{"id":1285,"date":"2012-09-18T21:11:18","date_gmt":"2012-09-18T18:11:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.neulakko.net\/?p=1285"},"modified":"2012-09-18T22:32:33","modified_gmt":"2012-09-18T19:32:33","slug":"parsinnasta-mending","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/neulakko.net\/?p=1285","title":{"rendered":"Parsinnasta \/ Mending"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Parsittavien l\u00e4j\u00e4, p\u00e4\u00e4ll\u00e4 sukka ja alla huppu. \/ Pile of things to be mended. Hood and hose.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

En kadonnut Visbyn tunnelmalliseen y\u00f6h\u00f6n, vaikka niinkin voisi luulla! Reissumme oli kerrassaan eeppinen. Minulla on ty\u00f6n alla kuvallinen yhteenveto mahtavasta reissustamme, pid\u00e4n kyll\u00e4 lupaukseni! Mervi kirjoittikin omansa<\/a> jo aikona sitten, mutta minulla on kotiin paluun j\u00e4lkeen ollut hieman vaikeuksia ty\u00f6n, ty\u00f6matkailun ja keuhkoputkentulehduksen yhdist\u00e4misess\u00e4 bloggaukseen. Paikan p\u00e4\u00e4lt\u00e4 raportointia hidasti kova kiire n\u00e4hd\u00e4 kaikkea – ja hotellimme takkuileva internetyhteys.<\/em><\/p>\n

K\u00e4sity\u00f6rintamalla varma syksyn merkki on intensiivisest\u00e4 kes\u00e4kaudesta v\u00e4ist\u00e4m\u00e4tt\u00e4 seuraava varusteiden huolto. Olen parsinut revenneit\u00e4 saumoja, kiinnitellyt irronneita nappeja ja paikannut sukkia.<\/p>\n

Samalla olen ajatellut vaatteiden k\u00e4ytt\u00f6\u00e4, kulumista ja kankaan arvoa.<\/p>\n

Jokainen keskiaikaharrastaja on siit\u00e4 lukenut. Tied\u00e4mme, miten paljon arvokkaampaa kangas keskiajalla oli nykyiseen verrattuna. Vaatteiden arvo oli jotain aivan muuta. Ihmiset eiv\u00e4t omistaneet niin monia vaatteita, niit\u00e4 parsittiin ja korjattiin. K\u00e4ytetyt vaatteet myytiin eteenp\u00e4in k\u00e4ytettyjen vaatteiden kauppiaille ja niit\u00e4 annettiin palvelijoille.<\/p>\n

Toisaalta, viime aikoina olen alkanut ajattelemaan, ettei tiet\u00e4minen ved\u00e4 vertoja jonkin asian tuntemiselle. Viime talven oppimisprojektini villan k\u00e4sittelyn, kehr\u00e4\u00e4misen ja pystykangaspuukudonnan parissa sek\u00e4 kaikki v\u00e4ripatojen \u00e4\u00e4rell\u00e4 taitavia v\u00e4rj\u00e4reita fanittaessa viett\u00e4m\u00e4ni hetket ovat konkretisoineet aivan uudella tavalla sen, miten tavattoman<\/strong> arvokasta kangas oli.<\/p>\n

Millainen ty\u00f6n m\u00e4\u00e4r\u00e4 jokaiseen vaiheeseen kuluu, miten paljon osaamista vaaditaan. Ja vaikka miten paljon olen kankaan valmistuksesta lukenut, tuntuu etten ole todella ymm\u00e4rt\u00e4nyt sit\u00e4 kaikkea ennenkuin kokeilin.<\/p>\n

T\u00e4m\u00e4 kokemuksellisuus on historianel\u00e4v\u00f6itt\u00e4misen hienoimpia puolia. Tekem\u00e4ll\u00e4 alkaa ymm\u00e4rt\u00e4\u00e4 asioita keskiaikaisemmasta n\u00e4k\u00f6vinkkelist\u00e4.<\/p>\n

Siksi ei parsiminen eik\u00e4 paikkaaminen harmita. Eik\u00e4 parsituissa ja v\u00e4h\u00e4n muhjaantuneissa vaatteissakaan kulkeminen. Keskiajan ihmisell\u00e4 oli pitk\u00e4 ja arvostava suhde vaateparteensa. Vaatteiden kuului toki olla siistit (t\u00e4t\u00e4 aikalaiset kirjoittajat usein korostivat), mit\u00e4 yll\u00e4pidettiin huoltamalla niit\u00e4 hyvin – ei hankkimalla uutta vaatekertaa heti ensimm\u00e4isen nyppyyntymisen tai rei\u00e4n ilmestyess\u00e4. Sellaista haluan el\u00e4v\u00f6itt\u00e4\u00e4.<\/p>\n

