Given that archeology can only prove that this element was found in this one grave, the reason, i thought it was pretty is as good a reason as any to have some decoration. We cant prove no one ever embroidered something in the period/area, we can only say we have no evidence of it. And if they could have, some one probably did!
I'm 1/2 Scandinavian by ancestry from Denmark and Sweden . My ancestors weren't vikinger they were farmers, lots of farmers who traveled for better opportunities😂. Thank you for this interesting look at the dress of the peoples of the middle ages and the article ! I believe the broches were up higher near the shoulders not on the bust or nipples ! carrying stuff near chest height ie children other things isn't comfortable for the child being carried or the wearer really if it gets bumped it can hurt! . anyone who says differently is fetishsizing braoches on breasts like niple rings or discounts the fact dirt moves as a body decomposes !
Fantastic work! Explanation and dress-making. In Southern Sweden re-enactments most wear the Hedeby/Norwegian smokkir without a separate apron piece. Though putting an additional panel on the front for either dirty work or for fancy feast wear (embroidered like yours?) is not completely unrealistic . . . The swishing is important. Viking dresses feel fabulous.
That’s so interesting! I love to see how reenactment shows variations in use of sources from place to place. A lot of the smokkrs found have more than one loop at the bottom of the brooch, and apron is just one interpretation of that loop 😅 And yes to the swishing!
Nicely done. I'm in a reenactment group, and wear Norse/Viking clothing. I've made a number of dresses, and undertunics. I tend to be more Eastern Sweden, Gotland and Finish in my choices. I do embroider a lot of my clothing, using period stitches. My reasoning being similar to some of yours. We don't know that they did or didn't embroider clothes. The tablet bands prove that they had fine enough thread, and we do have extant pieces of embroidery. My logic for embroidery is that they had to practice! So why not on your clothes?
Oh, this was a Very good time to watch! I learned so much, and you look so proud of what you've made in the end shots! What a fantastic time! Thank you!
Oh this was so fun to watch, those dresses look fantastic! I just found this channel, I've recently gotten very into traditional fibre arts so this is right up my alley. I have a question actually - do you happen to know anything about Finnish historical wear? This early on might be too late for any evidence as what's now Finland tended to come sort of one period behind technology wise compared to the rest of the Europe. But we were also part of Swedish empire from very early on, so I was sondering if any of these clothes styles have been traced to Finland or did they have their own style during the middle ages? You obviously don't need to have the answers to this but maybe you've come across some sources during your research.
So happy you enjoy my channel! Finnish history is super interesting, but not something I know a lot about I’m afraid… but I’d recommend reaching out to @swanmervi on Instagram! She does a lot of really amazing Finnish multi-period work!
Thank you for the well-reasoned information. I believe that embroidery on clothing, on a simple tunic, was the first form of clothing decoration. If a woman uses several types of stitches, then their combination turns into embroidery and becomes more complex over time. Therefore, I allow for complex embroidery in the manufacture of clothing for women of the early Viking period.
As I understand it men also went vikingr from Norway because the population had increased and there was a shortage of flattish land due to the terrain. They wanted trade and to obtain land to settle. Slaves were a commodity too.And a bit of pillage helped. Thanks for the info. It has really helped me.
So happy you found it interesting and helpful! You’re absolutely right, one very plausible theory is a land crunch in Scandinavia, along with people wanting to get riches to trade.
Hi, I wonder... I'm only from the country next doors, and there are a lot more people living there now, 100 years ago and 500 years ago, so I'm not totally convinced of this argument. As for my country we've never been short of either land or assets, only been short of people to develop those assets. We're still in that situation really, there are just not enough good brains to figure this out, or absorb that knowledge, depending on what source you trust. We had slaves or trälar, traeler (my letters will tell you where I'm from, sorry everyone from Norway) around here at that time, and they were locals. That practice was abolished around my part of the geography, by laws from 12-century and 14-century. We hadn't really grown into a country yet, so there are different codexes depending on regions. Both of these codexes are written and still extant for people to read. I came across them back in the late 1980's when I wrote my very first paper in law school. The older I read in translation and the younger in copy from the law library. That University is very old. Yours, Ann
hello there, sorry I am late.. great video, very interesting Information and lovely dresses, I especially like the Køstrup smokkr, it looks like one could wear it today without being stared at and - nice feature - without a bra. Pockets need to be hidden somewhere in there, of course, which would be ok i guess since then it would not be a Køstrup smokkr but a modern dress. Trägerrock ist what this type of dress is called in german. :) Modern versions are basically skirts with suspenders, still called Trägerock. Or sometimes Schürzenkleid if there is a bib between the suspenders - which translates direktly into apron dress. Thank you for another marvellous journey into the past! All the best Su / Pinguinpullover
Thank you so, so much! ❤️ I agree, the Køstrup smokkr would work great for a modern dress, you could even do the shirting in front with elastic! And so cool to know that Trägerock is a thing in Germany! Thank you for letting me know! ❤️
Thank you 😊 and a basic skill is a great place to work from! It’s a practice thing, if you enjoy it and want to spend time sewing, your skills will improve really quickly!
