• SCA

What do I like/dislike about being a Laurel

Michiele l'encriere of Left Coast Dyer asked what I liked/disliked about being a Laurel in the SCA. It turns out…

  • SCA

Becoming a Laurel

Here are the bare bones steps you need to become a Laurel in the SCA. Standard disclaimer: this is my…

  • Knitting

Monmouth Cap

Started and finished a Monmouth Cap from a free pattern by Colleen Humphreys (https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/monmouth-cap-the-details-matter). Started on 11/8/2018. Finished (but not…

  • Clever Hacks

15 minute cure to the “donwannas”

I'm feeling a bit medievally blocked. All I want to do is knit (which I totally am doing) and my…

  • Accessories
  • Antwerpen/Low-country
  • Knitting

Thrum cap (aka: objectionable dreadlocks hat)

Thrum Cap started August 3, 2018. Finished August 20, 2018. Fulled August 21 and 22. From Merriam-Webster Thrum noun Definition…

  • 16th Century

Schamloten schaube for Helga

Helga has asked me to fit her and then construct a new German boy short coat for her modeled after…

  • 16th Century
  • Accessories
  • Antwerpen/Low-country

Halscleet – Antwerpen white linen partlet

Antwerpen White linen partlet started May 12, 2018. Finished June 9, 2018. Special thanks to Aleit Pietersdochter over at The…

  • Tayloring

Tailoring Manuals

Ausberg/Innsbruck (Austria) 1544/68 Hans Nidermayr, the younger of Innsbruck, 1544/68, Innsbruck, Tiroler Landesmuseum Ferdinandeum F.B. 4240. (Poland) Polish Tailor's Cutting…

  • 16th Century
  • Antwerpen/Low-country

Rust Antwerpen Market Gown

Rust linen Antwerpen gown started May 16, 2018. First wearing May 27, 2018. In October 2019 I removed the yellow…

  • Clever Hacks
  • Stitches & Seams

Voodoo Magic with Eyelets

My first YouTube video. Be gentle. https://youtu.be/6O2mnv9ClRA Machine done eyelets on a Janome 6600 using an Elna eyelet plate. The…