For anyone who's ever left a comment...
I promise I didn't mean to ignore you. TypePad has evolved so swiftly, and spam comments (hiss!) proliferated so quickly, and I went back to school, that I just stuck my head in the sand re: comments....
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Craft materials are not groceries.
I've become fond of the blog "The Happiness Project". (No, I haven't read her book, but I'm sure it's lovely, if it's anything like the blog.Reading a couple of years of intermittent posts in which...
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Tuam construction details
I recently got a request for details about one detail of my tuam project.Hope these pictures are helpful!
View ArticleWhen last we left our heroes... 2017 reboot
...Randver and I had stopped playing in the SCA, and I'd mislaid my voice for this blog. So I let it sit.But in the meantime we didn't stop having Adventures and building Things.As these adventures...
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Metal clay instruction found!
I've found an instructor for metal clay! (2 spots left for the June 3 class, at Lowe Mill...)(image courtesy of Cindy Miller. Go look at her beautiful work!)One of the challenges of cosplay, or...
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Introducing my Sprang Hairnet project! The find, and why I wanted one
I've made a sprang hairnet! This series of posts will share what I learned by making this project. When I first made my Danish Bronze Age outfit, I had long hair, so figuring out how to dress it to...
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Researching and re-learning the basics of Sprang
(2nd in a series on the Sprang Hairnet. Start reading from the beginning here.)Sprang is a way of making fabric that I think of as being the inverse of knitting. If knitting is all horizontal threads,...
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What is Art For? Why Bother?
(A break this week from my series on the Sprang Hairnet. I'll return to that subject next week.)"We believe that the main reason to study history is to rescue certain good, provocative, and inspiring...
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Help me put a sail on The Byrdraka!
Photo courtesy Illy Brownlee, taken at Royal, AL. Thank you so much!As some of you may know, my husband is the instigator and chief crew member of The Byrdraka, a fictional Viking 'boat' which brings...
View ArticleThis blog is moving! Find me at greetsmiddleages.com
Since I'm playing again, and doing research again, I thought I'd update the format and location of the blog. New posts will appear at greetsmiddleages.com. I've already moved a few posts from this...
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