Went to an SCA event this weekend just past

[taennyn]

My first in a long, long time, and my first Canadian event ever.

It went well, I feel like, and for the garb's first outing it performed admirably. Some tweaks on the outer layer to do--it kept rotating to give me a gape in the back of my neck and no space at the front--but overall for an adventure in all day wear my profound compliments to my lady hostess. <3

It's interesting being in a position to say 'If my schedule allows for it, I'll go to more'.

But the old man's gone, and I'll never be attending an event in isolation.


..... Definitely want to lay hands on camp chairs before next time, though. Stupid hip. You'd think a very nice cushion would be enough, but noooo.

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[zero_pixel_count]

Nope, chaaaairs. Benches are all well and good - they're what I have - but ye gods my hips protest.

(I get so envious of the SCA stuff I see online where they have SO MUCH SOFT FURNISHING and I know it's because of longer events and being able to count on the weather to behave - it fucking SNOWED at our event - but still. Everything I have needs to be weatherproof or stay in the tent, and I have to worry about groundsheets and how to move things by hand a hundred yards or so.)

ETA: says the woman whose van was totally loaded for the return journey by a bunch of amazing other people

[taennyn]

It snowed at your event. Gaaaah. That makes the SCA stories about the rainstorms and the 'shrew chewed through the groundsheet AND the tatami mat and then scuttled around the tent looking for nibbles the entire rest of the event' incident pale in comparison. Yeesh.

Woo volunteer loaders! They make life so much better.

[zero_pixel_count]

well really it only snowed on setup. and it didn't settle

though it was very cold

(augh I have IC propagada to write. like we are basically doing the equivalent of a leaflet-drop. it is doing my nut and I have to have it in for Friday)