tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-78953530283452995262024-03-13T00:49:35.418+01:00handicraft lace and moreAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06252161154269084467noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7895353028345299526.post-5997117879677377772018-11-23T22:37:00.001+01:002018-11-23T22:37:46.900+01:00Winter is coming... So I started to produce snowflakes. Snowflakes are needed for winter to become. So... There are snowflakes for sale.<br />
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Who wants can ask me for one or two or more ;)<br /><br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06252161154269084467noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7895353028345299526.post-48488800489575047122014-06-15T00:22:00.002+02:002014-06-15T15:46:32.226+02:00Hexagonal tablets weaving<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">My first
meeting with weaving was tablet weaving. I like making trims. Although in the beginning
I didn't understand how it works at all. I couldn't understand the way patterns
appear. Now I know much more, but I'm pretty sure it can surprise me.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Just before
going to Czersk Rosamar asked me to do two trims: one for her and one for her
husband. The trim for Blondi wasn’t very complicated but Rosamar chose the
pattern which has to be done with hexagonal tablets.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">First
problem: I don't have hexagonal tablets. I thought about it almost whole night
and just before falling asleep I realized I had my niece's old books made of
hard lacquered cardboard as children books are usually made of.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">So I cut
one book into hexagonal pieces.</span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">The most difficult
thing is the warp. I hate doing it. The trim was made with twenty four tablets,
each six holes it means 576 threads. Horror.</span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> But the
weaving was a pleasure. As Rosamar says: this is the cherry on the top of a
cake. </span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Here it is
my work.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The whole trim</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Details of the trim</td></tr>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> I think this hexagonal trim isn't my last one, but I have to prepare better tablets. Definitely.</span></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06252161154269084467noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7895353028345299526.post-3004787998497729242014-05-23T19:58:00.002+02:002014-05-23T19:59:19.546+02:00The Amber Tablecloth<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Several
years ago I got a beautiful gift: a little coffee table made especially for me
from pine. I decided that as wonderful table deserves as charming tablecloth. So
I started to create it.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">I decided to
use not white linen but ecru to harmonize with warm colour of the table. The
design of embroidery was inspirited by some pattern from a magazine.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">May I
introduce one of my favourite tablecloth which I have made. Here there is The
Amber Tablecloth. The name comes from real amber stones I used to make a lace
around it.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">The middle
of this work is some piece of embroidery: a sprig of wild roses with mayweed.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Around the
sprig there are five posies of small roses. All embroidered with écru silk. And
it was the easy part of may work. It takes may be two or three hours. Then I
started tatting…</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">The trim is
a tatting lace made of ecru cotton and sixty little amber stones. It took me so
much time to finish it that I can hardly say how much. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Many times I was close to give up. I was tired, bored and full of
doubts. But fortunately I made it and saying immodestly: I am very proud of
myself.</span></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06252161154269084467noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7895353028345299526.post-8084105326001221292014-05-15T23:01:00.001+02:002014-05-15T23:01:32.425+02:00The Medieval Merchants<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">So, the new
season is opened! The long May weekend we spent with our friends in an
educational farm in Osice near Pruszcz Gdański. Nights were cold but fortunately
we had enough wool blankets to be warm. There were quite many guests visiting
the farm and press, TV, radio...</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Our stall (photo made by <a href="http://ladyklaryssa.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Klaryssa</a>)</td></tr>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> Of course
we took all our stuff to show. My laces, yarns and naalbinding goods,
<a href="http://ladyklaryssa.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Klaryssa's</a> beautiful pincushions, weaved textiles by <a href="http://medievalhandicrafts.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Rosamar</a>...</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> On Saturday
Rosamar presented old techniques of spinning and weaving with short
introduction about historical sheep, wool and preparing fleece.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The presentation of wool and spinning (photo made by <a href="http://ladyklaryssa.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Klaryssa</a>)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Weaving (photo made by <a href="http://ladyklaryssa.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Klaryssa</a>)</td></tr>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> We also
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> In the
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Medieval dishes (photo made by <a href="http://ladyklaryssa.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Klaryssa</a>)</td></tr>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">The most
funny incident were when some lady was absolutely surprised that we are
educated. She expected simply peasants taken off from a plough. </span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The beginning of the tournament (photo made by <a href="http://ladyklaryssa.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Klaryssa</a>)</td></tr>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> Next
weekend we went to the court of Konrad Mazowiecki where a tournament were given
in the castle of Czersk
near Warsaw.
