Pennsic is upon us! I am not going this year as usual and rarely attend all-day outdoor events. I do not attend Pennsic, except maybe every 10 years. Like a locust I suppose, on a schedule and life, circumstances dictate if I am able to attend. For the past couple besides the Pandemic, elder care of aging parents was getting in the way. Along with having enough vacation time to go for a week. Even though it's affordable to camp compared to a hotel for a week. Granted now that my parents are gone, I am free of elder care. So less checking in, no worrying about a parent living alone. Not having the responsibilities for them even though it was the main focus of other siblings.
One of the issues I find tricking for outdoor events is in choosing to wear Tudor properly. I find most outdoor events in the summer intolerable in the Northeastern United States, climate change is making this worse. I don't want the majority of my garb to be silk, as Tudor wore wool in copious amounts(please see the Tudor Tailor series of books for more details). During the period the wearing of certain fibers was due to economic trade reasons and availability. By being true to my persona, I have to change the fibers that I would be available to and protect myself from the heat. The settlers in 16th century America had to adapt to the climate. Although if I am sticking to something representative of a person living in 16th century England.
My options are not to attend outdoor events and make the garb with the accuracy in fibers that I desire. Alternately attend outdoor events and have to keep making concessions in fibers that would not be used in the manner in which I would be using them. For example, an all linen outfit styles in the patterns for the Tudor time frame. I have a few silk kirtles and one linen silk dress and some others I made for a Pennsic out of heavier cotton. I will have to rethink how I want to approach this for future Pennsic practicality. As I age am more heat sensitive and that makes camping worse. Not fond of hoteling it for a week for that expense, as well as others such as trekking back to the room at the end of the day is exhausting.
By the way, adding the SCA nickname of "Marrin The Dollmaker " would be a fine. Considering what I like to do create dolls, whenever I get a chance.
Things to Think About,
Maureen
My options are not to attend outdoor events and make the garb with the accuracy in fibers that I desire. Alternately attend outdoor events and have to keep making concessions in fibers that would not be used in the manner in which I would be using them. For example, an all linen outfit styles in the patterns for the Tudor time frame. I have a few silk kirtles and one linen silk dress and some others I made for a Pennsic out of heavier cotton. I will have to rethink how I want to approach this for future Pennsic practicality. As I age am more heat sensitive and that makes camping worse. Not fond of hoteling it for a week for that expense, as well as others such as trekking back to the room at the end of the day is exhausting.
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