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Shoulder wallets

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Useful carry-all bags based on 15th and 16th Century manuscript illustrations. Throw over your shoulder, over your staff, or over your donkey!  

Latest embroidered bag…

  Another version of the IHS bag recovered from the Mary Rose (1545). Last embroidered bag for the time being… my eyes need a rest!

Another posh bag!

This one made for a friend – more commissions welcome! In this one I’ve been able to solve the last few construction issues that arose in the first pouches – practice makes perfect! (or nearly…)

IHS Pouch

This is the second of the replica pouches made for the Mary Rose. It only has the one embroidered panel so only took around 20 hours to make (as opposed to over 45 hours for… 

Bank Holiday Jobs…

… Some new combs made over the Bank Holiday weekend… Not yet priced and in a variety of styles and periods. Top left is a large version of the Roman comb from Alcester (but in… 

Still making combs

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I’ve been a bit busy recently, but have found time to make a few combs as well. Here’s one of them (with a sheep skin pouch)… It’s a near-exact replica of one of the Mary… 

Boxwood combs

Finally getting back to some comb-making… These two will be going up on Etsy shortly

Bags for spindles and yarn

A couple of leather bags made to hold yarn and spindles. The square bag is a large (VERY large) version of a Tudor example recovered from the Mary Rose, although I doubt they were knitting…