This time we were members of some nomadic tribe called Kipchak, Kuman or
Połowcy. </span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Our castle stall (photo made by <a href="http://medievalhandicrafts.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Rosamar</a>)</td></tr>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><a href="http://ladyklaryssa.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Klaryssa</a> could wear her beautiful caftan first time. We had also our
stall with woolen stuff.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Wool, wool and once again wool (photo made by <a href="http://ladyklaryssa.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Klaryssa</a>)</td></tr>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> And I were asked to give a short interview for television aobut our reenactment.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> </span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Me and TV camera (photo made by <a href="http://ladyklaryssa.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Klaryssa</a>)</td></tr>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> All in all the event were very nice although there could be more customers in our stall.</span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06252161154269084467noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7895353028345299526.post-59922855385860926482014-04-30T23:49:00.000+02:002014-04-30T23:49:09.148+02:00The smocked apron for a medieval innkeeperI wanted to begin new medieval season by a quiet and nice picnic. May be two days picnic. So I persuaded my friend <a href="http://ladyklaryssa.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Klaryssa</a> to call our friendly farm if it was possible to pick up our tents there. The landlady was so excited that instead of calm picnic it will be a real fest with invited very important persons, press and gods know who else. I want to serve some medieval dishes and that means spending some time in the kitchen. As an innkeeper I need some apron.<br />
Watching The Luttrell Psalter (an English illuminated psalter written and illustrated c. 1320–1340 by anonymous scribes and artists) I found several smocked aprons I liked.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A poor woman cultivating her field</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Some peasant working with sheeps</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A woman feeding chickens</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A spinner</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Harvesting women</td></tr>
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I used white linen to create my apron. Firstly I drew lines for chosen pattern, then I made so called honey comb.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The begining of a honey comb</td></tr>
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When the honey comb was ready I hemmed it by pale pink Egyptian cotton.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The honey comb is ready</td></tr>
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The second line of my pattern it is made of trellis stitch which let me achieve half diamond shape.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A half of diamond shape under the honey comb</td></tr>
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Under this part I made a chain using the same pink cotton.<br />
<br />In the end of the pattern I made a honey comb once again.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The whole pattern</td></tr>
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Then I added a belt, hemmed the whole apron and there it is, my apron for medieval innkeeper.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My apron in its magnificence</td></tr>
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The aprons in The Lutterell Psalter are more decorative. It was black thread used to make the patterns. But I think that one apron it is not enough for me, so next time I will create a black ornament.In the pictures you can also see a wonderful pincushion gifted me by <a href="http://ladyklaryssa.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Klaryssa</a> who made it by herself using the pattern of a cushion from XIV century (Victoria & Albert Museum).<br />
<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06252161154269084467noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7895353028345299526.post-16987938413658493982014-04-04T22:28:00.000+02:002014-04-04T22:28:01.266+02:00Easter is coming - time for eggs!Easter is coming... (How dificult it is to free from this quoting) It is an old Polish tradition to paint and decorate eggs for this joyfull festival. Sometimes eggs become a real work of art. But after eating all these delicate and beautiful decorates vanishes. My recipe is... a lace ornament! Ornaments made of threads.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Easter impression</td></tr>
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I have made a lot of different patterns, but it is immpossible to show them all. Tere are some of the most beautiful (in my absolutely not objective opinion).<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Rapsody in Blue</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pinky</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Snowdrop</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Pink Clover</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Daisy</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Spring Meadow</td></tr>
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And the best thing is you have to cut one thread to take the egg out of lace and eat. But lace can be retained for next year.<br />
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Needle lace
also known as Armenian lace, Nazareth
