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Still waiting...

Note for later: "Trichnopoly" doesn't get you very far for googling*, however "Viking wire knitting" is far more productive.

All sorts of instructions here, here, here and here. The last one has some nice extant pictures, nice instructions but occasionally dodgy logic reconstruction-wise ie the assumption that the Valsgaard 12 fragment is a cuff, rather than actually the decorated end of a stole (ok, recentish development (2003/2004?) and not made it far into the popular literature/references), like the Mammen one (I'd find a picture but my googling fu is used up for today). More importantly, I wish people would attribute and label their artifact pictures. Yes, it is off the World of the Vikings CD (which I wouldn't mind getting my hands on for the artifact pictures - expensive little sucker), but exactly where and what (caption please) would be a great step. I can ID that one picture at 10 feet but only cause someone was actually nice enough to caption properly so I could learn. Context context context. That way, when ideas about what it is and its purpose change, you can keep track of things.

And while I am at it, any one know of pictures of the back side of that fragment - would like to know if it is a standard tube of wire stitched on or what. Yes, I know, how evil wanting to see the backside or underneath or inside.

*Didn't try (mis?)spelling variations.

Yes, I'm cranky... Can you tell?

Still not back yet...

One of thse mediocre days with lots of little things to piss you off but a number of redeaming features.

1) Booked flights back to NZ for trip - whoosh goes money... But trip will be good.
2) Learned how to do Viking trichnopoly (wire woven into a cord/chain) at AAF craft night. Makes sense and fingers crossed, I should be able to replicate/improve on my efforts. Took a number of tries though. Vices, mandrills, wire cutters and wire should all be available around the place somewhere. Then need to make draw plate.
3) Blackwork on collar is progressing nicely. I have given myself until the end of the week to get it done, that way I wont get bored, bugger off for something else shiny (eg wire work) and never finish it. May even post piccies...
4) Last but not least, found a supermarket here which stocks a range of the Whittacars chocolate. This may be fatal at $5 per block, but seeing the dark chocolate and ginger one... mmmmm.... I'll stash it somewhere safe for special occasions.