[Den]

Originally Posted by daikokunyo

oooh that's so cool what are the interests you got introduced to through them?

Clothing making and textiles, but there're other areas that are interesting to me as well.

[Stabbsworth]

wanders through here in search of aurum

[Mekatra]

Den, I didn't know you were a SCAdian!

So in the SCA I have learned:
Lampwork Bead making
Spinning Wool Yarn/thread
Tablet Weaving
Warp Weighted Weaving
Calligraphy (Only 1 hand successfully, but I'm working on this one)
Metal casting
Whipcord Braiding
Blackwork Embroidery (Never again)

There are so many other things, but those are what comes to mind at the moment.

[Stabbsworth]

interesting. i don't suppose they teach wool felting, do they?

[Mekatra]

I'm sure someone in the SCA teaches felting. It's a pretty popular modern craft too though, so you could probably find someone outside of the SCA to teach that.

[Stabbsworth]

i'd like to, but i don't have the money for it. ;;

[Mekatra]

Story of my life. There are so many things I would love to do (metal casting is one of them) that I just can't afford outside of SCA events.

[Stabbsworth]

i have tons of things that i'd like to do that aren't free.

other than youtubing, because i can do my own video editing.

[Mekatra]

I have just had to focus on cheaper crafts.

Then again, things I couldn't afford to do at 20 are easier now.

[Stabbsworth]

mm.

i'm sort of just wandering through and trying not to make myself look like too much of an idiot.

sort of a given, since i didn't expect to live this long, y'know?

[Mekatra]

My husband says that a lot.

He says he wasn't supposed to live past 25. I'm glad he did though, cuz we met when he was 25.

Plus if he had died before now he wouldn't have gotten to start testosterone or get his name legally changed. Or find a sport he really loves (historical fencing)