lace or Arabian lace. All I need to make it is a needle, thread and scissors of
course.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Some archaeological
evidences prove that this kind of lace was known in prehistoric Armenia where
almost everything possible was decorated by this kind of ornament. Many women
prepared their dowry making lots of laces. In XIX century Greek girls and women
treated it as a source of incomes. Sometimes the only one. They started their
work in five o'clock in the morning and finished when the sun went down making
delicate beauties.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> As many
handicraft I also learned it from books. The names of individual parts of this
lace are wonderful: pearls, bows, crowns, pine-apples, hives, bells, roses and
many others.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> My first
work was a set of small tablecloths made for my mother. I used white linen and
pink pearl Egyptian cotton. The base stitch is called pearls.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pearls and crowns for my mum</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My first work, not perfect but quite nice</td></tr>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> Then I
decided to make a gift for my friend <a href="http://ladyklaryssa.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Klaryssa</a>. There were also a set of tablecloths
made of gray linen embroidered in an English style with a lace trim.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A tablecloth for Klaryssa</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">White embroidery and needle lace with gray linen</td></tr>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> It was 2007
year and I was invited to visit my sister in far far far-away country in the
end of the world. The second end. So I wanted to give her something special. It
was a much bigger tablecloth made of lilac thread.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A present for my sister</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The edge of the work</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The middle of the work</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bows and pine-apples can be seen</td></tr>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Being there
I had a lot of time so I made also several smaller and bigger works. A set for
a dressing table, embroidered in blue and finished with white silk lace.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A small tablecloth with silk</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A tablecloth for a dressing table with parts connected by a lace</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lace roses</td></tr>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">And some
gift for my sister's mother-in-low.</span><div class="MsoNormal">
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A present for Leila</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The edge of a spiral work</td></tr>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> Long time ago somebody said: Lace - an invention of a godess, a work for a queen. I can agree with that.</span></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06252161154269084467noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7895353028345299526.post-11303662466623228142014-02-06T11:22:00.000+01:002014-02-06T11:22:12.450+01:00To be The Spiderwoman<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNeRnN2g_fm4mjZZEiiLcZ_GLJ7rTQmpbj0GvTa_bKu_eeZZ2VKo95dvZCjjxlTJgIQ13PYY4BAd6y4knpJVF5HCxugpItOKCVBFGicQMoK9KSEXPAC5qQX1uZJoJLO15RneFA8FZvkb9a/s1600/DSC03124.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Let's talk about... no, not
about sex this time but about spinning. When I was six years old it was obvious
that my grandma and her sisters spinned wool. They had spinning wheels and
guarded them as Smaug his treasure under The Lonely Mountain. Nobody, children especially,
could touch them. In fact, it was very easy to demage a spinning wheel or
change the adjustments. And there was something incredibly fascinating in a
spinning wheel for children.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Worsted / Shaun the Sheep</td></tr>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">I dreamed of spinning.
Everybody knows the story of The Sleeping Beauty. I felt strong urge to learn
it. But my grandma thought it was useless and unnecessary in 20th century. And
my dream was put ad acta.</span><br />
<br />
<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">When I started my adventure
with reenactment I asked one of my friend to teach me to spin with a spindle. I
bought 50 g
of merino wool in a haberdasher and began spinning. It was a horror.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Three of my spindles: the heaviest one, the medium one and the Russian Spindle</td></tr>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Today I teach others to
spin and I always repeat: first 100
g of wool you have to spoil and throw away, second 100 g of wool you can give to
your foe and just third 100 g
you can give your friend.</span><br />
<br />
<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">To my surprise my second
work was quite good. I spinned 500
g of Polish mixed wool. Rosamar dyed it and I knotted
The Rainbow Shawl.</span><br />
<br />
<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">But I wanted to have a
spinning wheel. And suddenly and unexpectedly my friend found Princess
Thecla on Polish auction website.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Princess Thecla</td></tr>
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<br />
<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">One of my first work was
The Celestial Peace. The merino wool was dyed in several hues of blue, then it
