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

Viking women were just as integral to the expansion of their society than their male counterparts, thanks to a vital trade in their textiles.

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.

So the last Dev blog post kinda got sidetracked in discussion about Sturgia (partly my fault) so thought I'd start a new topic. The main two influences...

Historical reenactment of the image of the Norwegian Viking IX-X ad Gjermundbu helmet.

Amazing recreations of Viking Age burials by re-enactment group Andrimners Hemtagare

Posts about how to make a viking outfit written by Linda at Handcrafted History