Living History - Kirsten Hammerstrom

Three sticks, two kettles, no matches

Posted on February 20, 2013 by kittycalash

Here’s some visual evidence for why we travel with three sticks, two kettles, and no matches. (We bring the sticks as we suspect the sites where we camp &...

Clothing/Living History/making things

Bloody Overalls

Posted on February 19, 2013 by kittycalash

But that’s still better than the story I heard yesterday about the incredibly authentic, effluvial-field dipp’d overalls that gave a mender dysenter...

History/Living History

All that glitters…

Posted on February 13, 2013 by kittycalash

…could be pewter. Or do I mean tin? Carolina had excellent points about pewter being, yes, that shiny, though we think it is not. Our perception is probab...

Clothing/Historical Sew Fortnightly/Living History

HSF # 3: Under it All: A shift, and a petticoat

Posted on February 11, 2013 by kittycalash

Remember that shift I couldn’t finish in time for HSF # 2, UFO? I did get it finished for HSF # 3, and a bonus petticoat as well. They don’t go together, but in...