The Sunday-ish Something: 5/15/12

Sorry for the radio silence, y'all! In between attending the Kalamazoo Medieval Congress and preparing for the biggest foam fighting event of the year, I've been idiotically busy. No time to sew, much less post! Now that I'm back, here are some Inneresting Things I've recently discovered, because Tuesday is close enough to Sunday, right?


Oggling: How was linen made in the Middle Ages? Intrepid professors Heidi Sherman and Alison Gates have started the UWGB Flax Project, employing archeology, art history, and undergrad grunt work to answer that very question. They're growing and processing their own flax on campus! Isn't experimental archeology the best?

Here's some of the flax they produced, spun by student Alicia Engstrom. So neat!

Reading: Because I am slowly and unsteadily teaching myself to, say, do laundry before I run out of underwear, I'm fascinated with get-your-act-together-blogs Unfuck Your Habitat and Adulting. And I'm fascinated by my fascination: why does my generation love this sort of drill-sergeant advice when it comes from a peer, but loathe it when it's from authority?


On the geek front, Omnipixel wrote a great article explaining what Dagorhir Battle Games is all about. If you were the sort of kid who dreamt of swordfighting, this is the game for you!

Photo via the Tribune-Democrat's Article

Wearing: Do you have a ton of lovely-but-unloved dresses languishing in your closet? I know I need a Summer of Dresses slash Use it Or Lose It challenge: wear every dress I own within some set timeframe-- maybe the first half of June-- and find new homes for the ones I can't rock. A mess of dresses! Are you with me?

A mess of dresses indeed.

Happy... er... Tuesday?