Hussif

 So I was recently enjoyed watching some Cocovid Costubing videos on YouTube and came across a wonderful little sewing accessory. The Hussif or Housewife. I had to make one. Then I thought about how handy they will be and there may be a series of them, maybe not all hand-sewn but definitely made. These are an 18th century device and I play in the SCA which is very much pre-seventeenth century but that isn't going to stop me from making such a wonderfully useful device.

I went through all the scraps from my recent fabric shopping for mask making. I have many more masks to make but I needed a mental break. So I hand-sewed this fabulous little accessory. Now to fill it. I may have to make one for my veil pins and jewelry too!

You can get the pattern here: 18th Century Housewife Pattern Digital pattern

You can also get beautiful little kits here: 18th Century Housewife "Hussif" Kit

Edit: It would seem I wasn't clear what a Hussif/Housewife is above. These are filled with sewing notions or really any notion you want to carry and secure. It can be a jewelry roll, a wallet, a sewing kit, the options are endless.

Happy

Samhain and Halloween

May your candy be sweet and your gathering fun.

We're not going to be home this year to hand out candy because T and I both want to take the kids out. Should be interesting with all of us sick. I guess we just wont be out for long.

Had knit night last night, good times for the most part. Hopefully all that didn't show are well. I wasn't going to but ended up at WallyWorld and bought a pattern and some electric orange fleece to make the pup a coat for hunting/going outside at the in laws during hunting season. Bonus I'll be able to see her when it snows too.

So the colds continue in the house, Se started coughing, Ju is still running her nose, T is getting up in the middle of the night to cough which in turn makes it hard for me to go to sleep when I'm coming to bed at 2am. Ugh, now I just need some food and caffeine (black tea, I'm to lazy to make coffee) And today is a holiday so I was planning to carve our pumpkins and roast seeds and make some kind of pie or whatever. We'll see what happens.

Everyone please be safe tonight.

Another late night talk with me...

So I'm definately on a late night strike, I just seem to have trouble sleeping lately, don't know if it's the moon or my coming period or just day to day craziness but it helped get some knitting done tonight.

I worked on my Nov Mystery Socks, both cuffs are done and the first row of the second clue (leg of the sock), I plan to work on the pattern tomorrow, doing one repeat on one sock and than doing the same to the other. I'm now knitting them both on separate magic loop needles, I did the cuff on dpns. I'm loving the look of this pattern and can't wait to get them done so I can wear them. This is great fun, and my first time hopefully finishing a pair for the sock-a-long.

I also want to make myself a couple of sets of these. They are so cool, I just need to figure out a knitted version, but it shouldn't be too tough. I have some ideas I'm going to try out real soon.

I was also surfing the web and found some really neat needle holders and thought, I could make those, shoot I have a bunch of fat quarters I originally was going to make into a quilt that would work great. Now I just need to do it. I also found these really cool dpn holders that I'm now going to have to sew up.

Well off to bed I go, see you all tomorrow.

PS I officially finished my Calorimetry, I sewed on the button today.

Border Skirmish IV

The family went to Illinois this weekend for Border Skirmish, it was pretty good. We got to the hotel at around 12:30a and the girls didn't settle down and sleep until 3ish, so little sleep was had. T fought well, Northshield crushed the Middle Kingdom. I bought some color books to copy for the kids to have some period-esque coloring sheets. I also got some pretty cards for my card weaving loom for after I've learned and they then look more period than big white cardboard cards and I got a little satchel filled with Baking Soda, Borax and Cinnamon scent for T's armour bag. We went to court, it was good, the girls got restless so we left a little early. I spent a big chunk of the day with EKat, a very nice lady that I'm excited to see at WW, I got a lot of chatting in with people, that was nice. We left for home later than we would have liked and had dinner at Steak n' Shake, We were officially on the road by 8p and were home by 12:30a, unloaded the kids and went to bed. Sunday, we spent in Hudson and home, spending too much money at Target, Fleet Farm, County Market, and "Time to Sew". We're buying stuff to prepare for WW, I'm going to make the monkeys diaper covers for if it gets too hot and hubby and I are going to be making a quick shade fly.

Sorry no pics were taken on my end, we were in a bad place to take pics of the fighting and I was so busy with the monkeys that I just never thought of it.

Things recently purchased . . . .

Lil' Monster sign for the house(How appropriate, eh)


Thrumkin Dolls for the kids


Sock Knitting Bag for me


I also ran to Joann's yesterday and purchased a carrier for my sewing machine.

I am alive...

Sorry about the lack of quality posting, but busy, busy, busy. And not wanting to do all that is making me busy, procrastination, procrastination, procrastination. Hence being on right now, when I should be sewing. But I don't want to sew and I really dont even feel like knitting all that much, I'm just tired. So off to do what I dont want and T is just going to have to deal with the messiness of our kitchen.

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More Snow...



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Also I will be gone all next week so I'm going to be way behind on all my reading and mail. I'm going on a family vacation down to Mississippi for Gulf Wars an SCA event.

Books & Sew

So I ordered some books on Amazon the other day, I'm very excited to get them. Of course two aren't published yet, but hey what can ya do. Amazon says I won't receive any of them until April and that sucks. Now I need to get some sewing done.