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helwenWe did quite a bit of shopping this year. Some years we don't really find anything of interest, but this year we at least were going to buy some dishes rather than pack mugs, bowls, etc., figuring the food we brought down and ate would leave space for them coming back. And then we got other stuff too....
- two lovely 13-15th c. Saintonge drinking cups from Eadric the Potter (![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
thatpotteryguy). They've a small foot and open shallow bowl so we thought they'd be perfect for medieval people pretending to be Romans (the Runnymede dinner)
- two 13-15th c. deeper, round bowls, also from Eadric -- stackable, and now we finally have matching bowls again, that aren't wood. Glass might be more appropriate for a landed baron and baroness, but I get too nervous transporting it, and I trust ceramic more, strange as that might sound. Oh, and also a _pie plate_! Nice deep-dish type, should be fun to use.
- replacement pewter spoon for the one that disappeared. Has acorn at end of handle, but is a bit larger than the previous spoon.
- Several books by Master Joseph Alaric (L liked the look of them)
- Kumihimo braiding book, 1 round disk, 1 square disk, a bunch of disks that hold the threads, some embroidery floss, a few other odds and ends, mostly from The Lacemaker, but also some silk floss from Fabric Dragon
- A couple of pendants (Cabochons). One is sort of a triquetra, with an amethyst and two moonstone mounted on silver, the other is a silver hawk that I thought someone I know might like.
- Assorted short stories of Dragonspire from Folump Enterprises -- they'd given us a book free during Wednesday's Midnight Madness, which we of course brought back to camp so everyone could read it. Wise move on their part as we were not the only customers from our camp.
- 5 lb. block of beeswax, still greenish but quite useful for many things (including maybe a wax tablet without needing to add lamp black to the wax to darken it), another jar of lavendar salve/lotion, and some very reasonably priced candles, from the Bee Folks
- 6 yards of very soft, lt/med. weight grey wool, for future slacks and vests for me and L -- everyday wear (Dragon's Magic)
- tussah silk roving from this nice lady at one end of Bow Street (end near Midrealm encampment)
- a bit more tussah silk and some light tan superwash merino rovings (Sparrowhawk).
- a white merino roving (Brush Creek) (boy does this stuff spin up fine!)
- a ebony naalbinding needle for L and a walnut nostpinne for me (Spanish Peacock). He does choose some exquisite woods to make his goods!
- okay, one extremely non-medieval purchase -- a turquoise beaded halter-top that looks like a butterfly. Had fun wearing it a few times too, dressing as a "Pennsic bellydancer" -- although I still couldn't bring myself to bare my midriff, so I had a scarf draped from my left hip across and up over the right shoulder, and then back around to the left shoulder...
- a couple of salt-glazed/fired mugs (speckled blond/honey-colored) from Please Touch Pottery, and a wide-rimmed, double-walled bowl in shades of moss that has written on the rim "Say What You Mean - Mean What You Say".
- 2 yards of white linen to hang over the bed as a bug deflector and then for whatever else at home (Dragon's Magic)
- some yards of white gauze cotton for a tablecloth at the dinner and then re-use at home (Carolina Calicoes)
- low profile thrusting tips for rattan swords from some place on Battle Road that Angus Kerr, Anselim and some other familiar faces were at
- a couple of spear head kits from Windrose Armory
- spear shafts and a pair of gloves for my gauntlets from Icefalcon Armory
- gold hair stick with two fish on it -- went well with the Roman outfit
- three pewter pins from Fettered Cock - laurel, pelican, and a wavy-armed mullet of six (a symbol for Yorkists)
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- choker with lots of oval moonstones set in two rows
- magnetic sticker that says SCA: The Current Middle Ages
So, yeah, just a few things.... yikes.
We also received some lovely gifts of various types of liquor at the dinner from some of our guests, some of which was had by folks one of the nights later in the week. Although I think one of the wines should have been held onto by us and aged for a while longer. We still have the blueberry honeywasser, which I plan on aging for a few years.harpnfiddle also gifted us with a bundle of honeysticks bound with raffia and a beeswax lyre hanging from that (yum!) :)
***
I had a rough start at Pennsic. First night there, at about 2 a.m., I woke to a beetle crawling into my ear. Very painful and scary. L tried to flush it out but it wouldn't come out. Off we went to EMS, who then gave us directions to Butler Memorial Hospital. They used lidocaine to kill/drain the beetle and then tried irrigating as well, but it wouldn't come out. Apparently it had dug in before dieing, and the legs have little spurs on them.
The staff ignored us for 1-1/2 hours... granted there was only one doctor on, but a staff member could have at least acknowledged we were there. Finally the doctor came by and gave us a referral to a specialist who was thankfully just around the corner from the hospital, because ED didn't have the special tools that would be needed. They took me as a walk-in and I was able to see the doctor after about another hour or so (he had a large group of seniors in for check-ups, so I feel pretty lucky). He got his little tools, used his binoculars, and got the beetle out. And then he checked out the other ear for good measure :D
Doesn't appear to be any damage, thank goodness, but I did spend the rest of the war wearing ear plugs at night. Usually we have mosquito netting over the bed but I couldn't find it this year. I'm sure we put it somewhere "safe" during the move...
