Well, welcome to the new year. Last year was a crazy ride, but it sure ended with a bang. (And a bit of a whimper, but I had a really bad sinus cold.)
The biggest news is that yes, I am now an old married woman. Old because I leveled up to a new decade of age, and married because this December we finally made it all official and stuff. With a relatively small, but incredibly wonderful wedding.

I have great plans for lots more sewing this year, and I am hoping to get many needed wardrobe updates of a vintage persuasion. Does that make it a wardrobe backdate? Hmm....
Anyway, that's all I have for right now. We'll see if I can find some time to actually post more this year.

Brief Update

Well, yes it has been a while since I last wrote. I have been busy with Faire, with a new house, with work, etc. So there are lots of great photos and some research. Some historic cooking, some knitting, and some clothing work that I will post about as soon as I get a break from the whirlwind that I live in right now. I am learning a great deal about fitting mens' hosen and making patterns for a variety of Landsknecht sizes dealing with loaner gear and things for individuals. The only things I haven't worked on recently are the ones for me and my guy. Oh well, cobbler's children and all that I suppose...

But I truly promise more details on clothing and pictures in November/December. I plan to update my professional page then as well. So I hope to start gathering materials soon for that. Check back next month for far more interesting blog bits.

Tardis Geekery

This post is not historical at all. And not about theatre or truly even knitting (although it does connect to that tangentially). No, this is shamelessly showing off the cool thing I made. If you don't watch Dr. Who (in which case what planet are you on?!) you won't get the full awesomeness of the geekery involved in this project. It is a double point knitting needle holder themed on the Tenth Doctor. I even got special print on fabric so that I could print out the Tardis Police Call Box signs and the surprise Doctor image on the inside. No iron on was used in the making of this. It is all layered appliques with quilted designs for contouring the Tardis panels.
It was made as a gift though, so it is enjoying its new home somewhere in time and space away from me. Although, I may have had just enough scraps left over to make a second, similarly themed project...
 

New projects

Yes, I'm still alive. I may, in fact, start making myself blog a bit about things I am up to so I start keeping track of What I am doing currently.

Plans for this spring involve in no particular order:

Making four sets of Landsknecht outfits for lending purposes
Making a mid-18th century ensemble for myself (exact date TBD)
Finishing knitting the other four socks to go with the first half of four pairs I have started already
Design and build a dance show for work
Attend several workshops and play production events throughout the area
Start researching/designing for Twelfth Night this summer
Get geared up for the next reenacting season with research and kit enhancement
Find a house and move into it by the end of summer
Finish the tub of sewing WIPs that have languished for far too long in the closet(already begun)
See if I can get involved in volunteering at the local historic home site
See about making some friends local to the area so I can hang out and play games with people without driving a minimum of two hour each direction to see them

Updates on this as time progresses. As a teaser, here is the design sketch for the first Landsknecht lending outfit.