I had to give up knitting for a bit and do some sewing,
Very important sewing...
Joe's first Ren Faire experience,
And Nellie's first time back since she was tiny
Cloudy provides quality control and measuring assistance to all sewing projects
Joe and Hershey liked their new cloaks so much they put them on straightaway
And fell asleep in them. Sewing success!
(Cloaks are half circle construction...found on google,
Half circle Hobbit Cloak)
How do you put a cloak on over your fairy wings?
This was my big challenge
Solved by making a hole to slip the wings through,
We'll patch it up with some pretty fabric later....
It will go from "hole to accommodate wings" to "design choice"
And so........
After several days of manically sewing cloaks
It was finally Faire day.
One and a half hours of driving through beautiful
fall filled scenery we arrived
Myself , my two youngest, and honorary auntie, Tammy.
That's Tammy with Nellie
And me with my not so little little ones....
There was chili in boules, pizza
And enormous turkey legs
(And warm honey mead for me)
And fire juggling, jousting, hand cranked carnival swings,
Pirate boats, rope ladders,
And more jousting.
Too much fun for picture taking
Fun, lots of fun and cozy warm cloaks to keep us warm
because fall was being very fallish
So let your freak flag fly and hit your local
Renaissance Faire.
You'll be glad you did....
We were!
