Tuesday, March 12, 2013

Norse!

 

 

The fluffy part is from a lamb that died young (and quite unintended) that had a wonderful fleece I couldn't see wasting. The wool felt was very thick, so thick and dense it was difficult to sew into even with a very sharp needle. After much work with players and buttonhole thread, I have a wonderfully warm Norse/Mongol hybrid type hat. I have declared it Norse though, so it is Norse! I sure wish my hair wasn't so slippery that it wouldn't hold the style in the amulets below... It would definitely be cool to duplicate that hairdo!

 

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

A loaf of medieval bread, thou hair and thou hat, now that would make anyone sing in the wilderness! Cool!

Chaps said...

-. --- .-. ... . Oh wait, you said N orse.

Kim said...


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