Ruminations on the SCA...

[soldiergrrrl]

So, you might want to skip this if you're not interested in the Society. 

I'm running into my usual "want to do too much, with too little time."  

I want to fight.  Yeah, need to get my ass out there and practice.  I'll get right on that.  After work and moving.

I want to sew.  I'll do that, too, once I get the sewing room set up and find a place to cut out fabric.

I want to learn so much stuff, and I don't know where to start!  

*flail*

How do you fit it all in, if you've got a job that eats your life, like mine can?  Sersiously, I'm starting to think about packing a "handwork kit" to take on trips with me.  

*flail* 

Comments

[seramariasjade.livejournal.com]

Well, actually. . . I used to do almost exactly that. I was doing more crochet/jewelry making, but I have a little ex-makeup case with my supplies, and I used to take it places with me so I could string beads, wire wrap or crochet a few more rows while waiting in line or sitting at my desk between calls.

[piroshki.livejournal.com]

...you ask this, knowing I built a box that fits a 12x20 rotary mat and five yards of material perfectly, there is at least one handcrank in every room of the house, and my Jeep is never without at least two crochet, tatting, and (NOT "or") hand-sewing projects at any one time?

[soldiergrrrl.livejournal.com]

Well, yes. And you remind me what can be done.

See? It's all good. And yes, I need to convert my black 1920s Singer to handcrank, so I can take it with me. And I need to put stuff in the car so I don't end up with time on my hands.

*muah*

[piroshki.livejournal.com]

Next time you head over to TreadleOn, look up Cindy Peters. She's on the "recurring listings" page, and she can get you a spoked handwheel (if your machine didn't come with one) and a reproduction (but perfectly good) hand-crank mechanism. They even come with the bolt to put the handcrank onto the motor boss, and pretty pretty pictures as to how to swap the solid handwheel out!

If yours has the coffin-top, you'll need to alter it a smidge so the hankcrank will fit. Otherwise, keep a screwdriver in there, and just take the handcrank off when you're packing up. (Me being the carpenter-type, I modified mine. I can modify yours, too, complete with the chipcarving on the back, but you'll have to send me the top.)

If you don't shuttle-tat, you might want to borrow a video from the library and learn. The lace form was present in that time period, and all your equipment literally fits into a pocket. Teeny things, tatting shuttles...

[momwolf.livejournal.com]

one step at a time.......you'll get it all done.

[selenite.livejournal.com]

That, alas, is why I gave it up. After work and family I had enough time to get in shape to fight, OR do pell work and go to fighter practice so I'd have the skills to fight, OR do the craft work to keep my armor within standards. Couldn't fit in all three. :(

[brownkitty.livejournal.com]

1)Tackle boxes can be very handy things.

2)Stop. Breathe. Flailing spills your kit and guarantees that you'll end up with a needle in your foot ;)

3)Would anyone in your unit go for having fighter practice as PT?

4)Suggestion for learning: find a start point, then morph by saying "well, this is kinda sorta related..." I'm vaguely interested in herbal medicine. I got started on that with wondering how/why chicken soup works, and I could easily justify learning about dyes starting from food as well. Don't think of it as discrete puddles of knowledge: think of it as tributaries along the same river.

5)See 2 ;)

6)Remember that waiting is. You're young yet.

[florentinescot.livejournal.com]

I carry embroidery with me everywhere. This week, I've had a lot of it (it's been the week of meeeeeeeetings :-P I may not always get it out, but I've got it.

I'm hoping that my nights are my own this semester so I can get stuff done!

[ziactrice.livejournal.com]

I don't fit it -all- in. Right now, I'm in the final weeks of a two-month hiatus from the SCA, because new job with demanding schedule was Eating My Lunch.

I do however, tend more toward pursuing slow and steady the crafts I enjoy. I don't worry about awards, I don't worry about politics, I don't know the right people, my device and name still aren't registered - though not for lack of trying on my part - and I've never been recognized for volunteering although I frequently do. I do things I enjoy because I enjoy them. I camp when the weather is good for it, and the event is one I like or is promising. I brew mead because I like to drink it. I cook because I like to eat. I am attempting to make codials because that is something I can do at home, with little time-impact. I sew when I need new duds - or just spiffier ones. I read a lot of history just to work on getting my behavior and knowledge correct, though few notice and fewer probably care.

I don't get frustrated this way, but it might be a little too slow and unfocused for you.

[anotheranon.livejournal.com]

How do you fit it all in, if you've got a job that eats your life, like mine can?

If you ever figure this out, let me know :P

Me, I go to very few events and have very little garb.

[oscagne.livejournal.com]

I pretty much don't fit it all in. I've got a want-to-do list with about 40 items on it. What I DO do is only what is essential to make it out to whatever the next event is.

That while doing: FAA job 6-2 M-F, College job 15-22 M-Th, Track job whenever there's concerts, usually 19-24 F-Sa. I'll get the debt knocked down and then it's project time.

Oh, and I'm accepted to the college's police academy, so I'll be re-shifting some of that work so I can do the classes 18-22 M-Th starting in Sept.

[boogieshoes.livejournal.com]

i don't. and then i feel guilty. and i'm not even as busy as you, just seem to be in the dentist's chair all the time lately...

::huggles::

-bs

[deafelis.livejournal.com]

Hehe - Hopefully this makes you feel *somewhat* better: I know exactly how you feel, even though I don't have the time-eating job right now, I STILL can't fit it all in.

That's because there's just TOO MUCH that I want to learn. (Someone asks "what are you interested in?" and I say "yes? everything?") :D And this is okay. I constantly have to remind myself that the people who have all of those awards and do chivalric and rapier and archery and and and... have mostly been in for 15-35 years. :p I've got T-I-M-E.... It just doesn't feel like it. ;)

:D So just fit in what you can, when you can, and don't feel guilty when you're too busy. You've got upwards of 20 years to learn it all in. Pick one thing to be the important thing for now (the one that trumps all others in regards to events and going places), and one thing to be the secondary-important thing (the one that you can work on at home), and one thing that is small enough that you can take it with you to work on wherever. :) Oh, and a couple of books to read when you just feel like sitting still and reading something historical. :)

BTW, I love your panicked hamster icon. :)