Leeny Vee (Mary Ostler-Tir Righ)

Drink some Kinnie for me. I wish I could find it on the west coast of Canada.

A scroll featuring a tent that incorporates details from my timurid disked bell. The scroll was for the Kingdom of An Tir's award for spiffy encampments. Its called the Righteous Rath.

My kalkan shield project complete with the rattan reeds, a sample of winding techniques, and the 4/8 cotton warp spools in royal blue, black, white, and mustard yellow.

Got a scroll for my tents/encampments, and I got started working on my Kalkan heraldic shield project.

#sca #MySca #TirRigh #AnTir

I will enjoy not trying to work on my construction site in the pitch black.

A simple yet ornamental spiral bound kalkan shield in red and gold.

A sampler of possible binding techniques for rods. Using blue and white embroidery thread.

I am starting a new project that is adjacent to my reed screens. Kalkans.

A small domed shield made of spiral bound reeds/rods. There are a lot of them in museums, but not a lot about how to make them. Researching museum photos and starting trials on binds techniques.

#sca #mysca #TirRigh #AnTir

Then, the sprinklers activated.

Tower SOWS stack plugged

I'm a plumber. Sewer systems are not sexy, but they do keep me employed, so I value them. :)

Second might be George Bernard Shaws play Major Barbara. It twisted my perspective of the world.

Night watch is my favorite Pratchett book. There was just so much going on in that book.

Hitch hikers guide to the galaxy. It sparked a lifetime of devouring books.

I love unusual subject matter painting. I pretty much only paint carpets and flooring from movies and tv.

Unhappy party girl series is wonderful.

At the very top of this image is a wonderful blue rectangular cloth with decoration functioning as an aframe awning/low open ended tent.

An extreme close-up of the awning.

So even before the next tent project I am going to jump ahead and do a blue awning for my disked bells encampment. Found what I think is a blue rectangle with decorations, red ropes, and poles. I think mine will be Azure, semi of 8 pointed voided stats argent.

#mysca #TirRigh #AnTir #tents

I've been reading the entire disk world series by Terry Pratchet again, just trying to remain sane.

Probably a tie

Congratulations.

i’m not going to be lectured about political violence by people whose politics is violence

A tablero board made of reeds and indigo dyed wool roving.

Made a tablero board using leftover reeds and indigo dyed wool roving.

#mysca #TirRigh #AnTir #indigo #reedscreen

I tested a half dozen grasses. The bluestem did really well, but the straightness is inconsistent. The northern twitch grass albeit shorter had nicer straight stems. For fine pattern screens the twitch grass wins, but for plain screens I think blue stem is the best native grass.

Too busy staring at the magnificent background.

I fully support CUPE and their continuation of job action.

No Work Without Pay!

#AirCanada can eat a bag of dicks!

1944 copy of La Tente Noire.

Oldest printed book I have is a 1944 published book, La Tente Noire. I have many modern reprints of far older titles, mostly on Japanese armoring manuals and portable architecture.... but the oldest printed is 1944.

Felted wool hat number 2

Finished my felted hat. Will eventually replace the band, but it will do for now. The next hat I make will require a proper hat block, as the pot i used ended up a tad too big.

#mysca #antir #tirrigh

My quoting passages from HHGTTG like it's a religious text have permanently chased my niece and nephew away from Douglas Adams. :)

I was 5'10" in grade 5. I was almost a foot taller than my teacher, let alone my peers. Made for weird pairings in Gym class, as I could knock the other kids down by turning around too quickly.

2ply

Glitter in the intake. The very best evil. So good.

Just another aging Gen X slipping orthotics into a pair of converse.

#genx #orthotics #converse

This horse mounted tent in red and blue is adorable, and might be my next tent.

Instead of a center pole design, the next tent will have a yurt ring, and vertical poles, much like in this illustration of a mongolian chegezi ger.

I have enough red and yellow canvas from previous tents / fabric stash to make a small tent.

Next possible tent could be based on this lovely example. Except no horses, and a yurt ring with poles I stead of a market umbrella.

#MySCA #TirRigh #AnTir #tents