Basic skills are the very best beginning to start from. Just go from there and before you know it you will have a lot more than basic skills and will have made many lovely things!
That’s where you start. If you can sew a straight line, either by hand or on machine, you can make a tunic or smock. The simplest forms are nothing but straight seams.
I think the length would be based on the climate/season shorter and less pieces for summer and working and lower status. Color and jewelry and longer length for higher status women. They didn't have to go out and feed the pigs dragging their hems in the mud. Getting close to the fire to stir the food, well a belt, even if it was just a cord, and less flapping layers would be the order of the day there. Loved your video. I am the 252 of thumbs up.
Thank you so much! I think that’s a good point, the shorter smokkr was definitely more practical for doing stuff in than the longer ones, especially the one with the train 😅
Thank you for a fascinating video! You gave us so much fun information, it's obvious that you love the subject! I look forward to watching your other videos~
Hi, A quick note from Scandinavia. Thing is usually pronounced with a hard t, Ting. It makes it easier to differentiate between the hand in the Addams and the court/parliament that used as dispute resolution alternative and parliament back then. The first Scandies that went to Russia and Ukraine took off much earlier from what went on to become Sweden including Finland (which was a piece of Sweden just as much as any region of Sweden that is still within the borders today) until lost to Russia much later. The people that went east in this era mostly went from what later became Sweden including Finland, were mostly merchants and when getting to Constantinople, those big burly visitors with an honor codex, got hired to be the guards of the papal power there. For some reason they went bersärk, what has come to mean to start axing people down for no reason. I have yet to come about any translatable or modern word close enough to it to understand why they went bärsärk (there are a bunch of other spellings as well but now we know what we're talking about), like the word going viking is known for the people that went west. Yours, Ann
Hi Ann! You make really good points! You’re absolutely right, in modern day Scandinavia, we pronounce Ting with a hard T sound at the start in Norway, Sweden and Denmark, however, Icelandic still pronounces the “th” sound, as did other Scandinavian languages in the Middle Ages. That’s why I chose to pronounce it “thing” ;)
@@ThePetticoatedSwashbuckler Hi, I completely understand and would probably have done the same if in your shoes to, I think. I shouldn't have used the word "usually", and should have been clearer. I like words and playing with them, both in a very amateurish way. In this case I was sidetracked by the pronunciation being so like the English "thing" that may or may not (probably not) have a linguistic joint background. Making use of the current way to say the word would make things clearer for non-Scandies, so that was my intended reason. My apologies if I overstepped, that was not at all my intention. I'm amenable to being told to get lost by a channel owner, without taking offence, so feel free...🙃😊 Yours, Ann
Going viking is just so funny because, like many other things, there's nothing honourable about it. It's the epitome of "if it ain't nailed down... :) yoink". Alternatively, "if you can't beat me... I'm yoinking you." 16:20 Norge A just looks so high while B just looks like she's about the facepalm herself due to figure A. C has just given up and decided to nope out. In all seriousness, I always love watching a bunch of different videos on these time periods with less source material because it makes it easier to pinpoint the commonalities, the differences and new and old info and discoveries. Together they give a clearer picture. Thank you for your hard work!
A friend - an archaeologist interested in textiles did point out in relation to where the brooches should be worn that the few scraps they have found with them are of straps - or they think they were straps - therefore the odds on them being used as ''n1pple shields'' [her description] were probably slightly on the low to non-existent side. Though she did point out that people are people and even in those days you will always have had the rebel who decided to wear something in a different way and she doubted the Scandinavians were any different in that regard. So there is every chance you might find someone - image or grave - wearing a mini 'dress' with brooches and a thigh high slit for good measure just because .............. Also 'vikings' covered a huge area from modern Russia right down to modern Turkey, lots of clothing options in that range so there's a good chance a woman from modern Norway isn't wearing the same a one from modern eastern Russia or one from modern Turkey. That's the fun of historical clothing though, plus the fact that they would mix with the locals and adapt their clothing styles as well. That's what made them so interesting, and probably also so successful.
