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accidental armour and other projects
Sep. 7th, 2011 05:34 pmI haven't been posting much, and keep forgetting to post about my projects, so here is a summary of some of them I have been working on.
( here is one which didn't go as planned ) Therefore I am thinking of using these felted forearm covers under my gambeson (yes, they just fit) and see if that helps any. I didn't mean to make nålbinded arm armour, but since I did I may as well use it. Perhaps if I line them in silk...
Having finished that nålbinding project, rather than return to the other 3 to 5 in progress I started a ( new one )
Did I remember to post a link to the photo of the bag![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
lord_kjar and I made for the Prince? ( details about the project )
The next project was not for pretty. ( It is a bedding bag )
This weekend we went to the next SCA branch south for a small, very fun, event in a cabin in the woods. They limited attendance to 30 people, which, given the size of the cabin, was probably a good choice. There was dancing, there was singing, there was lots of good food, and much good conversation. I really enjoyed it. Here is my favourite photo from the event:
others can be seen here.
This coming weekend we are heading down to his parent's house--one of his brothers and his family will be there (up from Upssala), so it should be nice to see them. That brother's wife has an American father, so English is one of her naitve languages, and she teaches literature at a Uni, with a specialty on novels written for young people in the late 1800's, such as Anne of Green Gables. Since I enjoy that sort of story in English she promised to bring me some Swedish Language books from the same era to borrow. She couldn't loan them to me when we stopped by their place on the way home from Visby because she only has English ones at their house--the Swedish ones are at her parent's house.
Choir and Folk dancing have started back up now that summer is largely over, and I am enjoying both very much. Our Sunday folk dance group is really fun, and she pushes us hard. The Monday night intro to Swedish Folk dance thatlord_kjar and I teach also looks to be fun, though I hope we get a few more men in it--the first session had one couple and three single ladies show up. It was fine as it is good to practice the steps on one's own before trying it with a partner, anyway, and I was able to dance as a man, so we only had one person sitting out at a time when we got to the couple stuff at the end.
( here is one which didn't go as planned ) Therefore I am thinking of using these felted forearm covers under my gambeson (yes, they just fit) and see if that helps any. I didn't mean to make nålbinded arm armour, but since I did I may as well use it. Perhaps if I line them in silk...
Having finished that nålbinding project, rather than return to the other 3 to 5 in progress I started a ( new one )
Did I remember to post a link to the photo of the bag
lord_kjar and I made for the Prince? ( details about the project )The next project was not for pretty. ( It is a bedding bag )
This weekend we went to the next SCA branch south for a small, very fun, event in a cabin in the woods. They limited attendance to 30 people, which, given the size of the cabin, was probably a good choice. There was dancing, there was singing, there was lots of good food, and much good conversation. I really enjoyed it. Here is my favourite photo from the event:
others can be seen here.
This coming weekend we are heading down to his parent's house--one of his brothers and his family will be there (up from Upssala), so it should be nice to see them. That brother's wife has an American father, so English is one of her naitve languages, and she teaches literature at a Uni, with a specialty on novels written for young people in the late 1800's, such as Anne of Green Gables. Since I enjoy that sort of story in English she promised to bring me some Swedish Language books from the same era to borrow. She couldn't loan them to me when we stopped by their place on the way home from Visby because she only has English ones at their house--the Swedish ones are at her parent's house.
Choir and Folk dancing have started back up now that summer is largely over, and I am enjoying both very much. Our Sunday folk dance group is really fun, and she pushes us hard. The Monday night intro to Swedish Folk dance that
lord_kjar and I teach also looks to be fun, though I hope we get a few more men in it--the first session had one couple and three single ladies show up. It was fine as it is good to practice the steps on one's own before trying it with a partner, anyway, and I was able to dance as a man, so we only had one person sitting out at a time when we got to the couple stuff at the end.