***
Made it to the class on the history of needle cases, which was pretty cool. Also attended half of Renye Wurm's class on making woodcuts -- just as an observer as I was kind of tired. Lots of good information and advice, help with the hands-on parts, etc. She did quite well.
***
L and I took a couple of turns at EK gate guard duty which was pleasant enough and occasionally silly. The head of the fool's parade came during our earlier shift to let us know they were planning a "surprise attack" of the camp, scheduled for around 6pm, which happened to be on our second shift. They attacked the Midrealm kingdom encampment first, then a pottery place, then EK Royal. All went well.
***
We did some thinking about ways to lighten our load if we go to Pennsic next year. Although gas prices dropped a bit, I don't anticipate it staying this low. Attendance at Pennsic was a bit lower this year and is not likely to rise again. Many folks are feeling the pinch these days. On the 'green' front, I actually caught bits of conversations where people were talking about trying to conserve more and waste less here and there, and for our part it was great to be able to take a third person and save one vehicle going down to PA and back. Economically and environmentally, long-distance trips like this are going to require more and more thought by folks. Time may come when planning similar activities closer to home will be the way to go. I know there are plenty of folks in our area who would love to go to such an event, as Pennsic is likely to remain out of their reach financially.
***
Other stuff happened at Pennsic of curse, but I'd rather not get into all of it here. Our folks did well in their various martial endeavors, the dancers had a lot of fun and only one injury (in our camp at least) and if class-taking were a war point I'm sureharpnfiddle could have taken it for the East single-handed :D
- two lovely 13-15th c. Saintonge drinking cups from Eadric the Potter (
thatpotteryguy). They've a small foot and open shallow bowl so we thought they'd be perfect for medieval people pretending to be Romans (the Runnymede dinner)- two 13-15th c. deeper, round bowls, also from Eadric -- stackable, and now we finally have matching bowls again, that aren't wood. Glass might be more appropriate for a landed baron and baroness, but I get too nervous transporting it, and I trust ceramic more, strange as that might sound. Oh, and also a _pie plate_! Nice deep-dish type, should be fun to use.
- replacement pewter spoon for the one that disappeared. Has acorn at end of handle, but is a bit larger than the previous spoon.
- Several books by Master Joseph Alaric (L liked the look of them)
- Kumihimo braiding book, 1 round disk, 1 square disk, a bunch of disks that hold the threads, some embroidery floss, a few other odds and ends, mostly from The Lacemaker, but also some silk floss from Fabric Dragon
- A couple of pendants (Cabochons). One is sort of a triquetra, with an amethyst and two moonstone mounted on silver, the other is a silver hawk that I thought someone I know might like.
- Assorted short stories of Dragonspire from Folump Enterprises -- they'd given us a book free during Wednesday's Midnight Madness, which we of course brought back to camp so everyone could read it. Wise move on their part as we were not the only customers from our camp.
- 5 lb. block of beeswax, still greenish but quite useful for many things (including maybe a wax tablet without needing to add lamp black to the wax to darken it), another jar of lavendar salve/lotion, and some very reasonably priced candles, from the Bee Folks
- 6 yards of very soft, lt/med. weight grey wool, for future slacks and vests for me and L -- everyday wear (Dragon's Magic)
- tussah silk roving from this nice lady at one end of Bow Street (end near Midrealm encampment)
- a bit more tussah silk and some light tan superwash merino rovings (Sparrowhawk).
- a white merino roving (Brush Creek) (boy does this stuff spin up fine!)
- a ebony naalbinding needle for L and a walnut nostpinne for me (Spanish Peacock). He does choose some exquisite woods to make his goods!
- okay, one extremely non-medieval purchase -- a turquoise beaded halter-top that looks like a butterfly. Had fun wearing it a few times too, dressing as a "Pennsic bellydancer" -- although I still couldn't bring myself to bare my midriff, so I had a scarf draped from my left hip across and up over the right shoulder, and then back around to the left shoulder...
- a couple of salt-glazed/fired mugs (speckled blond/honey-colored) from Please Touch Pottery, and a wide-rimmed, double-walled bowl in shades of moss that has written on the rim "Say What You Mean - Mean What You Say".
- 2 yards of white linen to hang over the bed as a bug deflector and then for whatever else at home (Dragon's Magic)
- some yards of white gauze cotton for a tablecloth at the dinner and then re-use at home (Carolina Calicoes)
- low profile thrusting tips for rattan swords from some place on Battle Road that Angus Kerr, Anselim and some other familiar faces were at
- a couple of spear head kits from Windrose Armory
- spear shafts and a pair of gloves for my gauntlets from Icefalcon Armory
- gold hair stick with two fish on it -- went well with the Roman outfit
- three pewter pins from Fettered Cock - laurel, pelican, and a wavy-armed mullet of six (a symbol for Yorkists)
[EDIT}
- choker with lots of oval moonstones set in two rows
- magnetic sticker that says SCA: The Current Middle Ages
So, yeah, just a few things.... yikes.
