Lady Patricia of Trakai: Related Blogs and Links

Last updated May 10, 2024. Please report broken links to me by commenting somewhere on this blog.

Lithuania and Its History

The amazing Italian influence on Lithuania since 1323 (vilnews.com)

A Brief History of the Crock Pot | Innovation | Smithsonian Magazine

(Yes, this has something to do with Lithuania!)

Lithuanian Dream Podcast | Free Listening on SoundCloud

World Cepelinai Day – how make the potato royalty dish at home - LRT

Lithuanians and the Vikings: http://www.draugas.org/news/lithuanians-and-the-vikings/

Dance, Music, and Performing Arts

Pennsic European Dance
https://pennsicdance.aands.org/

Baroness Sophia the Orange, and more stuff about performing arts in Atlantia:
https://sophia.scottandlara.com/
https://sophia.scottandlara.com/

Playford's Dancing Master: The Compleat Dance Guide
http://playforddances.com/

Sixteenth Century Commedia Dell'Arte
https://earlycommedia.com/

Musicians:
http://www.stevehaug.com
http://www.vinceconaway.com/
http://www.wolgemut.net

Master Gideon ap Stephen (bard, Bardcast)
https://gideonapstephen.squarespace.com/

Renaissance Tablature for the Ukulele: https://pdfminstrel.wordpress.com/lute-on-uke/

Pipe and tabor: Dennis Sherman is at http://dennissherman.com/dennis/music/pipe-and-tabor/ and his alter ego in the SCA, Master Robyyan, is at https://sites.google.com/site/robyyan/home.

Clothing and Fiber Arts

Mistress Sigrid's site about naalbinding:
https://nalbound.com/

This woman has many good YouTube tutorials:

https://opuselenae.com/

Custom smock and T-tunic pattern generator: http://www.elizabethancostume.net/smockpat/

Marlein -- a 16th-century wardrobe (German)

Late 15th-century white hood or coif:

https://sevenstarwheel.wordpress.com/2012/02/01/late-15th-century-white-hood-or-coif-transition-peroid-war-of-the-roses/

Keyhole neckline tutorial:
https://ilsa-makes-things.tumblr.com/post/143912088895/tutorial-sew-a-keyhole-neckline-with-a-facing/amp
Rest of the blog:
https://ilsa-makes-things.tumblr.com/

Tutorial on 14th-century veils and wimples
From: https://thedecavershamhousehold.wordpress.com/

Correct link for this tutorial: https://thedecavershamhousehold.wordpress.com/2014/08/11/how-to-wear-fourteenth-century-veils-and-wimples/#more-236

http://renikasanachronisticadventures.blogspot.com/

The Curious Frau -- early modern German clothing
http://www.curiousfrau.com/

Fingerloop Braiding Page
https://fingerloop.org/

https://cottesimple.com/articles/medieval-embroidery-on-clothing/
https://cottesimple.com/articles/medieval-embroidery-on-clothing/

Morgan Donner: Historical Sewing Adventures
(Some is post-SCA-period, some is late SCA period.)

Durham Weaver: A Weaver's Journal
https://durhamweaver64.blogspot.com/
https://durhamweaver64.blogspot.com/

Not Another Costuming Blog
https://bincheplease.com/

Textile Time Travels
https://textiletimetravels.org/
https://textiletimetravels.files.wordpress.com/2010/08/posamenthandoutfinal.pdf
https://www.etsy.com/listing/449071554/posament-weaving-starter-kit-includes

https://marleina16thwardrobe.blogspot.com/?m=1

https://rosaliegilbert.com/patternsdiy.html

https://myscagarb.blogspot.com/2012/11/kirtle-pattern-class-handout.html

http://cottesimple.com/resources/ (with lots of links)

http://kanamori-corner.com/johanna-garb/gallery.html

An embroidery blog:

https://string-or-nothing.com/

Late 15th-century Burgundian gown:

Late 15th century burgundian gown | Atelier Nostalgia (wordpress.com)

The most common mistakes in historical costuming/re-enactment – and how to avoid them! | A Damsel in This Dress (adamselindisdress.blog)

The Sinister Spinster: Cap of St Birgitta Tutorial (geekyyarn.blogspot.com) (Note: This blog has several other tutorials.)

