Thanks for sharing! This is an absolutely delight! I think it's cut the way it is to make it possible to adjust if necessary when the expected pregnancies came about - I just watched a video of another wonderful youtuber (I think it was the same one you referred to) who wondered why it was so roomy! I think that it's because of the fact that this immensely time-consuming - and for the specific place extremely exclusive dress - came with certain expectations and hopes. Contact with the outer world was becoming very scarce and children were simply needed to all the immense work that living there took! People were few and life was extremely harsh. That's another thing. It was extremely cold and would most likely only have been the outer of a LOT of layers. I was born close by where these graves were found and even though it's a very mild climate by Greenlandic standard - it gets COLD! Back then even colder! They had very little access to heat sources - and there wasn't much just turning the heat on 🤭 So to make room for insulation - that'll say layers and layers and layers - and hoping that she would gain a lot of weight! In these conditions that's a really heartwarming wish and hope that her family, who made it - that must have taken an immense amount of work! Just imagine having to make the needles from scratch, some in bone, some in tooth, some in tusk. That's a lot of hours, and such needles easily break! That weird slit i the back is to ensure that it can be adjusted to sit just right - even when pregnant, weighty, and after having accumulated layers and layers of undergarments! I think it's something hard for who are accustomed modern comforts can find it hard to understand the living conditions and the sheer amount of work living with access to so few resources would have taken! Love your work! Please do more! ❤️ lots of love from Denmark 🤗
I am always fascinated at how people draft patterns. I am a self-taught sewist and I began with T Tunics. I tend to view everything as a T-Tunic with inserts or nips and tucks. I envision that this pattern was drafted by taking a basically shaped dress that was draped and sewn then edited on a wearer. That dress was then used to make the pattern pieces for the next garment. I try my best to pattern off of garments already in people's wardrobes to continue this practice. i am very intimidated by using math to scale things up. When I construct these types of clothes, I basically add pieces together to make bigger pieces. So, I first sew the shoulder seams, then sew the gussets to one side of the sleeve. Then I set the open sleeve top into the open shoulder seam. Next, I join any gores into bigger gores, then set a gore into each side of the body. Finally, I fold the garment at the shoulder seam and sew a unified seam from the cuff to the hem. This works with my fabric manipulation skill level in getting the points of gores and gussets to line up. I love that there are multiple ways to construct the same thing.
This is the coolest thing about this book! If you haven't got it and you're interested in the era I HIGHLY recommend it. It's full of info, but also lots of details about what they DON'T know, and that's such a great thing for a history book to do.
You’re too kind! It’s one of my favourites. Folk songs are great because if you can remember the basic plot then the lyrics just come back to you. It’s so hard to memorize songs that don’t have a plot!
When I got started in the SCA I was pregnant and one of the lovely ladies in my Shire (turns out she was a costuming Laurel) helped me make some early period garb and this dress was one of them. We actually used four panels on the side and made them smaller so it was more fitted at the bust area and had plenty of room to go over my baby bump.
I've been using a variation on this for SCA norse dresses. For history bounding I add a pair of pockets set into the front/side front seam. Love the full skirt swirl.
Thanks for watching them! There's a few stray Albertans I've found doing costuming, but hardly any of them make videos, despite my begging them to (they are all much more talented than me!).
I am playing around with hand-sewing the final garment. I might be making waaaaay too much work for myself. But why not? It sounds fun. :) If you want to hear a professional sing the song I first heard it from Stan Rogers, a Canadian folk musician. I don't know if he wrote it or borrowed it from previous folk singers, but the whole song is worth a listen!
@@LizCapism I'm an old folkie, so I know of Stan Rogers. I've seen Garnet Rogers live at local (I'm in Upstate New York) folk festivals. I found hand-stitching the chemises to be very relaxing, which is good, because all. the. felling. It certainly improved my stitching to have so much practise!
