I am Baroness Lynne Fairchild and I'm here to share my various interests, including the study of blackwork embroidery in the 16th century. I love baking and dancing, among many other hobbies and interests. I will also include a sprinkling of other fun videos as well, such as heavy combat fighting and my husband's blacksmith videos!
I have been a historical reenactor since the late 1990s, working at Renaissance Festivals, performing for Madrigal Dinners, and participating in the Society for Creative Anachronism (SCA). The SCA is an international non-profit organization devoted to the study and recreation of the years 600-1600 AD. It is from these various experiences that I have learned and grown my skills.
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I usually wrap the screen into a tight triangle to minimize mess and max siphoning
I'll tell my husband.
My husband said, "Smart!"
Would it possible to iron in the edge folds for the waist band?
You can use an iron, if you want to.
Great video! I love so many portraits of his- but the one of Anne of Cleve has a special place in my heart. Do you know the book "The King's Painter" about him? It's so good. Greetings from Germany
@@TheTudorgirl Thanks! With the Anne of Cleves portrait, I absolutely loved the details when it was restored.
I've bever seen the rule that allows you to slide cards under piles before. It looks interesting, although it might be hard to remember it after playing without it since I was a small boy. Very good video!
@@Warriorking.1963 Thanks!
Thanks! A great non-nonsense video.
@owly33 You're welcome! Glad it was helpful.
Nothing is focused at all. I was disappointed that I couldn't make out any details at all in the pictures, and couldn't read the words.
What device were you using to watch this video? It is better viewed on a computer, instead of a cell phone, to read the words. Some pictures are enlarged (and therefore a little fuzzy) because it's part of a much larger painting, such as the Field of the Cloth of Gold at 1:58. However, the other picture shown at 1:58 (the Aertsen painting) is clear to see the details.
If it helps, the names of the artists and the titles of their paintings (where the historic examples of 16th century aprons are found) are listed in the video description.
If offered the opportunity, would you sign up to spin around upside down this high up off of the ground?
Very good video❤, I love Elizabeth’s dress when she was a princess
Thank you! I love her dress too!
Are you packed and ready to go?
This is brutal!
Why do you think this?
Fascinating. I always wondered about how the French hood worked. They are certainly more natural looking than the gable hoods that look some sort of torture device invented to give women terrible headaches every time they had to wear one. Aren’t you thankful for the invention of the bobby-pin to keep hair in place? BTW what is hair tape and how does it work?
Here is a tutorial on hair taping: kzread.info/dash/bejne/mp59y7eGk7DfctY.htmlfeature=shared Mainly, it's a long ribbon that's braided into your hair with 2 braids, then weave the tail ends of the ribbon on your head to secure the braids around your head. This type of hairstyle can still be found worn at Octoberfests.
The encampment you passed (on your left) after leaving the merchant area (the camp with the tall white pillars) is House Dark Yard, they are in the Kingdom of Midrealm
Yep! 🙂
See you there!
Looking forward to being home!
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Thanks!
Wrong. Get invited by a neighbor. Then you have no worries.
That works.
Like the brief history on the stitch and art work of the project. 🧵
Glad you enjoyed it!
Do remember, Eleanor of Aquitaine ended her days as a nun. She was buried as such. As with the others. So wouldn't the veil be treated as such?
You are correct that Eleanor of Aquitaine ended her days as a nun. However, in medieval times, a veil would not specifically indicate that a woman was a nun. Medieval Christian views were based around scripture that a woman should cover her hair. In 1 Corinthians 11: 5-6, "5 but every wife who prays or prophesies with her head uncovered dishonors her head, since it is the same as if her head were shaven. 6 For if a wife will not cover her head, then she should cut her hair short. But since it is disgraceful for a wife to cut off her hair or shave her head, let her cover her head." Here is an article about the Veil in the Middle Ages: yvonneseale.org/blog/2016/10/09/the-veil-in-the-middle-ages/
@LynneFairchild Unfortunately the article is highly politically charged, and I feel they miss many nuances in order to fit their modern political views. The past is a different world, and should be treated as such. But thank you for the response. My motivation is simple. Wife wants to understand more about headgear, and fashion is not my forte. Been going down a rabbit hole. By the 12th century, was corinthians really taken too literally? When you see depictions of woman showing their hair. Liberal coverings. Quite free given what people expected from the day and age. As I say, quite the rabbit hole.
In my opinion, rabbit holes can be quite fun! As for 12th century and women showing their hair, one of the first things to consider is if the woman was married or an unmarried virgin. For example, Queen Elizabeth I (16th century) wore her hair down for her coronation, emphasizing her unmarried and virgin state. As for if Corinthians was taken too seriously or not, during this time in history, their lives centered around the Church. What they ate, when they ate it, how they prayed and when they prayed, what they wore (modesty), etc. all circled around the Church. Here is another article on the veil in the Middle Ages: mvstconference.ace.fordham.edu/MVSTconf2018/the-paradoxical-story-of-the-veil-in-the-middle-ages/
@LynneFairchild I understand about the middle ages. I'm a reenactor with a history channel. What I don't understand so much is women's fashion. Mainly the high middle ages (not so much the renaissance, as fashions change dramatically as does the culture). Im currently looking up things like. Barrette, torque, fillet etc. Hair nets, pins. Hence the rabbit hole. Really interesting to be honest. Wife used to play more lower ranking, with some scarf like headgear (you'd understand 👍). But now she's joining me among the magnates and likes the Barbette and fillet.
Given the earlier century (my primary focus is 16th century England), painted portraits weren't a thing, but illustrations were. Here is Queen Isabella of England (Isabella of France) on a page from a 14th century volume containing the Book of Psalms. upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/23/Isabella_Psalter_-_BSB_CodGall16_f7v.jpg She is wearing a veil with a crown. This page has multiple illustrations of various medieval headcoverings on women: postej-stew.dk/2016/12/female-headgear-in-the-1300s/ Then there's Rosalie's page with more information about veils, wimples, and gorgets: rosaliegilbert.com/veilsandwimples.html Hope this helps with the rabbit hole!
Would like to appreciate your work........ It's not an easy task to do something like this❤
Thank you.
That was really fun! The portrait of Jane Small is so compelling.
Glad you enjoyed it!
I am a Civil War Re-enactor, but my commander, while still doing Civil War was in the SCA. I was at his house one day, and he asked, "You want to try something really different?" He told me about the SCA and offered to loan me garb, belt, pouch, bag and footwear so that I could go to the next event that was near me. I went, thoroughly enjoyed myself, and have been there ever since, when not wearing gray or blue wool. However, SCA people do things that Civil War people would frown on. Since Civil War people are for the public, they have to be reasonably authentic; no plastic, no steel tables, period eating utensils and gear, accurate footwear. I went to a meeting for the School Days and was chided because I had not had the chance to change into brogans yet.
I have not done Civil War reenactment, but I've had friends who have participated with it. A friend from high school did pioneer reenactment with her family (specifically focusing on 1780 to 1810). I went with her to a pioneer event and she went with me to a SCA event. So, I know what you mean about the differences and things that would be frowned upon! In the SCA, as long as an attempt is made to look medieval-ish, you're good. And even that depends on the event. Go to Pennsic and you're bound to find someone wearing a t-tunic, modern shorts, sandals, and drinking a modern drink (like Gatorade) from a modern plastic bottle. With my friend at the pioneer event, clothing had to be made in a certain style, using specific types of fabrics and colors of fabric, and nothing modern could be visible (it could be hidden under a blanket or something similar, but not visible). One big difference is that the pioneer event charged admission for non-reenactors to come and watch, just like one would when attending a Renaissance Festival. For an SCA event, admission is charged, but you are considered a participant and not a spectator.
Were you surprised by any of the portraits being wool embroidery instead of silk embroidery?
Fun game! Something you probably already know but some might not is that wool embroidery thread does not necessarily mean a fuzzy thread, Longwool sheep have wool that has a long staple (individual hairs) that can be as long as 12 inches and has a definite sheen, much like human hair. Not as shiny as silk but definitely does not make a fuzzy "woolly" thread. From a distance of 4 or 5 feet, you'd have to look closely to see the difference.
