4 days left on eco lingerie back to school sale

4 days left to snatch up ready to ship panties, bralettes, eco lingerie 
from Under The Root with $10 off code: waterfall 
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herbs in your lingerie drawer

I have almost finished the prototypes for our
lingerie drawer satchets.  There was so many different
kinds of recycled materials to choose from after all
these years of sewing Under The Root designs.  It is
splendid to pull together my enchantment with herbs
and charms.  All that is left is the one inch handle and
enclosure of the herbs inside.  I believe we will be adding
spellcasting cards inside the orders too.  There are options
for personalized, hearts, birds, or vintage buttons.

My decision to use more of the root herbs instead
of flowerettes was scrumptuous, root smells from
the organic and wild harvesting here in the Pacific
Northwest.  I have chosen lemon verbena, rosemary,
eucalyptus, and/or cedar leaf tips.  Of course, not all
used together.  You can hang them in closets,
carry along in suitcases, dream up your drawers, or
leave among any space for the outdoors in your
indoor playlands.

fairytale friday and the feroes

Brownie Mocks the Cat 1887 by Theodor Kittelsen

Feroes Islands
A group and archipelago under the sovereignty of the Kingdom of 
Denmark, nestled between the Norwegian Sea and North Atlantic 
Ocean, approximately halfway between Norway and Iceland.
The land area is roughly 1400 kilometers squared, 540 square miles,
and almost 50,000 in population.

image found by Nordoy

image found by F. Ewald

These peoples have much of their ancestors and founders' belief in 
the little peoples.  I found tales of Nisses or Brownies called Niagruisar,
Underground people or Trolls, Water Spirits, Fossegrimen, Nokken,
Land Creatures such as Dwarves and Elves.

meadow sprites by Nils Blommer 1850

It is the belief of the people of these islands that every ninth-night the 
seals put off their skins and assume the human form, and dance and 
sport about on the land.  After some time, they resume their skins 
and return to the water. 
Some say Trolls used to frequently carry people into their hills, and 
detain them there.
The little creatures with red caps on their heads bring luck to any 
place where they take up their abode.
A lonely violinist lives underneath waterfalls, and he will teach those
whom are ready to play as he.

Fossegrimen

august 2013 undergear and lingerie sale

ellefolk quarterly newsletter v.8

Ellefolk v.8, the quarterly newsletter from Under The Root, is 
running around the world now.  A fresh discount code, 
little peoples perspective, lemons, and a gigantuan hello.

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fairytale friday and icelandic huldufolk

The Fairy Tree by Richard Doyle

Huldufólk
Icelandic hidden people from huldu, pertaining to
secrecy, and folk, people, are one of the 13 types
of elves in Iceland.  Their dwellings are in mounds, 
and they are also called elves.  Official opposition to 
dancing may have begun in Iceland as early as the 
12th century, and the association of dancing with elves 
can be seen as early as the 15th century.  One folktale 
shows the elves siding with the common people and 
taking revenge on a sheriff who banned dance parties. 

"The Huldufólk are... not so much supernatural as
ultranatural, representing not an overcoming of nature 
in the hope of a better deal beyond but a deep reverence 
for the land and the mysterious powers able to cause 
fertility or famine."
Michael Strmiska

John Bauer

Although there is not a common origin on their 
true nature or shape, it is broadly accepted that these 
beings live in the underworld and keep a close relation 
with natural elements.  Many Icelandic sources describe 
them as quite similar to humans... according to the 
descriptions from the ones whom have been able to see them.

"The Nickur, Ninnir, and Hnikur, one of the Eddaic 
names of Odin.  He appears always in the form of a fine 
apple-grey horse on the seashore; 
but he may be distinguished from ordinary horses by the 
circumstance of his hoofs being reversed.  If any one is so 
foolish as to mount him, he gallops off, and plunges into 
the sea with his burden.  He can, however, be caught in a 
particular manner, tamed, and made to work."
Thomas Keightley

Richard Doyle

love from the lemon verbena

Lemon Verbena Love Poem by Wrigley

If you look, at the end of the day
after words are spent,
and memories begin their journey.

And the wisp that was once a
brilliant, iridescent flame,
retires to a loft of curling
lemon verbena smoke...

You'll see that I will, as on the very
first day, search for the never
written words, the one's never learned.

The one's I've yet to invent,
the one's you'll make me see,
to celebrate the 'us' that we've become.

'Till occasion brings language with the
sound of you,
I will continue to amuse every candle
with your shadow...
and begin another memory.

Lemon verbena, sometimes called vervain, 
is one of the most strongly scented and intense 
of the lemon scented plants. The essence,
both crisp and relaxing at the same time.
It is perfect for relieving indigestion,
heartburn, and as a toner for the digestive tract. 
It is also great for soothing anxiety and 
as a sedative it is helpful in insomnia.
It has uses in making perfumes and toilet water,
flavorings in baking, jelly and preserving, tea,
ice cream, or spellcasting. The flavor is similar 
to oregano, licorice, and camphor. 
The plant is native to Chile and Peru.

Lemon Verbena tree and bicycle