Logbook

Brain slowly returning to normal after CF, and starting to look around for projects in that what would be fun to do way...

Things like: Victorian corset, 12th C bias cut bliaut, frame for warp weighted loom, silk veil, bone needle case (experimenting with bird bones)

Then there is the less fun* but vaguely useful stuff like: 2nd swag for Z in the field, better oilskin hood for Z, the consolidated spreadsheets of RV Tauri data for that paper (deadline end of the month for that), finding a job, find a bunch of projects that can be sold at Festival and make money**, finish a bunch of the lurking projects - naalbinding, sun dress, victorian chemise, viking chain for Z, blackwork chess board...

Then looked at the calender:
7 weeks to Festival***
6 weekends.

Oh.
Might need to revise a few things.

So, plans afoot before Festival:

1 weekend open shoemaking workshop at our place. We can provide references and some materials and people can bring their own leather or buy some off us. Only other essentials are dead socks and (evil) duct tape. Need to sort out the weekend for this. May be short notice due to uncertainty of when Z is in the field - I know a little of the theory and what the good references are, but have only made a leather satchel so far. Weekend 10/11 March out due to Tourney. Possibly 3/4 March, with shoe stuff brought to A&S that Sat so people can see what is going on, and continuing after at our place? People prefer earlier or later? Need to post to In list.

1 weekend open woodworking workshop at our place. Z was planning an introduction to little viking chests. He also has a viking bed to start/finish. May or may not need a trip to the good wood recyclers beforehand for cheap timber. Ditto on which weekend is good etc.

Tent frame - Z's problem - needs to find GOOD timber.
Yellow stripy not good for hangovers tent. Z's problem.
Viking bed. Z's problem.
Trousers for Z. 1 good/evening pair and 1 work pair pushing things a little for a 5 day camping event. My problem. Light wool I think.
Must be something else.

* Everyone know the started stuff is less fun than the unstarted fresh shiney stuff you haven't had a chance to get frustrated with yet.

** Following a discussion with Z over whether it is worth making the medieval stuff pay for itself i.e. see if we can cover event costs out of the profit from various medieval stuff sales. This seems to work better with Z's woodworking and metal working and general merchanting given my skills tend to be towards projects with far more work hours involved for the final article. But he has managed to make Iarnulfr pay his own way previously. Festival costs (excluding travel to and fro and petrol) are around $425 so far. If you ignore what I spent on books last year at Festival, we did manage it, but that was through cheap wool (some leather), a cold snap and selling my time off very cheap for the finished cloaks.

*** Not including the week leading up to Festival since that should be spent on site and doing all sorts of other things. Like possibly the tent frame.

( Cause not all of you are interested in how many acres of linen, wool and silk Z and I own... )
Argh, that was just one chest. One more chest and 4+ boxes to go. And that doesn't include the wool pieces for cloaks etc currently in use on our and R's beds.
Evil biology.