Contains articles related to magyar research.
For years, I’ve been puzzling over a picture in the book, “Ancient Hungarians” as it is literally the only picture in the entire book that shows textile fragments. In the picture, there is a strange metal object; a tube. It looks unlike any textile tool I’ve ever seen. Clearly, the authors were as stumped as I for the description of the object is as follows: “Bronze tube bent of sheet metal. One end tapers...
I’m at an SCA event this week where the weather is sunny and gorgeous, something that is somewhat rare where I live. It’s a perfect time to take pictures of my camp. I hope you enjoy this new gallery.
Recently, I was inspired to create a four panel hat. It’s something that I’ve been meaning to do forever and just never got around to it. A friend showed me a couple caps she made and another friend has been talking about the fabric she is weaving to make caps so that is probably where some of the motivation came from. Thanks, ladies, for getting me off my butt! That night the muse bit me...
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For quite a while, I’ve been fascinated with this image from Ancient Hungarians of conquest era magyar boot mounts lifted as they lay from the grave site. There are multiple examples of ornamental boot mounts scattered throughout the book, but this is the only one that shows how they were originally found. According to the book, the boot mounts were collected in 1961 during a rescue excavation from graves discovered during the laying of...
The last few days have been more about life and less about projects. I am chafing at the disruptions. I finally downloaded some free weaving software so I can draft without graph paper. The program I’m using is called WeaveDesign. It’s an easy program to use and has made fiddling with the draft for the fabric of the magyar kaftan much easier. I’ve settled on an 8 shaft draft in order to get the...
Kaftan fabric weave I believe I landed on a point twill draft for the fabric for the magyar kaftan I will be creating. It is not a reconstruction of a period draft, rather it is a design that approximates the look and feel of an extant piece within the constraints of my abilities and the limitations of my equipment.
I culled some photos of felt shoes and other nomadic shoes from various books last night and uploaded them here. Enjoy!. In the next couple of days, I’ll talk about how I plan to make that all come together, talk about the choices I am making and the reasons why, as well as document the process I will use in making and embellishing the shoes.
