Yesterday, July 10, 2022, my husband Kit Heinrichs and I were invested as the 13th coronets of the Barony of Madrone (the local North King County branch of the SCA). This is a service role: stewarding, serving, encouraging, and leading the fabulous people of our branch. First, we appreciate our excellent friends and predecessors SpikeContinueContinue reading “We Said Yes: Madrone Baronial Investiture”
Category Archives: Medieval Re-enactment
12th Night Houppelandes
Houppelandes for Kit and I for 12th night. Lightweight wool lined with linen, trimmed with faux fur (as real fur set off allergies).
Becoming an Adultier Adult – a Pelican
This weekend at Twelfth Night 2020 I was surprised with an elevation to peer of the realm for service to the Society for Creative Anachronism, the medieval re-enactment hobby that I love. I was admitted to the Order of the Pelican, which is an honor analogous to being made a knight. I am grateful beyondContinueContinue reading “Becoming an Adultier Adult – a Pelican”
Rose Houppelande
My first houppelande! Lightweight heathered wool flannel, lined with heavy linen. Goals: dagged sleeves, stand-up collar, train, relatively conservative fabric volume through the torso.
Pretty Underwear: the German Hemd
The smock or shift worn under renaissance German clothing, whether Landsknecht or court, male or female, was called the hemd. There were three types of hemde worn with German garments, with slightly differing construction: high neck, round neck, and square neck. German women, in particular, rarely wore plain hemde. Instead, they preferred pretty underwear, linenContinueContinue reading “Pretty Underwear: the German Hemd”
