tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2670213486548123819.post5715269752096858280..comments2024-03-24T21:42:17.025-04:00Comments on Loose Threads: <small>Yet Another Costuming Blog</small>: Viking Apron Dresses--Wrap Around StylesCathy Raymondhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04580681386443534011noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2670213486548123819.post-16018247988769571202010-10-10T17:42:11.200-04:002010-10-10T17:42:11.200-04:00Thanks for the lovely compliment!
My color choice...Thanks for the lovely compliment!<br /><br />My color choices were driven partly (but only partly) by what was possible/plausible in period. There's growing evidence that the Vikings may have worn more linen than the gravefinds show, so I feel pretty comfortable buying more from fabrics-store.com. On the other hand, linen is hard to dye with most vegetable substances, so color is an issue. Blue's pretty safe, because the dye chemical in woad (indigotin) works well on linen, and I'm told madder works pretty well, but other than that, there's a problem. I *think* weld (a common yellow dye in period) works on linen, so I talked myself into orange (overdyed red) and green (overdyed blue). In addition, madder can produce orangish colors. <br /><br />Even though green could have been produced in period (on wool, certainly), it's far from clear to me how much of it Vikings wore. For Latvia in the Viking period, green-dyed fiber has only shown up in digs as a component of tablet-woven trim, and that's true of the only (pre-Viking) Scandinavian find I know of with evidence of green-dyed fiber. <br /><br />On the other hand, I like it, and most of my apron dresses are experiments to see what might have been plausible in period anyway. :-)Cathy Raymondhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04580681386443534011noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2670213486548123819.post-74175240581147396372010-10-10T16:39:55.066-04:002010-10-10T16:39:55.066-04:00How neat! I love that you research an era that I ...How neat! I love that you research an era that I know almost NOTHING about - every project you do is such an eye opener!<br /><br />And great choice of colours!The Dreamstresshttp://thedreamstress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2670213486548123819.post-51321524945103576112010-10-09T23:31:36.822-04:002010-10-09T23:31:36.822-04:00Glad you like them.
My passion is to learn as m...Glad you like them. <br /><br />My passion is to learn as much about historic styles as possible, and to make garments that are as historically correct as possible without...bending my life out of shape too much. :-) Viking costume fascinates me so much because Viking art was so stylized that almost any reconstruction is heavily speculative. Figuring out plausible reconstructions is a game played by ferreting out information on textile remnants dug (literally!) up by the archaeologists and reviewing their theories in light of logic and practical experiments.Cathy Raymondhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04580681386443534011noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2670213486548123819.post-36731590070956903632010-10-09T21:42:15.992-04:002010-10-09T21:42:15.992-04:00These are so neat! I love the colors you chose and...These are so neat! I love the colors you chose and I love the simple styles - very authentic!Atlantahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15868982809455707553noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2670213486548123819.post-57720600381100402062009-04-09T12:33:00.000-04:002009-04-09T12:33:00.000-04:00Naturally, I forgot a few points:The front-overlap...Naturally, I forgot a few points:<BR/><BR/>The front-overlap dress is the easiest to put on of all the dress styles I've tried--a definite plus. <BR/><BR/>Like the front-overlap dress, the back-overlap dress is not constraining and allows a good stride.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2670213486548123819.post-6425532330594783742009-03-29T18:46:00.000-04:002009-03-29T18:46:00.000-04:00Great question!Let me take that a dress at a time:...Great question!<BR/><BR/>Let me take that a dress at a time:<BR/><BR/>Front Overlap Dress<BR/> <BR/>Pros:<BR/>* The dress stays put, and doesn't slip around while you;re wearing it, which to me makes it the most comfortable dress to wear of all the styles I've made.<BR/>* The straps look fairly tidy in wear.<BR/>* Because the overlap is right over one leg, the dress never constrains you as you walk.<BR/><BR/>Cons:<BR/>* The overlapping part in the front hangs at an angle, which might look ugly or graceless to some people. <BR/><BR/>Back Overlap Dress<BR/>Pros:<BR/>* Like its front-overlapping cousin, it stays put during wear.<BR/>* Because the overlap hangs in back, the front is smooth and graceful-looking.<BR/><BR/>Cons:<BR/>* It's difficult to put on, because of the back overlap.<BR/>* The straps tend to splay out and look unattractive from behind (though perhaps a Viking wouldn't care how she looked from behind, because only nithings would see that part of her!).Cathy Raymondhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04580681386443534011noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2670213486548123819.post-90797087048188440782009-03-29T17:03:00.000-04:002009-03-29T17:03:00.000-04:00Having tried both the overlaps-at-the-front and th...Having tried both the overlaps-at-the-front and the overlaps-at-the-back style, what do you consider the pros and cons of each?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com