was divided in two pieces. One of pieces was spinned as a single thread. Second
part was divided into four pieces and spinned also as one thread. Then both
threads were spinned in a double yarn. This way of spinning is called: a
fractal. I wonder what to do with this yarn.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The colourful worsted</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The fractal spinned yarn</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Celestial Peace</td></tr>
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<br />
<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Another kind of work with
multicoloured worsted is making necklaces we called snail's or shells. Only few
spinners in Poland
could do such works because you need a spinning wheel with a quite big arterial
hole in a spindle complex.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A snail's yarn</td></tr>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">First you have to spin wool
in irregular thread: thin and thick alternately. Then you can twist it around
thin thread. And the necklace is ready.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Shell Necklace</td></tr>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">My Princess Thecla allowed
me to prepare threads for warps and wefts for my Kipchak tunic made of Irish
wool: naturally brown, soft and very delicate.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Irish wool</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The difference: the same wool but different yarns</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Textiles for my Kipchak tunic</td></tr>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">*The name of my Princess refers
to an occasional villain from the adventures of Maya the Bee: a female spider
who spin a lot of threads.</span><br />
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">I love
spinning but sometimes I don’t know what to do with all my spinned wool. I just
can’t learn knit or crochet. Long time ago one of my friend lent me a Dutch
book about macramé. That was a hit the jackpot! Macrame is a form of textile-making using knotting orginated with Arab weawers in 13th century. Macrame was very popular in Victorian era and among American hippies in the 1970.. I fell in love with macramé although
everything was written in Dutch (and I of course don’t know this language except
several words which I learned studying this book). So it’s easy to guess that I
made some macramé of my spinned wool.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My favourite spindle</td></tr>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Two years
ago I spinned by my favourite very heavy (180 g) spindle Polish mixed wool. Then I asked
my friend <a href="http://medievalhandicrafts.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Rosamar</a> to dye it in rainbow colours. The result was absolutely gorgeous.
But it was only the beginning of a long, log trip. Next I had to count the
length of yarns. It was important if I wanted to knot them in The Rainbow Shawl
I dreamed of.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cut yarns prepared to knot</td></tr>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">And the
work of knotting started.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The begining of knotting</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The shawl in progress</td></tr>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> It took me
one week of work but the result was very satisfying. That’s it. The Rainbow
Shawl.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Almost done</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
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<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Last summer
it found it’s fan who fell in love with this beautiful shawl.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Rainbow Shawl</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
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<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Last year I
decided to buy some camel wool. I wanted to use it for some Kipchak staff (a bag
or a hat) but this wool was so soft and delicate and tempted me so much that I
couldn’t resist and I spinned it using my heavy spindle. Then I knotted it in a
special kind of shawl (it looks rather like scarf: very narrow and long).</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Knots of a camel scarf</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The camel scarf in it's magnificence</td></tr>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> My last
finished work is little pouch made of cotton-wool in beautiful lilac colour.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A lilac pouch</td></tr>
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<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Now I'm working with another pouch. This time it looks like a lace. It will be a pouch for a bride.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A bride pouch in progress</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Doesn't it look like a lace?</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">In 17th century Mary II - the Queen of England, Scotland and Ireland saw macrame. She learned making it and then taught her ladies-in-waiting. Who else has fallen in love with this kind of work as Queen Mary and me?</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><br /></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">And coming
back to laces. This time it will be filet lace. It is one of the oldest kind of
lace. Filet lace becomes from nets used to fish. </span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Tools for preparing a net</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">It is known that in 1295 there
was some 'cushion of net work' in St.
