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  • Adding glass beads,  Ending a band,  Projects - Tablet weaving,  Special Techniques,  Tablet woven bands

    …another tablet woven band finished!

    2018/03/09

    Wooohooo! I finished another tablet woven band! And this time I even added black glass beads to it while I was weaving it! *happydance* Well, it seems like I made enough tablet woven bands during the last months that I finally gave up on counting them. However, if I had to make an educated guess, I would say this band is number 10(+something). 😀

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  • Projects - Tablet weaving,  Tablet weaving try #7,  Tablet woven bands

    …and my 7th tablet woven band is finished :D

    2017/06/10

    Wooohooo! I just finished my 7th tablet woven band! *veryhappydance* The pattern I chose for my new tablet woven band is not very complicated but it looks really great and I like it. The purple and the yellow work so much better together than I initially anticipated. This band definitely makes a great addition to my tablet woven band stash for future tunic sewing projects for my sweetheart.

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  • Projects - Tablet weaving,  Tablet weaving try #6,  Tablet woven bands

    …and my 6th tablet woven band is finished :D

    2017/05/16

    Wooohooo! I finished my 6th tablet woven band! *happy dance* “Hienoja koukkupolvia pienomenaisten kanssa” / “Fine crooked knees with small applesies” is definitely the most difficult pattern from the book “Applesies and Fox Noses – Finished Tabletwoven Bands” which I tried so far. As I am still rather new to the tablet weaving technique, I just started to discover the slightly more difficult patterns. Yeah, I am not longer “just” rotating all cards forward or backward… 😉

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  • Projects - Tablet weaving,  Tablet weaving try #5,  Tablet woven bands

    My 5th tablet woven band is finished… :D

    2017/05/12

    Wooohooo! I just finished my 5th tablet woven band! 😀 Though the last days were quite busy for me, I didn’t give up on my most recent tablet weaving project. Every day, whenever I sat down on the couch, I took my weaving frame and worked for at least 30 minutes on my tablet woven band. And finally it paid off! My new tablet woven band is finished!

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  • Adornments,  Projects - Tablet weaving,  Tablet weaving try #5,  Tablet woven bands

    …working at my 5th tablet woven band :)

    2017/04/26

    As you can see at the picture on the right, I started working at another tablet woven band. My 5th tablet woven band, to be exact. 😉 Tablet weaving is a very welcome break for me as it keeps my hands busy and allows me to recharge my batteries after the most recent scroll (King’s champion, Rose Tourney & my husbands knighting scroll & vigil book page) and embroidery projects. Though I am still fairly new to this craft, I feel great when I rotate the cards and witness their magic as the pattern develops with every turn I make. I really love how this technique gives my mind the opportunity to simply relax…

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  • 12th century grey light-wool tunic,  12th century projects,  Hand-Sewing,  Projects,  Projects - Tablet weaving,  Tablet woven bands

    12th century tunic for my husband – the finished 12th century neckline

    2016/05/27

    In my last posting – “12th century tunic for my husband – 12th century neckline inspired by the “blue Dalmatika” & “white Alba” – I showed you my period inspiration for the 12th century neckline for my husbands new tunic. And today I am going to show you the finished 12th century neckline. Well, it took a while and quite some thinking but eventually I figured the cut out and made a good fitting 12th century neckline. This part of the 12th century tunic project was definitely not easy as I also wanted to incorporate a tablet woven band I made myself. Unfortunately tablet woven bands only stretch little and make it therefore…

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  • Books,  Books - Tablet Weaving,  Projects - Tablet weaving,  Special Techniques,  Tablet weaving try #4,  Tablet woven bands,  Tabular Selvage

    My 4th tablet woven band & a great book about tablet weaving… :)

    2016/04/28

    And here a sneak peek at my 4th tablet woven band. Ok, I admit it, this tablet woven band is not the best looking one I have created till now but I think that it still looks good enough to use it as an embellishment for one of my future hand-sewing projects. Looking back at my very last tablet woven band for which I used some good quality silk threads, I guess that the not so appealing look of my new tablet woven band has more to do with the thread I used for the weaving (some Polyester “wool” thread) rather than my actual skill.

