More from my Double wars at home.

So, I've been busy with lots of stuff, but I have done at least one thing that I would have done at Double Wars every day, and here are some photos to prove it :)

Tuesday the 19th

This day I enjoyed one of my favourite pasttimes in the current middle ages, as it is called in the SCA: hanging out in my underwear :)

 

There is nothing as nice as hanging out in your hand sewn linen shift; before getting dressed in the morning, as in this case, I hadn't even rebraided my hair, or after a swim or shower, or a hot day in your wool gown.

 

Wednesday the 20th

I had breakfast on the balcony in my shift this day too, but you've already seen that.

This day there was a zoom event, the online version of the traditional Double wars Sill(y) party. Sill means herring in Swedish, so people had prepared with pickled herring and other food and drink. I don't like herring, so I just hung out with some tea and embroidery. I am wearing my cotton Italian c. 1300 gown.

 

 Afterwards I put on a woollen cloak and sat on my balcony, enjoying the spring evening. The blackbirds were singing like crazy, and if it hadn't been for the sound of motorway in the distance and my neighbours smoking on their balconies, and someone playing techno somewhere I could have imagined myself at a camping event.

 

 Thursday the 21st

A very typical Double Wars thing, is the lavish, and not particularly medieval brunch that you can order in advance, when you sign up for the event.

On thursday morning I made a smaller version of this for the family: Rice porridge, bacon, American pancakes. And hoummus, which isn't part of the traditional Double Wras breakfast, but which I had made for a Lebanese meal some days ago.



Then, since I am participating in Medieval May on instagram and that day's theme was luxury, we can say that I got dressed for court ;) 13th-early 14th century silk brocade gown.

 

 

What I really did that day was to walk 10 kilometres and meet my best friend and then get thoroughly sloshed on prosecco in the sun, which is a very Double Wars thing (without the walking), and then I walked the same distance home, late in the night.

Friday the 22nd

Well, I was mostly hung over, but I worked on the embroidery for my 12th century wool gown, and actually got to attach it to the gown.
The embroidery is silk thread, metal thread and glass beads on silk.