Art, elven things, tea

[lyssabard]

After spending a morning rambling in a friend's post, I realize I miss talking to you guys and want to be more diligent about updating. :) So, as long as LJ is working, ahem *peers at how long it took the window to load*, I figured I'd fill in folks on what's up

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[prezzey]

If you ever end up in Paris somehow (one never knows...), be sure to visit the Medieval Museum (Musée National du Moyen Âge), they have a very nice collection of medieval tapestries. I found it beautiful and I don't even have a special interest in textiles.

[lyssabard]

Someday, I'll make it overseas, and I will remember this and add it to my ever growing list of stops. :)

I was thinking about you the other day, btw. How are you and how are you doing?

[prezzey]

Ooh let me add one more. :D If you are ever in Vienna (the Austrian Vienna!), my favorite recommendation is the Spittelau garbage incinerator / heating plant. (SERIOUSLY. I've talked a few people into visiting and they loved it.) It's right next to the Spittelau subway stop and it looks breathtaking.

I'm doing OK - my health is crap but slightly improving in the past few days. I'm posting a lot on the occultism filter and its subfilter, are you folks on those? (I'm not sure; they are both opt-in and I just put on people who asked, for the most part.)

Also, Skyrim is cool, the first game in the Elder Scrolls series that I enjoy playing.

[lyssabard]

Ok, that sounds awesome!
I also have Skyrim, but my time has dropped and I need to make some time to play it. :)

[teaotter]

I just broke out the rest of the fleece I bought *mumble* ago and was washing it this weekend. I have too many things going at once, but I miss spinning. The ranch I bought them from is selling this year's fleeces, and I am so, so tempted.

I don't even go on Etsy any more, I have too many things that need to be made into more things already. My fiber stash has so much potential energy right now, I'm afraid to add to it.

[lyssabard]

Shh. It's not a problem, it's potential!

SPINSPINSPIN!

We could have a long distance treadledate?

[thewronghands]

Thanks for the reviews about the tapestries -- that's fascinating. I don't think I've ever seen any on that scale, but you share the experience almost as if I were there.

Hahaha to the Icewine. I'm similarly hooked on that stuff.

[lyssabard]

Thank you! I really struggled with the writing of that this morning, well, pretty much as I struggled with the viewing in some ways and really wished Beth was alive and with me, feeling like there are questions I am not asking, things I am not seeing--but I am not sure what they all were. Also? Very close to my period and area of study--that I haven't toucned in 15 years, but not my locale. My knighthood days and research centered around Joan of Arc, and that's 1412-1431. (Gods, I had to look that up. I kept thinking 1491, but that's the fall of Acre.)

So reading the review, and thinking about it now, we're at a point where warfare is going to be changing. hasufin already noted the castle shapes changing. A little quick wikipedia reading pings a lightbulb though--this is the time in medieval warfare when we are seeing a growth of artillary in the battlefield, and that was definitely evident. The whole thing was pikemen, cannons, seige for the defense against bowman, and a few soldiers with guns--enough that folks noted their presence in

[lyssabard]

Let me see what happens with the yarn result and how much I have, before I make any promises on that, ok? Also, I knit slow. You might want to check out Sock Dreams, in the meantime?

[historychick49]

Ooooh, magical Elven sheep fiber! Pics, pretty pretty please? Or a link to the Etsy store? I would probably be very tempted to buy some handspun yarn from you, if only enough for a pair of mitts.

[lyssabard]

I got it from Woolgatherings on Etsy: http://www.etsy.com/shop/woolgatherings

Now, spinning yarn is easy. I could spin you some, but I can't guarantee a specific quantity, cause, that's hard to figure out for me atm. I think 8oz gets enough for socks or mittens, depending on how I spin it, but I have yet to try knitting with my handspun and seeing how it goes. Yeah, I know. Guilty of that.

[historychick49]

Even just enough for something small like wrist-warmers would be awesome!

[lyssabard]

I could do it. Just let me get some more of it, finish the Icelandic wool, and see what happens. :) I can't make promises yet, but if I do, I'll let you guys know. And open an Etsy shop. :)