Hello! I'm new to your channel and happy to say I'm a new subscriber. I'm wondering about the braided cord and the tool you used to make it. If you would be so kind, will you consider creating a tutorial video of that process? If not, are you able to point me in the right direction for learning that? I love everything fiber-arts related. No worries if the answer is no, I just found it intriguing! Thank you, either way. I scrolled through some of your channel's previous content and it looks like I will have hours of newly-found joy in my future. Hugs
Thank you so, so much, and welcome to the channel! The braiding tool is very very simple, mine is leather, but you can make one from cardboard that will work as well. I’ll try to make a little tutorial about how to make that cord, it is very simple and quite fun!
I love your speaking voice btw Also did you really sew all those by hand?! They all look beautiful! I love how a lot of earlier clothing like this uses relatively simple and accessible techniques, yet still looks gorgeous, comfortable, and practical
I think you did a fine job on your reproduction of antique clothing ...especially since info is scant. But it looks comfortable and logical from a womans perspective. I would feel very comfortable wearing any of those dresses to modern day functions. Bravo! Love your channel for its female perspective 32:07 focus
I call myself swedish or scandinavian. When people from outside the area call me viking i usally respons ai have no idea what antcestors was doing. They didn't leave a note
I am putting together a Viking kit and I am unsure if they used an undertunic (shift/chemise equivalent) in addition to the sark and smokkr. I realize that , especially from the scanty evidence, there's probably no way to know but what is your best guess? Love the video. It's so nice to have your clear explanations and the delightful swishy modeling of the different styles.
As someone who has done historical reenactment for over forty years, my bet would be for an undertunic, unless it’s really really hot and then one might forgo one or the other.
Thank you so much! Because linen tends to rot away very much sooner than wool, there is little archaeological evidence of a linen shift. I agree with @katwitanruna, however. A linen underdress is both practical and comfortable, and we know they had access to linen 😊
Disc braiding. Cut yourself a circle of stiff card and make 8 slits in from the edge 7 strings Have your vacant slit at 12 o'clock and move the third string clockwise into the 12 o'clock slit. Rotate to get the vacant slit at 12 o'clock and repeat a million times. Remember to fingercomb the strings underneath the disc so they don't tangle.
I like the blue dress the best. Did people have to make their own clothes or were there people who made them? I would trade a couple of piglets for a new dress if I were back in those days.
We know little about who made clothing in the Viking age, but we know weaving your own cloth was fairly common, so I’m guessing people often made clothes for their own family members. I would have loved to swap a dress for a couple of piglets though!
You can find patterns, for example if you search for “Viking apron dress pattern” on Etsy 😊 I’d recommend the Jelling Dragon shop, or patterns from Runfidr. Good luck! ❤️
Not sure but I would think woman copied garments from captured slaves and gathered as many ideas as they could. I bet clothes evolved as advancements in weaving knitting and felting techniques changed
I think you’re definitely right! I think they took inspiration from their trading partners, new neighbours and anyone else they met. We have no evidence of knitting in Norway until much, much later (17th century or thereabouts), but the socks that I’m wearing are made with needle binding, the sort of Viking equivalent!
The Viking age was actually not that bad! There was a fairly mild climate until the early 1300s, when the weather changed and grew colder. The weather in Europe was a lot less hospitable in 1700 than in 700!
Hi, Me again. I promise to try not to become a complete nuisance before the video is done. I'm watching you showing the shield broaches. Am I the first person that think they look a little like cauldrons? Those would be a woman's thing more than a shield would, and I agree that the tortoise must have been mostly unknown in the Scandinavian part of geography. As you said, the vikings traveled far and wide, but depending on how widespread the shields are in reality, probably not that many went that far. Yours, Ann
Youre the opposite of a nuisance! ❤️ I like the comparison to cauldrons! There are female Viking age graves with weapons, so it’s really difficult to know the exact division of labour in early medieval Scandinavia. Cauldrons, however, would have been familiar to all!
