VIKING leg wear - MAKE YOU OWN VIKING CLOTHING - Viking Crafts (Ep. 14)

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In this episode I make a reconstruction of the Viking hosen found in Hedeby. It is a fragment of brown wool that by most common interpretation is believed to be a part of one of the hosen in a pair. The top part to be precise. There is plenty of contemporary finds of hosen to make the interpretation valid. The missing thing is the braies to wear under. I don't know of any findings - only depictions from medieval time period in general - so the braies you see me wear in the end of the video is only a speculative piece of clothing. The hose is a simple yet very comfortable piece of leg wear that doesn't take a lot of fabric making it fairly inexpensive and practical. For me wool pants get very warm in summer and having linen braies the crutch is not too warm and the legs themselves are ok with the wool. Also hiking the mountains I want a fairly thick wool covering my leg to protect me from thorny bushed and brambles. I look forward testing the hosen out in winter.

This video is part of my Asturian series where I craft a basic viking kit as I go to build my self a nice set for hiking, crafting and bushcrafting when in the mountains in Northern Spain.

Note: I have not researched the stitching technique of the original fragments. The stitching I use in this video is just some basics I know well and my go to way of making garments with strong and easy seams.

For more info on the Hedeby Hosen fragments check out this video:
   • Early Medieval Hose | Clothing Tutorial