Viking Age Clothing – Page 4

Do you want to look like a viking?

Viking age re-enactment is growing more and more. To be able to contribute to and participate in a world that feels like the Viking age, we need clothes; clothes that make us look and feel like vikings. This is exactly what I want to help you with. The idea behind this site is to provide you with more information and help you with creating a Viking age outfit that is as real as possible, based on your desires and possibilities.

Garment Patterns

My patterns for Viking age garments are based on my more than 20 years of experience in studying and reconstructing Viking age clothing.

Handicraft Patterns and Instructions

To sew your Viking age garments and add the details that make the Viking age outfit complete, you also have use for several handicraft techniques

Courses, Workshops and Lectures

Many people prefer personal instructions for learning about Viking age clothing and how to create their own outfits. You are welcome to book me for a workshop, lecture or longer course.

Tips

Here you can find useful tips that will make it easier for you to use my patterns and instructions.

Bibliography

Where did I learn all I know about Viking age clothing and textile handicrafts? Here you find my almost complete list of sources. It is updated regularly, because there is always more to learn.

Blog

Do you want to learn more? Here you find deeper information, sometimes with my own theories, about interesting subjects related to Viking age clothing

About me

My name is Susanna Broomé and I am the one who runs Viking Age Clothing. I am a reenactor since many years and I have sold my patterns since 1995. They have evolved a lot since then and there is always more to learn. I love to dig deep into the archaeological literature and to study small fragments to unfold their secrets about how people looked and lived long ago. I also love to share my knowledge, to write and to teach. And I love textile handicrafts, to build beautiful objects from threads and fabrics with my hands.

Underwear

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“I wish that someone would write something about underwear.” someone wrote on Facebook. Of course, I thought. I will gladly do that. Underwear is a subject that comes up over and over again. It seems to interest many people. The…

New page about the contents and sources for Sark and Smokkr

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After getting questions on what I have based my reconstructions on, I have built a page where I as thoroughly as possible have described the sources for the models in Sark and Smokkr, into detail. The intention is that there…

Now on Pinterest

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Now you can find me on Pinterest too. I have created the following pinboards to collect the best stuff regarding Viking age clothing: Viking age clothing – reconstructions Really good reconstructions made by other people; “approved by Susanna Broomé” Viking…

The History and Social Significance of the Smokkr

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The smokkr and the tortoise brooches belonging to it is the most central part of the Viking age woman’s clothing. The tortoise brooches are even used to identify Scandinavian settlements abroad. This article is about the social meaning of the…