Craft Workshops

here are many skills lost to the 'dark ages'. Our group aims to revive those skills and bring them to the present. We hold days where a member who has researched a lost skill teaches their knowledge to the rest of the club. Some examples are costuming, cooking and making Viking helmets. 

n costuming alone there are a number of skills to learn. Besides the research and reconstruction of simple Viking tunics and trousers there is also the decoration of these clothes. Embroidery and tablet weaving are both skills useful in this area. 

ome sites that might be able to help with the exploration of these crafts are listed below.

Costuming
Viking Footwear 
Footwear of the Middle Ages 
Some Clothing of the Middle Ages 
Viking Embroidery 
Viking Hats 
Caroline Priest-Dorman's Page 
Female constume - Russel Scott 
Viking Lady Answer page 
Dark Age stitch types 
Ravensgard Costuming Page 
Leatherworking in the Middle Ages 
Using and Working With Horn 

Cooking
Galleri Bryggen 
Rialto Food Archive 
Viking Network 
 

Making Armour
Arador Armour Page 

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