Otto chasing the lure at Estrella XXII. While at Estrella XXII we had the chance to run our whippet Fenris. He did a stella job on the course. We’re very interested in starting lure coursing in the West.
Author: nibuca
Quick&Dirty Peri-oid pants
This is it. This is my instructions for quick and dirty peri-oid pants that seem to fit everyone. Granted, I’ve only made about 4 pairs of these.. and each time I make a pair the pattern evolves a little bit… but they’re getting close to passible. They’re tons better than sweats and jeans.
Wedge Tent
In July 2005 I finally published my instructions for How to make a wedge tent. Here’s a couple of backup, historical links to go with those instructions.
Bread Trenchers
Washing dishes is a sucky camp duty. It’s an icky job and it’s not terribly fun.. and there are about a hundred other things you’d rather be doing at event. After this last Estrella (2006) my camp suggested we start using paper plates. Outside of the SCA I hate paper plates, they’re wasteful. Inside of the SCA I hate paper…
A whole year without an entry…
Wow. I swear I did stuff. I just didn’t write any of it in this diary. Jan. 7 2005 finished Yellow Cote Dress Feb. 15-22 2005 Estrella XXI. The warm, wet Estrella. March 2005 Made Sunshade number two April 2005 House warming shots party (he he he) May-Aug. 2005 On West royal court for Thorfinn and Geirdis June 2005 New…
Tubular Tablet Weaving
From an email from phiala@email.com Henshall, A. 1964. Five tablet-woven seal tags. Archaeological Journal 121:154-162. 5. Multicoloured tablet-woven cord The charter is by John (de Balliol), King of Scotland, to Nicholas de Haia, of thelands of Erroll, etc. Granted at Lindores, 1 August 1294. Material. Warp: silk yarn, 2-ply twisted S, dark blue, salmon pink (mainly faded to buff), white…
We got to 12th night and I finished the last eyelet in the hotel room (it wouldn’t be 12th night if I wasn’t madly sewing in the room.) It’s done!! It’s done!! Post Mortem It turns out that I didn’t completely remove some of the markings on the inside of the garment. Just over my left breast it says “LF”…
Finished sleeve two.
One sleeve is done. Just one more to go. I decided to hand sew the sleeves as it gives them the right look. I’m using back stitches to attach them to the body of the garment and then a running stitch across the seam at the back of the arm. At the wrist I used a running stitch to roll…
Edith came over and graciously agreed to help me fit sleeves for the dress. We fit them tight and then marked where the “real” seam should be. Then I cut them apart and moved the gap to the edge so that the “real” seam would be in the right place. I ended up trying on the dress several times to…