Well, it's been a wonderful four years, hasn't it.
In addition to *gestures wildly* all of that, we bought a house, moved, and have been fixing it up; and I co-ran three events in 2023. But before everything fades into a generalized mush in my brain[1], here is a quick listing of the projects I've done since the last post. I really hope, I ought, I need to make time to write a few of them up, as they are worth recording. But in case I never do, A Bulleted List:
- tunic for John Marshall for the elevation of Elizabet his wife (Oct 2020)
- an embroidered squirrel for the Laurel cloak, same
- 11th-century mantle for Matthias' Pelican, also an under & over-tunic for him (April 2021)
- embroidered pelican for Viking-style coat for Hedewigis being made a Tyger of the East (Sep 2021)
- Waffenrock for Matthias for his wife's Laureling (Nov 2021)
- Mantle based on Roger of Sicily for Thorfinnr's Laurel (May 2022)
- viking-era outfit for myself, same
- and I used this pattern to run off several copies for general wearing, which has proved quite useful since I have put on the Pandemic 30lbs and most of my existing clothes don't fit
- embroidered acorn for John Marshall's own Laurel cloak (Oct 2022)
- woolen undergown (with a little woolen embroidery around the neckline) and a quick version of the Dokkum-Berg Sion hat for myself for Mudthaw, and a bloody good thing too (March 2023)
- super big project: for Beth's elevation to the Pelican, I masterminded a squad of people to put together a full Tudor outfit for her beloved Tidehelm (Oct 2023)
- and I did a goldwork embroidery undersleeve for her regalia, same.
- Knitting! I finished a knitted object for myself! which was a scarf/small shawl and I really like it and have gotten many compliments on it. (Dec 2023)
- Fixed the ties on my silk 16th century sleeves (?? this spring sometime)
- Armorial appliqué for their Majesties of Calontir as gifts for the Pennsic state dinner (June 2024)
- And, I helped with our current King Consort's wardrobe:
- buttonholes and some trim bits on a jerkin (Jan 2024)
- trim, buttons, buttonholes, and lacing points for Coronation suit (April 2024)
- assembled a shirt, which I did completely by hand (though had to pass off to someone else to hem it due to injury) (July/Aug 2024)
- helped attach jewels to Pennsic Opening Ceremonies suit (Aug 2024)
- I'm also working on a knit-along shawl...which started in March and was supposed to complete in 5 weeks. I'm maybe a quarter of the way through it, but I pick it up betimes and get a bit further; it's not abandoned.
Part of the challenge is that so much of this is a) regalia and more to the point b) surprise regalia, and so I haven't been posting in media res because I haven't wanted word to get out - even if the person knows they're getting A Thing, one wants them to be wowed on the day with the actual object. And then once it's done, I've generally been too wiped to muster up a post about it. Not to mention, my job's gotten exponentially more stressful over the past several years and the idea of sitting and typing yet more stuff into a computer after finishing work is just aaaaaaaaa no. I need to find a way to reclaim that, too.
Currently, I have another piece of regalia that's due in a month...which I will be starting as soon as I'm done with this post, don't @-me...and then maybe? I could try making something for myself?
[1] too late, yes yes
