Opus Elenae

Elen's Work: historical explorations

Lucet Cords (three and a half ways!)

Posted on November 27, 2020 by Elen

Tutorial Time-Stamps
Basic Cord (turned): 00:03:18
Basic Cord (wrapped): 00:05:19
Beaded Cord: 00:08:35
Two-Color Flat Cord: 00:17:00
Two Color Round Cord: 00:25:45

IN WHICH our intrepid recreatirix walks through how to make lucet cords a few different ways. I’ll cover making the basic cord (both turning the lucet and keeping it stable), making a beaded cord, and two different ways to make two-color cords.

My apologies for the weird sound issues, sometimes YouTube decides to mess with background/voice-over levels and unfortunately there’s not much I can do when that happens. If you have sensory processing issues I highly recommend availing yourself of the closed captioning for this vid.

“Viking” Coat: Historically Adequate Norse Outerwear

Posted on November 13, 2020 by Elen

IN WHICH our intrepid recreatirix finishes her historically adequate “Viking” coat project, and is wayyy too pleased with it and also herself. It’s honestly hard to know what a femenine Viking coat might have looked like: there’s very little archeological evidence that points in any direction. The best we can do is speculate. Come join me as I make a historically adequate, and entirely lovely, Viking coat.

DISCLAIMER: I, and this channel, categorically condemn the use of Viking imagery and symbolism to uphold racism, nationalism, and white supremacy. If that’s what you’re here looking for, move along, and don’t ever, EVER come back. We don’t tolerate Nazis in this house.