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OMG I finally cracked this book I got the other day -- "Bog Fashion: Recreating Bronze and Iron Age Clothes" by Nicole DeRushie, who Kickstarted the book -- and it's FANTASTIC. It's like PATTERNS and CONSTRUCTION TIPS and the archaeological evidence to back the garments up. It's a beautiful book, and hella useful -- and has shown me that over half of my SCA kit was done RIGHT!!! My persona is 5th century Pictish/Catt from the Shetlands, so I'm working on the premise that they would have still been wearing primarily that late Iron Age look, since it's functional and easy to make from things one could acquire on the islands or in trips to the Orkneys or even Dal Riada. I am full of squee!!!!
Greetings! My name in the SCA is Nadbroicc inigena Druisten (pronounced vaguely like NAWDbrick INNYgena DRISTden), aka Mouse. And I'm a harper who is relearning the wire-strung Gaelic harp, or clairseach! And I'm an old used scribe too! And a former herald who's looking to learn more! Persona-wise, I am a retired 5th c. Pictish warrior of the Catt tribe from Inse Catt (the Shetlands) who once raided as far as Dal Riada, and earned the nickname an Luch (the Mouse) because I am wee but fierce. I content myself these days with music and relearning to play my wee harp. SCA-wise, I'm a Companion of the Order of the Maunche (grant-level East Kingdom arts & sciences award; mine was earned in "Diverse Arts"). XD I currently live in the Barony of Nordskogen, Kingdom of Northshield, but I have lived in Caid, the East, the West, the Outlands when it was a principality of Atenveldt, the Middle, Meridies, and Drachenwald when it was a protectorate/principality of the East Kingdom. Yes, I am very well-travelled! I have been playing in the SCA since AS X, when I was known as Ommadan (names were a different beast back then XD). That makes me a bit of a geezer, but hey, I own that.
This journal is largely to document my endeavors in getting my harp playable again and relearning how to play. It'll also be my home for SCA stuff in general -- scribalry, heraldry, life events, like that. For more random witterings about the SCA and harpery etc., I have a Facebook page here. I also have an SCA resume here.
Welcome, have a seat and a cuppa! XD
This journal is largely to document my endeavors in getting my harp playable again and relearning how to play. It'll also be my home for SCA stuff in general -- scribalry, heraldry, life events, like that. For more random witterings about the SCA and harpery etc., I have a Facebook page here. I also have an SCA resume here.
Welcome, have a seat and a cuppa! XD