Hi Liz, viking reenactor here - it`s really inspirering to see a tekstile designer make modern versions of historical garments. I sometimes wish I could use viking garments in vinter, much warmer actually 😊 I love your watch, what brand is it, and where can one buy one😅❤?
Yup, I've scaled up a pattern, think it might even be the same one you're using looking at the side gores which come up to the arm scye and are shaped. My fatal flaw was that somehow I cut the arm scye in too far at the top of the shoulder so the sleeve fits in up and onto my shoulder itself. Not sure how I did it but I've done it on a couple of dresses now so it's something I've mis-measured. But the end result came out more than wearable and I've been wearing it now for a couple of years. I did add embroidery as decoration around the neck edge and the sleeve hems - cut to be halfway between the elbow and wrist and much looser for comfort - which looks rather good. I wear it a lot of the time, very comfortable and it's made from a heavier weight linen. Am going to be making another one as soon as i get round to cutting it out, it is a design/pattern that I've found I wear more than any of the other ones I've made. It goes great over a lightweight cotton/linen mix under-dress and can be worn on it's own in summer if it gets too hot here (Ireland so not very often). My solution to the loose fit around the upper waist to bust area was to add very modern darts, partly because my weight fluctuates and darts are very easy to put in or take out as needed but also I thought they looked better than fiddling around with the pattern shape. I also left out the gores centre front and back because I use a walker when out shopping and they get caught up in the wheels, can be annoying if I'm in a wheelchair as well. I have a couple of dresses with the gores and they are great for when I'm actually doing re-enactment but in day-to-day life the extra fullness centre front and back, well centre front at least, gets in the way. Like your fabric choice, lovely colour. Saw the finished product before I found the mock-up video, the finished item is lovely and practical.
Is this D10581? I just made a mockup of that one and am starting the “real” one tomorrow. Don’t feel bad about the weird gore tops. I’m an experienced medieval sewist and I left them open on the mockup too! I think the reason for the shape is to spread out the weight of the gore, since the original fabric was relatively heavy. The curve distributes the weight better than a point, and it also prevents awkward pulling of the warp threads. If you look at the seam-finishing methods of these garments, they’re somewhat unusual for their time, so that might have influenced the design as well, or vice versa. I liked my mockup so much that I’m incorporating it into my rotation of random chemises to wear under other things! I was really surprised at how well it fit.
I have the exact same fabric that I am currently using for mockups too! Also made a pair of Venetian drawers out of it! :) I really enjoyed this video and looking forward to the final outfit! Also you werent off key, you have a lovely voice! :)
You're very kind. I don't know if I'll use this fabric for everything, but with patterns I want to make more than once it seems like a really good idea!
@@LizCapism thats fair! I am in the process of making a 16th century Florentine gown, new to me pattern that needs to be graded due to the size differences, so I am hoping that my mock up will be able to become a dress in itself so I have a lower class version to wear as well. Well at least that's the plan, time will tell if I pull it off.
Original medieval pattern are so nice to wear and to adjust with all the gores. Like it very much. I am totally into the "patterns of fashion" Arnold books. Have to convert them into german measures. Original Victorian patterns are more my size, just have to adjust to my height.
When you say German measures, do you mean into metric (centimetres, etc?) Because that was my favourite part of the Herjolfsnes book, all the measurements are in Metric! Original Victorian patterns are fantastic, but my bust/waist/hip measurements are just not in the same ratios, so I have to adjust a lot. :) Thanks so much for watching!