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  • 14th century fitted stockings - blue & embroidered,  14th century projects,  Accessories,  Projects,  Projects - Tablet weaving,  Silk Garters,  Tablet weaving try #3,  Tablet woven bands

    My third tablet woven band – my very first garters!

    2016/04/27

    After all the recent sneak peek pictures of my tabletweaving and how I turned my tabletwoven band into my very first garters, I finally managed to take some pictures of me wearing my very first selfmade silk garters! Well, my garters might appear quite simple, if you neglect the rather petite pattern of the silk band, but they really don’t need to be very fancy to do their job – to hold up my hand-sewn stockings! And I really love them! Especially as they now allow me to also wear my blue hand-sewn and embroidered stockings.  😀

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  • Books,  Books - Tablet Weaving,  Projects - Tablet weaving,  Tablet weaving loom,  Tablet weaving try #3,  Tablet woven bands

    Working at my third tablet woven band…

    2016/04/17

    I was never really keen on tablet weaving but recently I had the feeling like I had to start another tablet woven band. And, well, therefore I started my third tablet woven band ever… 🙂 It is really odd – sometimes I feel a sudden urge to create something special even if it means that I have to pick up a craft I normally don’t do or to learn something new. This feeling can be so overwhelming that I have no other possibility than to follow my gut feeling and to start creating…

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  • 12th century grey light-wool tunic,  12th century projects,  Hand-Sewing,  Projects,  Projects - Tablet weaving,  Tablet woven bands

    My husbands christmas gift – a grey light-wool 12th century tunic – tablet woven band & cuffs

    2016/01/07

    Cuffs, Cuffs, Cuffs and tablet woven band… 😀 Let’s talk about the cuffs for my husbands christmas present today – a 12th century tunic made from lovely grey light weight wool. Though I didn’t embroider the cuffs for my sweethearts 12th century tunic, they are still quite special for me as I decorated them with some tablet woven band I made myself – or well, I made about half of it to be precise… *lol* And it is actually the second tablet woven band I ever made. You might even remember the band – I posted about it in May of 2014: “My new tablet weaving loom & my 2nd try of…

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  • Projects - Tablet weaving,  Tablet weaving loom,  Tablet weaving try #02,  Tablet woven bands

    My new tablet weaving loom & my 2nd try of weaving with tablets :)

    2014/05/15

    *Wow* Yesterday I was out with my sister Martina and she had an awesome gift for me – a tablet weaving loom! Many thanks to my sister for this lovely loom – I will do my best to cherish it! *happydance* 😀 I really liked and adored her tablet weaving loom for quite some time in secret and when I told her that yesterday, she replied to me that I can have it… *omg* *happydance* …now her pretty baby is mine! Mine! Mine! Mine! *lol* 😉 …and a picture of my new “baby” – my pretty new tablet weaving loom – isn’t it pretty? 😀  As you can see at the picture…

