Take a Deep Breath...

Oh interwebz, I know that some of you have access to images of historical pinking/fabric embossing tools; care to share? I ask because a blacksmith I know is interested in possibly taking up making some of these as a project and I am woefully short of materials for him to reference.

I understand that there are a few images in the JA book on later 16th C. dress, but I can't locate those online.

Anyone out there interested in these types of tools for your own use?

(Did run across this little gem though - never thought of using plastic tarp that way before!)

Volcano God
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Just got this from a friend; man I miss my dog... *le sigh*

After a reminder from heddalyn(You can post things on LJ? Who knew?!?), I am finally getting off my tush and attempting to get my friends on *this* social network involved in a cause that I support wholeheartedly. The post is essentially the same as hers, with some of the information changed to match my own knowledge of the person involved

I have a friend (RJ Parsons) who was kicked in the face by a horse when he was a teenager. The Dr.s didn't do the best job putting his mouth back together, and he's had dental problems ever since. His mouth really needs a ton of work, that he can't afford to have done.

1-800 DENTIST is having a contest and giving $30,000 dollars in dental work to the most voted for video.

Please go to the website and click to vote for RJ (Robert Parsons). You can vote every day until 12/1, so please do! You just have to click, no personal info required or anything. It's super easy!

http://www.1800dentist.com/my-smile-bites/robert-p-glendale-ca-dentist-fall09

I have known RJ for a dog's age, and this man has always gone out of his way to support his friends and bring a little more laughter into the world. It's time for him to be able to smile too!

And please, if you can, repost this to help him along!

Thank you all,

Since this theme keeps coming up in various places, I thought I should set up a blog post with all my favorite bits. This way I will have them 'on hand' when necessary.

Here are some Textiler Hausrat references that jillwheezulposted on the GermanRenCostume Yahoo group awhile back (inventory listings from that book):

The Texiler Hausrat references:

1507 Frau Michael Behaim has a record of payment of a gulden : "fur ein liderein hirshchen Paar Hosen, meinem Friedrih gein Lyon" recorded in Johannes Kamann "Aus Nurnberger Haushaltungs und Rechnungbuchern des 15. und 16. Jahrhunderts (for a leather deerskin pair of hose, for my Friedrich to go to Lyon in).

1530 Jorg Schober, a Plattner, leaves a record of "1 hirsches par hosen und ain ainliches weyss parchets wames 1." (1 deerskin pair of hose and a single layered white barchent doublet)

1531 Thoman Beck leaves a record for "3 alte paar lidere Hosen und 3 lidere Wamas 1.4.6" (3 old pairs of leather hose and 3 leather doublets).

1603, Linhard Goetz, Baker, leaves in his inventory "1 alte lidern Gesess (upper stocks)" valued at 4 pfund 6 pfennig. (1 old leather upper stocks)

In 1555 the will of Georg Bayer, Grosskaufmann, leaves a "geschnitten Lideres Paar Hosen" worth about 2 gulden. (pair of slashed leather hosen)

1560, the inventory of Christoph Kress (upper class - has left an extant feathered velvet barret) listed "1 alts liders Par Hosen mit Satin unterzogen" (1 old leather pair of hosen with satin laid under them).

Per jillwheezul: "These are from pages 182-189. It is also mentioned that the mentions of leather hosen are less frequent than cloth ones, but as you can see, not unknown from the record."

The 'Leather vs Woolen' pants song:

Dale Shinn posted this song of the Leather vs Woolen pants year ago (11/23/01) on the Renaissance Military Society (RMS) list. He had this translated from German by a friend of his named Roland and originally received the text from a scholar who was living in Italy at the time and studying items from around Pavia. Apparently there were two versions of this song (see the end of this note), the first was discovered in the scabbard of a Katzbauger wrapped around the blade and the second was written in the lining of a pair of woolen hosen, possibly in blood. The songs are identical except for the swapping of the terms 'leather' and 'wool'. Dale noted that the reference to Maximilian in a song dated 1525 (after the year of his death in 1519), "most probably just indicates it is an old song brought up to date for the coming offensive in Italy. You know like so many Span Am, Civil War and WW1(break the news to Mother) old tunes?"

*English Translation*

The Forlone Hope of Pavia

Through a hail of bullets, with leather trousers tight, in the year 1525, I
went into battle, in honor of Maximilians name.

I like my leather trousers, my wife likes them too, it you were a
Landsknecht, you'd be wearing them too.

Before going into the field, my choice of garments was easy, as everyone
knows: leather trousers are better than wool.

I like my leather trousers, my wife likes them too, it you were a
Landskneckt,you'd be wearing them too.

In the heat of battle, the foe retreats ,in fear of my matchlock,
katzenbalger, but the best protection comes from my leather trousers.

I like my leather trousers, my wife likes them too, if you were a
Landsknecht, you'd be wearing them too.

