I promised myself I'd never go back to LARP. My first time had been so awful. It started promisingly enough, with a personal invitation to play from a plot member. She had a role for me, and thought I'd be just perfect. I was a dryad spiritually bound to a tree, and the tree had been destroyed. Madness and grief were my motivations. And so we ( Read more... )

Lady Burwhynne Mildenhalle was still a young woman when her much older husband, Lord Osfrid was carried off by ague. Cynebeah was yet a babe in arms. Lord Osfrid's younger brother, Sighard, had no problems marrying Osfrid's widow (she was proven fertile, after all) and claiming the modest estates, but he had no use for young Cynebeah ( Read more... )

Today's sewing project was a Greek peplos, which is essentially two giant rectangles sewn together. I needed more summer wear for LARP, so this should do the trick. I based it roughly off these instructions.


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And here is the finished coat. I say it's finished, even as I make the decision to add a bead and loop closure. I was all about the fibula closure, but since this is a synthetic fabric, I don't think it is forgiving enough to be pinned over and over again. I don't want the coat to get all mangled. So now I need to find an appropriate bead or ( Read more... )

Yes, it's coat time again. I'm on a roll. I would like to finish the Viking coat for knightky by tomorrow. I just have some trim to sew on, and then it's done. I want to tablet weave a belt to go with it, but that will have to wait. I have a dress I want to make, next ( Read more... )

Does anyone within my geographical vicinity have an inkle loom they no longer want/need? I really want to start weaving again. I've looked online, but shipping costs are prohibitive, even if the loom itself is reasonably priced.

I made pretty good progress on the Viking coat yesterday. I don't want to go any further until I can see how it ( Read more... )

An unusual picture of my Fantasy Alive character Marigold, in that I don't look scared or horrified.


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I can't believe I haven't posted the recipe for this, yet. Well, here goes.

This recipe was developed by elanya, and then I tinkered with it and made my own changes. We wanted to create a recipe for a pie that tastes both delicious and dangerous. We wanted a pie that Dark Elves might make. Yes, this pie was developed for LARP. It's made of rich, ( Read more... )