Mary Ostler

The tent was debued at SYGC this weekend. I forgot to cut the center poles done to size.  Instead of 6’6″ center, It had  whopping 8′ center poles. Made it look more like a roman wall tent than bedouin, Today I took a moment to cut down the poles, and it made it have a [...]

I finished the Bedouin tent tonight. My hands ache, and I can’t sleep. I am chomping at the bit to try it out. To figure out what I did right, and what I most definitely did wrong. Tomorrow will not come soon enough!

Not much done today on the tent front. I had an adorable 3yr old hindering… er ….. helping me. Everything took at least four times longer than it should have. Top view of the roof.  Thats a long wide piece of canvas, which is why….

So for some reason that I am not quite sure of… I have decided I need a Bedouin tent.  Well, after countless enjoyable (yet wasted) hours surfing for information on Bedouin tents, I have got this much information on them. 1. They are rectangular 2. They are usually black. 3. They are made of goat [...]

I am giddy with joy today, as I have received a set of plans from Clayton Boyer (Maker of awesome clocks). These are currently not available for purchase, as they are in the proofing stage. In non-scaish parts of my life, I am a movie enthusiast, and through film review blogging and film related podcasting [...]

A friend of mine recently came across a great website, that has some amazing clock plans. In amongst those plans there was a package of plans specifically aimed at yarn lovers. EB ordered those plans, and then passed them on to me. She wanted the yarn spooler made up. I was more than happy to [...]

Its been a few days since my last post. I have been busy doing non-sca-ish stuff, and haven’t gotten around to posting a few things I finished a couple of weeks ago. The biggest project was my first weaving project. Made out of crochet cotton, the warp threads are a bit smaller than the weft [...]

Experimenting with Purple Heart dye. Having collected a bunch of wood sawdust, I decided to try making a usable dye from purple heart. I first separated the sawdust into two piles. The first pile I left steeping on the stove making a dark reddish tea. Many more pictures after the jump

Having acquired Buffalo fleece at AT war, and previously turned a drop spindle to spin the wool. I went ahead an made a set of wool combs. I have had a chunk of scrap walnut kicking around the shop for years now, so I decided to use it. Its just big enough to make two [...]

Today was a good scanvage day. I bought myself a loom at Value Pillage. No idea if it is all there and working. Nothing jumps out at me as being wrong. I am not a textiles kind of girl, but I can spot a deal when I see one. $20… Score.