Making a Bronze Age Egtved Outfit: part one 

just wanted to let you know how much i appreciate your videos. i've been dealing with severe depression for the last many years.... i've had real trouble finding energy or motivation to play with anything fiber arts for a long time now, despite it being a real joy for me before the depression hit. your videos have been inspiring me to pull things out and play a bit. it's always a little bit better of a day when i see one of your videos in my feed. thank you.

Thank you for keeping this tradition standing. My grandma used to make blankets and ''jellaba'' moroccan dress. Wonderful

I can’t wait to see more! I’ve woven a blouse similar, but that skirt both fascinates and intimidates me. A really lovely video.

I want to thank you! I wanted to learn how to spin for years! But no space to put a spinning wheel. First time that I saw these spindels in the video here with you, and just a few days ago I saw 2 old spindels, (in good condition they say, and they look good to me...), for sale cheap on the second hand market. So I bought them, and went looking for wool, knowing near nothing about it. The wool just came in. I was blown away to find I bought 3 huge bags of beautiful sheeps, and lambs wool for peanuts! I was not expecting to get that much!!! Now I am waiting for the spindels to come in, and than I will try what you do here... I want to learn it all, how to work with the wool from the sheep to wool for a sweater! Thank you so much! I am FINALLY able to learn how to spin! Have a beautiful day! Much love!

This is fantastic! I've only ever read about string skirts and not seen an example. (The book is Women's Work the First 20,000 Years) To see an example makes the reading more real in my mind.

ancient sheep would shed their fleece all over the place hence the term "wool gathering". It's only in fairly recent times that sheep have been bred to need shearing.

for anyone wanting to try this you dont need a fleece to teach yourself how to do this go to any store the sells 100% cotton balls and use those then you can dye it to the color you want. this how i taught myself and my son it works the same way and make wonderful thread.

Thanks.

This is so amazing. I am awed by the combing and the sheep

Your videos are so comfortable.

Love, love, love your new project

These videos get more interesting each time. Thank you Sally.

I'm looking forwards to the rest of this series. Fascinating stuff, thank you.

I’m very excited to follow along with you!

Fascinating project. Looking forward to see more of it :)

This is so awesome. Thanks for doing this!

I hope you continue the project! I'd really like to make one of these myself...and I would definitely appreciate your tutorial. Love, love, love your videos. I've been applying what you teach me about how my ancestors processed fibers to the invasive plants in my home. Making a thorn comb for bast from my local invasive trifoliate orange! Can't wait to try it on Kudzu fiber.

what a great project i cant wait to see the next bit

Sally I love your videos thank you so much. I love that you have such an informative natural style without the polish and plazas of some ! It gives me confidence to try things…..and it’s lovely to be with you in your wild and human ways. I’d love to meet you and work with you some day….who knows! Much love x

excelent project, i'm sure it'll keep you busy for many hours to come!

This is quality stuff! Was looking for something like this for a while now.

What is the purpose of a string skirt? It doesn't keep you warm. It doesn't protect your backside from bugs, sharp rocks, etc. I doubt it provides much in the way of modesty. Would this have been a purely ceremonial/funerary garment?

Can't wait to see how this project goes! Those are some adorable sheep :)

I love your videos most video on the egved girl just aren't detailed enough I can't wait till your next episode

Hi Sally! Thanks so much for your videos they are amazing! I have been looking through your videos and I can't find the next part of this? Or a similar project? I would be so keen to see! I love the story of the Egtved Girl :-)

Really intrested in a part 2 😊

I'm so glad I found your channel! It really is a fantastic resource; thank you for making these videos! I would love to ask, how did you go about finding the farm who sold you the raw fleece for this project? I've had a go at spinning commercially available washed, carded, dyed roving before, but I would absolutely love to try processing and spinning raw wool - I'm just not sure where I should look to buy some? Do you have any recommendations? Thanks again!

Intrested to know how many wpi your yarn is for this project? On the shirt especially.

Where can I find a fleece like that? I've been spinning since I was a teenager, and I started on Shropshire, which is similar to yours in staple. Plus I love to explore new fiber and historical techniques!

I'm sure you can find a way to model it without actually modelling it. Looks like another interesting project.

is there a part two? Do u have workshops?? Do u have books I could buy? thanks ahead

That skirt doesn't make sense! Is it possible that a fabric ran acrossways and has rotted away?