@@LizCapism Yes we have the metric system in germany and i don t like the american system. But since i bought a double sided measuring tape its easier *g
THE ONE I MADE WAS 12 INCHES ACROSS THE FRONT PIECE. THERE WERE 4 UNDER ARM SIDE A-SHAPPED PIECES IN MY VERSION. THE SLEEVE FIT STRAIGHT FROM THE BUST OVER THE SHOULDER AND DOWN THE BACK, THEN TURNED WENT STRAIGHT ACROSS THE TOP OF ALL THE SIDE GORES. ONCE I HAD FITTED THE SIDE GORES UNDER THE ARM AND DOWN TO JUST ABOVE THE WAIST, THE GARMENT SUPPORTED MY BUST (I USED A LOSE WOVEN LINEN). I DO REMEMBER HAVING A BIT OF DIFFICULTY WITH THE FRONT AND BACK GORES. I FOLDED THE DRESS PIECES BACK, CLIPPING AT THAT FIDDELLY TIP AND REINFORCING WITH A PYRAMID STAY STITCH...THEN I JUST LAID THE GORE FLAT INTO THE SPACE AND MOVED ONE SIDE AT A TIME TO STITCH IT IN. I MADE IT COMPLETELY BY HAND. MY GOWN WAS LONG AND VERY FULL AND AFTER I MADE IT, I LOVED SWASHING AROUND IN IT SO MUCH I'VE DECIDED TO BE BURIED IN IT. MY SLEEVE WAS STRAIGHT AT THE TOP AND AS BIG AROUND AS IT HAD TO BE TO FIT INTO THE ARM'S EYE BUT AT THE ELBOW I TRIMMED IT DOWN TO FIT SNUG AS MY HAND CAN WITHSTAND TO ENTER AND LONG ENOUGH TO FALL ONTO THE HAND A BIT.
It's a really really good question! Thank you for asking. There's a lot of answers to your question depending on who, when, and where we're talking about. And luckily, all of them do the thing I love with history, which is make things more complex and more human! I am not an expert; I imagine that other people have addressed this a little more thoroughly, but here's some really simplified possible reasons: - There is a trade-off with functionality with warmth and usefulness. A narrower dress could potentially limit movement. More fabric could also allow for more growth without the need for a whole new gown. And more fabric does translate to more warmth! - I did not recreate the gown like it would have been originally - they would have been much more careful to cut out their pieces in such a way to limit fabric waste. So they would used much less in the way of actual yardage than I did. - People then, as now, liked to be a little fancy when they could. Because of the cost and value of fabric, it could be a status thing, a "spoiling yourself" thing, or similar stuff. - Fashion plays a part! As well as other social constructs like gender and class. So if a big skirt is the style, people would try to emulate the style as closely as possible, and if they were poorer, they would just work to emulate the style more cheaply. - This would probably be one of very very few gowns they owned. So it's not like they were making a new one every week- even the elevated cost of the additional fabric would likely be a decent price for the total life of the gown. These are the points I have off the top of my head, but I bet other professionals have covered this with more nuance and detail. It's a good question to keep asking!
Thanks for watching! It’s called “The maid on the shore”. The first version I heard is by Stan Rogers and I don’t know if he wrote it or if it’s an older folk song. But it’s one of my favourites!
A version was included in a collection of ballads made in Ireland in 1909. The song is a favourite of my nephew, since he was about eight, when my sister taught it to him. He loved the story of the ‘defenseless’ girl who outsmarted everyone. He still sings it now, and he’s 25!
I love the video! Maybe I missed it, but is your curvy ruler some kind of French curve loveliness married to a straight ruler? And where did you get it?
It is indeed that! I got it at an estate sale. It's stamped as having been patented in the 1890s but it was probably made later. The inside portion also has a hole specially for dates. *Heart eyes emoji*. I collect antique sewing supplies and so my relatives are always sending me email invitations to estate sales... lol.
@@LizCapism Antique supplies are the best! I now feel the need to break out my ebay skills. *cracks knuckles and stretches* Now that I know this combo exists, it is necessary to my life now...
