As shown in my plans for 14thc outfit, I need a set of 16 cast pewter buttons.  I’d like them to be shaped like bee skeps (hives), and be about 1/2" in the greatest measurement.  Here’s the idea: I’d like to trade garb for these – see the link Greet’s Guy’s Garb in the left margin under Resources. Continue reading Wanted: Pewter Button set

See her post here.  One really useful thing is that she gives the botanical names, not the common names, of her local ‘crottle’. Continue reading Lichen dyes from Spindling Scot

I enjoy Syne Mitchell’s WeaveCast – but this particular recent episode is of double interest – she interviews Marje Thompson, who knows an awful lot about historic weave structures and the state of weaving in Colonial America.  Of particular interest: Colonists were city people.  They initially brought no textile tools more complex than a needle.  No spinning wheels, no looms.  Country (self-sufficient) people found it much harder to leave.  It’s a wonder any of them survived. Fabric production was much more valuable than woodcrafts.  A ‘bed’ in a will refers to the soft furnishings, not the bedframe, which was essentially … Continue reading Historic weaving on WeaveCast