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Instagram post 2194996410852449218_5455272668 Wooohooo! I am so excited! The new heavy fighting tabard with 12th century inspired handprinted fabric, printed with my own handcut stamps for my little workshop is finished! 🖤💛😍💛🖤 It took about 3 hours of printing and 10 hours of cutting, pinning & sewing but it was so totally worth it! All the felled and reinforced seams and borders will make sure that this fighting tabard will serve well for countless fights once it finds a good home! 🖤😍🖤 I have to admit that I am a little bit nervous to ask my sweetheart to model this fighting tabard for a picture as this are his favorite colors and he might not want to give it back... 🖤💛😉💛🖤 #racaire #racairesworkshop  #printedfabric #print #handprinting #printedtextiles #sca #mysca #societyforcreativeanachronism #medieval #medievalpattern #medievalinspired #reenactment #historicalfashion #historical #historicalclothing #handmade #artist #madeinusa #madeinamerica #creative #sewing #fighting #fightinggarb #12thcentury #13thcentury #sewingproject #scafighting #black #yellow
Instagram post 2194916584539834685_5455272668 After nearly 8hours of cutting, pinning and sewing I am finally working on the last seam at the bottom border of this printed heavy fighting tabard for my workshop - now it won't take hours anymore. Maybe one more or two... Yeah, proper felled and reinforced seams take their time but they are so worth it!
🖤💛😍💛🖤 #racaire #racairesworkshop  #printedfabric #print #handprinting #printedtextiles #sca #mysca #societyforcreativeanachronism #medieval #medievalinspired #reenactment #historicalfashion #historical #historicalclothing #handmade #artist #madeinusa #madeinamerica #madeinflorida #creative #sewing #fighting #fightinggarb #12thcentury #13thcentury #sewingproject #scagarb #black #yellow
Instagram post 2194202001462384193_5455272668 ...and I finally started working at the heavy fighting tabard with 12th century inspired print for my workshop - it is definitely a 2XL+ fighting tabard as I am trying to keep the pattern as complete and centered as possible. Therefore I decided to rather make it a little bit bigger to use the full roundels than cutting through them. 
I have to admit that my heart already breaks a little when I just think about cutting the gores for it... but it will be fine... I am sure the end result will be worth it... 🖤💛😍💛🖤 #racaire #racairesworkshop #printing #printedfabric #print #handprinting #printedtextiles #sca #mysca #societyforcreativeanachronism #medieval #medievalinspired #reenactment #historicalfashion #historical #historicalclothing #handmade #artist #madeinusa #madeinamerica #madeinflorida #creative #sewing #fighting #fightinggarb #12thcentury #13thcentury #sewingproject #black #yellow
Instagram post 2194077878845286941_5455272668 Wooohooo! By finishing another two new hand printed bags for my shop my work pile of printed fabric just got a good bit smaller! Which also means that I will have to cut and print more fabric soon! *happydance*

As my husband can tell you, I am normally not a big fan of the color yellow but I am very excited how great this yellow print looks on the black canvas!
💛🖤😍🤗🖤💛 #racaire #racairesworkshop #blockprinting #printing #sca #mysca #printedbags #medievalinspired #12thcentury #lion #octopus🐙
#octopus #handprinted #artist #madeinusa #madeinamerica #madeinflorida #creative  #craft  #cosplay #steampunk #medieval #reenactment  #bag #bags #handmade #gogreen #blackandyellow #black #yellow
Instagram post 2194054854305645429_5455272668 I nearly finished this black bag with the white print of a 15th century inspired pelican but I am not quite happy with it yet. I have the feeling like I should add some more printing to it. Well, as you can see I am pretty much torn between chains, roses, stars, Fleur-de-lis,... to bad I can't just do them all... *lol*