My leather jacket protects me well too, as everyone knows, leather in better
than wool, with such garments, we won the Battle of Pavia, So let us all sing together!

I like my leather trousers, my wife likes them too, it you were a
Landsknecht, you'd be wearing them too.

*'Leather' German Version*

Der Verlorene Haufen von Pavia

Durch Kugelhagen dicht, mit Lederhosen stram,in Jahre 1521,zog ich in die
Schlacht, zum Ruhmer von Maximilian

Ich mag meine Lederhosen,mein Weib mag sie auch,waerst Du ein
Landskneckt,traegest Du sie auch

Bevor ich ins Felde zog,die Kleiderwahl fiel mir nicht schwer,da jeder
weis,Leder ist besser als Loden.

Ich mag meine Lederhosen,mein Weib mag sie auch,waerst Du ein
Landskneckt,traegest Du sie auch

Im Schlachtengetuemmel, weichen all Feinde, in Furcht vor mein
Luntenschloss, Katzenbalger, aber der groesste Schutz waren meine Lederhosen.

Ich mag meine Lederhosen,mein Weib mag sie auch,waerst Du ein
Landskneckt,traegest Du sie auch

Auch mein Lederwams schuetzt mich gut,den jeder weis,Leder ist besser als
Loden, mit solch Bekleidung stark, gewannen wir die Schlacht von Pavia, darum singen wir alle mit.

Ich mag meine Lederhosen,mein Weib mag sie auch,waerst Du ein
Landskneckt,traegest Du sie auch

*'Woolen' German Version*

Der Verlorene Haufen von Pavia

Durch Kugelhagen dicht, mit Lodenhosen stram,in Jahre 1521,zog ich in die
Schlacht, zum Ruhmer von Maximilian

Ich mag meine Lodenhosen,mein Weib mag sie auch,waerst Du ein
Landskneckt,traegest Du sie auch

Bevor ich ins Felde zog,die Kleiderwahl fiel mir nicht schwer,da jeder
weis,Loden sind besser als Leder.

Ich mag meine Lodenhosen,mein Weib mag sie auch,waerst Du ein
Landskneckt,traegest Du sie auch

In Schlactengetuemmel, weichen all Feinde, in Furcht vor mein Luntenschloss,
Katzenbalger, aber der groesste Schutz waren meine Lodenhosen.

Ich mag meine Lodenhosen, mein Weib mag sie auch,waerst Du ein
Landskneckt,traegest Du sie auch

Auch mein Lodenwams schuetzt mich gut, den jeder weis, Loden ist besser
als Leder, mit solch Bekleidung stark, gewannen wir die Schlacht von Pavia,
darum singen wir alle mit.

Ich mag meine Lodenhosen, mein Weib mag sie auch,waerst Du ein
Landskneckt,traegest Du sie auch

The Tudor Sumptuary Laws
Author(s): Wilfrid Hooper
Source: The English Historical Review, Vol. 30, No. 119 (Jul., 1915), pp. 433-449
Published by: Oxford University Press
Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/551532

Just ran across this on JSTOR. Later period, English, but still fun and evidence that leather was used in pants at times. From a royal sumptuary proclaimation [Book of Proclamations (Brit. Mus., G. 6463), fo. 47 seq.] dated dated the 6th of May 1562:

"It is ordayned . .. that no Taylour, Hosier, or other person whatsoever he shall be, after the day of the publication hereof, shall put any more cloth in any one payre of hosen for the outsyde, then one yarde & a halfe, or at the moste, one yarde & three quarters of a yarde of karsey or of any other cloth, *lether* [emph. added], or any other kinde of stuffe above that quantitie. And in the same hosen to be put only one kynde of lynyng, besides linnen cloth next to the legge, yf any shalbe so disposed, the sayde lynyng not to lye loose, nor to be bolstered, but to lye juste unto their legges, as in ancient tyme was accustomed; Sarcenet, Moccado, or any other lyke thing used to be worne, and to be plucked out for the furniture of the hosen, not to be taken in the name of the syde lynyng. Neyther any man under the degree of a Baron, to weare within his hosen any velvet, Sattin or any other stuffe above the estimation of Sarcenet, or Taffata."

For those who aren't on Landsknecht.org, and haven't seen Julia's post on her knit-and-felted Tellerbarret instructions: http://www.filehill.se/file/906

The file posting server is in Dutch (I believe) but the instructions are in English. The final cost on the pattern is about $10.50 USD. I have been convinced for awhile now that knit-and-felted was the most common technique in barret and Schlape hat construction in the early 16th C. Now someone else has taken the time to figure out `the hard stuff' (pattern) for you.

Please keep in mind when ordering, Julia is trying to make the cost on this pattern reasonable and in doing so, she is expecting that folks will direct those interested in a copy to this weblink so they can buy their own.

Do. Not. Photocopy. The. Pattern. For. Friends.

