at my first sca event there was a tiny human (maybe like 3 or 4 years old?) running around in a viking costume and the CUTEST little cap. it was so sweet
i was so happy when someone in my barony held up a pair of elastic waist linen pants from marshalls (to go under their tunic) while they talked about a capsule wardrobe. i have so many of those pants, and i do not feel like making them lol
I've been searching for DAYS for this kind of information, but found anything. RUclips was mercyful, and just dropped this video in my recommandations. Subscribed!
Hey, if it works!! Me, too -- I made my first knee-high "medieval-ish" socks from the arms of a knitted wool sweater. It had moth damage in the body, so....
I see pictures of sewn stocking in historical fashion all the time, so that must indeed have been the prevalent way to make them...but why? Knitting (or similar techniques) is a fairly old craft, asfaik and it seems like the more obvious way to make something as formfitting as socks. Any idea, why people would have preferred sown socks? Historical clothing and the 'why' and 'how' behind it, is so interesting!
I wish I knew why! Even allowing for the fact that only a tiny fraction of historical textiles have survived, knitting -- and the closely-related sprang and nålbinding techniques -- seems to go in and out of fashion, for CENTURIES at a time. Did people lose the skills? Was there some social value placed on other sorts of socks? A difference between homestead-crafts and the guild-monopolized medieval industry of woven fabrics? If you find out, please let me know!
This is a good question! I will put it on my list of things to video. Would the pattern drafting + sequence of construction be adequate for your needs? (update: if you have plenty of experience and just need a nudge, I pinned a few examples on the top of my Pinterest board www.pinterest.com/desert_child/garb-viking-and-slavic-9th-11th-century/ )
I think you misunderstood what the quote at 14:31 is describing. women weren't trying to conceal their buttocks, but rather, their butt crack. it would make sense to wear some kind of elongated padding over that area to 'fill out' the crack, and that piece of padding would be reminiscent of a fow tail because of its shape & placement. if it was a "butt improvement" situation, then the remark that they wore very tight clothes would make no sense, becasue obviously false rumps & bums work with skirts of any volume
My interpretation might differ from others. Without being there in time, and with such fragmentary bits of evidence left for us to attempt to piece together after 600+ years, no one really knows. And our understanding constantly changes, as more pieces of the past are uncovered. It was an era where men of the cloth routinely wrote (in dismay) about the changes in fashion -- indeed, the rise of closely tailored clothing, after a couple centuries of Byzantine-Romanesque revival fashions, would have been a big social change! And it was also an era where many people ignored the churchmen and even sometimes the sumptuary laws, sometimes boldly and sometimes subtly. I *speculate* in my interpretation... that those subtly rebellious forces may have been at work, in this case. But, who knows?
In general, we don't see a lot of knitted clothing until later in history. Maybe because of the point you make here??? We do have pants and "onesies" made with the sprang technique in the ancient world, and hairnets and carrying bags after that. And we mostly have evidence of little things -- hats, socks -- made with naalbinding, which is akin to knit in some ways. Of course, it's always hard to prove a NEGATIVE (how can you know if they didn't exist, or didn't just disintegrate after hundreds of years in the soil?). There's more to learn every year!
at my first sca event there was a tiny human (maybe like 3 or 4 years old?) running around in a viking costume and the CUTEST little cap. it was so sweet
Cut on the bias, brilliant. Thanks for teaching me something new.
i was so happy when someone in my barony held up a pair of elastic waist linen pants from marshalls (to go under their tunic) while they talked about a capsule wardrobe. i have so many of those pants, and i do not feel like making them lol
Great tip! Those sound perfect!
I've been searching for DAYS for this kind of information, but found anything. RUclips was mercyful, and just dropped this video in my recommandations. Subscribed!
I'm so happy that my video was helpful!
Made my first hosen from a cashmere sweater.
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Hey, if it works!! Me, too -- I made my first knee-high "medieval-ish" socks from the arms of a knitted wool sweater. It had moth damage in the body, so....
I see pictures of sewn stocking in historical fashion all the time, so that must indeed have been the prevalent way to make them...but why? Knitting (or similar techniques) is a fairly old craft, asfaik and it seems like the more obvious way to make something as formfitting as socks. Any idea, why people would have preferred sown socks?
Historical clothing and the 'why' and 'how' behind it, is so interesting!
I wish I knew why! Even allowing for the fact that only a tiny fraction of historical textiles have survived, knitting -- and the closely-related sprang and nålbinding techniques -- seems to go in and out of fashion, for CENTURIES at a time. Did people lose the skills? Was there some social value placed on other sorts of socks? A difference between homestead-crafts and the guild-monopolized medieval industry of woven fabrics? If you find out, please let me know!
can you explain the pattern you show briefly for trousers? I'm looking to make trousers based on the design you showed for nomadic people
This is a good question! I will put it on my list of things to video. Would the pattern drafting + sequence of construction be adequate for your needs? (update: if you have plenty of experience and just need a nudge, I pinned a few examples on the top of my Pinterest board www.pinterest.com/desert_child/garb-viking-and-slavic-9th-11th-century/ )
that would be wonderful, thank you!@@ravenswatchfarm
I think you misunderstood what the quote at 14:31 is describing. women weren't trying to conceal their buttocks, but rather, their butt crack. it would make sense to wear some kind of elongated padding over that area to 'fill out' the crack, and that piece of padding would be reminiscent of a fow tail because of its shape & placement.
if it was a "butt improvement" situation, then the remark that they wore very tight clothes would make no sense, becasue obviously false rumps & bums work with skirts of any volume
My interpretation might differ from others. Without being there in time, and with such fragmentary bits of evidence left for us to attempt to piece together after 600+ years, no one really knows. And our understanding constantly changes, as more pieces of the past are uncovered. It was an era where men of the cloth routinely wrote (in dismay) about the changes in fashion -- indeed, the rise of closely tailored clothing, after a couple centuries of Byzantine-Romanesque revival fashions, would have been a big social change! And it was also an era where many people ignored the churchmen and even sometimes the sumptuary laws, sometimes boldly and sometimes subtly. I *speculate* in my interpretation... that those subtly rebellious forces may have been at work, in this case. But, who knows?
Imagine the expense of a knitted tunic
In general, we don't see a lot of knitted clothing until later in history. Maybe because of the point you make here??? We do have pants and "onesies" made with the sprang technique in the ancient world, and hairnets and carrying bags after that. And we mostly have evidence of little things -- hats, socks -- made with naalbinding, which is akin to knit in some ways. Of course, it's always hard to prove a NEGATIVE (how can you know if they didn't exist, or didn't just disintegrate after hundreds of years in the soil?). There's more to learn every year!