I had hoped to get some nice photos of it during Albrechts Bössor's spring march/fighting practice in early May, but it was so cold then that I never removed my overdress during the three day camping-in-the-forest event. It even snowed a little!
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| But the sun came out for a bit so I could hitch up my overdress without freezing my legs off! |
This past weekend, however, was the opposite of cold. It was also the re-launch of Medeltidsdagarna at Hallands Kulturhistoriska Museum, an event that Albrechts Bössor have been proud to attend for several years with our living history display. For some reason, the Varberg event always tends to be very, very hot and this year was no exception. It was well over 30 degrees and we had our camp pitched on top of the ramparts with little shade during the day. Needless to say, I didn't have to worry about the overdress this time... So here it is: the (almost) finished dress!
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| Staying cool in wool, with a reed hat Picture (cropped) by Sarah |
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| Me talking about medieval textiles during our 'From sheep to hem'-display (Från får till fåll - it sounds a lot catchier in Swedish...). Picture by Karl |
I still have to do the buttons for the sleeves, but other than that, it's done!
Here you can find more pictures from Medeltidsdagarna; Albrechts Bössor are in quite a few of them!
3 comments:
It looks gorgeous!
Any chance of some close-ups?
It's fantastic! What you've achieved here is just amazing.
I've nominated your blog for a Liebster award. The details are on my blog: http://hvitr.blogspot.com/2015/07/liebster-award.html , and of course accepting it is voluntary.
Panth: There will be close-ups! Eventually. I've been so busy at work (the last weeks before going on holiday) that there hasn't been time for that, and now I'm half-way out the door on my way to Azincourt for the 600 year anniversary reenactment of the battle... But when I'm back home, I'll take a few close-ups (and finish the buttoned sleeves...).
Stella: Thanks for the nomination! Hopefully I'll get around to doing the post when I'm back from my summer travels,too! (I really like your palaeolithic headband!)
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