Welcome!

Photo credit: Yngvildr

Welcome to the online demesne of katherine kerr of the Hermitage, sometime Scots Borderer, wordsmith, mistress of the page both electronic and printed, and ever-hopeful reveller.

I am pleased to have a home for my notes, research and musings on these Current Middle Ages here at the edge of the Knowne Worlde. (And if that sentence makes you blink, you probably need to know more about the Society for Creative Anachronism, the international historical research and recreation group, of which I am a member.)

If you'd like to talk about any of the areas covered on this Website, with questions, comments or suggestions, lay on! (That is, email me.)

AS50 Challenge

The AS50 Challenge is going to take up a lot of my time and run until 2015! Take a look and find out why:
Depth Challenge
Breadth Challenge
Persona Challenge

Updates

As usual, I've left it a while in between updates to this site and things have built up. Committing to enter every Kingdom A&S Competition until I have 50 entries has been one reason for that; really getting into period printing and communications has been another. I clearly haven't kept my head down enough, as I have been asked to join the Order of the Laurel in recognition of the latter, but that may take a while, as I have asked for elevation at Canterbury Faire in February (assuming the then-Crown renews the invite).

So here's the latest list of additions and updates to this site. Have a fossick around -- I hope you find something interesting, useful or inspirational:

Printed Materials

• A Crescent Isles Herbal: a la Culpeper and Turner but with New Zealand plants
• Royal Commonplace Book: how to keep your Crown organised
• Ball Handbook: made for Canterbury Faire AS42
• Concertina Quote Booklet: a presentation piece for thoughtfulness
• November Crown Antiphon: the full PDF now online
• Vade Mecum: the PDF of the Canterbury Faire one now online

Applied Heraldry

• Heraldic Achievements: as in the artistic variety
• Jousting Cheques: printed and illuminated ones for May Crown Tourney ASXLV
• Banner Production: more info on how to do silk standards
• Wars of the Roses and other Standards: yep, yet more standards

Garb

• A Painted Forepart: silk painting
• Turkish Venetian Coat: more extensive documentation
• Venetian Chemise: more extensive documentation

Baronial-related Projects

• Baronial Sunshades: keeping the sun off
• Tips for a B&B: some hard-learnt lessons
• Baronial Reporting: a slightly tongue-in-cheek report to the Crown

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