The Hoard
The Belt II: Let’s do the twine warp again
We’re back! Last week, we started the tablet woven belt and channeled our rage into something productive. Who needs anger management when you have medieval textile crafts? Various stages of setup, from last week. From… Read More →
The Belt: Don’t weave the past behind, work with what’s weft
Finally. The elusive tablet weaving post. You’re about to understand why this took three weeks to do, and why you’re only getting half of the ordeal for now. This is how I felt about it…. Read More →
Materials: Sheep, Sheep, the Distaff as a Weapon, and Sheep
Welcome back! Last week, we talked about patterning. It’s probably kinda predictable that we talk about what exactly we’re patterning with this week. The British Isles is chock full of animals that naturally produce an… Read More →
Patterning: A Period-Accurate Pain in the Liripipe
Welcome back! Last week, we talked about our subject, from his bold, pantless style and his greasy, bacon-smelling dog. I said then that we’d be talking about tablet weaving and spinning, but that’ll have to… Read More →
The Psalter: Bigfoot, Butt-Trumpets, and Fish Beards? Shut Up and Take My Money
Welcome back! Last week, we talked about Sir Geoffrey Luttrell, the patron who commissioned the Luttrell Psalter. So it’s only natural that we now talk about… THE PSALTER The way that the Luttrell Psalter is… Read More →
The Luttrell Psalter and The Patron: Does This Illumination Make My Horse Look Big?
Hello again! Remember the strange creature from last week? A strange hybrid, with the face of a man and the body of a lion-like beast. It wears a 14th century hood with turn hems and… Read More →
From Bog to Body and Parchment to Loom: How did you start making that medieval stuff?
Hello! I’m Dane, a graduate history student and Hedrick intern and researcher at Marshall University. I graduated in 2025 with my bachelor’s degree in history, and my area of focus is primarily in the Medieval… Read More →