Viking shirt pattern

Enter your measurements for a FREE custom pattern. This is a replica of a real Viking shirt from 10th century Norway. Please note the pattern is only available in the online generator. It's not available for download or print at this time. Details below.

Thorsberg Tunic 002

I wanted to learn some basic embroidery and narrow-ware weaving skills. I ended up falling down a rabbithole! This about my journey and lessons I learned along the way.

In 1936 a body was discovered in a bog near Skjoldehamn (Skjold harbour) on the Norwegian island of Andøya. The find included a complete costume consisting of a shirt, a kirtle, shirt, belt, trouse…

Linen tunic handsewn with linen thread. Embroidery: patterns based on ornaments from Kiev and Novgorod. Silk thread. Cuffs: Silk fabric, silk thread. Other decorative seams: linen thread

Uncle Rashid's patterns from Gleann nam Feòrag Dhuibhe's garb workshops. http://www.feoragdubh.eastkingdom.org/Patterns/Tunics.gif

For the upcoming renaissance faire season, I'm working on creating for myself a Viking era ensemble. The first part of that project is a hood, based on the Skjoldehamn hood found on the Norwegian...

Viking hood Skjoldehamn Hood 100% quality wool & linen all handstitched ready to ship Viking Norse, Reenactment, Living History, SCA, LARP#viking#vikingclothes

This is the “must-have” item to begin your kit if you want to do your first steps in re-enactment. This pattern works for a wool tunic or a linen under tunic. To take the measurement, the easy way is to have a look at clothes that fit you and you need to add at least 4 to 5cm to the length and width for the seams. Here I have an old tunic that I am using as an example. The main body part which is composed of two rectangles one for the front and one for the side. Draw the rectangle with a