@@ThePetticoatedSwashbuckler Hello again. Thank you for your kind reply. It would be interesting to know what the grave goods in ship burials show about how food was prepared during the long journeys. What did they do for food when they weren't close enough to the shores that they could just get off the boat and get food on land. Even if going down rivers and/or shore hugging travels, they must have brought some way to prepare food. The geography wasn't as populated back then that they could rely on roadside restaurants, like today's Scandies' travelers through Europe. I never thought about that aspect of traveling in mostly open boats for weeks to months before. It intrigues me. I can see the dried fish, but it needs o be prepared some way, Dried or salted other things, brings the same conundrum. How do you cook and eat on a longship when going to Vinland or Greenland? They would have to be doing it because of the ardourus nature of traveling on a longship. Sorry. I think I have used up more than my share of words in this reply. I need to ration them better so there are some left for other commenters. I will attempt to be briefer. Yours, Ann
@@annlidslot8212 I love your thoughts! I have never gone on a long voyage in an open longship, but I have lived in northern Norway and eaten a lot of stockfish (dried cod)! And I think it would have been perfect for long journeys, as it really doesn’t need any preparation. I’ve even met old people who eat stockfish like bread, with butter and cheese on the flat pieces of fish 😅 maybe the vikings did too?
@@ThePetticoatedSwashbuckler Hej, As long as you can store cheeses and butter I guess that would work. I can also imaging that they could have a fishing line out while sailing, like a lot of the sailing UA-camrs I've seen, and you could eat the fish sashimi style. I didn't know that you can eat dried cod without soaking it. Our lutfisk, dried lange or ling, you can use as a toboggan if you want, and you have to soak it for a few weeks before you can actually eat it. I find it flustering if they didn't bring something to make them able to cook something warm to eat. I've never been on a longship either but growing up in the far north and summering on the family summer boat, when the weather is bad, something warm even if it is some hot tea helps morale no end. Fighting the North Sea weather must have been miserable. Doing it for weeks to months without anything warm, if it was me they would have had mutiny to deal with. Wll who knows, maybe there is someone out there in the world that knows, and we'll find out some day.Vänligen, Ann
@@annlidslot8212 I agree, I would also prefer something warm to eat! But I’m guessing they wanted to avoid fires in the ships? But yes, if you like lutefisk, you should try tørrfisk! It’s very… fishy. But I quite like it. Smells a lot, though 😅
The common misconception you state post Roman Empire is entirely wrong. The Provinces at the time of the Empire and afterwards, had a well developed sense of identity and maintained trading networks across Europe and beyond.. This is the time of the Rise of the Holy Roman Empire under Charlemagne.
You’re absolutely right in that people had a sense of identity and kept trading in their old networks! At the same time, there was a movement of people in Europe, and many of them were non-Romanised peoples who moved into former provinces where they found much less military opposition than in other non-Romanised areas. The complete story of late antiquity/early medieval Europe is one that is still being studied and uncovered, fairly complex, and well beyond the scope of my fairly niche sewing channel, but if you have any good resources that explain this interesting time period, I’d love to explore and share them 😁
Wearing the brooches like Madonna doesn’t make sense. 🙄 People have always been people and maybe for a ceremonial outfit but not on the day to day. Geez Louise.
Given that archeology can only prove that this element was found in this one grave, the reason, i thought it was pretty is as good a reason as any to have some decoration. We cant prove no one ever embroidered something in the period/area, we can only say we have no evidence of it. And if they could have, some one probably did!
This is very true! ❤️
I'm 1/2 Scandinavian by ancestry from Denmark and Sweden . My ancestors weren't vikinger they were farmers, lots of farmers who traveled for better opportunities😂. Thank you for this interesting look at the dress of the peoples of the middle ages and the article ! I believe the broches were up higher near the shoulders not on the bust or nipples ! carrying stuff near chest height ie children other things isn't comfortable for the child being carried or the wearer really if it gets bumped it can hurt! . anyone who says differently is fetishsizing braoches on breasts like niple rings or discounts the fact dirt moves as a body decomposes !
I think I agree with you about the brooches 😅 most early medieval Scandinavians were farmers and fishermen, so we probably have that in common 😉
Fantastic work! Explanation and dress-making.
In Southern Sweden re-enactments most wear the Hedeby/Norwegian smokkir without a separate apron piece. Though putting an additional panel on the front for either dirty work or for fancy feast wear (embroidered like yours?) is not completely unrealistic . . .
The swishing is important. Viking dresses feel fabulous.
That’s so interesting! I love to see how reenactment shows variations in use of sources from place to place. A lot of the smokkrs found have more than one loop at the bottom of the brooch, and apron is just one interpretation of that loop 😅
And yes to the swishing!