Very cool video and impressive work! The Herjolfsnes finds are not "viking" though. Vikings settled in Greenland but the settlement that was discovered and the garments that survived are from the 13th/14th century and therefore 200-300 years after the end of the viking age. Viking is a cultural term and not an ethnic one, therefore labelling these garments as "viking" is not accurate. The clothes are amazing examples for mediaeval garments though and you're doing a great job reconstructing them. Don't want to come across as petty or something, I just want to point it out (as a historian and fellow historical sewist) to educate people and work against the spread of misinformation :)
You're 100% correct. And I understand your frustration here! Regrettably, despite my deep love of the specific and technical, the sad truth is that I am also somewhat bound by SEO and the relentless, dubious algorithm. These folks were neither Vikings, nor were they strictly "medieval" despite the book these patterns are taken from being titled "Medieval Garments Reconstructed". (Medieval is such a wibbly term that we could probably debate that one AAAALLLLL DAY). Between that (deliberate) misnomer from the scholars who published that book and the unwieldy word-salad that would come from me trying to use words other than "viking" and "medieval", I am compelled to perpetuate the innacuracy that I personally abhor. And this video being published over two years ago, I imagine I also know significantly more now than I did then, which is the other terrible truth we have to reckon with when we put things on the public internet. I don't want to seem flippant. I promise it's an argument I have with myself on a regular basis. Thanks for being very kind and generous in your correction. You are a star among commenters, and I appreciate it.
@@LizCapism I think in this instance if you made it more form fitting then you would have to put in some type of opening and that would ruin the lines of the garment, IMHO :)
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Thanks for sharing! This is an absolutely delight!
I think it's cut the way it is to make it possible to adjust if necessary when the expected pregnancies came about - I just watched a video of another wonderful youtuber (I think it was the same one you referred to) who wondered why it was so roomy!
I think that it's because of the fact that this immensely time-consuming - and for the specific place extremely exclusive dress - came with certain expectations and hopes.
Contact with the outer world was becoming very scarce and children were simply needed to all the immense work that living there took! People were few and life was extremely harsh.
That's another thing. It was extremely cold and would most likely only have been the outer of a LOT of layers.
I was born close by where these graves were found and even though it's a very mild climate by Greenlandic standard - it gets COLD! Back then even colder!
They had very little access to heat sources - and there wasn't much just turning the heat on 🤭
So to make room for insulation - that'll say layers and layers and layers - and hoping that she would gain a lot of weight! In these conditions that's a really heartwarming wish and hope that her family, who made it - that must have taken an immense amount of work! Just imagine having to make the needles from scratch, some in bone, some in tooth, some in tusk. That's a lot of hours, and such needles easily break!
That weird slit i the back is to ensure that it can be adjusted to sit just right - even when pregnant, weighty, and after having accumulated layers and layers of undergarments!
I think it's something hard for who are accustomed modern comforts can find it hard to understand the living conditions and the sheer amount of work living with access to so few resources would have taken!
Love your work! Please do more! ❤️ lots of love from Denmark 🤗
I find it commendable you are reusing a mockup! I always thought it was so wasteful to make one and wondered what happened to them later.
I am always fascinated at how people draft patterns. I am a self-taught sewist and I began with T Tunics. I tend to view everything as a T-Tunic with inserts or nips and tucks. I envision that this pattern was drafted by taking a basically shaped dress that was draped and sewn then edited on a wearer. That dress was then used to make the pattern pieces for the next garment. I try my best to pattern off of garments already in people's wardrobes to continue this practice. i am very intimidated by using math to scale things up. When I construct these types of clothes, I basically add pieces together to make bigger pieces. So, I first sew the shoulder seams, then sew the gussets to one side of the sleeve. Then I set the open sleeve top into the open shoulder seam. Next, I join any gores into bigger gores, then set a gore into each side of the body. Finally, I fold the garment at the shoulder seam and sew a unified seam from the cuff to the hem. This works with my fabric manipulation skill level in getting the points of gores and gussets to line up. I love that there are multiple ways to construct the same thing.
This is the coolest thing about this book! If you haven't got it and you're interested in the era I HIGHLY recommend it. It's full of info, but also lots of details about what they DON'T know, and that's such a great thing for a history book to do.
I need this book!!! This looks like a good read already even if I won't make anything out of it right away!!! Thank you for showing it!
