I hardly know what to file this under, but this new-to-me way of tying a ‘standard’ bow is SO much faster. When we get down to tying lots of points on pourpoints, this is the WAY TO GO. The Ian Shoelace Knot Continue reading Better bow tying
Wow. I had great conversations with so many wonderful people. (runs to get yellow note sack) (please forgive mis-spellings or bits of name omission – I am cross-referencing the Laurels page, but it’s not very complete.) Angharad. Madhavi. Maestra Lucia Domenica Farnese. Mistress Maysun. Master (latin guy). Mistress Calleja. Gabrielle. Mistress Ciarra. Mistress Rosamonde. And got to talk again with lots of other wonderful people I’ve met previously. HMQ Lethrenn (delivered the footlets I made her – whew!). Mistress Jadi. Mistress Asta. Mistress Bianca. Mistress Una. Rodoald. Lorenzo. Andreva. And of course, MY laurel, Mistress Maudeleyn Taillour! My new apprentice … Continue reading Magna Fair 2007
I had a wonderful and exciting time at Magna Faire this weekend, and will post a bit later all the details with some pictures of goodies brought home. Housekeeping first: For all those interested in hooking up via LJ, my username is greetpg. Warning: I never post there…I post here! Perhaps, if some Organized Mind Fairy decides to grant me a boon, I shall learn to post there, that I’ve updated here, or perhaps there’s a widget for that, but I am Not That Good yet. Continue reading Magna Faire 2007: Housekeeping
Finally got a basic pattern, a piece of time, and my husband in the same place. So this weekend we got a chausse sloper made. Now I can figure out what pieces of fabric to use. (It’s clear from our fitting exercise that I will have to fit the actual leg fabric also – but I’ll do the braies first so he can be wearing those. I’m using the La Fleur de Lyse pattern you can buy here for a basic starting point. However, I notice several things: The hose leg was just about perfect for Daan right off the … Continue reading Chausses for Daan
Mercy, it’s been quite a while since I blogged what I’m reading. Eleanor of Aquitaine and the Four Kings, copyright 1963, by Amy Kelly. Daan brought me home a library discard copy from his school (they throw out some of the neatest things). It has a great map in the endpaper – I don’t know if that paperback copy Amazon is selling for $16 has that. Anyway, although Eleanor (Alia-Anor, apparent original spelling, after her mother, Anor) is definitely most of the twelfth century, which is not the 14th century of my current garb construction, she is so influential, and … Continue reading Book Review – Eleanor of Aquitaine and the Four Kings
These are from Boots by Bohemond, and they’re very nice. The leather is quite soft and supple, and they fit snugly to my bare feet. I wore them around the house yesterday, and learned to keep my toes pointed forward. They arrived with a Care and Feeding sheet which seems helpful – I’ll put it in the shoe polish bin. Continue reading Poulaines!
Okay, this isn’t at first very medieval looking. It’s a fabric desk marketed for how it’s shown, as a construction gadget. However….it’s foldable, and light, and hangs from just two loops, so it’s got great possibilities as TENT FURNITURE. Couldn’t you see this as a prep surface for cooking? a sideboard or display surface in a classroom tent? It’s fabric, so you can paint it with designs or pin into it to resist the wind…clearly I want one. Get yours (or buy me one) at Amazon. Continue reading Portable desk
As I still don’t have my own copy of Textiles & Clothing, by Crowfoot, Pritchard, et al, I have a quick question: Should the cardwoven edge I’m planning for both the neckline and the lacing edge of the bluebonnet be of wool or linen? I currently have on borrow the color card from Rainbow Linen, so I can order any of these colors – my preference is to match as close as possible, but perhaps that’s erroneous? I will use drawn threads for the seamwork, eyelets and buttonholes*, I think, but for cardweaving I’ll need longer threads and the strength … Continue reading Quick question – neckline
Okay – this is just an update, since I’m not prepared with pics and such. But I have been sewing, and I wanted to let you know my progress. Bathhouse Keepers Shift – I wore it around the house for a good deal of yesterday. The shift is machine basted, and fitted properly around my torso. It supports my chest well enough, and the straps have an interesting side benefit of keeping my shoulders back where they should be. I have learned something important about the eyelets I showed here. I don’t like them. While threading a metal tipped lace … Continue reading Update on GFD stuff
Everyone knows this, right? Geoff was recently inspired by the Writer’s Strike: Yf ye wonder, lordinges and ladyes, wher Galfridus Chaucer hath been synce September, the answer is: in a verray purgatorie of busynesse. It pleseth me litel to labour as clerk of the kinges werkes, and yet labor ich muste, for Philippa forever addeth to our hous yn Kent and litel Lowys is beginning to speke of applyinge to Universitee next yeere (the whiche surpriseth me gretely – paraventure it is the ale of Oxford that lureth hym, not the bookes). My lord Kyng Richard is a man of … Continue reading Geoffrey Chaucer Hath A Blog