Hand Stitching a Viking Dress

It is summer! And for the first time in quite some time, that means market season. It has been so long since I attended a Viking market with my friends and I really wanted to share a little piece of the experience with you all.

So here's my long-sleeved Viking Age/Early Medieval and working-class appropriate wool dress. As fabric saving as I could manage. Both because that is my method, but also because this fabric is absolutely precious and I did not want to waste a single thread.

I hope you enjoy. When I watch back the market clips I can still smell the bonfires. :)

Want a more in-depth talk about the pattern? I do so here:
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With the digitized pattern and the amendments I'd make in the future:
https://kristinevike.com/hand-sewing-...

The fabric:
https://krivivev.no/produkt/metervare...

References:
[1] Skjoldehamn reconstruction http://www.vesteraalen.info/reportasj...

[2] Reconstructions of tablet woven bands from Oseberg https://osebergvikingarv.no/eng/the-o...

[3] Reconstruction of Oseberg tapestry fragment by Stig Saxegaard from the book “The Oseberg Tapestries” by Marianne Vedeler. Scandinavian Academic Press / Spartacus Forlag AS, 2019, ISBN 978-82-304-0243-6

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