But there's other stuff to write about! After I quit WoW I've basically been knitting (yes, knitting) and playing golf on playstation. Not much to do in other words, still unemployed but hopefully something will happen soon.
I've just started a new project though. Here in norway we have these national dresses and costumes, old "bunads" who're often heavily embroidered and bejeweled with brooches and such. I inherited one after my mom, and I was thin enough to wear it a couple of years. Now sadly, I'm not anymore, and although I've lost some weight I'm not aiming to get into that thing anytime soon. Although I love it dearly since it was my mom and was embroidered and made in the family, it's a very common version of the "bunad" around these parts, so I wanted something a bit different. Besides, "bunads" and folkdresses are extremely expensive to get made, and the jewlery is even more expensive. So I came up with the viking-version!Many years ago they found a viking grave some kilometres from where I live, a wealthy viking woman had been buried there. Craftsmen from the area made a replica of her dress and jewlery, and it's on display in the city hall. I walked past it and fell utterly in love. So I've spent the last days researching the web and today I ordered a bunch of stuff!
This will be the main outfit; a linen underdress and a harness
dress or apron on top, adorned with two bronze brooches
(one on each harness). Between the brooches they sometimes hung strands of glass beads, so I ordered two of those. I've ordered my version of this outfit in a nature-colored linen and a burgundy harness-dress.Norway often gets cold, so a coat is always nice. I've ordered mine in a dark navy blue. There's been much debates about whether viking women wore anything on their heads or not. It's a theory that
christian married women during the viking age tended to use kercheifs on their heads. I thought it would make the outfit look a bit more special and formal, so I finally found a version I liked online. Mine will me in nature-colored linnen as opposed to the stark white on the picture. Furthermore I've ordered a long viking belt with belt-pouch and a welded scissor and woman knife to hang in the belt to top the outfit of. Nice to look a bit authentic ;)
If you're wondering where I got this stuff I've ordered the clothes from http://www.korps.se (Swedish store, english site), except the headscarf which i got at http://www.mistythicket.com. My belt pouch and scissor/knife was also ordered at korps.se. My brooches, glass beads, a bronze
pendant and leather belt with bronze fittings is ordered from http://www.jelldragon.com, also a swedish company with an english site.Hope it all turn out nice and that it'll be here in a couple of weeks. Can't wait to try it on. Now I just need an occasion to use it.... Anyone?
