Alison Kannon is an avid costumer and a rabid historical martial arts and fencing enthusiast. She has been studying and teaching Sixteenth Century European martial arts since 2001. She is an enthusiastic historical re-enactor and created Elizabethanmafia.com in order to share her research of the fashion, culture, and martial arts of Early Modern England.
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Tag Archives: Weekend
Coronation Recap
I had a wonderful time at Coronation last weekend. The weather was lovely although the wind gave us quite a lot of problems on the field. The 30 mile and hour gusts that had been forecast ended up being pretty … Continue reading
Ymir 2011
I had an amazing time at Ymir this year. I thoroughly enjoyed the fighting, got in some very fun pickups (which is my favorite part of any event), I got to see several very worthy people be inducted into the … Continue reading
Articles and Demos
This weekend was spent working on my new article for Foundations as well as pitching in to help with House Red Wolf’s (the NCSU SCA student group) recruitment demo on Sunday.
Posted in Fighting, Sewing, Tutorials, Weekend Plans
Tagged Elizabethan Fashion, Fencing, Foundations Revealed, