Purple silk-bamboo rope

Plush, lush handmade silk-bamboo rope (with metallic threads)

Plush, lush handmade silk-bamboo rope (with metallic threads)

A while ago I made some red, black, and green rope, but when I was buying the raw materials I also bought a gorgeous lush purple as well!  Recently I got around to spinning up the material into some two-ply rope. I made up two shorter lengths, and one longer length, blended with a few strands of metallic gold thread.

Previously I made three-ply rope (along with two-ply), but was really getting frustrated with this (doing it inside, rather than outside like I had done previously) so I kept this to a two-ply rope. It’s made out of  70% bamboo, 30% silk yarn. Continue reading

Teal cuffs for my Byzantine costume

Collage showing my new teal Byzantine costume cuffs and matching hat

Collage showing my new teal Byzantine costume cuffs and matching hat

Back in 2016 I made a Byzantine costume for an event/competition (where I won first place in the advanced category!) and part of that was a pair of beautiful red silk cuffs.

As you read in my earlier post, when I made the teal hat, I also made a pair of teal embellished cuffs.

I was gifted this amazing teal top embellished with silver beads, sequins, and French wire… and the ONLY thing I could see in my mind’s eye for this were elements for another Byzantine accessory.

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Teal Propoloma – The fan-shaped hat

New blog post! I made a heavily embellished teal and silver hat for my Byzantine costume wardrobe

New blog post! I made a heavily embellished teal and silver hat for my Byzantine costume wardrobe

Back in 2016 I made a Byzantine costume for an event/competition (where I won first place in the advanced category!) and part of that was a gorgeous, fun, huge fan-shaped hat called the Propoloma. My pattern was speculative, and I could see two different ways to accomplish the hat – but liked the idea of a very packable hat, especially considering how often SCA events are well out of town and require costumes that will pack up into a suitcase or duffle bag easily.

The first hat was golden, which worked well with that first costume I made (blue, with red and gold accessories) and it also worked really well with the second Byzantine costume I made too (green with gold)…

…. but then I was gifted this amazing teal top embellished with silver beads, sequins, and French wire… and the ONLY thing I could see in my mind’s eye for this was elements for another Byzantine accessory.

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