Category: Ramblings

  • Pet Peeve: Unnecessary Disturbing Images in Historic Clothing Resources

    Please be advised: the following contains discussion of violent scenes and deaths including executions in both a medieval and modern context. Out of respect for the reader, I have not included images aside from the heavily cropped cover image, which is a frequently used example of the practice I am…

  • Ten tips for researching Irish dress history

    Welcome or welcome back, dear reader. I am in the midst of madly preparing for ten days of medieval camping shenanigans, and so have limited time to committ, but am determined to continue my regular updates nonetheless. One of the things I am most frequently approached by other people is…

  • This is not an SCA blog

    It’s almost a given fact that every crafty person participating in the SCA will have a blog of some form. With our modern tendency to create in isolation, we feel a desperate need to reach out and show what we have made, and what we do with the time we…