Living History - Kirsten Hammerstrom

Events/History/Living History/Reenacting

Women’s Work

Posted on January 22, 2013 by kittycalash

Three holes (at least; there might be four) and mending to do. The patches are cut, but I’m thinking now that a wool apron might be a good thing to have. ...

Clothing/Events/Living History

Weekend at the Farm

Posted on January 21, 2013 by kittycalash

Fourteen year old boys don’t like to get up early, but we managed to rouse the beast on Saturday, and get him dressed, with only minor hostilities. HeR...

History/Living History

Sleeping 18th Century-Style

Posted on January 7, 2013 by kittycalash

There was a mild flurry about a year ago around the release of Evening’s Empire, by Craig Koslofsky. Like the 2005 book by Roger Ekirch, At Day’s Cl...

Clothing/Historical Sew Fortnightly/Reenacting

HSF #0: Waistcoat, Bloody Waistcoat

Posted on January 2, 2013 by kittycalash

(Actually, the jacket was bloody where I jabbed myself with the needle inserting the sleeve, but that’s fun for another day. And how you know your historical se...