
And right now, today, I am waiting for a delivery from puresilks.us with black silk damask for the doublet that I plan to wear with this kirtle.
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I got very few photos of my nw gown being worn, but here are three:
After I went to the hospital om Wednesday I used the little energy that I had left to go to a fabric store and get foam rubber, to line the box with (covered with fabric of course). And then I was so tired that I forgot it on the tram. Fortunately it was found and today Rickard went downtown to retrieve it from the lost items office.
I have now, after it was too late to use a sewing machine cut and shaped it to make a good protection for the coronet. It was a bit tricky, but I think that it will be fine. Or at least good enough. Tomorrow there will be fabric and glue.
Also tomorrow, best friend Inger and two women from our coven are coming over. Two will be making ritual robes, and one will be making her first medieval shift - since I am luring her into that other sect: the SCA.
I made up for most of the lectures that I missed the week before due to illness. I was still rather ill up to Thursday Wednesday, but managed both a trip to another town with my students on Tuesday to look at the Bocksten bog man, and the rest of my classes.
I finished the embroidery on, and attached the first sleeve on Valeria's 16th century camicia. I have also started on the next sleeve.
Rickard and I went to see the Jesus and Mary Chain play!!! It was awesome. It was a bit too intense to talk about, but I am filled by the experience still.
Today is Festivalo de Caderas, one of the barony of Gotvik's annual events. It started already yesterday, but I couldn't miss the Jesus and Mary Chain of course. I'm getting a ride with a friend and right now I'm sitting mostly dressed (shift, hair up, wool hose) waiting for her to arrive. I have made marzipan for the sweets table and I have packet coronet, scrolls, tokens, feast gear, prosecco and my embroidery - I should be just fine :)
The first thing I did when we got home on Friday evening was to wash all the fabric and on Saturday I made that skirt.
The blouse is another holiday find: The Salvation Army's 2nd hand shops have racks with blouses for 39 SEK (c. 4,7 dollars) and I bought this one, which is from H&M, and one that I don't think has ever been used, made from white linen.
BTW, here are my holiday photos.
While on Holiday we went to a large, traditional market, where I got lots of cotton hankies, good quality bed sheets, some red and white striped piping, a heart shaped baking tin and two straw hats which will be partly unraveled and made into bonnets.
Some of the fabric was bought at Tygladan, which is close to my home village, and some was bought at Kristinedals fabriker, which not only had lots of nice, cheap fabric, but also used to be a mill making both wool and cotton/linen yarn for weaving.