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So, like most of you out there, I am spending my days inside my home as part of this collective effort to keep eachother safe. These are such strange times! I am sending my thoughts to you who are in the risk groups or have loved ones who are, and those who may be struggling with loneliness and isolation these days. ♥ I am lucky enough to be able to do all my work from my home office, trying to keep a regular schedule, and enjoying walks in the woods, photographing, spending my evenings sewing and listening to music and books. 
I've finished two new tunics, both 100% wool and with each stitch meticulously hand sewn with wool thread. I actually had to use pliers for some stitches because the fabric is so densely woven that my fingers were getting bruised, ouch! 
The bottle green one is from the same fabric as my dress in the previous post, and then there is this lovely greyish "dove blue". Both of these are actually colors that I have painted on a few walls in our livingroom, bedroom and guest room. I am beginning to see why people tease me for having slight OCD-tendencies when it comes to color-coordination. But I just love them and they make me happy. ;) 🌿 Luckily there are still no restrictions on going for walks in the forest, as long as we keep distance from others. The spring equinox has just marked the changing of the seasons, and the birds are singing ^^ 
(I imagine this is a suitable place to hide if you should run into a black rider) ☟ 
I really hope we will get to attend markets this summer, but it's hard to say how the situation will be in a few months. If these events need to be cancelled I suppose we will just have to find a nice spot to set up our tent by ourselves, because I am craving for late night bonfires and the Viking market mood... Music: Forndom - Yggdrasil # Comments
Happy weekend everyone, long time no see! This weekend is an especially good one—because my schedule is wide open, the snow is blowing outside, and I have lots of fun projects to attend to... A few weeks ago I received this light 100% wool fabric in the mail. I love this deep bottle green color, the type of green that has little yellow in it, but rather a dark blueish type of green. And I found the perfect pure spælsau wool thread to match. 
There is enough fabric for several projects, but I started by making a long dress, which I finally had the chance to finish yesterday. ^^ Square underarm gussets, and side gores... 
And a keyhole neckline 🗝 
It fits pretty well, is wide enough to wear layers underneath, and I made the sleeves very long the way I like them (which is hard to come by for me unless I sew my own clothing)! 
Excuse the mess in the background, fixing up our little garden will be another project for spring! 🌱 
Up next: A tunic for Christian! Do you have any sewing projects planned before the upcoming Viking market season? Please let me know, I would love to exchange ideas and experiences. 🧶🧵✂️ # Comments
Til árs ok friðar! The new year is here, and so is the annual Viking market calendar of 2020. As always, the list covers Medieval and Viking Age events in Scandinavia. Soon it will be time for us to travel from near and far to meet up again, to share summer days and nights with old and new friends. I can't wait for this year's market season 🍃🔥🏕 
Some markets are biennial and/or will not be arranged this year (N/A), and since it's still early at the time when I'm writing this post some dates have not been set or confirmed yet (TBA)—but the list will be updated continuously. If your market or event is not listed, please let me know and I'll make sure to add it! The direct link to this post is http://valkyrja.com/070120.html.
🌿 Feel free to share this post http://valkyrja.com/070120 or its contents with credit to Valkyrja.com. Music: Gealdýr - Myrkviðr # Comments |
 
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