#pennsic prep

Yiiiikes, I feel like there’s still way too much to do in that time. BF still needs more garb (but not too much more), and we need to buy a new camp bed and probably a solar shower.

I know people bring solar showers, because we used the kingdom showers last time, but I wasn’t able to find anything about setting up personal ones on the website. If anyone knows rules or prohibitions about personal shower set-ups, please let me know? And we need a roof rack for the car, so that the tent will fit, but at least we don’t have to buy/make a tent, as my old canvas one is in lovely shape. Might need an additional tent next year, though, since my little bro will be 18 by then, and he and a friend want to come with. :} So the short list looks like:

Got boyfriend’s next tunic for pennsic all cut out last night, so that feels like progress. Actually, finished a tunic last night, too.

Idk, I’m trying to get him more involved in picking out his clothes mostly because I am SICK TO DEATH of making boring ass tunics over and over again. I hardly measure anymore, just cut a few rectangles and triangles and hope for the best.

...ok, i’m exaggerating. But only a little.

Like, I love the early period for its simplicity and elegance, and the easy mix-and-match options that really help extend a wardrobe (I adore my surcotes okay!), but damn. tunics and tunic dresses get boring to sew really quickly.

Problem is, he’s just plain not interested in what he’s wearing, and what opinions he does have lean more towards Golden Age of Piracy, or straight-up Ren Faire, so either not in SCA Period, or painfully incorrect garb.

He seems pretty happy with Viking garb, too, at least, so nothing too difficult there. Now if only I could get him to pick fabrics of ANY COLOR BUT GREEN damN iT CRAiG yOU HaVE FOUr TUNICs anD THREE OF THEM aRe GREeN!!