As I've been looking at yet more houppelandes, trying to figure out how best to make my new one, I found this picture of a woman wearing one but without a belt. It's by master ES. higher res pic here: http://myra.hem.nu/costume/images/MasterES/MES.XX10.jpg


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For when I'm tired, in a rush, and lacking inspiration. I also need to be able to read it regardless of whether I'm booted into linux or windows, at home or at Uni, hence I'm putting it here ( Read more... )

Those who know me will not be surprised that I am cooking for William Marshall this year. It is a Royal Visit and in honour of Her Majesty has a Spanish flavour to it (specifically Moorish, as neither of their Majesties eat pork).

The menu so far:

1st Course (on tables as people arrive)
    Sekanjabin - in mint iand lemon flavours, possibly also ( Read more... )

This evening, holding on to two handfuls of the clean washing I was folding, my little frog walked about five steps to Daddy. After she got lots of cuddles from him, and encouragement and praise from both of us, I held up the toy she was wanting and she walked back to me - but only after she had picked up the right set of clothes, a different shirt ( Read more... )

Earth Garden magazine, chocolate donuts and a sleeping baby...
Pity I have to go pick Ro up in half an hour.

These are the class notes for  the chemise I mentioned in my previous post. They were written a few years ago and have updates about what did and didn't work for each chemise I made.
Dorothy of Wadham's chemise, a late period T tunic.

by eleanora de la birche.

A few years ago I realised that I had photos of the front and back of the ( Read more... )

Sunday was Gwen's 6th birthday. It was PINK. The theme was fairy princess. We had pink cupcakes, a chocolate birthday cake decorated with half strawberries and pink sprinkles in the shape of a butterfly, pink fruit platter, fairy fizz (apple raspberry cordial with mineral water), stripey pink jelly squares... There were pink streamers and the ( Read more... )

"ello ma-ma"

Yes it was Kiera. Apart from the usual mamama, dadada, nanana, she now and then says ello.  Last night it was ello mama, whilst grinning up at me, AND cthulu_for_pm  was there to hear it too!

Last week she started standing up on her own. She wobbles there for a few seconds and then goes plonk on her bottom.

Today it's nine years since cthulu_for_pm  and I got married. He's put up with me for that long. (Well longer really, since we had been together for two years before that, and friends for a couple of years before we started going out.) Where has the time gone? It doesn't seem that long.

Our relationship has gone from friendship, to romance, to frustration and ( Read more... )