Castlefest 2023 was wet. Really really wet. So wet that on the last day, my wet shoes had chafed my feet open, and I just gave up on having dry feet altogether and just went about splashing barefoot in all the puddles I could find. I also decided I wanted an in character umbrella. I wanted to already have it for Castlefest 2024 but I was also really busy last year with the Hanseatic Days so I ended up not finishing it in time. Luckily last year we had nice dry weather most of the time without it being too hot so I didn't end up missing it. This year however looks like its going to be a bit wetter edition again ( at least if the current weather pattern holds) so time to finish my umbrella!
And so there we have it. Waterproof fabric over an umbrella frame I bought on etsy with some judicious use of textile markers to make them look like overlapping chestnut leaves... textile markers and textile paint are usually meant to be used on cotton and not on whatever unholy blend of polyester and silicone waterproof fabric usually is so the paint is not very vivid but it did end up looking like chestnut leaves so I am fairly happy
