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Albrecht Durer

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It’s no longer customary to sprinkle our speech with references to higher powers guiding our paths.  Regardless of personal belief – the more I look into my Hungarian connections, the more I find. I was researching this dress, and generally having a lot of fun reading what Web Gallery of Art had to say about the various Durer portraits, when I stumbled upon this bit of personal info: The family name `Dürer’ originated from the name of the birthplace of Albrecht the Elder’s father, since the village of Ajtó where he came from means `door’ in Hungarian and this was … Continue reading Albrecht Durer

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New Books

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Does everyone know about BookMooch?  You list your books, other people request them, and you mail them off.  You request other people’s books, and they send them to you.  No money involved, but lots of positive karma. I’m going to get via BookMooch, but also Amazon: Medieval Europe 400 – 1500 (History of Europe) A History of Private Life, Volume II, Revelations of the Medieval World Aristotle’s Children: How Christians, Muslims, and Jews Rediscovered Ancient Wisdom and Illuminated the Dark Ages Economic and Social History of Medieval Europe Music in the Medieval World Card Weaving Learn Calligraphy: The Complete Book … Continue reading New Books

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Gardening 101

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I’ve been substituting my normal History Channel habit with an online BBC gardening show from GoogleVideo the last few nights.  It’s 8 episodes of "How to Be A Gardener", and although there isn’t much in it I haven’t heard before, what is really helpful is that the whole agricultural process is shown and explained in order, in a logical learning curve. I’m finding the presentation to be very motivating.  I’m also finding that I did a very good thing last fall when I went about stealing all the leaves I could find and piling them into my beds.  This week … Continue reading Gardening 101

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GW: Types of tents

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Of course, being a residential architect in mundane life, I’m Very Interested in how tents work.  And  small cabins.  And yurts.  And sunshades. I took pictures of an arming tent that someday I’d like to copy. And drew a sunshade that I’m making. The owner described her process, and it’s very easy, and inexpensive.  It’s a painter’s canvas dropcloth, (4) 6′ pressure-treated 2x2s, (2) 8′ pressure-treated 2x2s, 6 spikes for the tops of the poles, 8 stakes, 8 tie-offs thingys and some rope.  I’ve bought the materials for $60. Here’s an interesting site about period tent building.  It says those … Continue reading GW: Types of tents

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GW: Feeling nameless

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I’m feeling rather naked, name-wise, since coming back from Wars.  Something about only putting down one syllable on signup sheets where everybody else has at least two names, and the teacher has a stringful (not that I have any title envy whatsoever, because I don’t quite get that part of Society life). Yes, I know lots of people play SCA for years without choosing a name.  And I thought I was doing pretty well in constructing my backstory.  But (as should be apparent) I’m generally not satisfied with stopping early.  Besides that, I can’t register a device until my name … Continue reading GW: Feeling nameless

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Daughter’s Portion

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From Realm of St. Stephen: Each branch of the kindred – that is, every son of the ancestor along with his descendants – was entitled to an equal share of the inheritance.  However, since the division broke the ties that had hitherto linked the ‘brothers’ to one another, henceforeth, each branch was to form a new findred, within which the same rules were again operative. The Golden Bull of 1222 had presribed that a daughter who had no brothers was entitled to a ‘daughter’s quarter’, that is, to one quarter of her father’s patrimony, and it was to be inherited … Continue reading Daughter’s Portion

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Tablet Weaving

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I bought a set of tablet weaving cards at the Destin Spin-In, under direction from practically everyone I spoke to…"You do historical re-enactment and you’ve never heard of tablet weaving!?? Go buy a set of cards over there, right now!" So now I’m looking over the class offerings at Gulf Wars  and notice that although I’ll miss the beginner’s class early in the week, I could make the intermediate class on the weekend.  Thing is, if I wasn’t knitting the last of an advanced shawl for Unwind, in the midst of spring garden prep and planting, finishing up some more … Continue reading Tablet Weaving

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The Black Nag

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I just went over to the Gulf Wars site looking for an A&S classes lineup, and instead found a schedule of dances for the nightly balls.  Woohoo! Except I don’t know hardly any of these.  I have learned so far, a pavan, Korobushka, and the Black Nag.  As I expect I’ll throw myself madly into learning dances, I figure I’d better take notes. The Black Nag.  Here’s a cheat sheet.   But what do all those terms mean, "slip" and "siding" and "hey"? "Slip" – is what a ballet teacher calls "chasse’" – even little children do these gallops around the … Continue reading The Black Nag

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Plant Dyes – Demo Piece

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Shelly at Gaia’s Garden gave me a great idea for a demo piece. She described once seeing a sampler, woven out of many colored threads, each with an attached herb packet that was labeled with the scientific name and info about the plant.  I think this is a fabulous idea, particularly as I can add to it as I go along, and since it’d be soft, it’s not as fragile or cumbersome to pack as a board would be, but I could pin it up anywhere.  Thanks for the idea, Shelly! Continue reading Plant Dyes – Demo Piece