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Eek!!
Egad, it's been almost a year since I posted! Still alive, still doing stuff, have some news I will be posting about in the next few days... -
Argh.
I am going to have to admit defeat on my Hordweard belt, I think. I had plans to do a tablet woven belt in wool dyed in period dyes, but it's proving hard even getting the bloody thing set up. This is my third attempt, and I left it so long because I was afraid I was going to stuff it up again ( Read more... ) -
BIG bloomers
I'm nearly finished my Hordweard pants! They look decidedly huge spread out on the table, but then they are pull up pants with no elastic or gathering in the waist. They have to be wide to be pulled on over my thighs, which have enough meat on them to provide the main dish for an SCA feast ( Read more... ) -
Of shoes
Well, in a bit over 2 weeks the Hordweard project gets judged. AAAHHHH. I'm very nearly finished, but there's going to be a massive effort over the next couple of weeks to get everything done including the documentation. It's probably going to resemble an Honours thesis, but with jokes. And many many pictures of cats ( Read more... ) -
Further cooking adventures
Ah, the joys of redacting medieval recipes. The lack of quantities/portions, the lack of temperatures/cooking times, the occasional lack of critical ingredients or steps...
Raise this fun by a power of 3 at least when you start talking baking. I've started looking at Middle Eastern sweets, particularly those from the C15 Description of Familiar ( Read more... ) -
Fangirling here, move along...
I just went to see The Avengers.
Oh. My. God.
OHMYGODOHMYGODOHMYGODOHMYGODOHMYGODOHMYGODOHMYGODOHMYGODOHMYGODOHMYGODOHMYGODOHMYGODOHMYGODOHMYGODOHMYGODOHMYGOD!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Awesome to the power of awesome, multiplied by a further factor of awesome.
And....
( Spoiler Alert! ) -
Big news
My wool is here!!!!! -
And another thing...
2 other things actually ( Read more... )
