Trousers! Pants! Keks!
These are what I'm working on! One of the Gotland Stones. Note baggy trousers tucked in at the knees. Well, actually I'm working on a jumper (knitted) a tailcoat (velvet) and some trousers (wool). The last week or so has seen me looking at all manner of Viking websites, trying to find out how their damn trousers worked! "They go over your legs!" I hear you cry. Well ha, flipping ha! I know that. Where to shove what is the easy bit where these things are concerned! No, I mean what they actually looked like, how they were constructed.Think of all the pants we have now: skinny, super skinny, boot cuts, flares, culottes, chinos, jeans, shorts, pedal pushers, joggers, yoga pants. All of which have a place in modern fashion and lifestyles. Were people any different in the past? Heck no! They changed for fashion, warmth, work, war, and bedtime, just like us! So, on to the leg-sleeves! Norse trousers are a thorny issue. We know they wore them. We know they came