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Wind whipped violently against Hiid's every limb, the cold breeze reaching her skin even through the cloak she tried to wrap more firmly around her. She thought she might have sold anyone's grandmother on the spot for a thick woolen jumpsuit. Or, for that matter, a spacesuit. The elves sitting behind and in front of her, aboard this freakshow of a winged minibus, hardly seemed to mind the wailing blasts of air that belched out even occasional spittles or water against them.
Hrrrr. Either their skin was made of dragonhide, or then they were just used to this till the marrow. On the other hand... everyone else,

TCoRO Book II, Chapter 7.CHAPTER 7.
Gathering of the Early Morrow

A few days roved past rather uneventfully in Uhageiden Rho-dkhl'haakgz. The clouds coughed down miscellaneous fluids with a few handfuls of hail within. The breeze moaned and wailed about for a while, till it became ashamed of its overemotional drama and slunk away. One of those warmer days, when you could wrap up your sleeves and strip off extra vests, spoke about the slow but definite turn of seasons. It was perfectly normal time for the weather to have rather forceful mood swings.
Then, one morning towards the end of the week...
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Hiid was curled into a warm, snoring ball under th

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First embroidery + WIP tunicby =zorm

Artisan Crafts / Costumery / Costumes / Period & Historical

Don't scorn me, this is pretty much my first piece of embroidery. XD I didn't even know what to do with the bugger first, but later decided to turn it into this shapeless, floppy bag. There's belt support behind.

The tunic is a WIP work complete with bits of string poking out of everywhere. I'll post more pics when it's ready. The collar has some experimental beading.

The embroidery mess isn't exactly coeval with my Viking garb, but nonetheless combines motifs from around the era. Part of the design-whatsits is based on a Finnish sword hilt from around 600AD which is believed to depict Kalevanpoika giants (Jotuns, Hrimthursar) swimming in icy waves. [link]
There's an interesting link to this real archeological find in Beowulf. He finds a sword made by Völundr which also had a hilt engraved with giants amid a flood. According to another legend, Völundr was the son of a Finnish king.

K, rambling again. Probably moving this to scraps later.

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~crazyjkass May 22, 2011 Student Digital Artist

Your embroidery is brilliant! Do you go to any events where you wear this stuff?

=zorm May 24, 2011 Digital Artist

Thanks

Yes, I do wear them, on Medieval/Viking faires and SCA events.

~Flashgriffin Mar 3, 2011 Hobbyist Artisan Crafter

That's really awesome embroidery! You shouldn't move it to scraps, it's really good!

=zorm Mar 13, 2011 Digital Artist

Thanks.

Well, I probably won't, as it's still in the main gallery after a good year.

~Flashgriffin Mar 13, 2011 Hobbyist Artisan Crafter

Good!

*EgilSterkr Jul 24, 2010

Hienoa jälkeä! mielenkiintoisia juttuja tuosta miekan nupista! mistä tuo on löytynyt? onko sinulla hyviä linkkejä aiheeseen? vai ootko kirjallisuudesta noita löytänyt?

~KaliPhantom Dec 31, 2009 Hobbyist Photographer

Beautiful embroidery! I love the pattern you chose. The bag looks great!

~Elenfrog Dec 28, 2009

Good lord, that's amazingly done.

~ShadowEyeMoony Dec 28, 2009

Beautiful work, very impressive. This kind of job requires a lot of patience and skill, and I congratulate you for having it. The jewellery fits the costume perfectly, and the colors chosen are to my liking. The whole outfit looks very very good on you.

!Lady-Twatterby Dec 28, 2009 Professional Traditional Artist

I looooooooove it. What inspired you to make this? Some sort of historical re-enactment? I like the owl-hammer-type-thingy under the drowning men

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