A Ghazal in the Persian and Turkish Traditions of the Thirteenth through Fifteenth Century
Presented at Ruby Joust, Barony of Caer Mear, 2019, for the Poeta Atlantiae competition.
“See Our Radiant King and Queen”
Category: 1450-1600
Ottoman Court Garb
In 2019, I decided to make Ottoman Turkish garb for a Near-East-themed Twelfth Night — and won for Best Themed Garb in the Garb Runway Competition! I unfortunately got almost no pictures from the event, but below the cut I have my full documentation, progress photos, and pictures of the finished garb.
2019 Twelfth Night Artisans’ Exchange
The Items
For Twelfth Night 2019, Vadoma organized an artisans’ exchange. I immediately signed up and was assigned Mistress Greer. Knowing her love for frogs and later-than-my-time persona, I was struck by inspiration: a frog on a lily-pad!
The “lily-pad” is a Tudor-style wool flat cap, knitted and fulled. The “frog” is a needle-felted wool pincushion; his spots are black-headed pins. The “flower” is two sets of inkle-woven trim, one purple-pink-white and one yellow-white with beads.
We were also requested to write a story about our objects!
Revenge of the Stitch, 2018
In April 2018, I had the great honor to be part of the Shire of Roxbury Mill’s Revenge of the Stitch team for the first time. Our chosen garb was middle-class Tudor garb.
I had one responsibility: knit a Tudor flat cap and full it in the 24-hour time period. Folks were (understandably) a little concerned about the amount of time it would take me to knit, so I knit a test hat first.
It took 8.25 hours. Flat cap was a go!
On the day of, though?
It took 6.5 hours, from cast-on to bind-off.
Fulling, of course, took a little longer.