Nicely done. I'm in a reenactment group, and wear Norse/Viking clothing. I've made a number of dresses, and undertunics. I tend to be more Eastern Sweden, Gotland and Finish in my choices. I do embroider a lot of my clothing, using period stitches. My reasoning being similar to some of yours. We don't know that they did or didn't embroider clothes. The tablet bands prove that they had fine enough thread, and we do have extant pieces of embroidery. My logic for embroidery is that they had to practice! So why not on your clothes?
I like that logic! Not least because I love embroidery 😅
I love your thimble, I didn’t know there are leather thimbles
I love it too! They wear out eventually, but I much prefer the flexible leather ones to the rigid metal thimbles.
I can’t use anything but leather or ring thimbles. I need to be able to feel the cloth under my fingers.
Oh, this was a Very good time to watch! I learned so much, and you look so proud of what you've made in the end shots! What a fantastic time! Thank you!
Thank you so much! ❤️
This is giving me so many ideas!!! Thank you!!!
I’m so glad you feel inspired! ❤️
Oh this was so fun to watch, those dresses look fantastic! I just found this channel, I've recently gotten very into traditional fibre arts so this is right up my alley. I have a question actually - do you happen to know anything about Finnish historical wear? This early on might be too late for any evidence as what's now Finland tended to come sort of one period behind technology wise compared to the rest of the Europe. But we were also part of Swedish empire from very early on, so I was sondering if any of these clothes styles have been traced to Finland or did they have their own style during the middle ages? You obviously don't need to have the answers to this but maybe you've come across some sources during your research.
So happy you enjoy my channel! Finnish history is super interesting, but not something I know a lot about I’m afraid… but I’d recommend reaching out to @swanmervi on Instagram! She does a lot of really amazing Finnish multi-period work!
@@ThePetticoatedSwashbuckler Ooohh amazing I will absolutely have to check her out, thank you!
Thank you for the well-reasoned information. I believe that embroidery on clothing, on a simple tunic, was the first form of clothing decoration. If a woman uses several types of stitches, then their combination turns into embroidery and becomes more complex over time. Therefore, I allow for complex embroidery in the manufacture of clothing for women of the early Viking period.
I like your reasoning! It makes sense to me too, we know they had the technology and techniques, and that they loved decoration, so why not!
This is my favorite thing I've watched!! Beautiful and informative! I can't even decided which is my favorite.... That gathering is amazing 🤗
Thank you so, so much!
Thank you for going into the history and finds behind your designs!
I’m so glad you enjoyed them!
As I understand it men also went vikingr from Norway because the population had increased and there was a shortage of flattish land due to the terrain. They wanted trade and to obtain land to settle. Slaves were a commodity too.And a bit of pillage helped.
Thanks for the info. It has really helped me.
So happy you found it interesting and helpful! You’re absolutely right, one very plausible theory is a land crunch in Scandinavia, along with people wanting to get riches to trade.
Hi, I wonder... I'm only from the country next doors, and there are a lot more people living there now, 100 years ago and 500 years ago, so I'm not totally convinced of this argument. As for my country we've never been short of either land or assets, only been short of people to develop those assets. We're still in that situation really, there are just not enough good brains to figure this out, or absorb that knowledge, depending on what source you trust.
We had slaves or trälar, traeler (my letters will tell you where I'm from, sorry everyone from Norway) around here at that time, and they were locals. That practice was abolished around my part of the geography, by laws from 12-century and 14-century. We hadn't really grown into a country yet, so there are different codexes depending on regions. Both of these codexes are written and still extant for people to read. I came across them back in the late 1980's when I wrote my very first paper in law school. The older I read in translation and the younger in copy from the law library. That University is very old. Yours, Ann
hello there, sorry I am late.. great video, very interesting Information and lovely dresses, I especially like the Køstrup smokkr, it looks like one could wear it today without being stared at and - nice feature - without a bra. Pockets need to be hidden somewhere in there, of course, which would be ok i guess since then it would not be a Køstrup smokkr but a modern dress.
Trägerrock ist what this type of dress is called in german. :)
Modern versions are basically skirts with suspenders, still called Trägerock. Or sometimes Schürzenkleid if there is a bib between the suspenders - which translates direktly into apron dress.
Thank you for another marvellous journey into the past!
