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Back from MGT – Award of Arms

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That stands for Meridian Grand Tourney, where I was given an honorific.  It’s called an Award of Arms.  This is what the commemorative scroll looks like. (It was illuminated and calligraphed by Melbrigda, a friend in my shire, which is really nice.) This means you can call me Lady Greet, now.  I have a nice embossed copper circlet that King Maximillian had a bit of trouble getting on my head – those piles of braids, you know. My favorite part of being called up in court, was when I got myself knelt on the cushions, King Max said, “Hi, Greet!” … Continue reading Back from MGT – Award of Arms

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Device banner

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I made a personal banner for Daggers & Hemlock, to help contribute to the festiveness of the room, even though my device hasn’t yet passed.  (The banner was easy and cheap to make, and if I have to change it, I will.) But when my banner was up with the others, I didn’t like how I’d made it.  I’d embroidered outlines of the bees on, because I wanted them to show on both sides equally, and I wasn’t sure about whether the outline would be important in identifying the insects as bees, and thought I might outline them in dark … Continue reading Device banner

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Patagonia is making pattens!

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Sort of.  Their new two-part shoes remind me of soft turnshoes and wooden pattens, which I want very much to try wearing for practical reasons.  Check it out (pic via TreeHugger). So those leather boots or slippers slide out of the rubber outsoles.  There’s a tab at the back that keeps the heel in place.  Go look at the TreeHugger entry for more explanation. What tickles me besides the ‘everything old is new again’ aspect, is that leaving one’s shoes at the door is one of the ‘green building’ line items on the Florida Green Building Coalition checklist.  (Actually, it’s … Continue reading Patagonia is making pattens!

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Coughs but garb progress

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Okay, what did people call bronchitis in the Middle Ages?  Warning, medical experimentation ahead. Clearly brought on by a case of burning the candle at both ends of the day in prep for Daggers & Hemlock.  First it was a sore throat, and then a head full of goo, and now it’s fatigue with coughing.  From my experience with bronchitis (after chickenpox) for three weeks in 11th grade, and bronchitis (in Italy) for three weeks during graduate school, and then a return of bronchitis (don’t remember how long) while I was doing the bulk of the writing of my master’s … Continue reading Coughs but garb progress

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Wanted: Rumpelstiltskin

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Though I’m fresh out of first-born.  S’pose he’d take a cat? Seriously, I’m trying to spin up all my loose fiber, so I have yarn for weaving/knitting/dyeing.  I’ve got 1.5 pounds of linen strick, and you see here about 0.25 pounds spun, which has taken at least five 2-hour sessions.  For comparison, I was filling this bobbin with worsted Alpaca completely in about 2 hours in April.  I’m trying to learn how to spin more finely, and the exchange is you get more time out of your money’s worth of fiber.  Hmm. I’ve also been building up my needle callouses. … Continue reading Wanted: Rumpelstiltskin

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OT: Back from Southern Indiana

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As you can see, I had a grand ol’ time fending off the cow rustlers in Southern Indiana.  Elk steaks are yummy.  Shooting a rifle is not that horrible.  Shooting a .22 pistol is.  I prefer a helmet on an ATV.  Antiques and real estate there are CHEAP.  Local wines made from all sorts of things are, er, effective.  And although the weather was hot… it’s some beautiful country.  I’m going to look for SCAdian events located in Kentuckiana. Continue reading OT: Back from Southern Indiana

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Stained Glass Window Sheetwalls

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Lavena got me into this.  "I can get cheap king-sized sheets…we should make murals for Daggers & Hemlock to decorate the hall!  I’ll buy twelve!" I was thinking: murals require skilled labor and planning.  Our shire has maybe two people who could do this, and I’m one of them.  I don’t have enough artistic energy left at the end of the day to do TWELVE murals.  But maybe stained glass windows…because someone else has already planned them, and coloring within black lines, anyone can do that… At that point the filter between my brain and my mouth gave in, and … Continue reading Stained Glass Window Sheetwalls