Arts & Sciences

photo of pink linen fabric pinned for ironing into double-fold hem tape

Making hem tape

Two pieces of white fabric, shaped for a bodice, are pinned onto pink linen, waiting to be cut

Cutting bodice fabric

a rectangle of paper with folds taken out to narrow the lower edge and extra paper added to the top to create shoulder straps, mimicking the fabric to cover the side of a body

Paper mockup for pattern drafting

a skein of 2-ply handspun worsted yarn from black Leicester Longwool with flecks of silver

Elizabethan Stocking Yarn

a spinning wheel bobbin partially filled with black yarn with flecks of silver, which is so shiny the entire thing looks nearly silver

Leicester Longwool singles

a large white mesh platform covered in locks of black wool

Drying wool after cleaning

a white sink containing brown water with bubbles and piles of black wool

Washing Wool

striped blue fabric with eyelets laced using a luceted wool cord that ends in a brass aiglet

Lacing Points

a wool cord with a handmade brass aiglet attached

Brass Aiglet