On August 16th we had a sizeable crew for spaghetti followed by Graine' assembling her first latigo vambrace with aluminum splints, Cameron making splints for his vambraces,Wolf working on his helm liner, Graine's friend whose name I've forgotten discussed armour plans, Deidre added many more rivets to her helm, Wyllow dyed her weaving samples, Belle worked on documentation for her bardic entry for Laurel's prize, and several others worked on other projects. I've lost track partly because I didn't ever bring out my camera and get pictures, so I have nothing to jar my memory.
Jackie and Gunna and Evie and Artorius all sang songs well into the evening with various others joining in as other projects allowed. That was a first for Open Shop night and a very pleasant change of pace. This was also Artorius' last Open Shop before he returns to UT Arlington for the fall semester.
On August 23rd I took pictures!
Wylow made a delicious potato-leek-cabbage soup, and Deidre added some cheese biscuits and garlic lumpy bread. Evie and Gunna and Abby brought cinnamon rolls to bake.
It was Abby's birthday so I gave her a set of pre-cut pieces for aluminum gauntlets and elbow cops. One of the cops was already dished and she got a start on the second. Later on she and everyone else helped Belle with taste testing some throat-soothing drinks with rosemary, lemon, honey and other ingredients.
Troy came to his fist Open Shop night and completed an armour plan for a late 14th century knightly-class man at arms from southern Germany/northern Italy. He then cut out several plates for his Wisby-style coat of plates. I had some donated steel knees and elbows in the shop that would both fit him and be suitable for his portrayal, so I gave them to him. It was his lucky night!
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