^, <, V

[CrazyCholeBlack]

^ now *that* I'll do, with or without alcohol

< Here's a health to the king and a lasting peace. to faction end to wealth increase....

V have a favorite period song?

[Red Cat Jenny]

^ Not as of yet...still learnin..

< Hmm Ojai...aye why not!?

V Favorite period activities 1 thru 4?

[Hester]

^

1. Drinking Rum

2. Country Dancing

3. Singing traditional ballads

4. Wearing stockings & garters

< Jenny, you're in New York City, aren't you? Here's the website for a Country Dance group where you can learn some period dances:

http://www.cdny.org/

(They're even having a "Playford Ball" at the end of this month, where the dances will be from a 1651 dance manual that became a standard for centuries.)

V Do you dance? If so, what style? If not, why not?

[Pew]

^ Dance? No thanks. Generally at the open bar.

< Ojai? Hmm, it's on that coast. Better chance for KW this year...

V Your favorite piratical tropical destination?

[William Brand]

^ Well, having studied Martinique for some time now, I'm tempted to go there. I think it could easily be my favorite and I haven't even been there yet.

< I'm going over patterns I got from Kass. So much to do.

V What costume projects are you currently working on?

[CrazyCholeBlack]

^ what costume projects *aren't* I working on

< unfinished silk mantua, unfinished riding habit, mini mantua for the little swab & now my friend tells me "make me a worn out street hawker outfit & I'll go to Port Washington with you". Oh, & I want to make all my own tentage & gear.

V Have a skill that combines well with the "pirate/reenacting" thing?

[Pew]

^ Do drinking and swearing count?

< Only pirate gear owned is a Pewter tankard with a think leather strap.

V Your favorite piece of swag/ clothing/ dress that makes your "outfit" unique to you?

[Ransom]

^ I sewed Elisabethan and Italian Renaisance costumes on a straight stitch Sears machine. I can sew anything! (Actually, I blew up a gog in that machine and had to get a new one.) I also crochet, embroider, do beading, and love to dress up - so I guess that about covers everything!

^ Hven't gotten it yet. I'm wishing for a swept-back hilt rapier.

< Working on kit for me and my husband. We've got shirts, so breeches and coats come next. Then the shoe/boot question will raise its ugly head. LOL

V What weapons do you wear with your kit (if you wear any at all)?

[Cheeky Actress]

^ I have the loveliest stomacher that my sister made for me. It is the most 'period perfect' fabric. It is made of heavy woven cloth with embroidery/needle point work through out.

< Snowing...Like Crazy!

V If your not working right now...what are you doing (other than answering and surfing the Pub)

[William Brand]

^ I'm trying out my new dremel stylus. It is very nice.

< Now I have no excuse not to begin a few lingering projects.

V Does anyone else here do woodworking?

[Morgan Dreadlocke]

/\Aye. If ye ever get ta the Red Bull aviation museum in Austria, check out me handiwork in the DC-6 interior. Commin' up on 30 year a'wearin' cabinet makers hands an still enjoyin' it.

< After spendin' 5 year in aircraft interiors i'll not be flyin' again. Pigskined designers, double checked by pigskinned engineers, an the ok'ed prints still be off by several inches Ya, tell me again how a 24"sink fits nicely in an 18" cabinet

\/ Necessety bein' the mother of invention, has ye ever see a wooden baldric buckle?

[CrazyCholeBlack]

^ Can't say I have but it's an interesting idea.

< ideas, ideas. Evil people giving me ideas!

V over run by ideas?

[Morgan Dreadlocke]

/\ I carries a yellow pad 'o paper fer ideas EVERYWHERE.

< Heh heh heh, I've earned evil status now.

\/ Has ye ever made good on an idea?

[William Brand]

^ Many.

< I'm making good on several this year alone.

V What period item have you made that you are most proud of?

[Capt. Sterling]

^ nothing really... I always find something imperfect when I am finished that really can't be fixed...

< don't wish to talk about me... blah...

V what keeps you motivated?

[Ransom]

^ Seeing something innovative that someone else has done. I get great ideas that way.

< I'm not so much an innovator, as an adaptor. I can take a general idea or design, and adapt it, reconfigure it, and make it something completely different.

V Innovator or adapter?

[William Brand]

^ Aye.

< I'm a problem solver much of the time, but I'm just as willing to leave some things unfixed.

V Do you have a favorite vegetable?

[Ransom]

^ Easy...The wonderful, glorious, every tasty tomato...the fresher the better.

< I like most veggies, but don't put peas or lima beans on my plate!

V Pass the question on.

[William Brand]

^ I will never turn down potatoes. I love the New World vegetable.

< I like almost all vegetables actually, depending on mood and preparation.

V I'll pass the question again.

[Hetha]

^ Snow peas,(right now), especially with water chestnuts and stir fried beef cutlets and seasonings.

< Hungry for real food, after a long day at work.

V Anyone else have an appetite?

[William Brand]

^ I have several.

< Right now I have an appetite for a new pistol.

V How many firearms do you own?

[Hetha]

^ Hev only one fer now, Walter P-38 special

Sold off my others fer bill payments(sucked)

< Under a severe thunderstorm warning, fer several counties.

V Favorite cutlass, or child, ifin ye like?

[Red-Handed Jill]

^ My Windlass steelcraft cutlass.

< Waiting for Jack to get back from Baltimore.

V Favorite dessert?

[Red Cat Jenny]

^Key Lime pie or raspberries with fresh cream

< starving

V Do you eat on a regular schedule?

[CrazyCholeBlack]

^ nope, eat when I'm hungry or not at all.

< Lets go back to Mr. Red Wakes question "What period item have you made that you are most proud of?" This one...

Terrible photo but you can see the clothes. The little swab loves them Now all she needs is a mini mantua (& shoes!)

V ever make someone something that they just love?