In spring 2025, my dear friend Katryne MacKim was offered a vigil to contemplate joining the Order of the Pelican. For non-SCA friends, it is a peerage – analogous to knighthood – for excellence and impact in service. It is both a high honor and a responsibility. While Kate’s original persona was 16th century Scottish,ContinueContinue reading “Saxon Gown for Kate’s Elevation”
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Rose Houppelande
My first houppelande! Lightweight heathered wool flannel, lined with heavy linen. Goals: dagged sleeves, stand-up collar, train, relatively conservative fabric volume through the torso.
Pretty Underwear: the German Hemd
The smock or shift worn under renaissance German clothing, whether Landsknecht or court, male or female, was called the hemd. There were three types of hemde worn with German garments, with slightly differing construction: high neck, round neck, and square neck. German women, in particular, rarely wore plain hemde. Instead, they preferred pretty underwear, linenContinueContinue reading “Pretty Underwear: the German Hemd”
House Snark 