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Instagram post 2193306691965845362_5455272668 I am so excited! Another octopus bag in white and blue is finished! 🐙💙😍💙🐙 #racaire #racairesworkshop #blockprinting #printing #sca #mysca #printedbags #medievalinspired #creature #creatures #octopus🐙
#octopus #handprinted #artist #madeinusa #madeinamerica #madeinflorida #creative  #craft  #cosplay #steampunk #medieval #reenactment  #bag #bags #handmade #gogreen #blueandwhite #blue #white
Instagram post 2192710606725701553_5455272668 I am so excited! Another octopus bag is finished and this white Japanese cotton denim is a dream to work with!
🐙💜😍💜🐙 #racaire #racairesworkshop #blockprinting #printing #sca #mysca #printedbags #medievalinspired #creature #creatures #mythology #octopus🐙
#octopus #handprinted #artist #madeinusa #madeinamerica #madeinflorida #creative  #craft  #purple #white #cosplay #steampunk #medieval #reenactment  #bag #bags #handmade #gogreen
Instagram post 2192605114779251533_5455272668 Ok, as I promised- here my Austrian Krautsalad recipe in step by step pics: 
FIRST - chop/slice your cabbage very finely, salt it, work the salt into the cabbage, put a plate on top, press it down, cover it up and let it rest over night in the refrigerator. 
SECOND - press out as much of the cabbage juice and salt as possible and put aside, when finished discard the juice, clean the bowl/pot and put the cabbage back. 
THIRD - Mix about 1 cup of vinegar with 1-2 cup of water, bring to boil, mix in about 3 tablespoons of caraway seeds, fresh ground nutmeg & pepper, bayleaves, a little bit of sea salt and 2 and 1/2 Tablespoons of sugar (we used 2 tbsp cane sugar and 1/2 tablespoon demerara cane sugar) - carefully season to taste as different sugars can impact the sweetness differently! Depending on how salty the kraut still is after pressing it out, you want to adjust the sweetness in the pickling liquid accordingly - the more salty the kraut is, the sweeter you want it. Bring the mix to a boil. 
FOURTH - pour the mixture over the cabbage and mix well, add about a half to 1 cup of vegetable oil and mix again. Taste and if it's to your liking, fill it into a big jar and store it in the refrigerator. 
My Krautsalad has quite some acidity and a big jar like this normally holds up for at least 1 month or longer without any problems - that is, if it ever survives for that long! 
We normally use the big jars of jalapenos after my hubby empties them - they have just the right size for 2 small kraut heads. 
However, we already had to test the first batch with some pork chops and roasted cilantro-lemon pepper potatoes... I definitely have to get some sausages and buns as this Krautsalad tastes amazingly on hot dogs...
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Instagram post 2192475361828979561_5455272668 I am so excited! All the sewing paid off! I have several new big blue linen coifs as well as tight fitted blue and black linen coifs! Now I just have to find out how I want to print them. Trimarian triskeles? My new 12th century stamp? Crosses? Roses? White or yellow or even gold? There are so many lovely possibilities! ...and if you don't like printed coifs - I'll make sure to leave some coifs unprinted!
💙😁🤗😁💙 Yes, I know, my shop on my page is still empty as it makes far too much fun to make new things rather than working on the computer, especially now before christmas! Therefore, if you like something I make just send me a pm here on Instagram or on Facebook!
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Instagram post 2191931760283962131_5455272668 Now that I finished all of the larger blue linen coifs I was working at, it is time to move on to the slightly smaller, tight fitted blue linen coifs! As you can see my quality control is always having a watchful eye on me and my work... 💙😁🤗😁💙 #racaire #racairesworkshop #medievalgarb #medievalpatterns #medievalclothing #headwear #medievalsewing #headcovers #headcover #clothing #garb #12thcentury #13thcentury #14thcentury #mysca #sca #societyforcreativeanachronism #reenactment #historicalclothing #historicalfashion #historicalcostuming #historicalcostume #headwear #headcovers #coif #coifs #madeinusa #madeinamerica #cosplay #larp #blue #printedfabric
Instagram post 2191923357608206951_5455272668 New Kraut is coming from the fields into the stores which means that it's time for one of my husbands and my personal favorites: Austrian Krautsalat!

Yeah, it's not Sauerkraut it's Krautsalad! There is a slight difference - Sauerkraut is fermented and Krautsalad is a rather quick pickle. Nevertheless it starts very similar - kraut is chopped up as finely as possible and pretty well salted. Then you knead the sea salt into the kraut, cover it up and let it rest for some time so the salt can pull moisture out of the kraut and soften it up. I like to leave it in over night and we will continue with the next step tomorrow where my sweethearts big hands will come in very handy... 🤗😁😍😁🤗 #racaire #ConradvomSchwarzwald #cooking #cookingfromscratch #salad #salat #pickling #pickles #fastpickles #fastpickle #kraut #seasalt #salt #krautsalat #krautsalad #austrian #austrianfood #austriancooking #austrianclassics #austriancuisine #austrianinamerica #germancooking #german #germanfood #notsauerkraut #yummy #seasonal #seasonalfood #seasonalproduce
Instagram post 2191117820754896385_5455272668 After making all those black and white linen coifs recently, I decided to add some more color to my stash by making some coifs out of this lovely blue linen! I think I will soon get a chance to use my newly cut triskele stamps on them right in time for the Oldenfeld Yule event in Trimaris. 💙🤗😍🤗💙 #racaire #racairesworkshop #medievalgarb #medievalpatterns #medievalclothing #headwear #medievalsewing #headcovers #headcover #clothing #garb #12thcentury #13thcentury #14thcentury #mysca #sca #societyforcreativeanachronism #reenactment #historicalclothing #historicalfashion #historicalcostuming #historicalcostume #headwear #headcovers #coif #coifs #madeinusa #madeinamerica #cosplay #larp #warm #printedfabric
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