[Bryn-gwlad] Garb for Gulf?

[Stefan li Rous]

On Dec 30, 2006, at 6:45 PM, Ysabeau wrote:
> I try to plan for at least two outfits per day - one for warmish  
> weather and one for cooler weather and two more for really cold  
> weather. I don’t think it has ever been hot for Gulf War…just  
> shades of warm to cold.
>
> Ysabeau
>
> ~who just found her Gulf War III site token today while cleaning  
> out a jewelry box~
Hmm. Not hot at Gulf Wars? Then you obviously didn't make Gulf Wars I  
and II when it was held in June. Although even then I'm not sure  
whether it was the heat or the humidity which was worse.

I have found some of the later Gulf Wars, even when held in March to  
be hot.  Plan for both heat and cold. Invariably when I try to guess  
and skimp on clothing for one extreme it turns out to be that extreme  
or to change to it.  Last year was a good example. I bought a wool  
outfit and a linen tunic from a merchant because they were some of  
the few that I've seen which were good fits for my persona (1150s  
Anglo-Norman) instead of being simple, generic T-tunics.  I expected  
to wear only one of them at that Gulf Wars and ended up wearing both.

I do now need to find an experienced seamstress to re-sew the trim on  
the wool tunic which is coming loose and unraveling.  If anyone is  
interested in taking on such a job, please contact me.  Since this is  
the most I've ever spent on an SCA outfit, I don't feel my sewing  
skills are up to doing this repair job.

Stefan
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