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Posted: Wed Nov 04, 2009 4:24 pm
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Events do keep happening over the winter, yes, but they're not as frequent. Also, since most of them are for a single day instead of an entire weekend, it's hardly worth driving to get there. I mean, if you're driving over 200 miles, that's easily over 3 hours if you average 60 miles per hour. That'll take 6 hours out of your day, right there, leaving less time to have fun while you're at your event.
So what do you do during the slow season? Do you just wait it out, focus on schoolwork or other non-SCA pursuits? This is the first winter I'm facing this situation, so I'm interested to see how others handle it.
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Posted: Tue Nov 10, 2009 2:18 pm
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Posted: Wed Nov 11, 2009 8:44 am
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Posted: Sat Nov 14, 2009 4:57 pm
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Posted: Sat Nov 14, 2009 6:39 pm
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Posted: Sun Nov 15, 2009 10:54 am
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Posted: Tue Nov 17, 2009 1:56 pm
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Posted: Wed Nov 18, 2009 4:25 pm
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Posted: Thu Nov 19, 2009 6:03 am
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I'm in Middle Kingdom, Midlands, Ayreton, Tree-Girt-Sea (Chicago, Illinois). Some of these events are out of shire for me, but they're not too far away now that I've bought a car last week. I don't go to all of these, either, but I COULD, now.
Also, I'm taking pottery class until December, then taking a break from that to learn sewing and calligraphy. Even if there are no events or activities going on, I'll have something to do, and that's pretty cool right there.
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Posted: Sat Dec 19, 2009 1:36 am
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Posted: Wed Jan 27, 2010 6:33 am
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I've put up more pottery pictures since my last post here.
Yesterday I bought three bags of clay because I was completely out of clay, wedged it up into three-pound hunks, and used five of the hunks to turn into plates. Today I'll trim those, throw four more, and start recycling some waste-clay that I've been saving for a goodly while now.
So... I'm in business. I'm making feast gear for sale and trade, and it's doing well. Right now I've got two sets of feast gear that are complete, and those will be shipped as soon as the customers are ready with their payment -- I'm trading feast gear for garb, since I need garb for me and for my traveling companion. Then I've got another set of feast gear plus six plates, each of those orders to be traded for more garb; I've thrown the plates for both orders now, and will start next week on the bowls and goblets. After that, I can start making feast gear sets just randomly -- shaped and colored as I see fit -- to sell to whoever wants and will pay for them.
I'm getting sort of proud of my stuff at this point. I usually hate it when I've seen things that say "pictures don't do it justice," but now I realize why they say that. The pictures are pretty good, but the actual products are kind of great, even if I do say it myself. I know the people for whom I'm making feast gear are going to really love it, and I've started an Etsy shop for some things that haven't yet been spoken for.
I'm considering doing several different types of sets of feast gear. One will be the standard: a plain plate, plain bowl, and plain cup. Then I'll do the fancy set: a plate, bowl, and goblet (cup with a stem on it). Then I'll do a full set: plate, bowl, cup, AND goblet. Then a pauper's set: bowl with raised edges, and a cup or mug. What do you think?
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Posted: Wed Feb 17, 2010 6:18 pm
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