All the best
Su / Pinguinpullover
Thank you so, so much! ❤️ I agree, the Køstrup smokkr would work great for a modern dress, you could even do the shirting in front with elastic! And so cool to know that Trägerock is a thing in Germany! Thank you for letting me know! ❤️
Gorgeous dresses! I wish I could sew but alas, I only have basic skills.
Thank you 😊 and a basic skill is a great place to work from! It’s a practice thing, if you enjoy it and want to spend time sewing, your skills will improve really quickly!
Basic skills are the very best beginning to start from. Just go from there and before you know it you will have a lot more than basic skills and will have made many lovely things!
That’s where you start. If you can sew a straight line, either by hand or on machine, you can make a tunic or smock. The simplest forms are nothing but straight seams.
Awesome channel! Love the recreations, very artistic.
Thank you! 😁
I think the length would be based on the climate/season shorter and less pieces for summer and working and lower status. Color and jewelry and longer length for higher status women. They didn't have to go out and feed the pigs dragging their hems in the mud. Getting close to the fire to stir the food, well a belt, even if it was just a cord, and less flapping layers would be the order of the day there. Loved your video. I am the 252 of thumbs up.
Thank you so much! I think that’s a good point, the shorter smokkr was definitely more practical for doing stuff in than the longer ones, especially the one with the train 😅
Thank you for a fascinating video! You gave us so much fun information, it's obvious that you love the subject! I look forward to watching your other videos~
Thank you so, so much!
ps the smocking / gathering in the front of a dress is very pretty ! will be using it in a dress next time !
Thank you! I really liked it too, such a pretty detail!
Hi, A quick note from Scandinavia. Thing is usually pronounced with a hard t, Ting. It makes it easier to differentiate between the hand in the Addams and the court/parliament that used as dispute resolution alternative and parliament back then.
The first Scandies that went to Russia and Ukraine took off much earlier from what went on to become Sweden including Finland (which was a piece of Sweden just as much as any region of Sweden that is still within the borders today) until lost to Russia much later. The people that went east in this era mostly went from what later became Sweden including Finland, were mostly merchants and when getting to Constantinople, those big burly visitors with an honor codex, got hired to be the guards of the papal power there. For some reason they went bersärk, what has come to mean to start axing people down for no reason. I have yet to come about any translatable or modern word close enough to it to understand why they went bärsärk (there are a bunch of other spellings as well but now we know what we're talking about), like the word going viking is known for the people that went west. Yours, Ann
Hi Ann! You make really good points! You’re absolutely right, in modern day Scandinavia, we pronounce Ting with a hard T sound at the start in Norway, Sweden and Denmark, however, Icelandic still pronounces the “th” sound, as did other Scandinavian languages in the Middle Ages. That’s why I chose to pronounce it “thing” ;)
@@ThePetticoatedSwashbuckler Hi, I completely understand and would probably have done the same if in your shoes to, I think. I shouldn't have used the word "usually", and should have been clearer.
I like words and playing with them, both in a very amateurish way. In this case I was sidetracked by the pronunciation being so like the English "thing" that may or may not (probably not) have a linguistic joint background. Making use of the current way to say the word would make things clearer for non-Scandies, so that was my intended reason.
My apologies if I overstepped, that was not at all my intention. I'm amenable to being told to get lost by a channel owner, without taking offence, so feel free...🙃😊 Yours, Ann
@@annlidslot8212 Absolutely no offence taken ❤️ I love words too! Language is such an interesting thing!
Going viking is just so funny because, like many other things, there's nothing honourable about it. It's the epitome of "if it ain't nailed down... :) yoink". Alternatively, "if you can't beat me... I'm yoinking you."
16:20 Norge A just looks so high while B just looks like she's about the facepalm herself due to figure A. C has just given up and decided to nope out.
In all seriousness, I always love watching a bunch of different videos on these time periods with less source material because it makes it easier to pinpoint the commonalities, the differences and new and old info and discoveries. Together they give a clearer picture. Thank you for your hard work!
I’m so glad you enjoyed it! And I do agree with you, going Viking is not more honourable than piracy or the Chevauchées of the 100 years war.
Intressant och inspirerande video. Väldigt fina dräkter. Vill sy nu!
Tusen takk! Glad for at jeg kan glede og inspirere til å sy! 😁
A friend - an archaeologist interested in textiles did point out in relation to where the brooches should be worn that the few scraps they have found with them are of straps - or they think they were straps - therefore the odds on them being used as ''n1pple shields'' [her description] were probably slightly on the low to non-existent side. Though she did point out that people are people and even in those days you will always have had the rebel who decided to wear something in a different way and she doubted the Scandinavians were any different in that regard. So there is every chance you might find someone - image or grave - wearing a mini 'dress' with brooches and a thigh high slit for good measure just because ..............
