We will shortly return to our regular programming.
Another Drachnewald event on the books! Met more people. Chatted with previously met people. Did time in the kitchen. I could go on about how great it is to have events at places like a 15th century former Bishop's palace, but this is my project blog, so I should talk about making things.
My big takeaways from the weekend, on the makey-doey front, were:
1. I need to make a bag to pack/carry my feast gear in. A box doesn't make sense, at this point, since I'm largely having to use public transport for at least part of each journey, so a bag will have to do. I've been noodling on how to engineer one that will work for me, and also I need to get a bowl, and maybe I don't need five drinking vessels but maybe I do.
2. I need to finish the blue wool dress. That should probably be first up on my list of Things To Do, followed by the sleeves floating around in various states of completion. I realise that my Renaissance Counterparttm would very likely not have had a billion sets of clothing, but she damn well would have had more than one.
3. I need to put the frogs on the coat, and re-iron/tack down some bits of the trim. Otherwise, that thing is fucking amazing and I'm so glad I made it and maybe the collar needs fur.
4. I need to finish the stripey chemise.
5. I should probably consider another "day-wear" partlet.
6. It's going to be a while before I'm able to scribe, again, and that makes me sad, but the work I saw this weekend was inspiring.
7. It's time to fire up the knit Huelgas cushion again (and I've pulled it out of the unpacking chaos in preparation).
8. It's time for the table top banner, folks.
9. If I'm only going to have a few dresses, I really need to finish up all of the aprons I have on the go. Maybe I'll pull the lace one out (if I can find it).
10. I'm still noodling on ideas for Tournaments Illuminated/Compleat Anachronist. I may never get around to doing anything about it, but at least I'm giving it some thought. I'm still looking for the notes from the feasts I did, in order to turn the Italian one into something useful, but I'm afraid I purged them in The Great Exodus. I hope I'm wrong. Which leads to...
11. Cooking is a thing I can do, so maybe I'll focus on that for a bit.
12. After I finish the linen napkins for largesse/gift baskets, now that I have my fabric scissors.
I'm feeling the pinch of how small our flat is. I had grown very accustomed to having loads of space and ease of access to my craft supplies. This is a thing that I no longer have, and I suffer greatly from Out Of Sight Out Of Mind disorder. Hopefully this list (and others I suspect I'll end up making) will keep me somewhat honest.
I should dig out the Apprentice Challenge list thinger, too. That might give me some structure.
Bah! So many words for a project blog, but it's all I've got, at the moment. Hopefully soon I'll have more interesting things happening.
Watch this space...
My big takeaways from the weekend, on the makey-doey front, were:
1. I need to make a bag to pack/carry my feast gear in. A box doesn't make sense, at this point, since I'm largely having to use public transport for at least part of each journey, so a bag will have to do. I've been noodling on how to engineer one that will work for me, and also I need to get a bowl, and maybe I don't need five drinking vessels but maybe I do.
2. I need to finish the blue wool dress. That should probably be first up on my list of Things To Do, followed by the sleeves floating around in various states of completion. I realise that my Renaissance Counterparttm would very likely not have had a billion sets of clothing, but she damn well would have had more than one.
3. I need to put the frogs on the coat, and re-iron/tack down some bits of the trim. Otherwise, that thing is fucking amazing and I'm so glad I made it and maybe the collar needs fur.
4. I need to finish the stripey chemise.
5. I should probably consider another "day-wear" partlet.
6. It's going to be a while before I'm able to scribe, again, and that makes me sad, but the work I saw this weekend was inspiring.
7. It's time to fire up the knit Huelgas cushion again (and I've pulled it out of the unpacking chaos in preparation).
8. It's time for the table top banner, folks.
9. If I'm only going to have a few dresses, I really need to finish up all of the aprons I have on the go. Maybe I'll pull the lace one out (if I can find it).
10. I'm still noodling on ideas for Tournaments Illuminated/Compleat Anachronist. I may never get around to doing anything about it, but at least I'm giving it some thought. I'm still looking for the notes from the feasts I did, in order to turn the Italian one into something useful, but I'm afraid I purged them in The Great Exodus. I hope I'm wrong. Which leads to...
11. Cooking is a thing I can do, so maybe I'll focus on that for a bit.
12. After I finish the linen napkins for largesse/gift baskets, now that I have my fabric scissors.
I'm feeling the pinch of how small our flat is. I had grown very accustomed to having loads of space and ease of access to my craft supplies. This is a thing that I no longer have, and I suffer greatly from Out Of Sight Out Of Mind disorder. Hopefully this list (and others I suspect I'll end up making) will keep me somewhat honest.
I should dig out the Apprentice Challenge list thinger, too. That might give me some structure.
Bah! So many words for a project blog, but it's all I've got, at the moment. Hopefully soon I'll have more interesting things happening.
Watch this space...
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