The Stone Age Sewing Kit
Monday 07 July 2025
Explore the evidence for, and the practicality of the Stone Age Sewing Kit. You will have a chance to cut deerskin using flint tools and experience sewing it using bone awls and real sinew as well as plant fibres whilst we discuss just what palaeolithic needles were for. Make your own needle case, get to grips with thread production, and start designing and making a sewing bag of your own using a range of traditional leathers, flax and nettle fabrics and stone age inspired beads. You will have the choice of making this bag using the methods explored earlier or switching to modern needle and thread if preferred.
You will go home with a complete sewing kit of bone awl and needle, wooden needle case, assorted threads, plus your sewing pouch in progress and a good understanding of the surviving elements of the prehistoric sewing kit and what we can infer about it using archaeology and anthropology.
*Should anyone be unable to work with animal products, if I have plenty of advance warning we can modify your kit to include plant fibres and wooden awl and needle. Be aware that there will be animal products being used by the rest of the group throughout the session and that you will not get the full experience of working with sinew and awl.
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Monday 07 July 2025
Explore the evidence for, and the practicality of the Stone Age Sewing Kit. You will have a chance to cut deerskin using flint tools and experience sewing it using bone awls and real sinew as well as plant fibres whilst we discuss just what palaeolithic needles were for. Make your own needle case, get to grips with thread production, and start designing and making a sewing bag of your own using a range of traditional leathers, flax and nettle fabrics and stone age inspired beads. You will have the choice of making this bag using the methods explored earlier or switching to modern needle and thread if preferred.
You will go home with a complete sewing kit of bone awl and needle, wooden needle case, assorted threads, plus your sewing pouch in progress and a good understanding of the surviving elements of the prehistoric sewing kit and what we can infer about it using archaeology and anthropology.
*Should anyone be unable to work with animal products, if I have plenty of advance warning we can modify your kit to include plant fibres and wooden awl and needle. Be aware that there will be animal products being used by the rest of the group throughout the session and that you will not get the full experience of working with sinew and awl.
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