Lef mon læces behofað; læran sceal mon geongne monnan – Flax Processing – Melissa Wijffels

Category: Lef mon læces behofað; læran sceal mon geongne monnan (A sick man needs a doctor; a young man should be taught)Entrant: Melissa WijffelsTitle: Class on flax processing At Spring Camp I taught a class on flax processing – people were so keen that the 1-hour class ended up going …

Seo nydþearf feala læreð (Necessity teaches many things) – The apron dress from Køstrup (Grave ACQ) – Trudy of Essex

Category: Seo nydþearf feala læreð (Necessity teaches many things)Entrant: Trudy of EssexTitle: The apron dress from Køstrup (Grave ACQ) I needed to make this dress in order to display my tablet-woven band.The grave in Køstrup Fyn in Denmark was excavated in 1980-81. Grave ACQ had preserved fragments of textile, a …

Geþyld byþ middes eades (Patience is half of happiness) – Kostrup band tablet weaving – Trudy of Essex

Category: Geþyld byþ middes eades (Patience is half of happiness).Entrant: Trudy of EssexTitle: Kostrup band tablet weaving This project took much longer than expected as I broke my arm while in the middle of weaving.This is a two-hole band with soumak patterning. Pattern by Alicja Mega (Hrafna Norse Crafts). I …

Hwæt bið betst and wyrst? Ic ðe secge, mannes word – I Might be Daft, But I’m Not Stupid. – Geffrey de Wulf

Category: Hwæt bið betst and wyrst? Ic ðe secge, mannes word.Entrant: Geffrey de WulfTitle: I Might be Daft, But I’m Not Stupid. Geoffrey ðe Wulf watched as the French knight, Sir François la Grenouille, walked towards him.The Frenchman shouted out a challenge in a gust of garlic tainted breath. Wulf …

Seo nydþearf feala læreð – Trials with dying – Trudie Beata Ollyfe Griffen

Category: Seo nydþearf feala læreð (Necessity teaches many things) Entrant: Trudie Beata Ollyfe Griffen Title: Trials with dying Trials with dying. Foreground is blueberry and bicarbonate soda made last year and in jar till I had something to trial. Not impressed but will use it up. Back hanger is avocado …

Ne wat swetes ðanc, se þe biteres ne onbyrgeð – Londinium Hood – Lady Rose Le Taillor

Category: Ne wat swetes ðanc, se þe biteres ne onbyrgeð (He never knows the pleasure of sweetness, who never tastes bitterness)Make, remake, or finish a project that went wrong (can have been started prior to 2025) Entrant: Lady Rose Le Taillor Title; Londinium Hood The lovely Lady Eleanor Hall inspired …

 Ne wat swetes ðanc, se þe biteres ne onbyrgeð – Yunjian – Lihua Li

Category Ne wat swetes ðanc, se þe biteres ne onbyrgeð (He never knows the pleasure of sweetness, who never tastes bitterness) EntrantLihua Li Entry“Yunjian” (sometimes “Pijian”) or “Cloud Collar” Item: “Yunjian” (sometimes “Pijian”) or “Cloud Collar” Time: Ming Dynasty, however this collar was popular from Sui Dynasty and into the Qing …

Seo nydþearf feala læreð – German Gingerbread Spice – Lihua Li

CategorySeo nydþearf feala læreð (Necessity teaches many things) EntrantLihua Li EntryLebkuchengewürz Why I chose this entryFor the Ildhafn Winter Event/Baronial Anniversary, I had decided I wished to makeLebkuchen for our contribution to Saturday’s lunch. Unfortunately, most recipes forLebkuchen simply state ‘Lebkuchengewürz’ in the ingredients. I used a recipe forLebkuchengewürz I …

Betere byþ oft feðre þonne oferfeðre – Frame Purse- Melissa Wijffels

CategoryBetere byþ oft feðre þonne oferfeðre (Better to be often loaded than overloaded) EntrantMelissa Wijffels EntryFrame Purse made from handspun cloth Having finished my handspun cloth, I needed to make something out of it! This is the first time I’ve evercut a weaving project, so I wanted to be sure …