When I took sewing in school we had sturdy old-fashioned machines with only a straight stitch. Consequently, at about 12 yrs old I was taught a number of hand stitches first and made a small sample book. While I still have the simple apron which was my first sewing project I sadly did not keep that little book. Still, I kinda-sorta remember them. So, I do use stitches similar to these medieval stitches when I make something by hand. Sometimes my sewing machine has an aversion to a fabric and I'm forced to construct the item by hand or give up. It's not so hard. In school we finished most of our seams by hand, anyway, and, as you say, it can be relaxing. I've been watching channels like yours a lot lately because one of my granddaughters has requested a Viking dress and I'm filling my head with ideas. I subscribed and liked.
Really love this story thank you for sharing, hand sewing fabric sometimes is the only option over machine sewing unless you have a specialised machine or foot. We both learnt to sew in school, although surprisingly neither of us were great at it in school. However both of us did end up in the textile trades at one point.
Rosalie's overview of techniques: rosaliegilbert.com/sewingtechniques.html A comparative study of extant C14th garments: www.forest.gen.nz/Medieval/articles/garments/garments.html Somewhat intimidating reference of stitches and periods: www.personal.utulsa.edu/~marc-carlson/cloth/stitches.htm
@@metacruft I love Marc Carlson so much! This summary page of Rosalie's is good, but the inclusion of a modern eyelet diagram is a bit confusing, as medieval eyelets did not include a running stitch.
This stitch is wonderful when you are working with very strong cloth. I used it to hem a cloak
When I took sewing in school we had sturdy old-fashioned machines with only a straight stitch. Consequently, at about 12 yrs old I was taught a number of hand stitches first and made a small sample book. While I still have the simple apron which was my first sewing project I sadly did not keep that little book. Still, I kinda-sorta remember them. So, I do use stitches similar to these medieval stitches when I make something by hand. Sometimes my sewing machine has an aversion to a fabric and I'm forced to construct the item by hand or give up. It's not so hard. In school we finished most of our seams by hand, anyway, and, as you say, it can be relaxing. I've been watching channels like yours a lot lately because one of my granddaughters has requested a Viking dress and I'm filling my head with ideas. I subscribed and liked.
Really love this story thank you for sharing, hand sewing fabric sometimes is the only option over machine sewing unless you have a specialised machine or foot.
We both learnt to sew in school, although surprisingly neither of us were great at it in school. However both of us did end up in the textile trades at one point.
This was really helpful
You are welcome
Thank you. Great video and clear explanation.
Im making a Norse kjortel and these stitches are the ones I'm using.
Thank you again.
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Really glad you found thos helpful. Let's us know how the Kjortel turns out.
Does anyone have any favourite resources for historical/medieval stitching that they can share?
Rosalie's overview of techniques: rosaliegilbert.com/sewingtechniques.html
A comparative study of extant C14th garments: www.forest.gen.nz/Medieval/articles/garments/garments.html
Somewhat intimidating reference of stitches and periods: www.personal.utulsa.edu/~marc-carlson/cloth/stitches.htm
@@metacruft I love Marc Carlson so much! This summary page of Rosalie's is good, but the inclusion of a modern eyelet diagram is a bit confusing, as medieval eyelets did not include a running stitch.
quite a list of resources