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Constance MacKenzie
เข้าร่วมเมื่อ 18 พ.ย. 2012
A Costume Maker stuck half way between the 16th Century and the Gamma Quadrant.
Athelhampton House
A little behind the scenes glimpse in preparation for a 16th century re-enactment at Athelhampton house in Dorset.
I had a lovely time setting ruffs and a bit of running around the grounds in my Doctor Who Scarf as the grounds of the house where used in 1975 to film the Seeds of Doom with Tom Baker as the 4th Doctor and Sarah Jane Smith.
A huge thank you to the team at Athelhampton for letting us loose in the event and a also to Juliet Braidwood for organising such a wonderful event. More about her lovely work here
www.youtube.com/@julietbraidwood8466
juliet.braidwood
More details about the house and event which is an annual one here
www.athelhampton.com/visit
Seeds of Doom here. www.imdb.com/title/tt0562952/
My instagram, for more images of the event here. stanceymackenzie
and how I made my Doctor Who Scarf here
th-cam.com/video/8jtD-A3TKgc/w-d-xo.html
I had a lovely time setting ruffs and a bit of running around the grounds in my Doctor Who Scarf as the grounds of the house where used in 1975 to film the Seeds of Doom with Tom Baker as the 4th Doctor and Sarah Jane Smith.
A huge thank you to the team at Athelhampton for letting us loose in the event and a also to Juliet Braidwood for organising such a wonderful event. More about her lovely work here
www.youtube.com/@julietbraidwood8466
juliet.braidwood
More details about the house and event which is an annual one here
www.athelhampton.com/visit
Seeds of Doom here. www.imdb.com/title/tt0562952/
My instagram, for more images of the event here. stanceymackenzie
and how I made my Doctor Who Scarf here
th-cam.com/video/8jtD-A3TKgc/w-d-xo.html
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Thank you for sharing views of the house and its gardens, as well as your ruffs and getting ready for the living-history event. This event looks so worthwhile!
If I were to do this, I think I'd have eight fingers and two thumbs with multiple burns.
Delightful. Thank you for another cheering video.
You are very welcome, thank you.
I tried the first recipe and the water and wax separated. Is there a way to fix this?
Do you think you could use the mixture if the water was drained off? sometimes if I do not get it to emulsify properly I am left with water sitting on the surface, is this what you have? if yes in the past I have drained the surface water a way and gently reheated and whipped again to try and get a smoother mixture. Sometimes more water still comes out on the second process. if you feel the batch is ruined but might try again in the future, using a whisk over a spoon may help, I used a spoon as they recipe specified it but it is not essential and the other method that helps is letting the oil and wax cool a little and heating the water up a little so they are similar temperature when you add them and that helps the emulsification. I hope that helps.
I need to live there. The masonry on the house and grounds needs to be powerwashed and treated and the gardens need attention.
The grounds are beautiful!
How interesting Constance! Tyfs💗🇨🇦
you are very welcome.
What fun! Thank you for the look.
Absolutely Amazing!!! Love it!!
I saw in a documentary about Athelhampton, that it's now entirely run by Solar and is self sufficient which is incredible!
yes I dont know the full details but it is a very impressive and sympathetic restoration and preservation
🥰 Lovely lovely place! & looking forward to further «Who-olly» 🧶adventures (hahaha I know a poor poor attempt but 🤷🏼♀️😂!)
jolly good, and who and wool adventures ahoy
Thank you for that, I used to live close enough to Athelhampton House to visit fairly often, such a lovely place .
Oh lovely it must be nice to see it in different seasons.
@@stanceymackenzie It really is a lovely house in a lovely garden that changes so much over the year.
Beautiful. Thank you
Nice house and none of the inconvenience I came to associate with Dr Who which they seemed to be filming every time i wanted to post a letter quickly before a client arrived and they tried to stop me scurry up one of our cobblestone streets because their 'work' was more important than mine. The penalty for living in a photogenic old town in South Wales
I have not visited any of the new who locations in Wales, a lady I was working with recently lived in Cardiff and and mentioned how much her children liked spotting places they new in the Sarah Jane Adventures and Doctor Who.
So. Much. Fun. To Watch! Eeee! 🤓💜🥰
I am so glad you liked it, thank you.
Beautiful place.
It really is so gorgeous.
Thank you.
You're welcome.
This place looks lovely!!
It was my first visit and I was overwhelmed with how lovely it was.
(that's not Patience, that's Constance) (😂 I'll let myself out)
Very good but not the first time I’ve been called a virtue
@@stanceymackenzie 😆
Wow. I never expected this. Thank you.
A goffering iron.....now theres a tricky job.
I think that’s a later name for this style of ironing I put my irons directly in the fire while the goffering iron sits on a stand which I’m unsure if they are put in the fire within the stand or directly like my simply named poking stick.
