Adelheid in the SCA

Home today, not feeling well, but need something to keep my mind off of feeling sucky. Perfect time for an easy, low consequence project. Cute, isn't it. I made this very early on in my journey as I figured good headwear would compensate for a variety of garb issues. I clearly didn't know what I was doing and made the cap too big! I figure that can be cut, hemmed, and the strip repurposed as that unter... Well I forgot the word but it's the strip of linen that you pin things to. The wulst is also crooked... Go home wulst, you're drunk! You can see it's too high and narrow by the grey arrow and all kinds of shifted to the side of the white arrow. A few tucks, some pins, and that's more the idea. That photo cracks me up! Must be the cold meds. Before... After! Now to figure out how to put a veil on it! YIS AW

I learned a few things about Adelheid this weekend. She is constantly revealing more of herself, much like a statue emerging from a block of marble. Adelheid Wyss is German Swiss from early 16th century. She is from a small town in the Berner Overland but moved to Zurich as a young woman.  She married a wealthy man and had children. Her husband unfortunately passed away, and her sons are grown. She has a small house and lets out rooms, preferably to travellers visiting the Abby. Her children are nearby. Her husband left her well off and she is shrewd and careful with her business. She is comfortable, eats well, and likes finer things but hates to part with her money. She prefers good quality and long lasting over flashy. She especially likes fancy little things her travellers leave - fabrics, spices, yarns... all sorts of things she might not otherwise have access to. She is a little behind fashion and is quite conservative, being middle aged and raised in a village in the Alps. She li

Last year, I said I wanted to make Mead. The sisters jumped in with both feet cause those are the kind of cool women they are. We did three batches, about 2 weeks apart. The first was blackberry with about 1 pound of honey. The second was almost exactly the same, but with 2 pounds of honey. Here's how they compare: The second has a much deeper colour. I was initially underwhelmed by the first batch, but it tastes lovely after sitting for a year. It's a really light, easy drinking mead. The second tastes freaking amazing, much more of a punch to it, getting closer to a port wine. The third batch was forgotten for a year and just recovered today. So with just the fruit being pulled out of it, here's what we got. This is peach and/or apricot. I can't remember how much honey I used for this one, but will guess a little over 2 pounds. I can't wait to try it. I'll give it a couple weeks to settle, then will have a taste test of the