More maps.
Religious divisions of Germany, 1610(I’m discovering that Germany had a lot more to do with Hungary 1350-1450 than I’d previously been taught. Which only makes sense, given the geography.) Continue reading More maps.
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.
Old Maps
Old maps, to tide us over until I can swim out of these medieval weeds… Bishoprics of Germany, 1543. Continue reading Old Maps
A Flemish map
The Netherlands, in 1603 – the death of Elizabeth I, and the end of Period. Daan’s family was from Zeeland, the southwest corner of United Netherlands. Continue reading A Flemish map
Spindle Spinning Wheels, part 2
Ann commented in a previous post that the cigar box chakra wheel accessible from the Wikipedia entry was invented by Gandhi, and kindly sent me pictures of older versions of a spindle wheel. I repeat my offer – if anyone wants to make me something like these, I will exchange fruit of my talents with you. Ann also suggested the following books, some of which I can afford now, and the others I’ll put on my BookMooch wishlist. Spinning Wheels, Spinners, and Spinning by Patricia Baines Linen: Hand Spinning and Weaving , ibid (really want to see this one) Flax … Continue reading Spindle Spinning Wheels, part 2
WOOL!
The French Russian wool blankets arrived yesterday. They are destined to become a cloak. They are in the washing machine, getting the funny mothball smell out, and hopefully getting the last of their felting over with. I have three of them, and they are very heavy and wonderfully warm. I bet they’re even heavier wet. I got a chance to try out wool’s ability to resist rain today, in my favorite sweater, which did rather well in a downpour. Hmm – I may be okay after all with this plan. Update: After laundering, they are nicely drapey, but not exactly … Continue reading WOOL!
More links on the sidebar
I’ve added a new list of links on the left, called "Equippage." Generally, it’s a list of shopping sites I’ve used or plan to use. Much thanks to Ann, and Honnora for the reccs, and if anyone has a particular rec for fencing gloves that are brown and in a women’s size 7, I’d be obliged. Continue reading More links on the sidebar
Laces for lacing and ties
As recently posted on the Phoenix Glade Yahoo!Group… Greet was using her foot for finger loop braiding. Not sure why she was using her foot but she was. Somewhere there’s a picture of me doing this. Until then, imagine me parked on a sofa, with my foot propped on a chair in front of me. I’ve got the knot end of the braid tucked into my shoe strap, and long loops hooked on each of my fingers. In order to keep the strands in proper tension, I ended up doing a kind of abdominal crunch on every thread braided. The … Continue reading Laces for lacing and ties
Paris, A Roman City
Go here, oh Francophile SCAdians, and play. It’s an interactive archeology site. Paris, A Roman City Continue reading Paris, A Roman City
Trebuchet Craze
For some odd reason, there’s a trebuchet craze going on online: Trebuchet PDF podcast Trebuchet video podcast Continue reading Trebuchet Craze
Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants.
I am hardly the first blogger to recommend Michael Pollan’s long article in the New York Times. He’s the author of The Omnivore’s Dilemma, supposedly one of last year’s best books. But his article, and I assume his book (that I haven’t yet read), reinforces one of my major motivations for ‘playing’ with the SCA: Critical thinking about modern life. "Eat more like the French. Or the Japanese. Or the Italians. Or the Greeks. Confounding factors aside, people who eat according to the rules of a traditional food culture are generally healthier than we are. Any traditional diet will do: … Continue reading Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants.