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OK, so I am really very bad about recording these things and I need to start doing a better job, or I am never going to get to 50! :P So, here are some old things (including some *really* old things) that I should have posted, but never did...

#5 - Viking coat:
Yup, been wearing it for like two years now, but apparently never added it to the list. ( Read more... )

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It is so good to be home! Quest was a blast, but it was an exhausting jaunt out West and I was very glad to be in my own bed last night!

Last Wednesday we drove out to Sioux Falls and stayed overnight with zarhooie. We chattered for a bit, but after work, packing, and the drive out, we crashed pretty early. In the morning we ran some errands, including ( Read more... )

Thursday evening, all day Friday and some of Saturday was spent at The Met.

We'll start it off right with The Met's one Pictish piece, and then proceed more or less chronologically.


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And now for the part *I* really want to blather about - MY team's entry!


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This weekend we held the Griffin Needle Challenge in Jararvellir and, now that I have slept a bit, I would like to offer a report and thanks. Apologies for any inaccuracies or omissions - some details doubtless have escaped me from tiredness…

We had nine teams compete in the Challenge. In the Intermediate category, we had the Handmaidens (and ( Read more... )

There really is just too much over Pennsic to do more than summarize the best parts of it.

We arrived very late on Friday night. It was dark and cold and wet. I made the executive decision that I would rather pay for a hotel room than try to set up in that. Hurray for one last night in a real bed!

I took two classes from Ragnveig Snorradottir - ( Read more... )

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I am often cold and so have long lusted after goldfrog’s tasty wool Viking coat. I finally had a chance to make one of my own. I used my standard Pictish gown pattern, with a few little modifications: additional ease, a v-neckline, and a front split.


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