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Lelands Norse Play Tent v1.2

The Norse Tent is done. Leland got to play in it briefly with his friend Nathan before the traditional onslaught destruction of 8 trees worth of gift wrap began. He seemed to like it. Happy Dance.

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How I set up a Bedouin Tent

Since I found little to no usable information on Bedouin tents, I have decided to make a post on how I set up my tent.

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Tir Righ Summer Investiture 2009

Investiture has came and went yet again. I made the trip with my fellow Apprentices Alienor Sanz-Argent and Maeda no Kiku Mariko and much fun was had.

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Lelands Norse Play Tent v1.1

The deadline for the tent is drawing near. I still have a bunch of stuff to do, and only a couple of days to do it. I started in on the carving. Carving has never been my forte, but it … Continue reading

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Lelands Norse Play Tent v1.0

Its my nephews 3rd birthday coming up in ~ 2 weeks time. I decided to make him a Norse tent to play in. Image heavy post follows

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SYGC 2009

When to SYGC on Saturday. I was introducing my two pod casting cohorts into just what was this weird SCA thing I did. Opening court, where Baroness Caitrin informed us that she was the autocrat (as the real autocrat was … Continue reading

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Bedouin Tent v1.3 Too High to Be Low

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 … Continue reading

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Bedouin Tent v1.2 Getting a Handle on It

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 … Continue reading

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Bedouin Tent v1.1 Bedouin Sausage Roll

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 … Continue reading

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Bedouin Tent v1.0 You have to start somewhere

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. … Continue reading

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