Textile Addict: Historical and Recycled Fabrics

Here, I would like to share some of my research by linking you to the work of others that inspires me.

Construction: patterns, plans and finds

Some Clothing of the Middle Ages: Historical Clothing from Archaeological Finds, compiled by I. Marc Carlson: 
http://www.personal.utulsa.edu/~marc-carlson/cloth/bockhome.html

Viking tunic construction: http://www.cs.vassar.edu/~capriest/viktunic.html

http://thorsonandsvava.sccspirit.com/pdf_files/Viking_handout_women.pdf

Skjoldehamn find: http://www.fotosik.pl/pokaz_obrazek/70261b35988d6b2a.html

Skjoldehamn & Thorsberg trousers: http://urd.priv.no/viking/bukser.html

Viborg Shirt: http://www.forest.gen.nz/Medieval/articles/Viborg/VIBORG.HTM

Science Nordic, a wide variety of articles, some of which are about Norse clothing, eg.
http://sciencenordic.com/what-vikings-really-looked 

Dame Helen's (SCA) site includes her 14thC. costume research and the whole mass of fabric re-finishing for the Houplandes and Greenland Gowns
http://www.damehelen.com/clothing/

Natural Dyes and Colour 

Norse and Viking

Carolyn Priest-Dorman, Viking Colours & dyestuffs http://www.cs.vassar.edu/~capriest/vikdyes.html     

Natural and ancient dyes
http://www.chriscooksey.demon.co.uk/ 

DARC: textile tools and Karen Peterson's dyed yarns
http://www.darkcompany.ca/photoindex.php?submenu=P&index=T

Celtic Britain

Jenny Dean’s Wild Colour: http://www.jennydean.co.uk/index.php/dyes-of-the-celts/ 

Anglo Saxon

Hazel Uzzel, Anglo Saxon Dye Equivalent Colours (DMC & Paterna) 
http://www.regia.org/members/dyes.htm      

Medieval and wider time periods

http://www.cs.vassar.edu/~capriest/dyelit.html        
Bibliography of Period Recipes – Early to Renaissance

Jennifer Munson (Anne Liese's SCA period dye sources: pre 17th century )
http://fibers.destinyslobster.com/Dyeing/dyeindex.htm   

      
SCA page, SE USA group (good sources, but some links broken)
http://moas.atlantia.sca.org/topics/dyes.htm& their annotated bibliography
http://moas.atlantia.sca.org/wsnlinks/index.php?action=displaycat&catid=43 –

All Fibre Arts: articles on history and modern crafts
http://www.allfiberarts.com/cs/dyesnatural.htm 

Fabrics and Fashion History 

Diana Habra, Choosing Historical Fabrics, The Costume Maker's Companion,
1700-1920.
http://yourwardrobeunlockd.com/freebies/257-dianafabrics  

http://threadsintyme.tripod.com/timelineoffabrichistory.htm

Other Groups 

http://www.byfrost.nl/  

I last checked these April 2013. If you find any links are broken, please contact me.