Ticking off things from the to-do list

[frualeydis]

Since we're going to the feast after our national AGM on saturday (if somebody has missed that) I had quite an impressive to-do list. Today some of them have been taken care of:

* Baked bread for the feast. The recipe is from the 16th century and the bread is called "schoneroggen", which betrays its german origin.

* Covered Rickard's chinese slippers in red wool cloth so that they better match his stockings and slops.




* Made 7 laces for Rickard with fingerloop braiding in silk yarn. That's what lies next to the shoes in the photo.

Left to do

* 9 more laces

* Attach brass points to said laces

* 14 lacing holes on his slops

* Bake four lemon tarts for the feast

Comments

[frualeydis.livejournal.com]

Yes, I was sure he wouldn't want to make apair of shoes for a time period he rarely wears. Especially since 16th shoes are more complicated to make than medieval turnshoes. And the shape of many shoes from the mid-16th century and onwards is very similar to chinese slippers and there were shoes made with fabric uppers, so it seems like a good solution.

/Eva

[annalindqvist.livejournal.com]

I like the shoes!
Har du lagt in ylletyget mellan sulan och det "gamla" skotyget?

Anna

[frualeydis.livejournal.com]

Nej, det vore alldeles för mycket jobb. De är bara sydda på för hand ovanpå det svarta.

/Eva