SARTOR BOHEMIA – The Art of Fabric

Conjectural late-period women's kirtle pattern draft from Mistress Sylvie la chardonniere:

http://research.fibergeek.com/2020/04/19/conjectural-late-15th-early-16th-century-womens-kirtle-pattern-draft/

RowanTree Workshop -- German clothing and headwear, etc.

https://rowantreeworkshop.com.au/

http://costumehistorian.blogspot.com/2023/06/sewing-cushions-and-baskets.html

https://dehuntington.wordpress.com/

Runa Makes History -- studying early-period wire work (Barony of Stierbach, Kingdom of Atlantia)

Easy medieval headdresses

Inkle Loom Pattern Generator

Miscellaneous Arts & Sciences

East Kingdom Royal Foresters
https://scaforesters.wordpress.com/
Minimalist forester camping: https://scaforesters.wordpress.com/minimalist-forester-camping/

Lady Teleri's entry on kolrosing:
https://moeticae.typepad.com/mi_contra_fa/2018/02/kolrosing.html

Medieval Beads:

http://medievalbeads.com/

Monk's Modern Medieval Cuisine
https://modernmedievalcuisine.com/

Shoes by Robert (seen at the Pennsic 48 A&S display)
http://shoesbyrobert.com/shoeswp/

A Bender Tent
http://simplethings.cavalletto.org/bender-tent/

Better Pennsic Encampment Walking Tour
https://emelineandphelippescablog.com/2019/09/22/welcome-home-part-two/

The "pysanky dot info" sites:
http://www.pysanky.info/PYSANKY/Pysanka_Home.html
https://www.pysanky.info/Wichorek/Home.html
https://www.pysanky.info/Pysankarstvo/Pysankarstvo_Home.html

A 14th-Century Life
https://ellicesblog.wordpress.com/

Dagonell's Medieval Games
http://www-cs.canisius.edu/~salley/SCA/Games/
Dagonell's SCA page (may have outdated links)
http://www-cs.canisius.edu/~salley/SCA/

Romana Sum -- a persona from Rome, circa 50 BCE
https://romanasum.com/
A simple Roman tent
http://www.comitatus.net/romansolidershelter.html
Emeline and Phelippe's SCA Blog
https://emelineandphelippescablog.com/

https://mythandmetal.wordpress.com/ -- looks like some good Baltic stuff!

https://scratchnstitch.blogspot.com/ -- Slavic stuff!

https://vk.com/album-2144088_20022166?m=1 -- pictures of Slavic grave goods

Cloth of Stars -- a sewing and crafting blog by Lady Madylyne Grey

https://farolfus.com/resources/ -- historical leatherworking

Femme au Foyer -- has "Baltic Christmas" posts every December:
https://femmeaufoyer2011.blogspot.com/
https://femmeaufoyer2011.blogspot.com/

Lady Wenyeva atte grene of Meridies: https://slumberland.org/sca/

Lady of Serene Awesomeness
https://ladyofsereneawesomeness.blogspot.com/

Shannon of All Trades

https://shannonofalltrades.blogspot.com/

Alias Ela
http://sca.unspunworld.com/

La Bella Donna
La Bella Donna

https://www.reddit.com/r/sca/

Recreating History: https://recreatinghistoryblog.com/

Spanish Seamstress

https://oftheredfox.com/ -- history of brooms

https://leonetesprojects.wordpress.com/

The late Lady Petra's blog:

https://gorgeoustangents.home.blog/

Early Sweden -- more on posaments and other topics:

https://earlysweden.wordpress.com/

Podcasts on the Baltic Crusades:

http://crusadespod.com/the-baltic-crusades/