I quite enjoyed your singing! Eagerly awaiting the next installment.
Thanks very much! Hope I can get it out soon! 😆
@@LizCapism I recognize that song. You have a lovely folk voice.
You’re too kind! It’s one of my favourites. Folk songs are great because if you can remember the basic plot then the lyrics just come back to you. It’s so hard to memorize songs that don’t have a plot!
When I got started in the SCA I was pregnant and one of the lovely ladies in my Shire (turns out she was a costuming Laurel) helped me make some early period garb and this dress was one of them. We actually used four panels on the side and made them smaller so it was more fitted at the bust area and had plenty of room to go over my baby bump.
I've been using a variation on this for SCA norse dresses. For history bounding I add a pair of pockets set into the front/side front seam. Love the full skirt swirl.
So nice to have a fellow Albertan on the costube! I've been really enjoying your videos, thanks for making them!
Thanks for watching them! There's a few stray Albertans I've found doing costuming, but hardly any of them make videos, despite my begging them to (they are all much more talented than me!).
Yay Alberta!
Great video! I've been concentrating on self-drafted & hand-sewn chemises, but that dress is on my radar too. I love your singing voice & the song!!
I am playing around with hand-sewing the final garment. I might be making waaaaay too much work for myself. But why not? It sounds fun. :) If you want to hear a professional sing the song I first heard it from Stan Rogers, a Canadian folk musician. I don't know if he wrote it or borrowed it from previous folk singers, but the whole song is worth a listen!
@@LizCapism I'm an old folkie, so I know of Stan Rogers. I've seen Garnet Rogers live at local (I'm in Upstate New York) folk festivals. I found hand-stitching the chemises to be very relaxing, which is good, because all. the. felling. It certainly improved my stitching to have so much practise!
Hi Liz, viking reenactor here - it`s really inspirering to see a tekstile designer make modern versions of historical garments. I sometimes wish I could use viking garments in vinter, much warmer actually 😊 I love your watch, what brand is it, and where can one buy one😅❤?
Yup, I've scaled up a pattern, think it might even be the same one you're using looking at the side gores which come up to the arm scye and are shaped. My fatal flaw was that somehow I cut the arm scye in too far at the top of the shoulder so the sleeve fits in up and onto my shoulder itself. Not sure how I did it but I've done it on a couple of dresses now so it's something I've mis-measured. But the end result came out more than wearable and I've been wearing it now for a couple of years. I did add embroidery as decoration around the neck edge and the sleeve hems - cut to be halfway between the elbow and wrist and much looser for comfort - which looks rather good. I wear it a lot of the time, very comfortable and it's made from a heavier weight linen. Am going to be making another one as soon as i get round to cutting it out, it is a design/pattern that I've found I wear more than any of the other ones I've made. It goes great over a lightweight cotton/linen mix under-dress and can be worn on it's own in summer if it gets too hot here (Ireland so not very often). My solution to the loose fit around the upper waist to bust area was to add very modern darts, partly because my weight fluctuates and darts are very easy to put in or take out as needed but also I thought they looked better than fiddling around with the pattern shape. I also left out the gores centre front and back because I use a walker when out shopping and they get caught up in the wheels, can be annoying if I'm in a wheelchair as well. I have a couple of dresses with the gores and they are great for when I'm actually doing re-enactment but in day-to-day life the extra fullness centre front and back, well centre front at least, gets in the way.
Like your fabric choice, lovely colour. Saw the finished product before I found the mock-up video, the finished item is lovely and practical.
Like your singing 😊
Thanks. 😊
Is this D10581? I just made a mockup of that one and am starting the “real” one tomorrow. Don’t feel bad about the weird gore tops. I’m an experienced medieval sewist and I left them open on the mockup too! I think the reason for the shape is to spread out the weight of the gore, since the original fabric was relatively heavy. The curve distributes the weight better than a point, and it also prevents awkward pulling of the warp threads. If you look at the seam-finishing methods of these garments, they’re somewhat unusual for their time, so that might have influenced the design as well, or vice versa. I liked my mockup so much that I’m incorporating it into my rotation of random chemises to wear under other things! I was really surprised at how well it fit.