Seriously, $10 for a fellow reenactor who took the time to do the trial and error for you isn't too much to ask.

Thanks all!

{reposted from daemonwise via sstormwatch}

Due to my education (most certainly encouraged by my local public library in the small town where I grew up), I can spell A-S-S-H-A-T. Can you?

The article: http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=325508
The LJ talk on it: http://sirriamnis.livejournal.com/1898157.html

Pass it on.

Where is that drawing board?

OK, some discussion/results on Marion's blog has me thinking about my long-forgotten Steuchlein recreation project.

That, and I love this hat! "Ohhhh...spanglees!"

I need to look back over all the TH translations that jillwheezul did and come up with some thoughts. I don't know why I think that the answer regarding the number/types of layers in this garment will be clear (we're talking about a bit of clothing history where there are no extant pieces to examine), but I think it may be different than the one I had previously come up with...

I got the following message in my in-box yesterday afternoon. In the interest of discussion I thought I would share. Now admittedly, as a historian I have often wondered how Jim Jones got his followers to drink the Kool Aid.

( I am willing to bet that it had something to do with Nazi's... )

Thoughts?


BTW - if your interested, you can read my responce which was posted back to the folks who sent me the message in the first place.

( My personal Path to Hell (good intentions, and all that)... )

Can I tell you something? I love the digital age! At what other time in history (up until now that is - barring time travel) could I have gotten a chance to peruse this little gem today? dravon, when you start making horse barding again you need to start with these:

( The picture under this cut is a link to the same page in the aforementioned book. )

It is always nice to remember that our ancestors liked playing dress-up too! *grin*

OMG, I thought the review from this post would kill me from laughter induced asphyxiation...but it just got some serious competition.

Highlight: Bromance of the Rose. The Chaucerian review of 'Twilight' just about slayed me!

Now, where can I find the magical Irisshe Salmon of Really Good Hair?

*giggles like made and hits 'post'*

And by that, I mean, "I am going to ask a question and pray that better minds than mine have the answers out there on the interwebz".

I think this is a sailor. I think this is a continental sailor. Can anyone tell me which part of the contient? I can't make out the inscription.
 

( Piccies )

I was out watering my squash patch this morning when I spotted something hilarious: One of my squash plants - which have been in the ground and growing for four months now - is only just starting to really fruit. In the meantime, this little bugger has put runners up a 30' tree directly behind the patch and on the neighbor’s property line, covering it almost all the way on one side.

This morning I realized that some of the fruit that are coming in are coming in at the top of that tree.

The size of my arm.

30' up.

*head desk*

*goes to look for a ladder for harvest before she brains her neighbor with falling squash*

*chuckle*

How about this one - fresh off the presses of the Republican National Committee:



Get the whole low-down on the crazy makin' here.

saoirse42 came over last weekend and helped out with some garden maintenance and seed starts for the coming months. We managed to get the front plot weeded and rid of dead plants (cantaloupe, cucumber & pole beans all came out), the back plot's "empty nests" turned over with some nice Starbucks grounds ("See Ma, Starbucks *is* good for something!") and 4.5 seedling trays planted. We also got two of the three lettuse beds re-seeded - one of them with the greens seeds that SoMa brought back from her trip to Italy! - and they are already sprouting!

*happy dance*

( *snip* *snip* for plant list... )

Does anyone know how to size this gif file so that I can use it as an icon. It's too big right now...



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The following two images are both from various “Kostüme der Männer und Frauen” books located on the BSB (original links here and here). They both appear to be images of women from Köln from around 1560-1570. As my character is from Köln (silver miners daughter ya’ll!) and I was considering making a ‘later period’ set of clothes for the Elizabethan events that I attend, I went looking for correct regional images.

 

Nice to see that they had a lot of variety of style in Köln….(*insert sarcasm here*)

( Cut because Ray cares... ;) )

Many thanks tofemkederoas for this link: And here I was just thinking of building bread ovens!

Nice documentation of their process, both building and baking. This seems like a project that we could get done in a weekend up at North Fork if we wanted to. Now to find a 'permanent site' for future Sieges...

EDIT: Hell, I am just going to link to her journal where she put up a bunch more cool links and picces for little-ol'-me!

It's what the new icon is all about....

Getting ready to hash on 9/8/09!

OK, I lost my old '1/2 Mary' training schedule source; but I found this one which also seem nice and includes some interval training that my old one didn't. Now I just have to start working longer *runs* into my schedule more often. I am doing a nice mix of cardio (including a fare bit of elliptical for my knees) right now, but I need to start working on stamina building and endurance.

After all, I need to *earn* the beer at the end of next months Hash.

EDIT: BTW - Does anyone know where I can find some nice LJ running icons?

"But Moooooom! I have to go to England and look at embroidered jackets...all the Kool Kids are doing it!"

*le sigh*