Hats

and other headcoverings

Birch Bark Hats

photo by Elska Á Fjárfelli

I make birch bark hats modeled after a series of hats found in central Europe (modern day Germany, Austria, and France) dating from the Late Halstatt to early La Tène periods.
Documentation

Class Handout

Gallery

Fur-edged caps

I make other hats too. They are less well-researched but they warm the heads of my friends.

Article by Margaret "Mairghread" Wilcox in Aethelmark about Norse hats

How-to blog helpful for construction if you like process pictures

Norse Hoods

And hoods; I make hoods.

The seams on this one are a little wonky because I used fabric from a thrift store coat. The wool is felted, which makes it a good rain hood.

I tablet-wove the wool trim. The tassel dances fetchingly on or above the rump, depending on the height of the wearer.

Head Branches

I collected curly branches while on walks during the 2020 COVID-19 shutdown

Me in a curly branch headdress, Spring 2021. This is absolutely not historical, however...

History Channel Vikings did this, Spring 2022. So who had branches on her head before the TV vikings?! Me. This probably horrifies some SCA reenactors, and I would not wear it at an SCA event-- but I still have one foot in the merc world, where fun happens in different ways.

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