Sárospatak- siege reenactment weekend

Ever since I Joined Mare Tempois (it is a foundation to save our historic inheritance), I heard about the "big" reenactment events. As these events are usually about reenacting a military event, a siege or similar, they are mostly for the guys. There are women of course, but their roles are more in the background, keeping the camp in order, cooking and such.
In our country one of the biggest event is teh siege weekend at the castle of Sárospatak. For me this was the first year. I enjoyed it tremendously, and one again I lt the pictures speak for me.

Photos: Norbert Varga

Knitting content!!!

On between all the reenactment events I managed to fit a bit of knitting as well.
What else, but a pair o stockings to wear with historical clothes...

 I've started last year, maybe even in the year before that

It was knitted pretty slowely with big interwallums between some rows...But unlike the stickings I did befoe that a small pattern ("clock") was knitted above the ankles.

 From pure wool yarn, with 1.75 mm needles.

A column of purl stitches imitating a seam at the back and a zig-zag pattern at the two sides of this seam.

Pictures were shot by the "Lion Fountain" of the Visegrad Palace
Photo by Norbert Varga

Visegrád Palace Games

When I believe I am just about to catch up with events, I loose control of time, and it is running away from me (in othe wods, our August was rather hectic)... So back to the middle of July when the Visegrad Palace Games were on... The games below the castle are one event, and there are some serious happenings up in the castle... Our group played the ladies of the queen (Queen Beatrix, wife of Matthias Rex), who were in th bath rooms of the queen... showing handworks of teh time, the bath, dances and such... here are a ton of pictures, to recall that two days...
Getting ready in the morning...

Lacemaking from the earliest pattern...

The ladies wished to dance a little  (Cupido).

 Guests arrived constatnly...

Like a painting...

Look, this is how yarn is made...

 Which plant could be used for what??,?

Mmm, yummie! (Bread stuffed with beef tongue)...

 The boss of the renessaince kitchen...

 I told you it is delicious!

 The morning of teh second day...

Did you see...?

The ladies spend the time with dancing (Rostiboli Gioso)

 Rosina...

 Sperrow...

 Such a lovely picture, isn't it...

 Renaissance hairstyles...

 Silverhair in renaissance style...

Photors: Norbert Varga

Are you princesses?

I was commenting, that is, at a blog, which asked for my own blog's address, which reminden me, I was not blogging in ages... again.
I will probably leave out most of the concerts we went to, you would get to see the same band and teh same violin again and again, which is totally not boring to me, though I would not be so sure about that for others. I might do a summary post about them leter though.

So as for historical events, after the Ozora castle for the night of the Museums (which is set for the saturday around misummer1s night) to the museum of Paks, where we shown some fashion history

 How fashion changed through the centuries... It is amazing to see, what can out team put out.

 The ninteenth century sections, emese in her yellow regency dress, me in my early victorian, and Gizella in her 1860's style.

 N. caught a picture of me... I was unaware, but i find it really lovely, even if I am on it...

 Showing off my brand new shoes, even though it is histoically accurate, but teh style is a few decades later than my dress... but it was raining. I still have a lot of getting uded to do for shoes with heels...

 Look at that little girl... "are you princesses?" she asked, in total awe... of for nothing else, it is so worth to do this for moments like that (not to mention the awesome photographer, who has such an eye for capturing momeents like that).

My dressmaker form, that came home with me from the US all those years ago, puffed up to my current size and dressed in my Hunagrian dress (No, I would not wear 8 meters of cotton welvet in 35 degrees in Celsius)
Photos: Norbert Varga