This month I am really pleased to introduce you to Ulla Moilanen, who is a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Helsinki. She has a wide expertise of Viking Age artefacts from inhumation burials dating from Late Iron Age to Post-Medieval period and she has undertaken fieldwork. Ulla is also interested in interdisciplinary research. In... Continue Reading →

📣Exciting news 📣 The French documentary on the Bayeux Tapestry that I was interviewed for, along with others, will be shown on BBC4 this Tuesday. Here’s the link for those of you who are interested: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0015nnc Ps, it is showing in English Image description: a screenshot of the BBC4 schedule showing the advertised program

Welcome to this edition of Early Medieval (mostly) Textiles. This time I am really pleased to introduce Abigail Youngman, who is a radio dramatist and script editor. She writes radio plays based on historical fact, mainly from a female point of view with an element the absurd, because truth is stranger, and sometimes funnier, than... Continue Reading →

I thought some readers may like to know that at 11:30am GMT tomorrow (22nd February 2022), a documentary about the women who embroidered the Bayeux Tapestry will premiere on BBC Radio4. I was lucky enough to be interviewed for it and the sound of me stitching also appears. https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001327r

This month I am really pleased to be able to bring you a post by Fran Sales. She is working with a team of staff and volunteers at Norwich Castle, creating an embroidered hanging for the Norwich Castle: Royal Palace Reborn project. Here Fran tells us about the project's aims and progress so far. My... Continue Reading →

Happy New Year everyone! I hope you are all having a wonderful festive season. To start 2022 off with a bang, I am really pleased to be able to bring you a post by Nadeem Ahmad, who is taking us to 5th-century Central CE Asian culture of Sogdiana. Nadeem is the founding member and lead... Continue Reading →

Hi everyone, I just wanted to let you know that I am in the process of putting together my first batch of kits. The Bayeux Tapestry Peacock is based on the green peacock in the upper border of the Bayeux Tapestry. The materials in this kit are all authentic. The linen is handwoven to the... Continue Reading →

Hello everyone and welcome to the December post of Early medieval (mostly) Textiles. This month we travel slightly forward in time to the period often called the High and Late Middle Ages (1000-1250 and 1250-1500 CE respectively). I am delighted to introduce (Dr) Jessica Grimm who is talking about gold-work embroidery. She is passionate about... Continue Reading →

This month we turn our attention to Bolton in the UK and Egypt, as we look at textile evidence from one settlement, Qasr Ibrim, which was occupied for a number of periods from the 8th century BCE to 1812. I am really pleased to introduce Sarah Hitchens, who is investigating the surviving textile evidence and... Continue Reading →

Welcome to this autumnal blog post. As I type, the weather is beginning to turn so, if you're in the northern hemisphere, grab a hot drink and hunker down. If you're in the southern hemisphere, grab a cool drink and sit out in the spring sun. Its time for our next installment of Early Medieval... Continue Reading →