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Hi!!! I'm the one whose first SCA event was today!! It was very fun and also very hot. Everyone was very nice though!! Made a very ugly basket and one (1) glass bead. Sorry for the blurry picture lmao

LOOK HOW CUTE IT IS!! I don't think it's ugly at all, I love it so much! You should make something special with it as a memento. I'm so glad that you had a good time, and I hope that you get to go to more.

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Tricksy hobbit behavior

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Also I got to hang out with my beloved daughter Tiamat at the demo!

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I hosted part one of a shield making day in my basement for two of my early period friends! We're laminating 1/4" birch plywood with cotton muslin and alum-tanned leather on both sides. The circle cutting jig made the process a total breeze. Getting my boss off my old shield was such a pain in the ass though. I'm so excited for the next phase.

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Made a bunch of Viking spiral rings in the last hour of the demo

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And final progress! I added a bit of inkle trim to the inside as a channel for a cord to run through, that I can use to cinch my hood tight to my mask. It also adds a bit of nonbinary flair when my hood is down

Orkney hood redye adventure

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More Orkney hood work from yesterday

Orkney hood redye adventure

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Finally, trim

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I enjoy this space so much now

The last time I posted about my office, I had just redone the desks and gotten them stained and into more or less their final configuration. That was January 18, 2021. January 24, 2021, I ordered this Object:

The Linon Home Decor Products Casimer 6-Drawer Wide Rolling Home Office Storage Cart, Natural.

The thing about this cart is, it looks like raw pine! Just plain ass wood. Nothing special. That's what made me want it, because I wanted to make it match my new desks.

The thing about this cart is, it is not raw fucking pine. It is covered in some sort of truly evil matte plastic coating, like a super flat polyurethane or some shit. I immediately set about trying to strip it...and gave up. Hard. To the point where I almost literally do not have pictures until I got to this stage:

Basically, that polyurethane was a bitch to get off. I had to buy a random orbital sander, 60 grit pads, citristrip and serious elbow grease. @dustycymbre came in clutch with powerful techniques.

Through perseverance, muscle and a lot of cussing, we got it done. I routed the top panel to be a square match to the sides and then added a chamfer to the top, and we stained it to match the desks. I also made some matching shelves of the same red oak the desks have:

And then the scope crept, because I realized if I simply moved the desk out of the way, not only would mounting the shelves be easier, but I could also PAINT THE WALL

Then it was shelf time.

This really helps me feel some control in my life, and our office is now a wonderful source of happiness for me. It's so lovely to hang out in there with all the warm woods and my silly steampunk theme and the bright bright purple shining in the sunlight and glowing warmly in the chandelier's LEDs.

Also I got us new fancy monitor arms and set up Switch docks on HDMI switchers so we can game on our monitors side by side! I'm literally living the dream it's fucking awesome. This room absolutely rocks now.

Thank you for reading, here's Ghira seeing every plane of existence overlapping in a swirling mobius

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Other stuff I did for the SCA this week

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Further adventures before I called it for the night. Gotta finish attaching the fringe, iron, do some rough embroidery over the thread that didn't dye, and attach some homemade wool inkle trim

Orkney hood redye adventure

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Orkney hood redye adventure

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Feel like pure shite, just want a movie where the castles are decorated properly

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Here's all the finished parts of the wagon! I drafted plans that would let the supports for the axle that stick out of the bed come off so that it goes truly flat, but it's not necessary for it to fit in my vehicle so I wound up not doing that. The sides are held on with four dowel pins and because they have to be wedged in a bit, it's surprisingly solid.

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its extremely important to read widely and deeply in a variety of genres. read obscure self published shit that only 4 people have read. read culturally relevant works of literature that have helped shape the canon. read horror. read women's lit. read historical fiction and comedies and nonfiction and hentai and poetry and science fiction and fantasy and mysteries and romance and good things and bad things and things u hate and things you love and things you COULD like if only the author changed x y and z and things which are beautiful but not meant for you.

doing all of this reading will lay a groundwork of rich complexity in your heart. so that you can write really good porn

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I have absolutely heartbreaking news to share with the SCA and the broader reenactment and music communities. Wyndreth Berginsdottir, writer and original singer of Savage Daughter, is dying of lewy body dementia. Her husband desperately needs help to provide end of life care.

https://www.gofundme.com/f/my-mothers-savage-daughter-needs-our-help

Spread this far and wide. She needs us. She gave us such a gift with her music and powerful voice and the least we can do is make this next stage of her journey comfortable.

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With help from @dustycymbre on the initial sketch and the uncial hand for the motto