#my sca

[med-godur-hesturin]

I am itching to embellish the bottom hem of my Norse Greenland (herjolfness) dress, sewn from the patterns taken from the archaeologically excavated garments shown in Medieval Garments Reconstructed. I have the sister book, Woven Into the Earth and it shows how borders on these garments were both tablet woven and sewn.

A couple of pages from Woven Into the Earth:

I am familiar with tablet weaving, but not with this tablet weaving sewing mix.

@zooarchaeologyatdinner, anyone else, do you have any experience with this technique?

[justgarb]

Howdy pal, I love your scribal practice posts and was wondering how does one get started on learning how to write so fancy.

A speedball c3 nib, yasutomo sumi ink OR Dr Ph Martin's india ink (both recommended to me by prolific SCA scribes), and this book also recommended by one of the same scribes

I picked up a speedball fountain pen and a travel journal for practice on the go, which is not as clean/precise as the c3 but is much faster

[anamelessfool]

My lil house at last

This year's upgrade is a magnificent TruckStop blanket. And all my crafts all nice and neat in the meantime including my leather mug I customized myself

[woolyfaye]

head empty just this fresco:

[badassque]

For those playing at home about Wren's Caveman Crafts, I've started my new project, a fingerwoven belt! It's a project in a prehistoric textiles online class Im taking, and this was part of the Paleolithic Unit. Basically, it's just weaving, except it's loose, and you create the shed with your fingers, using new strands of warp to create "weavers" and pass it through itself.

VERY chaotic to start, but I bought some yarn (tan) that was way less sticky than the crochet thread (blue) of my practice piece, and added Bobbins. BIG difference. Plus, the yarn is a more natural texture and a more period choice, so it's really helped me get a feel for the process!

[nerdintheforest]

Silly things are happening this morning on the homefront

Yeah im pretty sure I need a wider tip funnel

4 gallons of mead with room for malomel fruit here in a couple of weeks. I added yeast nutrient to speed fermentation per the recipe im using. Already got a bit of pressure in the valve!

He will live here for a while

Idunno he might get cold or something.

[milksockets]

'anne + patrick poirier, turin, italy, 1989' in artists' gardens: from claude monet to jennifer bartlett - madison cox + erica lennard (1993)

[pixelshiftexe]

Trying to pattern/cut a full length cloak should be considered an Olympic sport when u have

A. limited floor space

B. no friends to help u

C. A cat who really loves sitting on fabric and chasing scissors