This way, people could still be within the confines of the sumptuary laws, but also display blackwork embroidery on their clothing.
@@LynneFairchild Exactly. And, I have no doubt that there were many borderline cases that snuck in silk, figuring that they probably wouldn't be fine and, even if they were, it was just another bit of social status enhancement: "I'm doing so well that a fine doesn't really matter to me."
Wool takes dyes better than linen.
Consideró que los puntos del ganador saldrian de las cartas que quedan en manos de los oponentes mas las que quedan por robar y el que logre completar una columna completa se suma 13 puntod aunque no gane
Gracias
Save your fingernails, use a darning needle
Old habits are hard to break. I've been using my fingernails while making lucet cords for over 20 years... However, I appreciate your concern!
The board is beautiful. Can I buy one?
I think my husband bought this board at Pennsic some years ago. Looking on Etsy, I currently see 2 different game boards for sale.
@@LynneFairchild That's a good pointer. I'd prefer a cloth one. They are hard to find. Yours is pretty much perfect! I'll attempt stiching one myself.
Great video. Your daughter I’m assuming was so quiet through the whole thing. I can imagine myself so fidgety as a child every time my mother tried to do my hair. 😂
Thank you! Yes, my daughter. Shortly after this video was made, she chose to donate her hair.
@@LynneFairchild hav you noticed any change in hairfall when you do this hairstyle? im worried if keeping it long would backfire.
I typically wear this hairstyle at events. My daughter's hair is thick and wavy, while my hair has always been thin and baby fine. It works for both of our hair types. I have not noticed any change in hairfall when compared to any other hairstyle that I wear (ponytail, bun, braid, etc).
Thanks for sharing this. I hope you never delete this video. Today I tried this exact style , but using two strands of wool as I didn’t have ribbon and thread is just too thin. Since I have a sensitive scalp and easy hairfall, I used very light hands and didn’t do it tight. It feels like I haven’t worn a hairstyle at all, it feels super light and no tugging. And I’m amazed how well it holds too. I wonder if I can go days without touching my hair with this on. I’m all for as little fidgeting with hair to reduce hairfall. Although I’ll have to come back to this video every time I do it cuz it’s kinda confusing sewing hair, and a bit unusual for modern day too 😅
Does this work okay for walking?
Yes
Do you have a favorite Holbein portrait?
Camp Big Yellow House!! ((This year will be my first Pennsic, so the video was really helpful in giving me an idea of how much walking I’m in for. XD. ))
Glad this was helpful! Yes, a pair of good walking shoes is great. Years ago, I used to wear black ballet flats. My husband called them my impractical shoes. There are areas with gravel... and I couldn't walk on the gravel with my flats (I could feel every rock through my thin soles). My flats also had no arch support, no padding, etc. He finally convinced me to buy a decent pair of shoes that could handle lots of walking. If you wear a pedometer, don't be surprised if you walk double your normal amount (especially if parking and then walking to the bog).
It's great you did this. Thank you. They did have wheats back then, far better than Einkorn, but still rather primitive in terms of modern wheat. The Romans introduced Spelt, but when they left farmers, in England at least, went back to their wheats. They probably grew spelt because they could sell it to the Roman Army - The Roman army marched on Spelt. I'm not sure about Welsh agriculture in this period. The Welsh would probably have had oats, barley and rye as their main crops. It's a climate thing. They would have used beer barm for the leaven of course. Cast iron was far beyond the reach of people, price wise, until the mid 1700's. That is why they cooked on their hot stone hearths. BTW King Harald burning the cakes? These were called cakes back then, as a collective name. He would have burned something like these. ( I read a lot of bread history BTW - Hope it is interesting to you). Great video - Thanks P.S. Anyone wanting to copy your recipe. Use a probe thermometer - they are done when the inside temperature is 95C / 200F. And, let them cool down properly. The steam inside them is still cooking the inside and cut them too soon and the result will be gummy.
