Pinglan Vargtass

I made a woad vat, and now I have some greens again. The yarn (natural color white or grey) was first dyed with weld and/or walnut shells.
#woad #naturaldye #vejde #växtfärgning #greenyarn #grönagarner #plantdye #naturligfärgning

I live with chronic pain due to endometriosis. Cold weather makes it worse, so this year, using leftover wool fabric, I upgraded my outdoor wardrobe with this skirt.
#sewing #skirt #ifeelclever #endometriosis #chronicillness #chronicpain #leftoverfabric #pockets #bigpocket #extrabigpocket

So very happy to see how my arm progresses. After two (three?) years waiting we finally found a day to continue on this handpoke tatoo. This time the raven went from beautiful to stunningly gorgeous! Sorella is the best ❤️

#handpoke #tatoo #tattoo #sorella #studionarval #tatuering #raven #norse

#forestwitch #autumn #mushroom #chantarelle #kantarell

Sometimes I really do feel like a powerful witch of the forest.

Liquid snacks might be the best treat ever made.
(No, I’m not sponsored, I just want to share some pure happiness). Sound on ❤️

#cat #happycat #kitty #liquidsnacks #noms #omnomnom #kattgodis #treats #cattreats #lyckligkatt #katt

It’s getting darker and darker, time to make a reflective tablet woven ribbon (with some leftover wool yarn dyed with cochineal and woad).
#weaving #tabletweaving #reflectiveribbon #reflexband #brickvävning #tabletweave #diy #norse #vikingcrafts #tradition

Autumn is slowly presenting itself, and so my lust for embroidery rises again. Got the best helper as well.

#embroidery #cat #helpingcat #katt #stjälpreda #broderi #crosstitch #korsstygn

I’ve finished spinning this years flax! The result is this 2-ply yarn with 28/2 thickness (lighter thread is a modern 28/2 for reference). It’s 500 meters (nearly 501 m) and weights 70 g.

#handspun #homegrown #linenyarn #handspunyarn #flax #lingarn #handspunnet #diy #tradition #norse #norsecrafts

Now that I’ve spun all flax to thread, it’s time to turn it into a two-ply yarn while this years harvest is retting on the ground.

#spinning #spånad #spinningwheel #spinnrock #flax #lin #textile #crafting #norse #norsecrafts #tradition

Oh, stort grattis till ett sådant grymt fynd! Min extramaskin köpte jag på loppis för några hundralappar, synnerligen väl värt för en total uppsättning reservdelar 😉

And now the retting of this years flax harvest has begun.

#flax #lin #retting #rötning #flaxretting #linrötning #1kvmlin

Before retting, the flax seeds must be separated from the stems. I built my own simple tool (a *very* humble copy of an original ”frörepa”) wich works rather well.

#flax #lin #frörepning #frörepa

Post medieval week: avoiding people as much as I can. Spending as much time in my garden as possible, either gardening or crafting, using earplugs to lessen the bother from all the sounds.

#spinning #spinningwheel #spinningflax #spinnrock #spinna #spinnalin #spinninglinen #egenodlat #egetlin

Medieval Week in Visby is now over for me. It’s been a lovely week with lots of wonderful people. Now I’m completely exhausted and look forward to go home (and have a shower).

#mtv #medeltidsveckan #medieval #reenactmen #medievalweek #nålbindning #nalbinding

Det är möjligt, men om du är försiktig med den mekaniska bearbetningen så kan du slippa krympningen. Det är ju värme + mekanisk bearbetning som gör det. Oavsett så gör du ett fantastiskt jobb, det kommer bli en så häftigt plagg!

The regency dress:
After some weight loss I was happy to have some leftover fabric, enough for a new bodice. I’ve handsewn everything and the material is 100% silk.
Now I can live my Pride & Prejudice dream again 🥰

#regency #dress #handsewn #P&P #silk #silkdress

The regency corset: I worked on it for two years, managed to wear it twice, then lost a LOT of weight and it got too big. So now I’ve taken it in and fixed the shape a bit. Now it’s ready to be used again. Every stitch is handsewn.

#regency #corset #handsewn #handmade #reenactment

Wow! Det kallar jag engagemang 🤩
Är det ett hel- eller halvylle?

And of it’s any consolation: it took me two years to finish my regency corset 😜

Woooow! That sounds awesome! (But, oh, all the stitching… 🤣)

Oh, Thank you! I call this my ”idiot project”, because I felt like an idiot when it dawned on me how long time this would require 😅

It’s my regency corset, and yes I make every stitch by hand 😊
The cord inside is a lucet cord that I made from linen yarn.

Trying to sew while looking after cats…

#handsewing #helper #stjälpreda #katt #cat #helpingcat

Today I harvested my linen plants.

#linen #flax #harvest

Note to self: there’s a reason for using apron when spinning linen thread 😅

#spinning #spinningwheel #spinninglinen #spinningflax #traditionalcrafts #norse #linspånad #spånad #spinnrock

Working with my spindle at the local iron age farm.

#spindle #spindlespinning #ironage #viking #norse #handcraft #woolspinning

My apron dress has become too big, so now I’m taking it in. My choice fell upon this solution, inspiration from a find in Køstrup, Denmark.

#handsewing #aprondress #viking #norse #vikingcraft #norsecraft

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My pleasure, happy to spread knowledge 😊