The books, Woven Into the Earth and the accompanying pattern book are great resources. Note that the issues with the pattern book is that the dresses are not consistent in size. The first dress I made was a small and so big that two people could have worn it with me!
The following is a cross-over from Past Projects. I’ll update it more with the patterns at another time (like not 1:00 am).
The same bath was used for wool. The wool was terrible, terrible quality wool and the sizell on the surface made dyeing it near impossible! Children take notes, use chemical gloves even with natural dyes. I ended up taking the pH so high the strip turned black before I even touched the dye bath. The result was chemical burns as I used Washing Soda left to long in the oven-when I made it. Lucky for me, there is documentation of a Greenland Dress, made with dyed yellow wool. The seams were so frayed I embroidered over just about everything. I’ll post the pattern pieces later. The yellow is not my colour but I spent a good 40 hours researching the dress and making it. The pattern is #581. The patterns in Woven Into the Earth are random in their sizing since there are multiple sizes. I created the first pattern on the recommended grid but then had to go forward in time to our basic Viking and then work backwards on the pattern. I don’t get many compliments on the dress-the colour sets people off. But I worked so hard, it’s very period, and I dyed it myself, so I’ll stick to the yellow and treat it nice. In -40 degree weather though, it rocks in warmth!
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