You have a lovely singing voice!
Thanks!
I have the exact same fabric that I am currently using for mockups too! Also made a pair of Venetian drawers out of it! :) I really enjoyed this video and looking forward to the final outfit! Also you werent off key, you have a lovely voice! :)
You're very kind. I don't know if I'll use this fabric for everything, but with patterns I want to make more than once it seems like a really good idea!
@@LizCapism thats fair! I am in the process of making a 16th century Florentine gown, new to me pattern that needs to be graded due to the size differences, so I am hoping that my mock up will be able to become a dress in itself so I have a lower class version to wear as well. Well at least that's the plan, time will tell if I pull it off.
Original medieval pattern are so nice to wear and to adjust with all the gores. Like it very much. I am totally into the "patterns of fashion" Arnold books. Have to convert them into german measures. Original Victorian patterns are more my size, just have to adjust to my height.
When you say German measures, do you mean into metric (centimetres, etc?) Because that was my favourite part of the Herjolfsnes book, all the measurements are in Metric! Original Victorian patterns are fantastic, but my bust/waist/hip measurements are just not in the same ratios, so I have to adjust a lot. :) Thanks so much for watching!
@@LizCapism Yes we have the metric system in germany and i don t like the american system. But since i bought a double sided measuring tape its easier *g
THE ONE I MADE WAS 12 INCHES ACROSS THE FRONT PIECE. THERE WERE 4 UNDER ARM SIDE A-SHAPPED PIECES IN MY VERSION. THE SLEEVE FIT STRAIGHT FROM THE BUST OVER THE SHOULDER AND DOWN THE BACK, THEN TURNED WENT STRAIGHT ACROSS THE TOP OF ALL THE SIDE GORES. ONCE I HAD FITTED THE SIDE GORES UNDER THE ARM AND DOWN TO JUST ABOVE THE WAIST, THE GARMENT SUPPORTED MY BUST (I USED A LOSE WOVEN LINEN). I DO REMEMBER HAVING A BIT OF DIFFICULTY WITH THE FRONT AND BACK GORES. I FOLDED THE DRESS PIECES BACK, CLIPPING AT THAT FIDDELLY TIP AND REINFORCING WITH A PYRAMID STAY STITCH...THEN I JUST LAID THE GORE FLAT INTO THE SPACE AND MOVED ONE SIDE AT A TIME TO STITCH IT IN. I MADE IT COMPLETELY BY HAND. MY GOWN WAS LONG AND VERY FULL AND AFTER I MADE IT, I LOVED SWASHING AROUND IN IT SO MUCH I'VE DECIDED TO BE BURIED IN IT. MY SLEEVE WAS STRAIGHT AT THE TOP AND AS BIG AROUND AS IT HAD TO BE TO FIT INTO THE ARM'S EYE BUT AT THE ELBOW I TRIMMED IT DOWN TO FIT SNUG AS MY HAND CAN WITHSTAND TO ENTER AND LONG ENOUGH TO FALL ONTO THE HAND A BIT.
I wouldn’t mind watching the late night cussing🌻🌻🌻
Fabric was so precious- why did they use so much? ! ! ! Has any one addressed this?
It's a really really good question! Thank you for asking. There's a lot of answers to your question depending on who, when, and where we're talking about. And luckily, all of them do the thing I love with history, which is make things more complex and more human! I am not an expert; I imagine that other people have addressed this a little more thoroughly, but here's some really simplified possible reasons:
- There is a trade-off with functionality with warmth and usefulness. A narrower dress could potentially limit movement. More fabric could also allow for more growth without the need for a whole new gown. And more fabric does translate to more warmth!
- I did not recreate the gown like it would have been originally - they would have been much more careful to cut out their pieces in such a way to limit fabric waste. So they would used much less in the way of actual yardage than I did.