Paul's Cathedral. This kind of lace was used to do
curtain, tableclothing, clothes... In Middle Ages it was also used as an elegant hair cloth.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">I'd like to
introduce a napkin I made for my sister some time ago. </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">First of
all I had to prepare a knotted net as a background for this present.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A net in progress</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
</span></div>
<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">To create
the ground I use a netting shuttle<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>and a
gauge. Because I wanted to make in very delicate, I took a quite narrow gauge.</span>
<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A small netting shuttle</td></tr>
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</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">A rectangle
net is made starting one corner and adding one mesh on each row, then making suitable
number of rows with this number of meshes and decreasing in the end.</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> After
preparing 80 cm
long and 40 cm
wide net I could start embroider it in hardanger style.</span>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> In the
middle there are 56 squares made like canvas.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">It is surrounded
by circles looking like chain links.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">And the borders
are hardanger embroidered and cut in triangle shape.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Hardanger embroidery</td></tr>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">It took me
almost two months to create this napkin.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The whole napkin</td></tr>
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The napkin is very delicate and looks really gorgeous.<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06252161154269084467noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7895353028345299526.post-28435761496977352962014-01-14T00:28:00.001+01:002014-01-21T15:38:37.183+01:00The Necklace for Blood Countess<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">She was one
of ten greatest criminal in the history. For some people she is the tenth one. However,
she was also the niece of Polish king, the Hungarian countess, very well
educated, unusually beautiful and she had quite extraordinary passion. She is
remembered as Blood Countess and Vampire. She tortured her servants, she is
supposed to murder about 650 people. She is believed to take baths in blood to
be forever young. Because all of these she was immured in her own castle to her
death.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The portrait of the Countess Elizabeth Bathory from 1585</td></tr>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">This winter
I decided to create The Necklace for <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_B%C3%A1thory" target="_blank">Elizabeth Bathory</a>.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The whole set: necklace and earrings</td></tr>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">It is made
of red thread and light orange pearls. The shape of each link resembles gouts
of blood.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Links of the necklace</td></tr>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Some of
gouts are flowing down a neck.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Gouts flowing down the neck</td></tr>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">And there
are some in ears.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The blood earrings</td></tr>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">The bali
clasp if made of silver-like metal. Vampires are reportedly afraid of silver. This
metal can imprison a vampire and this Necklace may seize power over some lady
as beautiful as Blood Countess Elizabeth Báthory de Ecsed.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The silver-like clasp</td></tr>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Today some
historians believe all these accusations was Habsburgians' collusion to take Hungary without
any trouble. There were some concerns in Viena that Countess could support her
cousin in his way to Hungarian throne. But I prefer a legend.</span></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06252161154269084467noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7895353028345299526.post-63010761815655660672014-01-06T19:35:00.002+01:002014-01-21T15:39:02.394+01:00Let's be Kipchak!<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Last year
my friend and ultimate guru in reenactment <a href="http://medievalhandicrafts.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Rosamar</a> encouraged me to engage in
her nomadic project. We started preparing clothes and equipment. The choice was
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kipchak_people" target="_blank">Kipchak</a> tribal confederation.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Kipchak,
Cumans, Polovtsy came to our part of Europe in
10th century. Some scientist believe that they were blond and blue-eyed, so I
can reenact a woman from this tribe.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">They left a
lot of remainings and sculptures so we have got quite many materials to reconstruct
clothes and equipment. For more informations look <a href="https://plus.google.com/photos/110115565201109762690/albums/5630633429419096177?banner=pwa" target="_blank">here</a>, <a href="http://museum.velizariy.kiev.ua/crimean/sk/index.html" target="_blank">here</a> and <a href="http://balkanite.highbb.com/t115-topic" target="_blank">here</a>.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">My first
'item' I'd like to show is a caftan. So far I have made two caftans: one for my
friend <a href="http://ladyklaryssa.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Klaryssa</a> and one for myself. Here they are.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">First
caftan I’ve ever sewn was mine. I always start doing my things to be sure that
I won't spoil things for my clients. The pattern for this caftan contains three panels,
gussets on sides, long sleeves also with gussets. Because it is quite short
there's no placket at the back.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Carmine Kipchak caftan</td></tr>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> I used
carmine wool mixed with silk. For seams I used two kind of threads, both hand
spinned: grey Gotland wool and dyed in walnut
shells Polish mixed wool. I decided for so called triple stitch as very
decorative and useful.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Gussets and two colours of seams</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The triple stitch</td></tr>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> Then I had
