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		<title>How to Build an Early Smelting Furnace</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 May 2011 22:52:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The man who understood and controlled the means and materials to make iron in early times may well have been a chief. Such was the strength, skill, and understanding that it took to deliver iron from ore. Ore deposits can be found in a number of natural sources such as hematite, goethite, or laterite. Traditionally, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Basic Hand Sewing Skills &#8211; Running Stitch, Whip Stitch, Seam Finishing</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Mar 2011 00:28:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Basic sewing skills provide the basis for a multitude of projects, from making a simple cloth pouch to a fitted cotehardie. In this video, friends Mathilde Haðebyr, Kaðlin in Stórráða, and Gersvinda Gaeslingr of http://totalwingnut.blogspot.com provide some useful sewing tips on how to do a simple running stitch and a whip or hem stitch and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How to Make Cloth Buttons</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Mar 2011 04:16:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cedric</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Buttons have been documented in Europe starting back to the first half of the 13th century gradually supplanting the brooch. Cloth buttons are one of those dress features that can make a well made garment look all the better and can be used on the sleeves as well as main body. Besides, they help you [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How to Make a Sulphur Match or Spunk</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Mar 2011 01:37:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Prior to the early 1800&#8242;s, if you were to need a match, you might well have had a sulphur match known as a spunk on hand. Unlike the matches of today, these devices were not self igniting and required a primary ignition source such as an ember to which the spunk was touched and fanned [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How to Start a Fire without Charcloth</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Feb 2011 22:53:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>The Forme of Cury &#8211; Fritter of Herbs &amp; Ryschewys of Fruit</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Feb 2011 18:38:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In this video, Mathilde Haðebyr, Kaðlin in Stórráða, and Gersvinda Gaeslingr give us their redactions of two fritter recipes from The Forme of Cury. The first is Fritter of Herbs and the second is Ryschewys of Fruit. Ryschewys of Fruit are a deep fried desert made with fresh and dried fruits. Additional details about these [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Top Ten Medieval Embroidery Stitches- #10 Pattern Darning</title>
		<link>http://www.howtohistory.com/2011/02/top-ten-medieval-embroidery-stitches-10-pattern-darning/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Feb 2011 00:39:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cedric</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Our friend Susan O&#8217;Dee (Mistress Briony, as she is known in the Society for Creative Anachronism) is a talented embroidery expert from New York State. Recently, we asked her what the top ten most useful embroidery stitches were, specifically for pre-1600 AD projects. She came out with a great list and graciously offered to film [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How to Sew a Gore</title>
		<link>http://www.howtohistory.com/2011/02/how-to-sew-a-gore/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Feb 2011 01:00:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cedric</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Whether you are working on a cotehardie, an apron dress, or just a fuller skirt; your costuming efforts may need an extra something to add that deeper dimension to the appearance and drape of the material. Adding a fabric insert known as a gore to increase and redirect the drape of the garment fabric may [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Top Ten Medieval Embroidery Stitches- #9 Long-Armed Cross Stitch</title>
		<link>http://www.howtohistory.com/2011/02/top-ten-medieval-embroidery-stitches-9-long-armed-cross-stitch/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Feb 2011 21:11:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cedric</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Our friend Susan O&#8217;Dee (Mistress Briony, as she is known in the Society for Creative Anachronism) is a talented embroidery expert from New York State. Recently, we asked her what the top ten most useful embroidery stitches were, specifically for pre-1600 AD projects. She came out with a great list and graciously offered to film [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Top Ten Medieval Embroidery Stitches- #7 Detached Button Hole Stitch</title>
		<link>http://www.howtohistory.com/2011/02/top-ten-medieval-embroidery-stitches-7-detached-button-hole-stitch/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Feb 2011 02:03:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cedric</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Our friend Susan O&#8217;Dee (Mistress Briony, as she is known in the Society for Creative Anachronism) is a talented embroidery expert from New York State. Recently, we asked her what the top ten most useful embroidery stitches were, specifically for pre-1600 AD projects. She came out with a great list and graciously offered to film [...]]]></description>
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