Kevin's Watch

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I challenge you not to respond enthusiastically!! I want the Clear Canoe, the Jelly Fish Tank, and the Tron motorcycle!!!!!!!!!!!!

Wow, I actually want to own way too much of that stuff.

Then, of course, there's this in there:

Fun fact: so far you've seen 118 products. Now you've only got roughly 900 more products to go before you reach the end of this website. Perhaps you'll find something productive to do after your departure - though it's quite doubtful considering you're even reading this.

cracked me up.

I want the Bubble Wrap Calendar, the Bed Fan and the Mini Fire Extinguisher Lighter - now there's a contradiction in terms!

Eeh...not thrilled. Tacky, plastic stuff to be used once and then abandoned into a random corner. Made in China in the bottom.</unenthusiastic>

Seriously, tho, I'm into handmade Nordic/Eastern European crafts, and likely to burn money on the Tallinn market during my joulu vacation, or in shops akin to this. www.oldehansa.ee/ I need a few pairs of new, thick woolen socks more than plastic zombie lawn gnomes; they just get buried in the snow and socks become an appreciated item when the thermometer screams -25C. Or optionally some crap to augment my histrenactment costume.

Frosty, that is excellent. Did you make the costume? What period does that come from? I'm just reading about the taming of the "Frisians" in my Making of Europe 950-1350 book.

THANK YOU. This is the perfect break!

I want to get way too much of this stuff for my sister and her fiance!!

The thing is... there's actually things WITHIN my price range that I think they'd like.
AND it's around Christmas.

The only danger with the Bubble Wrap Calendar is that I'd run out of bubbles before I'd run out of month....

The Nose Shower Gel Dispenser, tho -- no. Just no.

Sheesh, I didn't even get as far as you guys did but still felt I wasted too much time on it!! It's fun because most of the stuff is so ridiculous, although i actually do know people who would love the Batman Snuggie, for example... I'll probably never buy a blessed thing there, unless maybe for a gamer nephew or something.

Frosty, I LOVE the re-enactor costume and if I had time and fundage would love to do that sort of thing. I fell in love with Viking women's dress at some point.

I didn't get past the first page.

deer of the dawn wrote:Frosty, I LOVE the re-enactor costume and if I had time and fundage would love to do that sort of thing. I fell in love with Viking women's dress at some point.

What she said -- cool costume!

Where did these two months go...

Thanks, yes, the garb's of my own make, save for the accessories (knife, tarsoly, belt, boots, hat...), which I've collected bit by bit from various tiny shops and events/markets. This is c. 10th century Eastern Viking type, with influences from the Varangian route and the Baltic-Finnic culture. I originally picked the yellow/blue color scheme somewhat along the Eura male grave findings: traces of a yellow silk kaftan was found in one, and the deep indigo, especially in cloaks, was an indication of wealth in the Finnish communities of that time.

Mine's however a male costume. A woman's attire (a reconstruction based on findings in Luistari, Eura) looks like this:





Here's a schema of the grave.



I'm documenting the kaftan for other purposes, so I actually have some fresh detail photos. Has taken quite a while, and it's still partially in progress; I keep adding new strips of embroidered silk on occasion.









See tunic embroidery here: zorm.deviantart.com/art/Yellow-Viking-tunic-190967596

Some other shots from that Rosala event. You can forget horned helmets and ragged strips of fur; those have nothing to do with actual Vikings.

I love the picture of the gorgeous colors / EMBROIDERY / materials... BEADS BEADS BEADS.

(to self) "silence, avaricious soul."

I think that first woman's costume is gorgeous...
Maybe I will send you a link to my costume I threw together for a "Leif Ericson Day" party for critiquing, Frosty...
...very amateur, but, seeing this, I think I did surprisingly well!

Lookit that YARN!!!

The embroidery is beautiful, Frosty. The little guy is a button? Or does/did he get sewn on by himself?

Didn't notice the link the first time I scrolled through the pictures...

Frostheart wrote:See tunic embroidery here: zorm.deviantart.com/art/Yellow-Viking-tunic-190967596

The tunic embroidery is gorgeous... I love the style and detail!

I just dropped around $1500.00

aliantha wrote:Lookit that YARN!!!

Don't you want to plunge your hands in that gorgeous pile and feel it??

Many years ago I was at a craft fair and a woman there said, "You must be a fiber artist." "Yes, how did you know?" "You touch everything." She was smiling, but it was true. (I mostly sew now, as knitting, crocheting, and embroidery took too much toll on my carpal tunnel.)

LOVE, LOVE the costumes. Frosty, the cool points are out of the solar system.

Harbinger wrote:I just dropped around $1500.00

Oh, please tell us you're just messin' with us.

Linna, some people in the world actually have money to buy that stuff, believe it or not.

Loved the piles of yarn too, though I only purchased a small skein for some future nalbinding practice. They were on the expensive side--hand-dyed with various self-collected plants, mushrooms, and mosses. These people can be really meticulous when it comes to their craft; some have a degree approximately called artisan of prehistoric techniques in English.

Thanks folks.

The little guy is a button? Or does/did he get sewn on by himself?

Nah, just my little Þórr statuette from Akureyri tagging along. I do however have a small bronze Óðinn charm sewn onto a canvas belt pouch.

Link away, Linna. (Still sometimes feels funny to say that..."castle" in Finnish.)

Frostheart wrote:Loved the piles of yarn too, though I only purchased a small skein for some future nalbinding practice. They were on the expensive side--hand-dyed with various self-collected plants, mushrooms, and mosses. These people can be really meticulous when it comes to their craft; some have a degree approximately called artisan of prehistoric techniques in English.

Naturally dyed, too??? C'mon, Deer, we're gettin' on a plane for Finland!

deer of the dawn wrote:Linna, some people in the world actually have money to buy that stuff, believe it or not.

Naw, naww, I get that...

The rest of us are all talk and no action!