The dress diaries, research and documentation, and various arts and sciences projects of Catrijn vanden Westhende. Life is too short for normal clothes. Everything turned out fine, but it was nerve-wracking.

About the author, Tasha Dandelion Kelly Mele. Face-Framing Braids Recreating a 14th-Century Hairstyle. On February 15, 2018. On March 13, 2017.

Saturday, August 12, 2017. I have been trying to learn how to spin in a more period way off and on for ages. Today as I was researching something else entirely, I came across a fantastic video showing one approach in slow motion! You can see it here. She demonstrates a method of in-hand spinning that looks like the artwork and make a very good and well reasoned argument. Thursday, July 27, 2017. Good grief I have not posted in a long time! I did.

In the beginning, there was cod. It was plentiful, and a source of wealth that, in many ways, built what is now Norway. Thrums, threads and thoughts for Thora. Thrums, threads and thoughts for Thora. For artwork, artefacts, book.

Subsequent years yielded slightly better results during my attempts making at faerie dresses and creating costumes from the Elfquest comic series. I started this journal as a way to keep record of my progress and experiments. I also hopes that it serves as an outlet to strike up dialogue with those with similar interests.

Crafts, events, inspiration, SCA. 2 months before Double wars I got a question from Ailitha if I wanted to do a chivalry scroll, I answered that it would be fun but that I was not sure if I was good enough to do a peer scroll. But she pepped me and I decided to give it a try. Silent but not uneventful! It has been quiet here for a long while but it does not mean that things didn t happen. Just got a mail from Lia that said that my name and d.