Bleep, Dots and Nonsense...» norse | Bleep, Dots and Nonsense... http://syridian.id.au A Personal website for the life and times of a strange individual. Fri, 06 Apr 2012 01:56:42 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Lost to marketing hype… Or, Woohoo!! Half My Amazon order arrived! http://syridian.id.au/archives/651 http://syridian.id.au/archives/651#comments Wed, 27 May 2009 00:32:23 +0000 Syridian http://syridian.id.au/?p=651 Continue reading →]]> 2 weeks ago I decided that I was going to listen to the wise words of a laurel that I had pestered for advice and been given.  She had informed me that I should purchase a book called: “Viking Clothing” by Thor Ewing. So, taking this advice I dutily (well…  after about 8 months of procrastination that is..), off I went to search for this book on Ebay and find it I did….  and I added it to my cart and as you do when you are searching for books on Amazon, I thought I would have a look at all of the other suggestions…  And there was this magnificent book I had seen before, and it was affordable…  and it was well…  Available…  So Lo, I did loose myself to the intelligent marketing of those Amazon geeks, and added that to the cart too.

The second book was on my doorstep when I got home from work this morning, just sitting there tempting me to waste the morning reading it and not actually getting anything else done.  Yes…  I know, you are all wanting to know what this wonderful book is.  This book that I was drooling over it when a dear friend showed it to me…  This book that I was expecting to pay a small fortune for…   This book is “Woven into the Earth: Textile finds in Norse Greenland” by Else Ostergaard,  and it’s full af an amazing amount of detail on Norse Textile finds.  Thanks to my Norse friend for suggesting this one, it was worth the money, just looking through it in the last 30 minutes I have dispelled a large number of Myth’s about Norse/Viking clothing that kept meaning I was reluctant to do certain thins with making my garb.  Now I have a book that has wonderful pictures showing me the finds and I can see how things should be done. :)   Now I’m looking forward to finding the time to experiment more.

]]> http://syridian.id.au/archives/651/feed 0 Post-Festival Plans. Festival 2010 here we come. http://syridian.id.au/archives/551 http://syridian.id.au/archives/551#comments Sat, 25 Apr 2009 14:13:22 +0000 Syridian http://syridian.com/?p=551 Continue reading →]]> So Festival is done and dusted (well without the dust for a second time), and the best time to make plans for next Festival is right after when the things you noticed that coul be better are still fresh in your mind. There were a few things this Festival that gave me ideas to improve things for next year.

Wulfcynn have asked me to camp with them next Festival however as they tend to turn up late on the Thursday and leave as soon as the Fighter Auction Tourney has finished I would really like to be more autonomouse. I’m thinking that not being in a food fund next year and feeding myself would be a much better solution. I’m also thinking that creating more of a viking camp envioronment around my tent such as making a small Viking campfire, researching Viking torches and other Viking cooking equipment.

So, the plan starts to take shape for next Festival (or at least work towards)…

  • Finish the Viking A-Frame Tent
  • Create a Viking Travelling Campfire
  • Create a Viking Cauldron
  • Research Viking cooking methods
  • Put the whole lot together along with other bits and pieces to create a small Viking encampment.
  • Oh…  And make more Garb.

Ahhh  Plans… they are easy when you don’t stick to them.

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