I bet they had fewer teenage pregnancies back then.
I don’t think how much clothing is worn effects that statistic and there was certainly less respect, rights or consent granted to women and girls then.
Oh wow really!? As long as there were the live musicians playing 🎶I wouldn't mind. 🩷
There was a reasonable amount of background music and kitchen bustle
❤ Nice Job
Thank you.
Thank you.
How do you keep skirts from riding up? Anytime I wear petticoats, the skirt rides up
It very much depends on how the inside of your skirt reacts to the fabric of your petticoat Grabby fabrics on the inside of skirts and non smooth petticoats fabrics will cause skirts to ruck up. Smooth petticoats and skirt linings can help.
Well now, that was great fun to watch, if nothing else!
Thank you it was something I was very interested to make both the coffee and the video but I’m very aware it’s quite niche
As many as one wants, Miss Constance, you are so right. I solved that. lol.
I thought wool rolled in cakes was easier to knit? Those wooden hand crank machines ( sorry don't know what it is called) are so cool. 🩷🐑🎶
I don’t know I do not normally buy skeins or cakes so can’t compare
After Victorian what would you say your favorite style/ era is?
I would actually say 16th century is my favourite then Edwardian then Victorian in order of my favourites
The two limiting factors are how warm it is that day and how many petticoats you own.
Well now you have seen one of my limiting factors
How many can you wear? As many as you own.
Yes indeed
A little late to the ironing party here, but it was great fun. When I was growing up, in the 1960s-70s, my mother had an electric iron without steam. She had a bottle…it looked like an old soda pop bottle, with a cork drilled in the middle to admit a hollow tube topped with a rounded metal top with holes, like a salt shaker lid. You filled the bottle with water, popped in the cork, then used the water to sprinkle the clothes…hence its name, the sprinkler. Mom would sprinkle each garment to be pressed, roll it into a tube so the dampness worked its way through, and put them aside in our wicker laundry basket. Then she’d iron each one. She also had a pressing cloth, a large square of percale white cotton, that would be laid over delicates before ironing so as to protect them from scorching. I still sprinkle linen and use a pressing cloth.
Doctor scarf, Star Trek references, then a St Mary’s mug and Tee shirt!
I can't remember my Star Trek reference but I do like time and space
@@stanceymackenzie it was how the colours in the scarf looked like Wesley Crusher’s top.
Ah yes
It definitely seems machine made, it looks like it has very flat finish, I know handmade Fairisle jumpers and cardigans are slightly bulkier. I only know because my mum used to knit, and crochet, garments that were photographed for the front of knitting patterns. I remember her making several Fairisle jumpers and cardigans, in the late 70’s and early 80’s. I would watch in fascination as she produced these complex garments, with wool and a few sheets of badly typed A4. The general colour scheme was browns, creams, greens and heather colours, which I believe are traditional. My requests for one were not so politely refused, and unfortunately my own knitting skills are not up to producing one.
In Sweden some used acorns as substitute for coffee and others used chicory root or dandelion root. Pretty much anything with a bitter taste 😅 I would've boiled the grounds with the water and sifted it before drinking (or waited for the grounds to sink) though, that's the way people used to make coffee here even in my grandfathers generation.
acorn flour bread is better- I grew up on that.
I love that you got that from Discworld!
Think I'll stick with a cuppa tea, Terry was a good sport.😂
I really enjoy my coffee and having read about people, particularly those who fought for the South in the American Civil War, drinking acorn "coffee" during that time, I've wondered whether it was a worthy substitute. Well, you've demonstrated that it takes a LOT of work for what seems to be a very poor substitute. Should coffee disappear, I'll have to go with tea. Thanks for answering this question for me!
I first read about acorn Coffee during the end of the First World War in Germany so another time of shortages.
Excellent tea-towel.
Thank you
This and the dr. who scarf. I love your crazy unique mind
Thank you it’s particular ven diagram I live in so I am amazed when people watch my videos at all really
Very nicely done.
Thank you
@@stanceymackenzie you are welcome. For a coffee substitute, try broken up carob pods, cover & simmer for a few hours. Not exactly coffee or tea, but, very dark & fiercely flavorful.
I didn't even know it was possible to use acorns in food/drink, so this video and the accompanying comments were an education.
You conducted a brave experiment! Thank you for making that sacrifice for science and literature. I am happy to see where you derived your inspiration. I love the Terry Pratchett Discworld, and Monstrous Regiment was one of the best, IMHO.
Thank you.
From start to finish, I was enthralled even if it’s not the results you wanted we were all charmed by your storytelling ☕️
That’s very kind, thank you.
I concur! This was delightful!
3:19-3:23 can we just take a moment to appreciate that spiderweb.
For a moment I worried as my whole house is cobweb covered and I thought I’d missed one. It’s much easier to admire their beauty when they are outside