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Many of you write asking about my clothing, about fabrics, patterns, and how I sow them. I am not an experienced sower, but I do things mostly by eye. I did get a book with patterns for Viking reenactment clothing a few years ago, but I gave up on following the patterns, as I was starting to get unsure of whether there were errors in the book or whether there were errors in my spatial intelligence. ^^ I have made my own patterns for dresses and tunics, mainly according to the finds from Birka and Thorsbjerg, but slightly fitted. While round or keyhole-necklines were common in Birka, the neckline of the Thorsbjerg tunic was boat-shaped, and I vary in which designs I use. I add gores as needed and depending on how much fabric I have available, and the same goes for the length. This would also have been an important consideration during the Viking age, when producing fabric was time-consuming and expensive, and one would let as little as possible go to waste, sometimes resulting in garments being an assembly of smaller pieces. I thought I'd show you the newest garment I've made. My little brother has been joining me in Viking reenactment for the past few years, and I made him a tunic in brown wool for his birthday earlier this spring. 
I decorated it with a tablet woven trim in a Birka style, made by order from a local weaver at Liljekonvall Tablet Weaving (I personally recommend her store, for good Norwegian craftsmanship at fair prices). 
I added a name tag just for fun, and to make it more personalized. I sowed in his name in runes using the younger futhark long-branch runes. The younger futhark alphabet contained a reduced number of letters compared to the elder futhark, and did for example not include the letter "e". I replaced it with an "a", in the same way as I have seen in runic finds of his name. Can you read it? 
I think it matches his colors well, as well as a mustard undertunic that I made him earlier. It's great to have a brother to practice on. :D 
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