The Dreaded Lurgi

Ages later, I can report that our tourney and feast were quite successful indeed. I would have reported here immediately, but the very next morning I came down with the same hideous Lurgi that has afflicted my whole household, and between that and several other demands on my under-powered brain, everything else fell by the wayside. Not to worry! Feeling much better now, although the cough persists, and we’re kicking the Medieval Mayhem into gear. Stay tuned for news about that, coming thick and fast!

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Backstrap Weaving

Backstrap weaving is a period method of creating fabric. A ground loom is very similar and was used a lot by nomadic tribes such as the mongols as it was easy to set up and take down. In fact, they are similar enough that the same equipment can be used for both and swapping between the two is a simple matter of changing the way that the loom is anchored and tensioned. https://web.archive.org/web/20150811224553/http://weavezine.com/content/backstrap-basics This is a great tutorial that sets out using a continuous string heddle on a backstrap loom (the same heddle is used on a ground loom as …

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(Tony)

Tony is still working on his name, but today at the imot he had a big win. Would you believe, in the Viking-obsessed SCA, that it’s still possible to have a boat on a field of white and blue? I certainly didn’t, which is why I checked very thoroughly indeed, but it seems it’s true. Provided the boat is purple (all the other tinctures were taken) it’s clear. The boat could even be centred, half on the white and half on the blue, but this design is clearer and Tony prefers it, so there we go!

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(Libby)

Libby wanted something reminiscent of her star sapphire ring, but her first try, Argent, on a cartouche azure a compass star elongated to base argent, conflicts with a 1996 registration, and the similar version with a purple cartouche also conflicts with something.

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(Jan)

Jan’s first go at a device was Quarterly Or and purpure, an owl argent maintaining in its claws an emerald vert. I had a look in the Ordinary and Armorial, the walloping great database of all heraldic registrations in the SCA, and discovered that this one is in conflict with some existing registrations, so Jan went on to redesign it. I’m putting the full detective story here so people can see the heraldic process in practice.

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