Good to know about not cutting it too soon. When I made this video, I made this for a friend who was being elevated to Pelican on the following day (so it had plenty of time to cool before being cut on the day of the event).
Archery and rings, In the "Asian draw" [very broad term] it actually uses a thumb ring to hold the string. The classic longbow draw was two fingers and a thumb with a leather tab or glove, to protect the hand so rings wouldn't obviously get in the way.
That's interesting. However, with wearing a leather glove, wouldn't the rings worn on the index finger also get in the way?
Where you have armor ? :P
Some fighters wear tunics over their armor.
@@LynneFairchild Tunics on armor looks different. Legs of this two guys do not have a armor... and why you use practicse sword?
Their leg armor is underneath their pants. Both are knights with the Society, as evident by their white belts. Plus, one is a former Kingdom Earl Marshal. Fighters fight with rattan swords, so as to have fun fighting with their friends without doing injury to their friends.
@@LynneFairchild Armor under pants ? It no senes in this historical age. Hide armor was use in XVII and XVIII centures They look like VII - VIII ages warrior with one and half hand sword or like comic-con cosplayer :( You know there is a lot of steel save-sparing swords, right?
Thank you.
You're welcome!
@@LynneFairchild ❤️❤️❤️❤️ Ur explaining like so well! Ty!
Wau! It became gorgeous. I better try to use the machine
Let me know how it turns out.
Thank you for taking this video!
You're welcome!
I think you have hair brushes, clothing brushes and dusters similar to whisk brooms here. The shape, size and material of the brush make all the difference and like you bring up in the comments there's the painting of Sussana in her bath that clearly shows the brush being used on hair but also in the book De Hortus Sanitatis there is an illustration of a lady using a brush like this on a mans hair supposedly to remove bugs/lice. Boars hair isn't used for detangling hair but for smoothing and redistributing the oils from the scalp to the hair. The brushes shown hanging on the wall look to be more of a flat shape, Burste 1 that you show is described as slightly flattened brush shape which is closer to a whisk broom shape and I think could be used to brush clothing or to clean workspaces. Thank you for this video, it gave me a lot of information for my own rabbit hole on hair brushes!
You're welcome. Happy to help with sending you down a rabbit hole on hair brushes! Personally, I enjoy going down rabbit holes and doing research!
Yes. Liked. I hand sew and I’m very amateur. Let’s see if I can make this. I have some issues with sewing machines. I think I’m having some brain makfunction as I can’t learn to use em’. Have terrible trouble adding the strings right.
If you have issues with sewing machines, have you tried hand sewing? It's historically accurate! 😀
@@LynneFairchild Not a accurate in my case but I sew only but hand right now but I might get a simple portable one as apparently they are the only simple sewing machines around. My sisters have same issue that the more complicated sewing machines with many strings, usually two… Are just pain in the arse. My sisters friend… Has old brother machine industrial that is from the 1960’s. One string, no fuss, no cutting string while sew but just basic sew. Dream come true. Easy to use but NOT COMPATIBLE IN ORDINARY HOUSES. Electric wires so can only use it at her place. As she has industrial electricity.
Hi Lynn!
Hi!
This would have been great to have when I was new!
Hence why I made the video to hopefully help out people when they're new to the SCA.
Do you have a favorite finger to wear a ring on?
Why did you deal to the dealer first? That doesn't make sense.
If other people had actually been playing the game with me, I would have dealt to them first before myself. However, as you can see in 1:32, I am playing both Person A and Person B for this lesson.
Wow, my friends were telling me how easy it is, but I didn’t realize how right they were. Thanks for the clear demo, I really appreciate it!😊
You're welcome. 😀 Glad it was helpful.
Do you use a water chiller? If so, what model?
My husband uses a 20 liter TIG cooler, which he says is small. It's fine for short runs of forging, but not long enough for long ones.
This was such an interesting video! Would love to just hear an hour long video of you going into depth :)
Thank you! :) For a longer video, please check out: kzread.infoMfZC0hCvXqA?feature=shared
Great episode 👏👏 love hearing the history of art
Thank you!
Do you have a favorite artist?