Viking reenactment

Everyday life as seen through the eyes of a viking living in a modern world. A norse blog about my life as a history reenactor & middle earth-enthusiast.

We have little evidence for the colors of the Viking Age. Most people would have lived in a world of colors that drew on and deviated from the natural world—split wood, smelted metal, smoked meat, …

Viking costume inspiration: From around the internet So the next group of photos are just random photos from around the ‘net. The first is an underdress, only made interesting by the heavy us…

This is my latest just-because-it’s-nice project. I wanted to make a viking outfit on a certain theme; so I chosed my amber necklace and worked from that one to create a whole outfit. Some pi…

Post updated May 2015, May 2016, and April 2017 with additional pictures I have been thinking about head covering options for female Norse re-enactors quite a bit recently, and I have also seen sev…

Viking reenactment: a linen undergarment, a brown woolen dress with long sleeves, and an apron dress with silk decorations and metal posaments. Also a blue coat, a checkered shawl and a pair of needle bound mittens (dyed with yellow leek). On my head I'm wearing a silk veil, fastened to a linen cap with two needles. Everything is hand sewn with waxed linen thread. The jewelry is mainly Birka (as the rest of the outfit), but the large box brooch in front is based on a find from Gotland.

Fancy getting up close and personal with the Vikings? Maybe one of these festivals in Norway, Sweden or Denmark will take your fancy. Viking culture has always been popular but in the past few years

Tablet woven belt for Viking reenactment, inspired by geometric patterns from tablet woven bands unearthed in Birka. Length: choose! Length does not include tassels; it is only the woven part. If you order, e.g., 200 cm with tassels, it means your belt will be 200 cm + ca. 30 cm tassels = 230 cm in total. Width: 3.8 cm / 1.5 inch Colour: You can choose the green-orange version shown in the listing or the "custom colours" option. If you choose the second one, let us know what colours you…

So that is all (haha it's a lot, sorry!) from the Viking marked this year. Hope you enjoy the pictures! ...

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