A bed for a Viking princess
The replica of the bed from the Norwegian Oseberg boat burial was given a mattress of linen stuffed with fresh hay and a colourful thick blanket of wool. As the […]
Monthly Archives: February 2024
Colour and craft
Caz has very kindly made a display of the wonderful colour range she produced by dyeing wool with three different plants, dried weld for the yellow, greens and browns, madder […]
Of beasts and wool
In the longhall weaving has begun on the large loom. Caz and Alastair created a selvage strip with weaving tablets, using blue and cream coloured wool to begin a c.50cm […]
How to mosaic around a door and owl or alien?
A busy time in the Roman building this week as we raised up both doors to give extra clearance over the mosaic. As they are on pivots not hinges, this […]
A looming presence
At last the replica of the Oseberg tablet weaving loom has been completed and is ready to join our IKEA Viking bedroom in the longhall taking its place alongside the […]
'Hands on Heritage' in the Avalon Marshes 