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Sidelacing documentation for 12thc woman’s garment

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From 12thCgarb: Greetings from Nadezhda Toranova, I was looking at the pictures posted by Katherine, and noticed in one of them, when I zoomed in closely and looked at the two women on the bottom… http://pics.livejournal.com/jillwheezul/pic/000sezrh/g34 Is that side lacing (or holes for side lacing) that I'm seeing? Her dress is colourless, but the red ink picks out a series of holes on either side of what looks like a slit. It seems like such a strange detail for the artist to depict, when the dresses are otherwise completely plain. Continue reading Sidelacing documentation for 12thc woman’s garment

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Back on the mat

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In recap:  I ended up ordering three new yoga disk sets.  Rodney Yee's "Advanced Yoga", Shiva Rea's "Yoga Shakti", and Baron Baptiste's "Yoga Bootcamp."  I've felt for some time that I wanted to broaden my yoga experience, to understand more about the various styles and types and personalities.  In short, it's time to apply some mental rigor, and not just the discipline of "get on the mat more often."  Which gets boring. I've watched some of "Advanced Yoga".  It's advanced.  The people who did that teacher training course that I didn't, they could do this stuff at the end.  Head balances with legs wandering … Continue reading Back on the mat

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Results of Midwinter A&S for Coptic Embellishment entry

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[This entry is feeling hard to write, because the project did really well, and good things happened to me, and I don't know how to say it without the results seeming like I am blowing my own horn.  But I want to share with you all, so suffice to say that I feel really really validated and humbled.  At the same time.  Which is pretty awesome, from my side of the line.]

Onward.

As promised, here's the PDF of my documentation. Download Coptic Embellishment-A Simple Method for Picky and Patient Re-enactors2
I didn't take a picture of the setup (stupid!), but I'll reassemble it and blog it soon.

I got really great encouragement, comments, suggestions, and prodding as to "where to take this next."  Even better, I find I've still got enough interest in the topic to keep going in those directions, some of which are Very Ambitious.  So this isn't the end of Coptic tapestry weaving…not by a long shot.

I also got a terrific score: 19/20.

And I won my level, which was Beginner.  I felt odd registering as Beginner, since I know I'm very different from most beginners, but the criteria is "have you been awarded a Meridian Cross?"  Since that answer was a fact, and a "no", then it was out of my hands.

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Posts about documentation

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I've been finishing up the documentation and display for my first Arts & Science entry, to be shown this weekend at Midwinter A&S.  For the non-SCAdians, think Science Fair, but for medieval crafty types.  I'm having a blast. Per usual, the gory blow-by-blow appears on my LJ blog, and I got a couple of questions that I thought might be universal enough to address here, and keep a category about.  So I introduce "Documentation" to the increasingly long category list at right, and the preceding two posts are about that.  There may be more. It occurs to me that not … Continue reading Posts about documentation

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Keeping track of source material

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How do I keep track of books and other references?  In digital lists, which contain items that look something like this: 1.  ITEM CITATION (as appearing in a standard bib, whatever format I feel like, probably an amalgamation of APA and was it ALA we did in high school?) Who owns it -  Me?  Which library did I borrow it from?  Who can I get it from?  Have I seen it, or just heard about it?  From whom, and are they important/superknowledgable? What the book is generally good for; my own description.  (Now I'm ready to assemble an Annotated Bibliography, which if I ever encounter one … Continue reading Keeping track of source material

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Extended answer about an extended bibliography…

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(excerpted from a worry thread on my LJ in 2008, before presenting my first A&S entry at Midwinter A&S) I like to produce a 'works I actually used for this project' list and a 'other sources you may find useful to follow me' list, because people who are new to the field may need to read more widely to catch up to the context I'm in.  The latter is what I mean by 'extended bibliography'. Funny thing happened at Menhir – somebody asked me to repeat the two-hour class that Gwen, Maudey, Una and I had just presented on the development … Continue reading Extended answer about an extended bibliography…

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Tapestry Weaving class followup from Menhir

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As promised, here's the worksheet we used in my class at Menhir.  Download Tapestry-weaving class handout I'm sorry that classtime was so shortened by being right after feast – everyone had trouble leaving feast promptly, and as a result we had maybe a half hour, and didn't get terribly far, though we did zoom through the basics.  I'll be entering my techniques at Midwinter, and offering this class again in future. Mistress Marina – thanks for visiting, and for bringing your Coptic tapestry weaving book – This book is more of a 'how to do this' sort of reference than … Continue reading Tapestry Weaving class followup from Menhir

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Rigid Heddle backstrap (aka, look, I can be helpful!)

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Lorenzo asks: Hey Miss Weavy Girl, can you explain to me how this thing works? http://mrq-laurellen.livejournal.com/424446.html#cutid1 I kinda have an idea, but I'm sure yours would be better. 🙂 I should be able to get my dad to make one (or a few) of these. They're dead simple compared to boats. And he has no idea that he's just written a blog entry for me.  Thanks Lorenzo! Probably easier to get out of the basement in springtime, too.  (man, who put a nickel in me today??) Okay – it seems to be a rigid heddle.  Look closely at the fancy … Continue reading Rigid Heddle backstrap (aka, look, I can be helpful!)