to sew hems. I owned an old scarf made of decorated with a pattern silk in black and gold. It seemed perfect for my purpose.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Silk hems</td></tr>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">I used tin
buttons and woollen loops.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A button and a loop</td></tr>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">First time
I wore this caftan last June during reenactment of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_cedynia" target="_blank">Battle of Cedyni</a>a.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">During last
Christmas I made another caftan. The pattern for this caftan was almost the
same as mine, but I resigned from the seams on the shoulder so there were only
two long panels. It was also a little longer than mine so I made a placket at
the back. This time it was made of pure wool in malachite colour. (All pictures below made by <a href="http://ladyklaryssa.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Klaryssa</a>).</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The back of Klaryssa's caftan</td></tr>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> For seams I
used machine spinned Polish wool in maroon colour (although it seems red in the pictures). Of course also triple stitch.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The triple stitch</td></tr>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">For hems I
decided to use two-tone silk taffeta in blue and ruby pink colours. Unfortunately,
it is almost impossible to show this silk in pictures.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Embridered hems of Klaryssa's caftan</td></tr>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Because
hems were without patterns I embroidered them using quite simply pattern
popular on Chinese silk.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">For loops I
used the same wool as for seams. Buttons are made from brass.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A brass button and a loop</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Klaryssa's caftan in all it's magnificence</td></tr>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> Of course this is not my last creation in The Kipchak Project!</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">I have
embroidered since I was eight. One of my first passion was Kashubian designs. And
it still is. In 1209 Duke of Pomerania Mestwin I established Norbertine
monastery in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zukowo" target="_blank">Żukowo</a>. Nuns decorated chasubles and tablecloths of altars and taught
girls from Kashubian villages embroidery. In 18th century every noble Kashubian
woman had to have a beautiful bonnet covered by specific motifs. That is how Kashubian embroidery began. I use traditional motifs but create my own designs.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Small tablecloth with Kashubian motifs</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A pillow for my niece</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My medieval bag covered by bonnet pattern</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Klaryssa's pouch: Kashubian motifs with ambers and pearls</td></tr>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">In ancient Persia some
very original embroidery was born: hardanger. The modern name comes from Norway where
this kind of embroidery became very popular in 17th century. The traditional
Norwegian costume items of clothing, mats, curtains and other are very often
decorated in this way.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A Hardanger napkin</td></tr>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> Probably in
17th century some new kind of embroidery appeared: Venice
or Richelieu embroidery. To my surprise this
kind of embroidery isn't popular in other countries.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A pillow for my niece with a Venice monogram</td></tr>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> Next kind of embroidery which I like very much is English embroidery from 19th century. Very delicate and subtle.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A small napkin for my sister</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A tablecloth for a dressing table with needle laces</td></tr>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> And my last
passion is historical type of embroidery. There is a fragment of an Embroidered
band from 14th - 15th century in Victoria and Albert Museum.
This fragment seems to be the remains of a larger piece, possibly an item of
church vestment. I have made it as a pouch.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My medieval pouch made of silk</td></tr>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06252161154269084467noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7895353028345299526.post-44939232441857773772013-12-24T11:22:00.001+01:002014-01-21T15:39:41.883+01:00The History of One NecklaceA long time ago I saw the portrait of Magdalen Portinari by Hans Memling, 1470.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Magdalen Portinari, Hans Memling, 1470</td></tr>
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More I was looking, the more I was convinced I could make this necklace as a lace. (Don't you think it's a word-play? Neck-lace of a lace?)<br />
First try was made of Egyptian cotton-wool with pearls and amber stones.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">One of flowers with a pearl and amber stones</td></tr>
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One necklace was for ma friend, <a href="http://ladyklaryssa.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Klaryssa</a>, second for my sister.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The whole necklace for Klaryssa</td></tr>
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But last year another my friend asked me if I could try to make it once again. Of course I agreed, but I changed a little bit. First of all I took the decision to create a bigger one. That was why I knew that I had to use some kind of a jevellery cord not only threads. <a href="http://wkpl.org/blog/onigarasu/" target="_blank">Rita</a>, who ordered this necklace, gave me quite big pearls and other stones: turquises, corals and much more.<br />
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The flower is made by two shuttles. Because I had forgotten how to create them I tried three times. And after several hours all flowers were ready.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">During the work of the first flower</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">All flowers with pearl petals and semi-precious stones centres</td></tr>