We also received some lovely gifts of various types of liquor at the dinner from some of our guests, some of which was had by folks one of the nights later in the week. Although I think one of the wines should have been held onto by us and aged for a while longer. We still have the blueberry honeywasser, which I plan on aging for a few years.
harpnfiddle also gifted us with a bundle of honeysticks bound with raffia and a beeswax lyre hanging from that (yum!) :) ***
I had a rough start at Pennsic. First night there, at about 2 a.m., I woke to a beetle crawling into my ear. Very painful and scary. L tried to flush it out but it wouldn't come out. Off we went to EMS, who then gave us directions to Butler Memorial Hospital. They used lidocaine to kill/drain the beetle and then tried irrigating as well, but it wouldn't come out. Apparently it had dug in before dieing, and the legs have little spurs on them.
The staff ignored us for 1-1/2 hours... granted there was only one doctor on, but a staff member could have at least acknowledged we were there. Finally the doctor came by and gave us a referral to a specialist who was thankfully just around the corner from the hospital, because ED didn't have the special tools that would be needed. They took me as a walk-in and I was able to see the doctor after about another hour or so (he had a large group of seniors in for check-ups, so I feel pretty lucky). He got his little tools, used his binoculars, and got the beetle out. And then he checked out the other ear for good measure :D
Doesn't appear to be any damage, thank goodness, but I did spend the rest of the war wearing ear plugs at night. Usually we have mosquito netting over the bed but I couldn't find it this year. I'm sure we put it somewhere "safe" during the move...
***
Made it to the class on the history of needle cases, which was pretty cool. Also attended half of Renye Wurm's class on making woodcuts -- just as an observer as I was kind of tired. Lots of good information and advice, help with the hands-on parts, etc. She did quite well.
***
L and I took a couple of turns at EK gate guard duty which was pleasant enough and occasionally silly. The head of the fool's parade came during our earlier shift to let us know they were planning a "surprise attack" of the camp, scheduled for around 6pm, which happened to be on our second shift. They attacked the Midrealm kingdom encampment first, then a pottery place, then EK Royal. All went well.
***
We did some thinking about ways to lighten our load if we go to Pennsic next year. Although gas prices dropped a bit, I don't anticipate it staying this low. Attendance at Pennsic was a bit lower this year and is not likely to rise again. Many folks are feeling the pinch these days. On the 'green' front, I actually caught bits of conversations where people were talking about trying to conserve more and waste less here and there, and for our part it was great to be able to take a third person and save one vehicle going down to PA and back. Economically and environmentally, long-distance trips like this are going to require more and more thought by folks. Time may come when planning similar activities closer to home will be the way to go. I know there are plenty of folks in our area who would love to go to such an event, as Pennsic is likely to remain out of their reach financially.
***
Other stuff happened at Pennsic of curse, but I'd rather not get into all of it here. Our folks did well in their various martial endeavors, the dancers had a lot of fun and only one injury (in our camp at least) and if class-taking were a war point I'm sure
harpnfiddle could have taken it for the East single-handed :D
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Date: 2008-08-11 08:03 pm (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2008-08-11 08:59 pm (UTC)(Pie!)
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One of the highlights of War for me was sitting there on Friday engaged in meandering conversation with you and Jan. Old friends jack-jawing; all we needed was rocking chairs on the front porch of the general store...
I spent a grand total of $48 on 'stuff' this war. A new medallion for me and a bit of shiny for Kass. Of course, I've already got a couple of shelves of Eadric pottery and small stuff from Miguel. I almost came home with a horse-bow from the guy next door to us. But I feared (justly) explaining that bit of barter to Kass!
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Date: 2008-08-12 01:52 pm (UTC)Glad chatting on Friday was one of your highlights too :)
I saw those bows, they were pretty cool, but yeah...
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Date: 2008-08-11 10:33 pm (UTC)Your ear problem seems not to be as rare as we might hope. Next year, I'll have an off-the ground bed!
We enjoyed the population well. Blogging on that soon.
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Date: 2008-08-12 01:24 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-08-12 01:41 pm (UTC)I have a bug net?
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Date: 2008-08-12 03:10 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-08-12 07:15 pm (UTC)re: the kumihimo...this is odd, but I'm positive that you're the person that introduced me to the art in the first place. I know that you showed me fingerloop braiding (very useful, and thank you for it) but I was sure you showed me how to make a kumihimo roundthingie using heavy cardstock.
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Date: 2008-08-13 02:18 pm (UTC)My first cord is done, and used 16 strands -- a stripey spiral pattern. Very solid stuff, and uses a good deal more material than a 16 strand (8-loop) spiral in fingerloop -- definitely useful for tying up of heavy things!