Also 'vikings' covered a huge area from modern Russia right down to modern Turkey, lots of clothing options in that range so there's a good chance a woman from modern Norway isn't wearing the same a one from modern eastern Russia or one from modern Turkey. That's the fun of historical clothing though, plus the fact that they would mix with the locals and adapt their clothing styles as well. That's what made them so interesting, and probably also so successful.
I really appreciate the clear and concise historical information as well as your fantastic creations. Thank you :)
Thank you so much!
Hello! I'm new to your channel and happy to say I'm a new subscriber. I'm wondering about the braided cord and the tool you used to make it. If you would be so kind, will you consider creating a tutorial video of that process? If not, are you able to point me in the right direction for learning that? I love everything fiber-arts related. No worries if the answer is no, I just found it intriguing! Thank you, either way. I scrolled through some of your channel's previous content and it looks like I will have hours of newly-found joy in my future. Hugs
Thank you so, so much, and welcome to the channel! The braiding tool is very very simple, mine is leather, but you can make one from cardboard that will work as well. I’ll try to make a little tutorial about how to make that cord, it is very simple and quite fun!
I love your speaking voice btw
Also did you really sew all those by hand?! They all look beautiful! I love how a lot of earlier clothing like this uses relatively simple and accessible techniques, yet still looks gorgeous, comfortable, and practical
Thank you so much! ❤️ I love hand sewing 😊 and I agree! Very simple shapes and seams, and yet the result is so beautiful!
Very pretty dress.
Thank you ☺️
I think you did a fine job on your reproduction of antique clothing ...especially since info is scant. But it looks comfortable and logical from a womans perspective. I would feel very comfortable wearing any of those dresses to modern day functions. Bravo! Love your channel for its female perspective 32:07 focus
Thank you so, so much! ❤️
I call myself swedish or scandinavian. When people from outside the area call me viking i usally respons ai have no idea what antcestors was doing. They didn't leave a note
Haha, that’s such a good answer!
I am putting together a Viking kit and I am unsure if they used an undertunic (shift/chemise equivalent) in addition to the sark and smokkr. I realize that , especially from the scanty evidence, there's probably no way to know but what is your best guess? Love the video. It's so nice to have your clear explanations and the delightful swishy modeling of the different styles.
As someone who has done historical reenactment for over forty years, my bet would be for an undertunic, unless it’s really really hot and then one might forgo one or the other.
Thank you so much! Because linen tends to rot away very much sooner than wool, there is little archaeological evidence of a linen shift. I agree with @katwitanruna, however. A linen underdress is both practical and comfortable, and we know they had access to linen 😊
What was the tool and method you used for the cord? It is very pretty.
Disc braiding.
Cut yourself a circle of stiff card and make 8 slits in from the edge
7 strings
Have your vacant slit at 12 o'clock and move the third string clockwise into the 12 o'clock slit.
Rotate to get the vacant slit at 12 o'clock and repeat a million times.
Remember to fingercomb the strings underneath the disc so they don't tangle.
Like @helenlayley said! I bought my leather tool at a market many years ago, but they’re very simple to make cheaply at home 😊
I like the blue dress the best. Did people have to make their own clothes or were there people who made them? I would trade a couple of piglets for a new dress if I were back in those days.
We know little about who made clothing in the Viking age, but we know weaving your own cloth was fairly common, so I’m guessing people often made clothes for their own family members. I would have loved to swap a dress for a couple of piglets though!
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Er bildene tatt på Midgard gildehall?
Det er de!
@@ThePetticoatedSwashbuckler jeg bor ikke langt unna.
Are there patterns for those of us less creative?
You can find patterns, for example if you search for “Viking apron dress pattern” on Etsy 😊 I’d recommend the Jelling Dragon shop, or patterns from Runfidr. Good luck! ❤️
Not sure but I would think woman copied garments from captured slaves and gathered as many ideas as they could. I bet clothes evolved as advancements in weaving knitting and felting techniques changed
I think you’re definitely right! I think they took inspiration from their trading partners, new neighbours and anyone else they met. We have no evidence of knitting in Norway until much, much later (17th century or thereabouts), but the socks that I’m wearing are made with needle binding, the sort of Viking equivalent!
