Choosing Fabric for your Viking Age Kit- BEGINNERS GUIDE!

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Let’s talk about fabric for your first set of kit. What should you be looking for in terms of materials and weave structure for Viking Age clothing? What are the properties of the different types of cloth that were available, and what are good choices for building a set of basic kit that you can wear at any location and through any time period in the viking age?

In this video we will cover the the basics, with a TLDR at the end, and take a look at the subtle, and not so subtle ways that you can indicate your status in viking age society with small tweaks to your fabric choices, whether that's fabric quality, colour, cut or decoration.

This video is part of my How to make a simple Viking Age Tunic or Dress series, you can find the introduction video here INTRODUCTION- Make a SIMPLE Viking Ag...  so you know what to expect and where to find which bits of information! And the full playlist will be here- Making a Simple Viking Age Tunic or D...
once it is finished.

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References

Culler, J, (2022) Diamond twill in the Viking Age http://awanderingelf.weebly.com/blog-...

Ewing, T.  (2007) Viking Clothing. (Second edition). Stroud: The History Press.

Hodges, H. (1989): Artifacts – an introduction to early materials and technology. Duckworth.

Juvan, L https://knitty.com/ISSUEspring08/KSsp...
Mclean, S, (2015)  Diamonds and Broken Diamonds. https://celticweaving.wordpress.com/2...

Vlasatý, T. (2022) The use of chevron and herringbone twills in Europe, 700-1200 AD
https://sagy.vikingove.cz/en/the-use-...

Identifying plant fibre textiles from Norwegian Merovingian Period and Viking Age graves: The Late Iron Age Collection of the University Museum of Bergen - Scientific Figure on ResearchGate. https://www.researchgate.net/figure/B... [accessed 13 Jul, 2024]

http://awanderingelf.weebly.com/blog-...

Close up weaving example photo’s shown with kind permission of S.C.Rebel.

Timestamps:

00:00 Introduction.
01:41 Materials-Linen.
04:25 Materials- Wool.
06:41 Viking Age Weave Structures and the Warp-Weighted Loom.
08:48 Tabby Weave
11:29 Twill Weaves
14:28 Reversed Twills- Chevrons and Broken Chevrons/ Herringbone.
18:00 Reversed twills- Diamond/Lozenge and Broken Diamonds.
21:15 Fulled Cloth
27:42 Choosing Fabric for Undergarments.
36.30 Choosing fabric for Kirtles and Dresses (Outerwear)
44:33 Choosing Fabrics for trousers (a brief mention)
45:46 TLDR and Conclusions!
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