To Join or Not To Join

[hsifeng]

The investigation begins: I know that several folks who are readers of this journal are also current/former members of the SCA. I have been on a number of ‘SCA’ involved lists (including the GermanRenCostume list) for years – and have been impressed by the level of research and dedication I find in some of the folks involved there.

 

So the question is: What are the benefits of joining?

 

I am very interested in medieval/Early Modern crafts and I suspect I would be able to get a good amount of interaction/input/craft buddy time as a SCA member. I understand that membership ‘requirements’ (participation and whatnot) are pretty much at-your-own-pace. I am pretty darn sure that I can reenact my German persona there.

 

The hitch is this: I have done ‘RenFaire’ for years and am not in love with the whole ‘anachronism’ thing. Obviously there is a wide range of accuracy involved in SCA groups (as there is with RenFaire).

 

So - Is the balance worth it?

 

If I am interested, step two would be getting hubby to show up and not snark at the weapons folks: He can be very personable, but I don’t know how he’ll feel about the rules interpretations vs. historical texts on fighting. Anyone have a fighter husband/S.O. who could hand down some thought on this?

Comments

[tristinmorgan.livejournal.com]

we have not cut them yet so I will talk to her about gettig together on tues.. we wanted to do another mockup with the changes before cutting with our actual fabric.... and yes I talked to my mom and she said it is very expensive but if you want to get together with her she will do the smocking for you....

[hsifeng.livejournal.com]

OK, bring some more of the dark blue heavy fabric on Tuesday and we will finalize the mock ups - it was just not OK with me that I didn't finish them completely the night you were both here. *slaps forehead*

As for the smocking: I want to do the handsewing myself but I wanted to ask for the use of the pleating machine to prep the fabric before mocking it. Please let her know we can go over this in detail whenever she has time. Thank you again for making the connection for me!

[tristinmorgan.livejournal.com]

sounds perfect... her email is sewgin@yahoo.com if you would like a more direct communication

[hsifeng.livejournal.com]

Thanks!