Author: Greet Gijsberts

Greet Gijsberts is a persona created to play in the Society for Creative Anachronism. She authors this blog in order to document her projects and adventures, and share them with a wider audience.
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Weaver’s Guild

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I went to my first weaving club meeting on Saturday. It was interesting – and did two things for my motivations: (1) Got me very interested in the 4-harness weaving book that Ann lent me; and (2) I signed up to cover tablet weaving for the June off-loom weaving survey meeting. So I read about half the book, yesterday, while knitting on the French Market bag (not on the Open Projects list…I know, I know, but it’s a stash buster) and determined that I’m going to be weaving a First Project Scarf.  (Sigh – we have zero uses for scarves.  … Continue reading Weaver’s Guild

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Spoon’s Saffron Shirt

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5/28 – Nearly done – one set of side seams left to flatfell, and the hems.——————5/15 – In my latest wave of deluded naive mania, I have decided to HANDSEW Spoon’s shirt.  This started with wanting to canoodle sit in front of the tv with Daan, rather than over in the corner making a racket with the sewing machine.  I had to piece the sleeves together, because I was feeling frugal with the saffron linen.  And if I was going to piece them, why not use insertion stitch, so they’d have a little more ventilation?  And if I was going … Continue reading Spoon’s Saffron Shirt

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Yoga

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I’m going to add a new category, but this one isn’t for a new interest – but one I’m coming back to. I took up yoga seriously several years ago.  I was trying to figure out how to lead a post-academic, grownup-dancing life.  Yoga was techy/historic enough (just wait until I get to the names) and active enough to interest me. I did a couple of years of weekly classes, and really liked it.  I bought books and videos, the occasional magazine, and really immersed myself, as I have a tendency to do.  However, some of the other parts of … Continue reading Yoga

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Whirligigs and 3-man heys

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I’m going to Kingdom A&S in two weeks, and there’s going to be a ball.  Here’s the list of dances (the ones marked with a * are the ones Mel knows).  I know I’ve done Petit Vriens and Amoroso, and possibly Black Alman – that’s what happens when you say to any man in the room – "teach me this!"  It’ll take me a while to sort out what I’ve done before… Set 1Bransle Charlotte*Rostiboli Gioioso & Piva*Jenny Pluck Pears*Chirintana Set 2If All The World Were PaperPetit VriensBlack Alman*Ballo Del Fiore & Galliard Set 3Bransle De GuerreChestnutAmoroso*Heart’s Ease* Set 4Scotch … Continue reading Whirligigs and 3-man heys

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Biz meeting minutes, May 2007

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(There was no biz meeting in April.) May Meeting Minutes – 5/20/2007 Officers present: Gabrielle (Liz) – SeneschalGefroi (Andy) – HospitallerJuliana – ReevePeg – MarshallGreet – Historian Other members present:Melbrigda (Michelle) Cato (Dan)RefrMelissaNordyck (David)(Kevin)Gunnar (Cody)Kail Business:1) Funds raised at Crown List: ~$280 + sweets table 2) Demos are going really well, and attracting us new membership, and slowly raising money.  (Alicia – the flower wreaths are the best sellers.)  Thomas says his phone is ringing off the hook with requests from various groups for our appearance. 3) Herald (Edwin) and A&S (Elspeth) stepping down from official duties.  Gabrielle says we’ll … Continue reading Biz meeting minutes, May 2007

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Bee boxes

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[cross-posted on Front Step Design] I bought these bee boxes the other day. I only meant to buy two, because theoretically I believe in baby steps.  However, the universe frequently has other plans.  (See spinning, and weaving.)  They were at a junktique store, and the owner wanted them All Gone.  So I got ten bee boxes for $50.  (I would be happy to share.)  Obviously they need some work – I hope the frames are still acceptable to the bees. So, in the manner of things, information is starting to trickle in about beekeeping.  The blogosphere provided geek.farm.life’s podcasts about … Continue reading Bee boxes

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Muscle Memory

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In Twyla Tharp’s book, The Creative Habit, she talks about muscle memory: If there’s a lesson here, it’s: get busy copying.  That’s not a popular notion today, not when we are all instructed to find our own way, admonished to be original and find our own voice at all costs!  But it’s sound advice.  Traveling the paths of greatness, even in someone else’s footprints, is a vital means to acquiring skill. I maintain that pre-modern ways of doing things, of feeding/clothing/housing ourselves, are ‘great’ because hundreds of thousands of people tested them against hunger/wear/weather. She also talks about institutional memory; … Continue reading Muscle Memory

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Children’s books – 3

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The Land and People of Romania, by Julian Hale, Lippincott, 1972. I borrowed this book from the library because (1) they didn’t have the Hungary of the series; and (2) I understand from what little my grandparents told me that when they went back to visit relatives at one point, the home village had been lost to Romania in a border move. I wanted to understand more about that, and more about the stress between the two peoples that I was introduced to in Realm of St. Stephen. This is an older children’s book – like 5th grade, though the … Continue reading Children’s books – 3