... {snip} ... {snip} ... I tried making vinegaroon (iron oxide + vinegar) using Brillo pads, and my leather turned grey. It's a nice color, but not what I...
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... You mean the kind with soap in them? It may be some sort of alloy to inhibit rust. Get some of the real fine steel wool (no soap) from the hardware store....
... No, I very specifically bought the kind without soap. I'm new at this, not stupid. The soap would have changed the pH of the vinegar, anyway. Tasha...
... Oh no, I didn't mean to imply that! I figured you may have washed the soap out. When you said "Brillo" that's what I pictured, the kind with soap. In a...
Greetings to the list, I am currently working on persona development (always) but I've run into a wall. My persona is based in 1530-1550 Glocestershire ...
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Greetings, A friend of mine <http://medieval.instruments.googlepages.com/> is building me a Medieval style hammer dulcimer which should be complete soon. In...
... Yeah, there's a whole zoo for modern hammers. Here's a source of images of period hammer dulcimers: http://www.new-renaissance.net/dulcimer In general it...
Hello! I quickly made a kind of tabard based on this picture: http://www.flg.es/ficha.asp?ID=110 The problem I have with it is that it's heavy-ish wool and I...
Hello! 2008/11/8 Diane Sawyer Dooley ... At the moment it has no finishing whatsoever. It was done as a last day project before last event and the wool is...
... holds the ... I would actually line the top of it, at this point, and attach the lining to the top of the sleeve. If you'd faced the neckline before ...
Hello Everyone, There will be a French Hood Workshop as part of the Henrician Workshop Series. Our Guest will be none other than Lynn McMasters and using her ...
Greetings to the list, I have a question that I'm sure has been asked before but the archive search keeps giving server errors. I was looking through my...
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Most sources state that corduroy was first made in Manchester, England in the (late?) 17th c. It was a popular "working class" fiber in the 18th c. So, too...
... I don't know this of my own knowledge, but the costume director for my high-authenticity Renaissance Faire guild allowed us to wear no- wale corduroy (but...
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Greetings All, I post this inquiry in the hope of gauging interest in an authentic medieval event that is in the works. It is not definite at this moment. The...
... looks as ... If I recall correctly on this point, the difference between velvet and velveteen is the direction of the ribbing before cutting: velveteen ...
The transplated Flemish and Dutch protestant 'Walloons" in Norwich in the second half of the sixteenth century were responsible for introducing to England a...
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Greetings to all of the West Kingdom and her Friends, As many of you have heard two SCA members in Caid where badly injured during the Tea Fire in southern...
