Doings

Been a couple of months. I have been busy.

Lots of hand work...sewing in particular. I used to avoid it like the plague, hand sewing, but now I find it preferable to machines. No clue why.

Nalbinding, crochet, knitting...all in the learning stages.

Beading...big time here, for straps of various sort, garters and whatnot. I have done a lot of Woodland Indian type work of late, from lovely madder red wool leggings to a madder red wool wrap skirt and trade shirt. There is little real difference between hosen and braes and leggings and breechclout saving only that the braes are like shorts, completely enclosed and the hosen tie to them, and the breechclout is tucked through a waist belt or sash to which the leggings are connected. Also, hosen have feet, leggings don't. Generally speaking.

Honestly, there is enough overlap in these areas that I have no qualms about using much of it interchangeably. Much of the NA garment selection is almost identical to Scythian and Paleolithic examples...and pants were worn too. Hoods are present all around, and the rest of it is very similar. This is no surprise really, but apparently it is not well known among many folk.

Bows and arrows under construction. Beadwork and leather work under way. Fabric and basketry too. I may be ready to float some items for sale on Etsy before long...perhaps even start vending a bit at various events. The beginning, maybe, of a family trade.

Certes I am set to build a small and ultimately temporary forge along Japanese lines into the garden setup this year. I wish to make some metal items, mostly tools, and this is likely the only way I can do it without causing undue concern or attention.

Gardening to kick in soon; there are many new crops to have a go with this year. Many more herbs too.

Lots of outdoors time; I am out of doors more often than not now. Hiking, scouting, simply living life in the wider world. :) A grand tonic for this...thing...our species has created and called civilization.

Eledhwen