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Written by Cilean Stirling
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Thursday, 29 March 2012 01:38 |
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Without the ability to spray the insects who invaded their homes or even exterminators, medieval people made use something to discourage vermin. So I think people experimented with herbs and all... |
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Written by Lord Christoph the Great the III
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Saturday, 21 May 2011 20:48 |
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Hello everyone, are making any new gear/pavilions/encampment gear? Don’t forget to take photos of your progress and once complete post them on the site, even better take a few minutes and type a tutorial and post it on the site with your photos of your new gear. If you need help getting your tutorials on our site please drop us a line we would be happy to give you a hand. |
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Written by Cilean Stirling
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Monday, 09 May 2011 19:08 |
It is now approaching the Summer and with it, the hotter temps that I do not handle very well. So I am addressing this by creating some Elizabethans from Linen this year.
Here is the beginning of this Gown it is Lavender/Blue Linen
I decided to use Rownena Charleton's Design on the front of my bodice and then I added beadwork to make it pop
And here are my sleeves
So this is what I had done so far...I am hoping to have this done by Saturday, and now onto the... |
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Written by Cilean Stirling
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Tuesday, 29 March 2011 04:31 |
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My dream began 29 years ago, I was watching a show called "Real People" and was facinated by the people dressed in Viking Gear. My friends asked around but without the internet, this was the Fat Mac era, and even though we were all at Universities, none of us had heard of the SCA. Move 3 years and one of my friends wirtes to me that he found the SCA, he was then living in Sunnyvale, CA and was going to San Jose State. We made plans to go to an event, but since my time was precious we made... |
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Written by Cilean Stirling
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Tuesday, 29 March 2011 03:05 |
Hello so now that you have taken the time to check out what others are wearing in the SCA, checked out portraits, you have made a cut down the ages and now you are ready to go to the next step: Your Budget! I know, but being firstly in the SCA you have so much to get so I always like to discuss how you are going to pay for this without owing the National Debt on Credit Cards.
Budget
There are 3 basic areas when you want to create or gain something they are;MoneyTimeEffort
Without 1 of... |
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Written by Cilean Stirling
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Wednesday, 19 January 2011 03:30 |
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It can be difficult to find appropriate fabrics to make your outfits not only feel authentic and also not make them cookie cutter like the person next to you. The first thing I am going to tell you is, this takes time effort and research, once you know what to look for then you can make an educated choice as to what fabrics we can find today. I am also going to mention that the time period we are looking at had many more textures in natural fibers than we have today. The advent of synthetic... |
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Written by Cilean Stirling
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Tuesday, 18 January 2011 02:49 |
Terminology it essential in knowing exactly what you are looking for to wear if you want to get the correct or authentic 'look'. Without looking like a cookie cutter, we can create clothing of the period using period terminology , so that we will pay it forward and the people who follow us will use the correct terms.
So are Fortune Michelgrove a lovely person in 1570 England, and you are going to Court! This is exciting as your family will be able to use the connections you meet to help... |
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Written by Cilean Stirling
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Monday, 17 January 2011 02:32 |
Welcome to the SCA, now what?
When anyone begins in the SCA, we all have to figure out well who we are, again within a time frame. While there are some sites online in which you can pick clothing from, they are expensive and well you just can't walk into your local Sears and ask for 13th Century Norman attire. So here are some time periods and places to help you figure out what you need or would like to aspire to in the SCA. Also because we wear pretty heartily the clothing within... |
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Written by Kristel Catterton
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Tuesday, 21 December 2010 02:53 |
Note: This translation has been graciously provided by Uni Johannesen.
Sigmund’s Heroic Ballad (younger)
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In the Faroe Islands there lived two chiefs,
Who were called Tróndur and Sigmund.
Men of Norway! Dance well in silence;
Stand up all,
Knights, men of Norway!
Dance well in silence.
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Sigmund lived on Skúvoy,
Tróndur lived in the bay of Gøta.
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So angry was Tróndur, he thought evilly:
Sigmund has spoiled our party.
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Tróndur was sitting in his... |
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Written by Kristel Catterton
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Tuesday, 21 December 2010 02:43 |
Note: I wanted to do a side-by-side translation, but have not figured out how to do html tables in this editor. As soon as I do, I will condense this material into a more readable format.
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Í Føroyum búðu høvdingar tveir,
Tróndur og Sigmundur itu teir.
Noregs menn! Dansið væl í stillum;
Stilli tykkum allar,
Riddarar, Noregs menn!
Dansið væl í stillum.
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Sigmundur búði Skúvoy á,
Tróndur búði við Gøtuvág.
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So grammur var Tróndur, hann hugsar... |
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