... I think Kass is right. Someone I know wanted to try dyeing linen with saffron, but they didn't want to spend too much money and bought "cheap saffron"....
... You've probably guessed it wasn't saffron at all, but safflower, ... pale ... use of a ... If the Japanese used it as a source for yellow, I'm hoping that...
i just joind thisa group and wanted to say hi and have a question i want to make a happuri but cant find a pattern can any one help me i just got done making a...
... "Kosode: 16th-19th Century Textiles from the Nomura Collection" by Amanda Mayer Stinchecum has a section in the back on dye plants. I get the feeling that...
Greetings all - Once again I am at it, and have just posted a thing I hope will be usefull. I made a chart that hopefully people can cut and paste from, with ...
June 11 & 12 there is a free, non-SCA even in Malvern PA: http://www.mafcenter.com/swordfest2005.htm It is called 'Swordfest', and it is mainly two days of...
Try some punctuation, it makes it much easier to read. Alcyoneus Running two wolvs <master_running_2_wolves@...> wrote: i just joind thisa group and...
Date Dono! Greetings from Solveig! ... I assume that you mean circumflex not macron. Circumflex belongs to most character sets, but macron does not. I believe...
Noble Cousins! Greetings from Solveig! My copy of Kagemusha arrived today. It is supposed to be enhanced for 16:9 televisions. So, if anyone nearby has one...
... If I believe Kass' site, yellow was also obtained "from gardenia hulls and bark of the Amur cork tree". I don't know if any of those works on hemp, or ...
My local group recently had a visit from our Baron, who is a self-proclaimed persona junkie. However, I ran into one snag in hacking away at a bit of a ...
Does any one in this group reside in the upstate region of SC? I recently joined the SCA and am looking for others who are interested in a japanese persona in...
Greetings! Thanks everyone for your input into the dye issue. I was able to find the Pinyin names for benihana and kihada, and buy them for very cheaply at a ...
... Interesting, but nowadays I never see Romaji with anything strange but dashes for long vowels sometimes. Several of my Japanese friends use English...
http://www.bushinavi.com/event/hachigatajyou/hachigata2005/nojiaihoushiki-rule-e.html ... Do you Yahoo!? Make Yahoo! your home page [Non-text portions of this...
Noble Cousin! Greetings from Solveig! Are you interested in the Heian period? If you are interested in the Heian period, then you can start out with something...
Thank you. I am interested in Heian, though I joke to myself, "love the Heian, only enough fabric and funds for Kamakura." Anyway, some of the questions on the...
Lovely Lady Makiwara, Now I understand. She would, but it would have been more effective. My wife is 200 pounds of Army Veteran muscle, and one tough little...
... Wow, neat! I ended up having to go to the guy's yahooalbum for the pics: the 2003 ones were especially nice. I loved all the banners and the way the guys...
Click here: ‘½“cŒhˆê Thanks for the posting the link to the festival page - there's a couple of links that thread from the main page - including the...
In a message dated 4/1/2005 10:06:29 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, irish_65@... writes: Does any one in this group reside in the upstate region of SC? I ...
James, Everything you and Solvieg said is true - I just am posting a possible resource for people to use in what ever documents they want, if they can find it...
... Greetings! Welome, and yes, I do happen to reside in Falcon Cree. I'm Meadhbh, the canton/baronial herald. I'm also known locally as the Temari lady....
Greetings Nieghbor I am wanting to find people nearby who might have the same interests as me so I can get guidance in Armor,Fighting Techniques and Arts and...
Greetings I am interested in the Sengoku period and have several Ideas about the type of person I would like to portray. I am wanting to find people who live...
Hello, Solvieg is quite right, rank is a touchy thing in the SCA and realy, well it should be. People work hard to advance, (not nessisarily their motivation,...
... Nani-nani-dono, is the Director/Advisor/Functionary of (insert obscure bureau here)" ... brobably want to know exactly what it is your father does to see...