Dashing hither and yon all weekend. Saturday I dropped by Crown Tourney for a couple hours in the morning, mostly to drop off the tunic I made for the Prince of the Mists (who was gratifyingly appreciative). Then it was off to badassslinky's wedding (fortunately, also in the South Bay). That was a bit of an emotional smorgasboard: she was radiantly beautiful (of course); when her brother walked her up the aisle it really struck me how he's made the transition from "kid" to "man"; on the other hand, I wasn't the only person pondering that the last time I'd been in that church was for maestrateresa's funeral. There was one point at the reception, when badassslinky and her husband were dancing, and she turned just so and I saw maestrateresa in her face. A very joyous day, all in all.

Then it was back to the Crown site to hang out a bit, even though the "Booze for Boobs" fundraiser isn't really my style. I got some nice conversations in, but when most of your friends are participating in a ritual of recreational drunkenness (even the ones who aren't themselves drinking) it gets a bit boring when that isn't your thing. And anyway it was cold and I had to get up early to come back Sunday for peerage meetings, so I didn't stay very late. Stayed through last court on Sunday, mostly to see dave_orphal receive a Pelican. Then swung by mad_duchess's post-Crown-and-housewarming party for a while. I see why she fell in love with that house! I do so love the craftsman style -- especially the built-ins.

Over dinner I started browsing various 14th c. cookbooks in preparation for the cooks' play-date at Coronet. For some reason I'd been thinking coronet came right on the heels of crown, but I have a weekend off in between them. So that gives me a little more time to choose a source and pick some recipes to try. Oh, and belatedly send off my class proposals for Collegium. (The original call for classes came out during the Investigation That Ate My Life.) And then there's the loom to work on! I think I've decided that my first "test" project will be some narrow tabby wool based on the specs for the Dublin Viking caps that I taught at the A&S Tourney. (The wool caps were mostly made out of a 20-25cm wide fabric, and having the selvedges on both edges affects the sewing techniques, so it would be cool to be able to make them out of fabric the right width.) After that maybe I'll try a length of diamond twill sufficient for a Thorsbjerg tunic. And then ....