Well to be more precise, re-enactment gear is fun :P
So I unofficially became a member of NVG. In short, I'm allowed to help out with living history displays and such, but I am not able to do full combat. Main issue there is lack of funds and time to make the weaponry.
Today I learnt how to make my own shoes, my tunic and my apron. Yes, we went with the full Viking gear....although there were a few issues concerning linen and such....I was holding out for anything BUT white, but we were forced to resort to white after I discovered that the stuff my boyfriend had was either unsuitable for a tunic full stop, or there wasn't enough (he had some buff coloured fabric that would've been PERFECT).
The shoes were the most frustrating part...as I was double-stitching them, I wound up breaking a grand total of FOUR NEEDLES while threading the sinew through (we used artificial sinew). We also hadissues putting the damn thing TOGETHER....but we got there in the end.
So I unofficially became a member of NVG. In short, I'm allowed to help out with living history displays and such, but I am not able to do full combat. Main issue there is lack of funds and time to make the weaponry.
Today I learnt how to make my own shoes, my tunic and my apron. Yes, we went with the full Viking gear....although there were a few issues concerning linen and such....I was holding out for anything BUT white, but we were forced to resort to white after I discovered that the stuff my boyfriend had was either unsuitable for a tunic full stop, or there wasn't enough (he had some buff coloured fabric that would've been PERFECT).
The shoes were the most frustrating part...as I was double-stitching them, I wound up breaking a grand total of FOUR NEEDLES while threading the sinew through (we used artificial sinew). We also hadissues putting the damn thing TOGETHER....but we got there in the end.
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