Arachne`s Curse

Well been busy but been an weaving based educational few days. Bought a new Lucet made from cow horn. Its much smoother working with silk than my wooden Lucet. I am going to sand my wooden one to get out the snags and burs in the arms. Its smooth but silk is just fine enough to catch in some of  the natural edges of the white oak. It does well with cotton but the silk catches.

I finished my lavender yarn belt off my tablet loom. Not certain what I am going to do with it yet, but it was good practice to get better.

Restrung it with white silk to weave a white band. These bands were used with dress hooks to hold up tudor skirts and seen in many different reference paintings. One namely the drawing of a Flemish lady by Hans Holbein.

This gentle lady is the main inspiration for my persona, though she is flemish and my persona is Irish.  The garb reminds me of something elegant yet functional Lady Mairin would wear and the time period is right.its my inspiration to make a second attempt at making this total outfit.


So I know a source for the hooks from a Scadian artisan, so now to weave the bands. I am detangling some of the string from the first stringing of silk. So I can string a second loom later.  Not sure if the bands are one continuous band or two around the arms. Not way of telling, not many portraits from the back.
   
Bought the book on Sweet Bags book, been eyeing for sometime.  Its as good as people have recommended. Have to read more to figure out what extent design I want to try. I haven made progress on the goldwork for the coif since Sunday. Don't think i will have time his weekend either but will try to squeeze in time to work on it.  Found some new garb inspirations and these two gowns are on the never ending garb list.

Garb Dreaming,

Mairin