- People then, as now, liked to be a little fancy when they could. Because of the cost and value of fabric, it could be a status thing, a "spoiling yourself" thing, or similar stuff.
- Fashion plays a part! As well as other social constructs like gender and class. So if a big skirt is the style, people would try to emulate the style as closely as possible, and if they were poorer, they would just work to emulate the style more cheaply.
- This would probably be one of very very few gowns they owned. So it's not like they were making a new one every week- even the elevated cost of the additional fabric would likely be a decent price for the total life of the gown.
These are the points I have off the top of my head, but I bet other professionals have covered this with more nuance and detail. It's a good question to keep asking!
@@LizCapism Thank you! 🤭
I'd say I have made 10 attempts of trying to make a corset. Scaling up has been a total nightmare.
Maid on the shore!! : D
I enjoyed this vid 😁 What is the name of the song you were singing? It sounded very interesting, I’ve never heard it before
Thanks for watching! It’s called “The maid on the shore”. The first version I heard is by Stan Rogers and I don’t know if he wrote it or if it’s an older folk song. But it’s one of my favourites!
LizCapism very much my pleasure, hope to see the next one soon. Thanks! I must look that up 😊
A version was included in a collection of ballads made in Ireland in 1909. The song is a favourite of my nephew, since he was about eight, when my sister taught it to him. He loved the story of the ‘defenseless’ girl who outsmarted everyone. He still sings it now, and he’s 25!
I love the video! Maybe I missed it, but is your curvy ruler some kind of French curve loveliness married to a straight ruler? And where did you get it?
It is indeed that! I got it at an estate sale. It's stamped as having been patented in the 1890s but it was probably made later. The inside portion also has a hole specially for dates. *Heart eyes emoji*. I collect antique sewing supplies and so my relatives are always sending me email invitations to estate sales... lol.
@@LizCapism Antique supplies are the best! I now feel the need to break out my ebay skills. *cracks knuckles and stretches* Now that I know this combo exists, it is necessary to my life now...
Very cool video and impressive work! The Herjolfsnes finds are not "viking" though. Vikings settled in Greenland but the settlement that was discovered and the garments that survived are from the 13th/14th century and therefore 200-300 years after the end of the viking age. Viking is a cultural term and not an ethnic one, therefore labelling these garments as "viking" is not accurate. The clothes are amazing examples for mediaeval garments though and you're doing a great job reconstructing them. Don't want to come across as petty or something, I just want to point it out (as a historian and fellow historical sewist) to educate people and work against the spread of misinformation :)
You're 100% correct. And I understand your frustration here!
Regrettably, despite my deep love of the specific and technical, the sad truth is that I am also somewhat bound by SEO and the relentless, dubious algorithm. These folks were neither Vikings, nor were they strictly "medieval" despite the book these patterns are taken from being titled "Medieval Garments Reconstructed". (Medieval is such a wibbly term that we could probably debate that one AAAALLLLL DAY). Between that (deliberate) misnomer from the scholars who published that book and the unwieldy word-salad that would come from me trying to use words other than "viking" and "medieval", I am compelled to perpetuate the innacuracy that I personally abhor.
And this video being published over two years ago, I imagine I also know significantly more now than I did then, which is the other terrible truth we have to reckon with when we put things on the public internet.
I don't want to seem flippant. I promise it's an argument I have with myself on a regular basis. Thanks for being very kind and generous in your correction. You are a star among commenters, and I appreciate it.
@@LizCapism I see. I understand the choice of words better now. Thank you for taking the time to write such an exhaustive answer :)
You bet! And honestly, if I was to make this video again, I would probably make it clearer in the script. But alas…
Hope you have a great weekend!
@@LizCapism Thank you, you too!
I identify with the historybounding dilemma
A constant struggle!
@@LizCapism I think in this instance if you made it more form fitting then you would have to put in some type of opening and that would ruin the lines of the garment, IMHO :)