Does anyone know how to do needle binding
@@melaniehellum1281I saw Shannon Makes do it in one of her recent videos. Try a search for naalbinding and see what that returns.
I am pretty sure whatever they wore...it was practical...and probably warm. It was cold during the middle ages.
The Viking age was actually not that bad! There was a fairly mild climate until the early 1300s, when the weather changed and grew colder. The weather in Europe was a lot less hospitable in 1700 than in 700!
So, should they be called Vikers? Those who go viking?
Maybe? But I think it’s a little late to change that name now, after 1000 years 😅
Hi, Me again. I promise to try not to become a complete nuisance before the video is done. I'm watching you showing the shield broaches. Am I the first person that think they look a little like cauldrons? Those would be a woman's thing more than a shield would, and I agree that the tortoise must have been mostly unknown in the Scandinavian part of geography. As you said, the vikings traveled far and wide, but depending on how widespread the shields are in reality, probably not that many went that far. Yours, Ann
Youre the opposite of a nuisance! ❤️ I like the comparison to cauldrons! There are female Viking age graves with weapons, so it’s really difficult to know the exact division of labour in early medieval Scandinavia. Cauldrons, however, would have been familiar to all!
@@ThePetticoatedSwashbuckler Hello again. Thank you for your kind reply.
It would be interesting to know what the grave goods in ship burials show about how food was prepared during the long journeys. What did they do for food when they weren't close enough to the shores that they could just get off the boat and get food on land. Even if going down rivers and/or shore hugging travels, they must have brought some way to prepare food. The geography wasn't as populated back then that they could rely on roadside restaurants, like today's Scandies' travelers through Europe.
I never thought about that aspect of traveling in mostly open boats for weeks to months before. It intrigues me. I can see the dried fish, but it needs o be prepared some way, Dried or salted other things, brings the same conundrum. How do you cook and eat on a longship when going to Vinland or Greenland? They would have to be doing it because of the ardourus nature of traveling on a longship.
Sorry. I think I have used up more than my share of words in this reply. I need to ration them better so there are some left for other commenters. I will attempt to be briefer. Yours, Ann
@@annlidslot8212 I love your thoughts!
I have never gone on a long voyage in an open longship, but I have lived in northern Norway and eaten a lot of stockfish (dried cod)! And I think it would have been perfect for long journeys, as it really doesn’t need any preparation. I’ve even met old people who eat stockfish like bread, with butter and cheese on the flat pieces of fish 😅 maybe the vikings did too?
@@ThePetticoatedSwashbuckler Hej, As long as you can store cheeses and butter I guess that would work. I can also imaging that they could have a fishing line out while sailing, like a lot of the sailing UA-camrs I've seen, and you could eat the fish sashimi style. I didn't know that you can eat dried cod without soaking it. Our lutfisk, dried lange or ling, you can use as a toboggan if you want, and you have to soak it for a few weeks before you can actually eat it.
I find it flustering if they didn't bring something to make them able to cook something warm to eat. I've never been on a longship either but growing up in the far north and summering on the family summer boat, when the weather is bad, something warm even if it is some hot tea helps morale no end. Fighting the North Sea weather must have been miserable. Doing it for weeks to months without anything warm, if it was me they would have had mutiny to deal with. Wll who knows, maybe there is someone out there in the world that knows, and we'll find out some day.Vänligen, Ann
@@annlidslot8212 I agree, I would also prefer something warm to eat! But I’m guessing they wanted to avoid fires in the ships? But yes, if you like lutefisk, you should try tørrfisk! It’s very… fishy. But I quite like it. Smells a lot, though 😅
The common misconception you state post Roman Empire is entirely wrong. The Provinces at the time of the Empire and afterwards, had a well developed sense of identity and maintained trading networks across Europe and beyond.. This is the time of the Rise of the Holy Roman Empire under Charlemagne.
You’re absolutely right in that people had a sense of identity and kept trading in their old networks! At the same time, there was a movement of people in Europe, and many of them were non-Romanised peoples who moved into former provinces where they found much less military opposition than in other non-Romanised areas. The complete story of late antiquity/early medieval Europe is one that is still being studied and uncovered, fairly complex, and well beyond the scope of my fairly niche sewing channel, but if you have any good resources that explain this interesting time period, I’d love to explore and share them 😁
Wearing the brooches like Madonna doesn’t make sense. 🙄 People have always been people and maybe for a ceremonial outfit but not on the day to day. Geez Louise.