I guess it is. Well, I'm going to try for it again. 50,000 words in 30 days. We shall see if I can manage to win this year.

I hope to have little rewards for myself every 5,000 words.

And I found a nifty online way to write, which I've been filling with my characters and place descriptions and other handy snippets. It's called Yarny.

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So in the interest of making more accurate and simple garb for my persona, I decided to look through Alcega's patterns, using this awesome digitized site of the whole book.

Juan de Alcega's Patterns

And to my delight, I found a few patterns marked specifically as "para muger gorda" or for a fat woman!

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I'm mostly posting this here so I can keep track of it. But it is a very fun video. Yes, its in German, but you'll still get the idea of what its about.

Sorry to be subjecting you all to my newest obsession (Troubadour music in all its forms). I do intend to go back to posting some of my recent crafting activity as well. But mostly this is about to ( Read more... )

Have you ever started to look into a specific subject, thinking things would be fairly simple to figure out, only to have your mind blown by how complicated it really is?

Ok, so maybe I'm simple minded. But I started looking into troubadour song and poetry. I already knew about the French tradition. I was delighted to find a Spanish/Portuguese ( Read more... )

I Am A: Lawful Good Human Cleric (4th Level)

Ability Scores:

Strength-10

Dexterity-10

Constitution-12

Intelligence-13

Wisdom-12

Charisma-12

Alignment:
Lawful Good A lawful good character acts as a good person is expected or required to act. He combines a commitment to oppose evil with the discipline to fight relentlessly. He tells the truth, keeps ( Read more... )

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Poll Class at Noisemakers?

So now begins the hunt for fabric. I'm hoping to do a good deal of this out of materials I have at home, and keep the main expense limited to the fabric for the gown itself.

I happily still have quite a bit of good quality linen at my house. Most of it is medium weight, however, which I'm fine with for the chemise and coat, but I will need a very ( Read more... )

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- Been an officer? Nope ( Read more... )