[SCA] Birka!
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juldeaSo, I went to Birka. It was pretty cool.
I wore my new, uh... my new garb. I can't classify it by time period or place because I don't know what they are! ;) But it's a long green dress with a shorter overdress in black, with this trim on the hems (neck, sleeves, bottom).![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
tpau was the inspiration and assistance in making it. With the black belt rufinia gave me, I was lookin' nice. Yay for new garb.
I brought alonglondo for the sole purpose of the sushi run. He, amazingly, had a good time. I expected him to hate the whole day... but he consented to throw on a tunic of learnedax's, and ended up sitting at the Information booth for several hours answering people's questions! He even answered the, "What's this all about?" question several times, amusing considering he's into it even less than I am. Hehe. Oh, and he was reading Dune there at the table, which is also amusing. Talk about anachronism. ;)
There was shopping. I got: feast gear (finally), a belt pouch and a better button for it, yarn forlondo's klein bottle hat, a bellydance unitard (it looks like pants and a crop tank, but really it has a mesh panel in the middle - mine is black with black mesh, so it's more obvious that it's one piece. I'll take a picture... I tried it on for londo and it got results so apparently it's good!), and a snood. Whee, money.
Court was actually fun and enjoyable, not boring like I thought it'd be. Well, there were unfun parts, but they were mostly due to the idiots in the row behind us. :P But there were lots of pretty things to look at, awesome people who spoke, lots of jokes and tomfoolery (andcristovau!), and I worked on the Rogue throughout it all so I was able to keep from getting bored during the slow parts. Yay.
Still don't know what I want for a persona. I like my bias dress, I like my new garb, andrufinia has offered/threatened to make me some Byzantine! So far she's shown me this which I like a lot. I have no clue how to turn that into an actual garment, but she does and that's what's important. Yay!
Got to know Marian-o-the-Buttery better, and she's neat.
SCA things I'm interested in trying out: heralding (the person who speaks loudly during court), archery, fencing, making snoods and other knitting endeavors...
I wore my new, uh... my new garb. I can't classify it by time period or place because I don't know what they are! ;) But it's a long green dress with a shorter overdress in black, with this trim on the hems (neck, sleeves, bottom).
tpau was the inspiration and assistance in making it. With the black belt rufinia gave me, I was lookin' nice. Yay for new garb.I brought along
londo for the sole purpose of the sushi run. He, amazingly, had a good time. I expected him to hate the whole day... but he consented to throw on a tunic of learnedax's, and ended up sitting at the Information booth for several hours answering people's questions! He even answered the, "What's this all about?" question several times, amusing considering he's into it even less than I am. Hehe. Oh, and he was reading Dune there at the table, which is also amusing. Talk about anachronism. ;)There was shopping. I got: feast gear (finally), a belt pouch and a better button for it, yarn for
londo's klein bottle hat, a bellydance unitard (it looks like pants and a crop tank, but really it has a mesh panel in the middle - mine is black with black mesh, so it's more obvious that it's one piece. I'll take a picture... I tried it on for londo and it got results so apparently it's good!), and a snood. Whee, money.Court was actually fun and enjoyable, not boring like I thought it'd be. Well, there were unfun parts, but they were mostly due to the idiots in the row behind us. :P But there were lots of pretty things to look at, awesome people who spoke, lots of jokes and tomfoolery (and
cristovau!), and I worked on the Rogue throughout it all so I was able to keep from getting bored during the slow parts. Yay.Still don't know what I want for a persona. I like my bias dress, I like my new garb, and
rufinia has offered/threatened to make me some Byzantine! So far she's shown me this which I like a lot. I have no clue how to turn that into an actual garment, but she does and that's what's important. Yay!Got to know Marian-o-the-Buttery better, and she's neat.
SCA things I'm interested in trying out: heralding (the person who speaks loudly during court), archery, fencing, making snoods and other knitting endeavors...
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on 31 Jan 2005 08:50 (UTC)I want another chance to wear my kilt and leather jherkin.
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on 31 Jan 2005 08:53 (UTC)Can you poke him? He still owes me a resume and a work sample.
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on 31 Jan 2005 09:04 (UTC)But yes, I'll find out what's up from him when I talk to him next.
You are no fool
on 31 Jan 2005 09:01 (UTC)Birka is the SCA version of a mall. It's pretty accessible. I'm glad you and
Oh yeah, don't sweat the persona/garb thing. Many of your SCA friends have wardrobes that stretch across a millenia and a few continental land masses. I'm just surprised that you haven't felt the urge and gone whole hog middle-eastern (though that would have been cold at Birka).
Re: You are no fool
on 31 Jan 2005 09:08 (UTC)I haven't gone whole-hog middle-eastern because I'm into CABARET, with lots of glitz and glitter and sequins and jewels and that's very very modern. It seems, and it could just be because I haven't found the right people, that the only middle-eastern I see at SCA events is very earthy tribal style, which isn't my thing. If someone can show me a glitzy glamorous period style, I would be all over it.
Re: You are no fool
on 31 Jan 2005 09:14 (UTC)http://www.trappingsandtrouble.com/html/mw-cata.htm
Re: You are no fool
on 31 Jan 2005 10:30 (UTC)Re: You are no fool
on 31 Jan 2005 11:38 (UTC)Re: You are no fool
on 31 Jan 2005 09:29 (UTC)meanwhile...
http://www.virtue.to/articles/circle_houp.html#garments
http://www.loudzen.com/users/jessica/houppelande/
and
http://moas.atlantia.sca.org/topics/clot.htm
tell me whta you wnat to make :)
Re: You are no fool
on 31 Jan 2005 10:49 (UTC)That third link would've probably been really helpful if 90% of the links weren't broken.
Re: You are no fool
on 31 Jan 2005 09:42 (UTC)Glitzy, glamorous and period... you met Lakshmi, right?
Re: You are no fool
on 31 Jan 2005 10:50 (UTC)Re: You are no fool
on 31 Jan 2005 12:02 (UTC)The garb is Indian not middle-eastern. She does her homework.
And she gets the glitz and glamour thing.
Re: You are no fool
on 31 Jan 2005 12:14 (UTC)Re: You are no fool
on 31 Jan 2005 12:37 (UTC)Re: You are no fool
on 31 Jan 2005 12:54 (UTC)http://www.pir.net/~beth/main.html
Maybe more text than pics, but good stuff.