#labrys headers

[labrysicon]

Labrys flag header with a heart shape,and a lesbian and asexual flag header for use in twitter. I edited them in picsart. Enjoy !

[intergalacticfop]

Minoan Kilt

The large, structural skirt worn by Minoan women in art is instantly recognizable, and when I made my own I combined current best guesses with my own personal tastes.

My kilt shape follows the hypothesis laid out by Bernice Jones in her book Ariadne's Threads: The Construction and Significance of Clothes in the Aegean Bronze Age. She describes the shape of that of a labrys, a double-headed axe with apparent ceremonial significance in Ancient Minoan culture. This garment may be depicted in Linear-B logogram *166 + we, we-being the backwards-s-shaped squiggle in the center which identifies the piece as a garment.

See pages 336 and 341 in Marie-Louise B. Nosch, The Textile Logograms in the Linear B Tablets

Actual details on construction and materials below the cut:

Construction:

The top and bottom edges of the kilt are concave, so the sides are longer than the middle. This gives the chevron-shape seen on layered kilts in art. In addition, the curved top half makes the skirt flare out, accommodating the hips and giving more freedom of movement to the legs. My kilt measured from my waist to my anklebone at the longest point, and about 1.5 times around my waist.

I chose to make a flounced kilt, with smaller strips of fabric and trim applied to a large base piece, rather than a tiered kilt, in which multiple kilt shapes of varying length are layered one on top of the other, so you end up wrangling 3 layers of fabric around the waist. The flounced kilt saves fabric and gives you a lot more freedom with whatever trim you might want. Jones' diagram for a flounced kilt is seen below:

Unlike the version in the diagram above, I chose not to attach ties to the garment itself both because the linen I used was very heavy and I was concerned about weight, and also because folding the skirt and securing it with a separate tie worked just fine for my tastes. In total I had four flounces: 2 alternating rows each of fabric and fringe.

The vertical edges of most kilts are left plain, probably representing either the selvage or an edge otherwise finished off to prevent fraying. For my kilt, however, I ended up with a couple inches of self-fringe on either side as I adjusted the fabric to the correct width. At least three examples of kilts with fringed vertical edges are known, all three from the so-called "House of the Ladies" in Akrotiri

Photos from Wikimedia Commons. Image 1. Image 2.

The vertical edges of these kilts are reinforced with a colored band or tape, probably to keep the garment from unintentional further fraying. Accordingly, I did the same on my kilt. I also like that it gave a nice vertical diagonal to counterbalance the horizontal ones.

Materials

I tried to use mainly linen and wool, the fibers most available on Ancient Crete, but some of my trim was cotton because sometimes you just have to use what's cheap and available in the today times.

The base of my kilt is a heavy, patterned linen in what's called a diaper weave, meaning that a repeating diamond pattern is woven into the pattern itself. A lot of the Minoan textiles depicted in frescoes are characterized by repeating geometric patterns, likely woven into the fabric itself, and that was something I wanted to capture in my own piece. My linen is woven with both cream and natural colored threads. The heavy weight is important to give structure to the garment--otherwise it would be kind of limp. My linen was from Burnley & Trowbridge (shameless plug), as was the plain cotton twill tape I used to bind the top and bottom edges of the kilt, and the dark red wool twill tape I used along the vertical edges.

I bought my cotton fringe from a rug supply store. I had to search a while to find a fringe that would work for me, and I ultimately chose fringes with a woven header rather than the more common knotted one, so that it would lay flat against the kilt. I hid the woven header under a layer of cotton fringed trim from Michaels (yes, Michaels) with this really great diamond and dots pattern woven in black.

The blue layers are from a bolt of vintage wool Kimono fabric. Blue appears frequently in frescoes, likely achieved with indigo or woad dye, or even murex/mollusk dye. The fabric is printed with an imitation ikat pattern of diamonds and squares that made me think "the vibes seem right!" because quite frankly, you aren't going to get "historically accurate" Minoan textiles (which there probably isn't enough archaeological evidence to definitively describe) without, like, hand-weaving it yourself or paying someone hundreds of dollars to do it for you (and that price is if the weaver really likes you). Neither of which appealed to my desire to just make a fun, low stress project. Good enough is good enough.

The narrow trim on the bottom of the blue flounces is vintage cotton/poly woven trim. This trim, while narrow, was quite thick and stiff, which was great because it added more weight and structure to the end of my flounces since the wool fabric itself was quite thin.

The top layer is a custom tablet-woven wool trim that I commissioned from MAHTAVAhandicraft on Etsy. I imagined this as the "centerpiece" of my kilt, and I'd arrange everything to complement it.

It's a kivrim pattern, which has itself only been traced to 19th-century Anatolia, but I didn't care. The way it looks like waves reminded me of how central the sea was to life in the Ancient Aegean and Mediterranean and it captured the idea and aesthetic I was pursuing. I mean, doesn't it remind you of these dolphins?

(I like the dolphins)

The whole thing was machine sewn with the exception of hemming and adding trim to the blue flounces. If you were to look at it from the back, you'd see lots of zigzag stitches, because i wanted to be fast! and have fun! not chase some unreachable ideal of "accurate."

As for wearing it, I chose to wear it with the top part folded/rolled down over a belt, so I have a thick tube of fabric around my waist. Many images, like the frescoes above of women with fringed kilts, appear to just show the kilt being tied closed. Other images are so fragmented or stylized that it's unclear what kind of skirt closure was used. Sculptures and figurines definitely show some kind of SOMETHING around the waist, whether this is folded fabric or a kind of belt is unclear. Different art could show different things!

