I bought these gorgeous repro Anglo-Saxon/viking needles , handmade at the forge of Dennis Riley of Daegrad Tools . Makers of all sorts of things for Living History and re-enactment .
They are beautifully made , sharp , fully functional needles .
I,m still not sure if my project will become a needlecase or a brooch .
Maybe it could be both . Maybe I could make a larger needlework bag that it could be tied into .
What else do I need ? Scissors ? Well no, but they would have used snips..like tiny sheep sheering sheers . ..or a knife in a leather sheath .
I have a beautiful pair of Japanese snips , but they wouldn't look right ..I wonder if Dennis makes Anglo-Saxon snips ?
I would love to go back in time , just for a short time , to meet the craftsmen and see how they did things .
They did a kind of crochet stitch with a large wooden needle , called nalbinding , I have already made some of these , but tomorrow I am going to have a go at making some sewing needles out of Hawthorn thorns from my hedgerow .
It is very therapeutic whittling things out of wood , it will be raining tomorrow , so that will be a nice thing to do beside the fire .
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