Journeymen’s Strike: Feeding the Revolution XVIII

Culina vetus on 2026-4-15
From 23 to 25 August of 1791, the city of Hamburg was filled with songs and old-world pageantry. Processions of journeymen paraded through the streets to music, waving flags and green boughs. The Honourable Council was terrified. Just a few … read more

Sunny Venetian prettiness at Spring Crown

Eva's historical costuming blog on 2026-4-13
Last  weekend - the 10th to 12th of April - I made the nine hour train trip down to Hamburg for Drachenwald's Spring Crown. I planned this as sson that I realised that it was only nine hour on train from Gothenburg where I live. I want to go to read more

Getting Colossally Drunk (Royal Prussian Version)

Culina vetus on 2026-4-10
A friend of mine whose skill as a herbalist and craftsperson are deserving of their own channel, sent me a gem they discovered online. It is the 1910 manual on bowls and punches for field and exercise use in the … Continue reading → read more

Viking Age jewellery in the National Museum of Iceland

Eva's historical costuming blog on 2026-4-6
 While I was in Iceland to be an opponent on a PhD viva I visited the National Museum of Iceland (in the worst weather that I have ever experienced). Of course I took lots of photos that I plan to share here. And here is some Late Iron Age-Early read more

When you have reached the end of your procrastination rope

An Everyday Italian on 2026-4-4
Not pictured: plate, bowl, knife, spoonSo...I don't know...a couple of years ago, maybe? I was INSPIRED! ::jazz hands:: to do some early period clothes because why not, I guess? I think it was from the gorgeous bit of cardwoven trim I got from read more

Årsmöte 2026 – protokoll tillgängligt på hemsidan

Aros on 2026-4-1
Aros hade årsmöte tisdag den 31 Mars 2026. Protokollet finns nu tillgängligt på hemsidan under Styrelse. Medlemsavgiften höjs med 25 kr/år vilket gäller för nästa års medlemsavgift. Om du redan är medlem kommer en faktura ungefär den 1 december för read more

March (Crafting update 2026)

Lia's Continued Crafts on 2026-3-31
March started off with a leatherworking frenzy. Our longbows arrived on the last days of February, and I had been working on a quiver (which I finished in February). I decided it was time to make myself a bracer, or two. Or three. I cut out a quick read more

Bootcamp 2026: Schwertkampf mit Freunden

SCA Osterreich - Schwertkampf on 2026-3-27
Zum Saisonauftakt trafen sich auch in diesem Jahr in Düdelsheim (Hessen) Kampfbegeisterter SCA-Mitglieder aus ganz Europa. Neben Schwertkampf mit Rattan-Waffen und Rapier-Fechten war dieses Jahr erstmals Bogenschießen Teil des Programms. […] Der read more

Diagonally striped like it's 1336

Eva's historical costuming blog on 2026-3-17
 My striped gown inspired by a fresco by Buonamico Buffalmacco in Pisa is not only finished, but has its own page here. I feel incredibly pretty in it. Now I just need to make a matching kirtle, instead of using the one from my Bernardo Daddi read more

 

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