I think I see evidence of a continuous line from the skirt to the waist-roll on the figure on the left, found in Troas, which I think indicates some kind of skirt-folding situation. The woman on the right, found in Crete, looks more like she's wearing some kind of long coiled belt, or perhaps snakes. Who knows? I don't! For my own part, I found the combination of rolled waist + tie belt the most secure for doing things like kneeling, stomping around, and wading into rivers to rescue bees. I also liked that it gave me the bulk around the hips that gives Minoan figurines such a powerful silhouette, and proportionally gives more of an hourglass shape. If you wanted to do something more firmly grounded in the sources, stick just with the waist tie or belt, wrapped around a couple times and tied in back. If you want to be like me, just say "well we don't KNOW it didn't happen" and just do whatever you want. Have fun! Whatever happens, it should be fairly easy to move around in the kilt--this is not a restrictive garment, just a heavy one.

[fruitcakesc]

coisas óbvias sobre o amor — elayne baeta.

segundo livro da duologia laranja-forte.

headers para twitter e/ou bluesky.

(cores das duas bandeiras lésbica: sunset e labrys).

[werehounded]

Should I make some sheeny and tennant icons with different flag bgs?

What flags would yall like me to make icons of?

Okay so if you can be specific in replies, tags or reblogs I'd love that and value your input! Esp if you have a flag which is rare or niche and never ever see edits made using it

The options are grouped cos tumblr limits how many options I can have. The groupings are not perfect. That's why if you can specify somehow, I'd really appreciate it. Still the poll is there if you wanna be anonymous :)

These will be free to use with credit pref as they take me a bit but you can use them without credit I'm not a cop.

[softness-and-shattering]

Just spent a bit of time working t e r. F.s

(Edit: blocking. I dont know why i said working.)

1. A lot of them claim to be young. A lot of blogs that say minor, 17, 19, handful of others under say 24.

2. Theres some funny shit. "I hate all men" uh your header is my friends crowley and aziraphale.

3. Someones real mad "we trans people" have adopted blahaj (she called him "the ikea shark") and wants to re-adopt him as a terf dogwhistle. I dont think this is gonna happen probably but fyi.

4. Someone else mad we've "stolen" gender euphoria from masc lesbians. How dare we be joyful about short hair??? How dare that be about gender sometimes.

5. Naming conventions/lookouts: a lot of gyn a lot of rad a lot of joan of arc, the lesbian labrys flag (thats what its called right? The purple with the axe thing?), a lot of "adult woman" "adult human female" "pro women" "protect women", a lot of "baby radfem" and "aspiring radfem", plus the age thing is worrying.

Anyway fyi

[myletown]

🎨: @novalise1 (Twitter) please credit the artist if you use it as a pfp

[lesboquanxi]

˃ᆺ ˂ % 💭 !! xiaoven + lesbian layouts❔

cr: @koseiann no twitter !

[agro-carnist]

Extremely common symbols, words, and imagery used by radfem blogs:

Obviously terms like "rad," "radfem," "terf"

Also "merf" and any rhyming words

Obviously genitalia terms like "vulva," "labia," "uterus," etc, excluding the term "cunt"

"Bitch" is a frequent term used, sometimes spelled bxtch

Terms like "fem," "female," "febfem," "dyke"

Harpies, Medusa, Athena, other ancient Greek women

Venus symbol

Greek statues, classical paintings depicting women as divine or exceptionally beautiful

Pink lesbian flag or purple labrys flag, pretty much never use the lesbian flag with orange

Blog names about how angry or full of rage they are, usually featuring "angry," "rage," "revenge," or similar terms

They use genitalia like labia, vulva, uterus, we all know but they also will have the word penis in blog names frequently, usually about how they're going to harm penises or people attached to them

A lot of cats, surprisingly. Trying to reclaim the "crazy cat lady" stereotype maybe? Idk. But they like cats

"Red" is used surprisingly a lot too

Flowers and floral aesthetics

Actually a lot of very feminine aesthetics. Weird imo when you're trying to break gender stereotypes but ok. Usually hyperfemininity with hyperaggression as an aesthetic. Which i think just makes them look like a femme fatale type character which you'd think they wouldn't vibe with but I guess it's cool if you're a "febfem"

Speaking of hyperaggressive their blogs will very often have violence of some kind in their url, blog title, description, pfp, or header, usually about how they would like to attack and/or kill "males"

"Cis," "gender," or "pronouns" in blog name (sounds exactly like conservative humor, yes)

Pretty much never refer to themselves as gay. Only lesbian or dyke

Will add more if I notice any more

Going through and blocking terfs and seeing that they'll choose the same aesthetic pictures for pfps and banners that far right people do

[i4eunsang]

woodz icons + labrys headers (lesbian flag) ! <3

[lawc4tboy]

oii anjo, cá estou eu novamente 🥺 você teria headers pra esse icon? tento de tudo mas esse fundo branco é o que mata, nada combina 😭 agradeço desde já ❤️

oi anjo!! me desculpe pela demora, eu fiz essas daqui, espero que vc goste <33

[i2inniee]

[cellbolitos]

Lesbian labrys header. Black ver.

Follow me on twitter @/enbyfritzs

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[aerisdollie]

Sana + labrys < 3

Like or reblog if you use !

[cantfoolajoker]

P4AU CHARACTERS + BANNERS/HEADERS

like or reblog if using + please credit!

[dontforgetthedragon]

Was about to try and educate a mormon lesbian on why comphet issues are not lesbian-only, and why saying ppl identify as ace bc they’re still suffering from comphet is deeply aphobic and invalidationg and also makes no sense but

I think I’ll just block instead