Day 9: Dublin Caps
In the Viking age archaeological layers in Dublin a group of caps made of silk or wool have been found. They are al of roughly the same model, with minor variations.
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Day 8: Gathered and Goffered Sarks
Yesterday I wrote about the simple, smooth sark, but there are also other varieties.
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Day 7: Simple, Smooth Sark
The sark is the garment that was worn closest to the body in the woman’s clothing, both before, during and after the Viking age.
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Day 6: Fabric Mittens
In addition to the nalbound mittens from yesterday there are also several finds of fabric mittens.
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Day 5: Nalbound Mittens
The oldest finds of nalbinding from Scandinavia are from the Viking age. Of the four known finds from the period, three are mittens.
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Day 4: Puttees
From the Viking age there are several finds of narrow wool weaves, woven to the width of 7-12 cm. They are usually interpreted as remains of puttees.
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Day 3: Hose
The narrow leg garments seen on Viking age depictions could be either trousers or hose, and there are actually finds of a hose from the harbour in Hedeby.
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Day 2: Wide trousers
The next garment in our Yule Calendar are the wide trousers. They are typical for the Viking age (the earliest evidence is from around 750 a.d.) and not seen again until the 1500s.
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Yule Calendar 2024, Day 1
Welcome till our first Yule Calendar.
Here I want to describe Viking age garment, one per day.
We start today with the close-fitting trousers.