Crazy project-i-ness

[femkes_follies]

In the interest of being my usual weird self, I have segued from planting winter wheat in my little bed as a cover crop to something a bit more long term. I'm going to get some European landrace strain wheat seed from the USDA germplasm repository and build up my stock for now. When I have enough - baked goods from period wheat! ;-) Heh. And maybe some plaited straw, too.

Stick that up your A&S Faire.

ablackram brought me some neat buttons, so I might be inspired to go back to work on the embroidered Cote for John. I need to go wool shopping. And then gather some manuscript images of men knocking acorns out of the trees for the boars. Fashion In The Age of The Black Prince talks about a similar embroidered garment, with pearls for the acorns. Not sure what to do for the acorn tops - a loop of gold purl? Or buttonhole-stitched silk?

Off to sit and think crazy thoughts, since it's too hot to actually DO anything.

Comments

[mistressarafina.livejournal.com]

Yeah but if you use modern methods I'm still gonna ding you!

*duck*

[femkederoas.livejournal.com]

*sporfle*

Guess I'd better get John started on the woodfired oven in the back yard, huh?

Do I have to carve a wooden spoon and bowl, or can I use store-bought? *g*

[mistressarafina.livejournal.com]

Not only do you have to carve it by hand, but you have to make the tool to carve it using only other period tools which themselves were made in a period accurate fashion and from period accurate materials.

[femkederoas.livejournal.com]

I sense a need to go dig out my European PreHistory notes, in an effort to find the ones on flint knapping. ;-) A nice hand axe and scraper are probably a good place to start.