Tag: Kentwell hall
The last camping trip of the year – win with Equip+
Will take place next weekend, and sadly, I won’t be on it. It’s Tudor Michaelmas at Kentwell Hall. Tim is going to chop wood. Big will be in the Still room, and Small will revise his role as a page. I decided that it was too late in the season to risk with the very…
Tudor child, Kentwell hall 1578
He is so very beautiful, that Tigerboy. And I was much struck by the people who recalled him, visitors upon the manor from last year who remarked upon his growth 🙂
Saturday snippets 24 August 2013
{Sewing} before breakfast, sleeves onto jacket. Have finally worked out where I went wrong and have a plan for the next jacket with a different sleeve shape. {Learning} to felt a hat. {Eating} pottage and frumenty and stewed apples. {Sheltering} from the rain. {Experiencing} community. {Missing} dry feet! {Savouring} my last trip to 1559 for…
Ten things I've learnt at Kentwell hall, including tudor factoids.
Marigold is good for bites and stings. Way better than the various creams and lotions I was carrying, and much more authentically tudor to be stained green. Sod means mustard. You get sod eggs, amongst other things and they are fabulous. Girls did not start having babies young. You didn’t get married/have babies til you…
Those layers of clothing from 1556.
Back at home from our Tudor sojourn at Kentwell Hall, and I’m picking through the costume bags, sighing at how badly the linen has frayed in the shifts I made, and looking at all the repairs I have to do. I think it might actually work better to take the shifts apart and re sew…
Just a basket.
Monday last week was a tough day, our second full day at Kentwell Hall. I got up in the morning when tigerboy woke me around six I think, and had pottered about getting organised. (I say pottered. It’s more of a routemarch to the toilet than a potter, given it’s a good two minutes walk…
Tudor times.
If you are within reach of kentwell hall, long melford between now and 10th july, I’ve really advise visiting the great tudor recreation. If you look very hard on your way round you may spot a babe you recognise…
