Smoke & Fire Company

1789-1914, Accesories, Arms and armour, Arts and writings, Axes, Badges, British Isles, Camp and travel, Camp tools, Children’s clothing, Clothing, Crafts, Crockery, Documents, Dresses and skirts, Early America, Early modern period, Europe, Furniture, Games, Glass, Gloves, Hats and headwear, Household, Jewellery and decoration, Kitchen accessories, Knots, buckles and fibulae, Light, Market, Melee weapon, Men’s clothing, Men’s jewelry, Musical instruments, Northern America, Paintings, Pants and trousers, Popular themes, Post type, Pouches, Region, Shoes, Timeline, Underwear, Uniforms, Women’s clothing, Women’s jewelryLeave a comment

Colonial and War of 1812 Clothing, Patterns, Books and Camp Gear Website: https://www.smoke-fire.com Facebook: Smoke & Fire Company

The Viking Store

Accesories, Armour, Arms and armour, Clothing, Early middle ages, Europe, Helmets and head protection, Market, Melee weapon, Men’s clothing, Middle ages, Popular themes, Post type, Region, Scandinavia and Baltic countries, Shields, Timeline, Viking raids, Women’s clothingLeave a comment

Medieval reenactment products, mostly shields and helmets. Also many LARP, Cosplay and viking-themed products, primarily jewelry. Website: www.thevikingstore.co.uk Facebook: TheVikingStore.co.uk

Handcrafted History

Accesories, Balkan Peninsula, British Isles, Clothing, Coats and jackets, Dresses and skirts, Early middle ages, Europe, France and Low Countries, Germanic countries, Hats and headwear, High middle ages, Iberian Peninsula, Italian Peninsula, Knights & Crusades, Late middle ages, Market, Men’s clothing, Middle ages, Pants and trousers, Popular themes, Post type, Pouches, Region, Scandinavia and Baltic countries, Slavic countries and Carpathians, Timeline, Underwear, Viking raids, Women’s clothingLeave a comment

I’m Linda and I focus on historical costumes. I travel all around Sweden (and abroad too) holding workshops and teaching about historical crafting, and I also make historical clothing on comission, for companies, reenactors and museums. Website: https://handcraftedhistory.blog Facebook: Handcrafted History Etsy: HandcraftedHistories

Viking Women Clothing: Aprondress

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This article focuses on the garment that was worn by Viking women together with the characteristic oval brooches. While it has been called many things by researchers over the years (e.g. trägerrock and hängerock), I will use what is currently thought to be the old Norse name for the garment (Ewing 2006, p. 37), namely…

A 15th century kirtle

Accesories, Balkan Peninsula, British Isles, Clothing, Dresses and skirts, Europe, France and Low Countries, Germanic countries, Hydepark, Iberian Peninsula, Italian Peninsula, Late middle ages, Middle ages, Post type, Region, Scandinavia and Baltic countries, Slavic countries and Carpathians, Timeline, Women’s clothing

Read the original post and see more pics on Recreating History After two fantastic months on Iceland I’m now back in Sweden. The rest of the summer will be filled with a lot of work before my studies start again and I realised that I wouldn’t be able to go to any reenactment event this year…