Several years ago, a friend taught me to naalbind using what is commonly known as the mammen stitch. Naalbinding is an ancient needle looping technique that predates knitting for string manipulation. It was used in the Viking age, but also dates to ancient Egypt, I believe.
I have been able to do a little weaving on the patterned gauze weave sample currently on my rigid heddle loom.
2 in a series on trousers. Part 1 is here. I spent this morning with a German-speaking friend translating the inventory of garments and fragments identified as trousers in “Die Gräber der Moscevaja Balka”. [1] Footnotes (↵ returns to text) 2 in a series on trousers. Part 1 is here. I spent this morning with a German-speaking friend translating the inventory of garments and fragments identified as trousers in “Die Gräber der Moscevaja Balka”. {{1}}↵
This is part 1. Some time ago, I posted a gallery of photos showing my interpretation of Conquest era female Magyar garments. Perhaps you’ll be happy to know that I’m finally getting around to sharing how I reached the conclusions demonstrated in those garments.
My big project for last year’s season was to begin to put together a better encampment kitchen setup. I made some good progress and expect to continue to work on it this year. Here is a gallery of photos showing what we were up to. I hope you enjoy these pictures.
Many of the best books for research are in languages other than English. Russia, in particular, has the most amazing archaeological books. Yum! Most of the ones on topics of interest to me are in Hungarian, Russian, German, or Danish. Since I speak none of those languages, translation is necessary. Currently, I am working on translating the clothing section of Die Gräber der Moščevaja Balka by Anna A. Ierusalimskaja into English. I thought you might be interested in…