Sit\u00e4paitsi keskiaikavaatteissa ja farkuissa on se sama, ett\u00e4 niiden kanssa p\u00e4\u00e4see parhaiten sinuiksi vasta perusteellisen k\u00e4yt\u00f6n j\u00e4lkeen. Keskiaikavaatteet alkavat lis\u00e4ksi n\u00e4ytt\u00e4\u00e4 enemm\u00e4n oikeilta k\u00e4ytt\u00f6vaatteilta kuin naamiaisasulta, kun niihin ilmaantuvat ensimm\u00e4iset k\u00e4yt\u00f6n j\u00e4ljet.<\/p>\n

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Parsiminen on hauskaa: esimerkiksi saumojen korjailu p\u00e4\u00e4lt\u00e4p\u00e4in on l\u00e4hestulkoon n\u00e4kym\u00e4t\u00f6nt\u00e4. Vasemmalla parsittu, oikealla alkuper\u00e4inen sauma. \/ Mending can be fun too: I enjoy sewing seams from the right side. It turns out almost invisible. On the left:a mended seam, on the right: an original seam.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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I didn’t disappear into the medieval alleys in Visby, even though judging by my absence you could think that. I’m still working on\u00c2\u00a0 providing you with a recap of our epic trip to Visby. Mervi wrote hers<\/a> a while ago, but I’ve had challenges combining blogging with work, travelling for work and having bronchitis. And we would of course have wanted to blog more while we were there, but there was so much to see and the internet connection at our hotel worked pretty poorly.<\/em><\/p>\n

But what I have been doing is mending my clothes. After the summer season, this is a certain sign of autumn. I’ve been mending seams, attaching buttons and patching holes on the soles of hose.<\/p>\n

And I’ve been thinking about fabric and its value and use. And its tendency to wear.<\/p>\n

I mean, we’ve all read about it. We know how medieval people saw fabric differently – it was worth so much more than now. Regular people didn’t own as many items of clothing, clothes were worn, mended and patched – and passed down to servants or sold to fripperers. Clothes were recycled and made into other items.<\/p>\n

Lately I’ve thought that knowing about something because you read about it doesn’t quite equal to feeling and knowing something because you have done it. As some of you may know, I spent time last winter learning about and doing some wool processing, spinning and fabric weaving. And I’ve also hung around dyeing again this summer too, enough to know what all goes into that. All this combined has made the value and worth of fabric concrete to me in a whole new way.<\/p>\n

How much work goes into each phase of the process, how much knowledge and skill are required. Now I feel like I never really, really understood that before trying some of it.<\/p>\n

These sort of revelations are some of my favourite things about doing medieval stuff. You gain experiences that help you see things from a more medieval perspective.<\/p>\n

So I don’t really mind mending. Nor going around in mended or worn clothing. I appreciate the serious and long term commitment medieval people had to their clothes. You had to be tidy (which contemporary authors often stress), but the look was achieved by taking good care of you clothing, mending them and fixing them – not by purchasing a new outfit every time there is a loose thread. This is the kind of relationship that I want to have with my kit too.<\/p>\n

Besides, there is one thing that medieval clothing and jeans have in common: they both look and feel best only after some wear. And wear is also what makes medieval clothes feel like clothes versus costume – which is the way I like it.<\/p>\n

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  En kadonnut Visbyn tunnelmalliseen y\u00f6h\u00f6n, vaikka niinkin voisi luulla! Reissumme oli kerrassaan eeppinen. Minulla on ty\u00f6n alla kuvallinen yhteenveto mahtavasta reissustamme, pid\u00e4n kyll\u00e4 lupaukseni! Mervi kirjoittikin omansa jo aikona sitten, mutta minulla on kotiin paluun j\u00e4lkeen ollut hieman vaikeuksia ty\u00f6n, ty\u00f6matkailun ja keuhkoputkentulehduksen yhdist\u00e4misess\u00e4 bloggaukseen. Paikan p\u00e4\u00e4lt\u00e4 raportointia hidasti kova kiire n\u00e4hd\u00e4 kaikkea – … <\/p>\n

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