Eva's journal

It didn't start particularly good, but it turned out to be one of the most fun events I've been to in years.
The pain in my stomach didn't go away so on Friday morning I actually went to the ER. After X-rays were made they found out that it "only" was a really bad constipation, but they still thought it was a good thing that I came in, given the fact that I so recently had surgery in my stomach.
I got home again around 3 pm and started packing for us to go to the event. I had then not slept anything since Thursday morning, but kept going on sheer will power. 

My friend Amanda picked up me and Rickard in her car. When we reached the event, c 40 minutes drive from Gothenburg, we ofund that one piece of the lid that covers the big air hole on our inflatable mattress was missing. After a few unsuccesful attempts to McGyver it, Rickard took the car back home and gor our foam rubber mattress. This was actually much better for my body - the only reason we hadn't taken that mattress was that Amanda's car is really small. We did manage to get all our stuff into the car on the way home anyway, but it was a squeeze.

Anyway, despite not having slept I managed both to hold the Annual General Meeting of Gotvik, and become the chair of the group,and to be up drinking white wine mixed with bubbly water until 2 am. 

On Saturday I tried my bow for the first time. I didn't compete in the challenge though, but went inside and hung out with friends. It was nice not having anything to do on the event after cooking feast two events in a row.

Court was a little too long, but still nice. And Rickard got a local award, with a very beautiful scroll. I had made two scrolls too, and the recipients liked them.

Feast was good, though not spectacular in any way, and I had very good company at the table. After feast I stayed up to 4 am - drinking and chatting! I don't know how this older version of myself has come back :)

This was the first event since I got my coronet, so we took photos of me in garb with it on.

 

A few more photos here.

When I stepped down as baroness (SCA) I became a court baroness. it has taken a while fro me to decide what I wanted, but my friend Johanna, from Eva Johanna Arts &Crafts made this wonderful coronet for me. It is based on early to mid- 14th century Italian examples, but with a little fairy tale/romantic twist: the white flowers which are from my device, are more medieval romance than historically correct.






I'm wearing a t-shirt and haven't done anything with my hair, but you see the coronet at least. I will take proper photos soon, I've just been too busy with work, excercise and other projects.'

BTW, you really should follow that link to Johanna's busienss page, she makes droolworthy stuff.

I've been blogging about Italian 1330s and weird gowns over at my costuming blog.




I haven't yet made up my mind which of the versions that I want to make. The mi-parti one is cool, the white unusual, but the striped ones are more insane, and I tend to go for that.

 Including lots more photos. Over here in my costuming blog.

 All the documentation for my recent 15th century italian gown can now be found over in my costuming blog. Including a pattern for the hat. 

I haven't posted for ages (well, a week), I've been away from the computer a lot: sewing, knitting, celebrating full moon, taking long walks with hubby, hanging with friends, making the baronial newsletter etc.
Generally very good stuff.

I made a pair of 40s trousers on the day before Christmas eve and a blouse on New Year's day (photo below). I have also knit one pair of slippers for one of my coven members and started on a new pair for another. The partlet for Valeria's Eleonora outift was finished on New Year's Day, but she has had a bad cold and also mostly been at here dad's, so I haven't had the opportunity to photograph it on her. Hopefully that will happen this week.

The trousers and blouse.


So I made curtains.

But I also started on the bodice of the gown and finished the lacing holes on the bodice on saturday when I went with some friends to visit some other friends who live in the countryside, for sewing and socializing. The main purpose of that visit was that the next baron, Johan, really needed joined hose, since he's doing 15th century Italian. The current baron also need those so we all applied to the expertise of our friend Ida, who does landsknecht costuming. I had planned to learn by helping out with the pattern for Måns' hose, but in the end only Johan's hose pattern was made, so I ate cookies and sewed on my own stuff. Måns and I plan to return on the 20th to make his pattern. I want to make such hose for Rickard too, so this time I will have to be more involved so that I actually learn how to make them.

Yesterday I started planning the feast for St. Egon, but that will be another post. Now I probably should finish my cup of tea and get dressed and get to work.

 More (and larger) photos and info in my costuming blog, but here's one photo of the finished hem.



I then did 20 minutes on my exercise bike and now I really ought to go to work. Still feeling slightly sick from the methotrexate, but that won't stop me lecturing of course.

I'm feeling a strong urge to start knitting again. I really shouldn't, however, because I have Valeria's embroidered sleeve to finish and it's 1/3 done and it would be so wonderful to have finished her camicia (enough to be wearable, I will add more embrodery over time). After finishing the sleeve I will line the skirt of her Eleonora gown and attach the skirt to the bodice - another long time project that would be lovely to have finished.

But after that I will knit something, a cardigan or a shawl probably.

I did some quick knitting this week however, I made this for Rickard:

 And photographed and written about. Many more photos and info here.