be a learning process where I'll finally put away commercial patterns and start working from draped body blocks.  What's a body block, you say?  Look at the tutorials on the By My Measure blog and pursue the many excellent links.  I also want to work from the skin out and pursue various options for the underpinnings and see what testing these out in the Northern Norwegian climate teaches me.  So the stash has been raided and a rainbow has been brought forth.  Now on to the hard decisions.... exactly what to make?!?!!