Month: March 2010

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I can haz diamond twill!!

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Remember this project?  From July?  Well, seeing the Wood and Woven merchant at Gulf Wars reminded me that I was OH-SO-CLOSE to having my own 5 yards of 20" wide diamond twill, without paying $30/yard for it.  It is cotton, but still… Magical, watching the pattern appear.  If one didn't know about all the painstaking threading, it would seem easy.  Though, see those loose threads?  They're loose because I'd made a threading error, and at first the pattern showed up like this:  Can you see the error?  Hint, it's dead center.  Look for where the diamonds don't line up.  Here's … Continue reading I can haz diamond twill!!

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Gulf Wars 2010 recap

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So now I've been in the SCA three years.  Gulf Wars was my first event, so it's a great time to think about how my play has developed, see where I've grown, and set priorities for the next year.  Basic recap first: We got in just at sunset Wednesday, and after setting up camp, got ourselves over (late) to the Meridian Social.  The theme this year was RagaROCKS, and since I have about as much memory of eighties' hair metal as I do blue hair, my impression may not be quite recognizable, but it was fun to pull together:   … Continue reading Gulf Wars 2010 recap

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Gulf Wars prep summary

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This is going to be a bit of a brag sheet (isn't the entire blog?) but I need to record what we've been up to for the A&S officer come next report: The resident Viking has been making a new bed.  Roughly based on a bed found on the Oseberg ship, but with original art by yours truly.  I've been looking at Jelling images, trying to invent a scroll-y sort of ram, which is his badge animal.  My bee will show up on the headboard and footboard, whereas the rams will be the posts.  We aren't going to have the … Continue reading Gulf Wars prep summary