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Plaitings bettween flowers are made by four shuttles. Unfortunatelly I didn't have enough shuttles that was why I had to unwind threads to pull it through. Believe me, it was an ordeal.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The first part of plaitings</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Making the second part of plaitings</td></tr>
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But finally the necklace was ready and I was quite glad of the result.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Portinari Necklace - back details</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Portinari Necklace</td></tr>
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I think I will try to make it once again.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06252161154269084467noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7895353028345299526.post-21380688131395385322013-12-15T23:24:00.003+01:002014-01-21T15:40:05.293+01:00Presents for Winter Holliday<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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some handicraft is a possibility to create presents for friends by your own. These
gifts are not only unique but heart-made. Here are some tatted jewellery with
semi-precious gems.</span><br />
All photos made by <a href="http://ladyklaryssa.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Lady Klaryssa</a>.<br />
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The first one: white cotton-wool, pink quartz and yellow nephrite.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Blooming Japan Cherry</td></tr>
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The pendant and earrings made of silk and natural pearls.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Golden Silk and Pearls</td></tr>
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Once again the pendant and earrings: cotton-wool and natural pearls.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pearly Forgetmenot</td></tr>
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And the last set of pendant and earrings: cotton-wool and opals.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Nacreous Rouge</td></tr>
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Jewellery for a bride (especially for those who is afraid of wearing pearls during her wedding): cotton-wool and white agates.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Meiden White</td></tr>
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Here is an option for brides who are not superstitious: ecruit cotton-wool and natural pearls.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Mermaid Necklace</td></tr>
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A little bit of Victorian necklace: cotton-wool and amethysts.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Victorian Lady</td></tr>
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regret I hadn't replied: "Normal"
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<![endif]-->Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06252161154269084467noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7895353028345299526.post-39320175469719108762013-12-08T00:36:00.000+01:002013-12-09T10:41:31.537+01:00It's cold outside (after Xaver - Sven - Bodil Cyclone)And there is my answer: warm naalbinding socks (handmade yarn and not) and gloves. Mainly for reenactors, but maybe not only. All of these things were made by mammen stich, which is elastic and close enough for such stuff.<br />
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For the beginng very delicate gloves:<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Shepherd gloves, naturally brown irish wool, spinned on a spindle.</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr>
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<br />
And some not as delicate as previous ones, but very warm.
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Shepherd gloves, naturally beige Persian lamb wool, spinned on a spinning wheel.</td></tr>
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And there is a pair of very exclusive socks made of wool dyed by my friend, <a href="http://medievalhandicrafts.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Rosamar</a>.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Socks, dyed in madder Polish mixed wool and Persian lamb wool, spinned on a spinning wheel.</td></tr>
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Las, but not least: two pairs of socks a little bit cheaper because made of not handmade yarn.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Socks, Polish mixed wool, spinned and dyed by machinery.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Socks, Polish mixed wool, spinned and dyed by machinery.</td></tr>
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06252161154269084467noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7895353028345299526.post-59374174506595847582013-12-01T22:13:00.001+01:002013-12-01T22:23:56.386+01:00Winter is coming...And if it is, that's the best time for snowflakes and poinsettia. All of them are tatted lace.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Modest Snowflake</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Princess</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pointed Flake</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Small Dancer</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Delicate Flake</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Round Snowflake</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Feathery Flake</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Shinnig Snow</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Glittering Flake</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Queen</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The poinsettia napkin.</td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjI_kdL_IchDgMqxLp1qPq9ZtrRSjHf004UVrvAPfvlSNqxPiX1yhgejz9GcDLxsm1xlQAXKBaMfjn5TeFje7WBcfUAzvr-IkLQFOaFvfRwPrsoKKjnC0iSQrRfJnbdL3GEhUEhuV1iR-EH/s1600/DSC00205.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjI_kdL_IchDgMqxLp1qPq9ZtrRSjHf004UVrvAPfvlSNqxPiX1yhgejz9GcDLxsm1xlQAXKBaMfjn5TeFje7WBcfUAzvr-IkLQFOaFvfRwPrsoKKjnC0iSQrRfJnbdL3GEhUEhuV1iR-EH/s320/DSC00205.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">And one of its "flower".</td></tr>
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Beads make the snowflakes glitter and shine and they look absolutely gorgeus.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06252161154269084467noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7895353028345299526.post-64215390292729390222013-12-01T02:49:00.001+01:002013-12-01T18:06:17.057+01:00Welcome to WonderlandMaking things on your own is like entering the Wonderland. That's why I decided to create this blog to show, what can I do with my hands: lace, embroidery, naalbinding, yarn and more.<br />
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Enjoy yourself.<br />
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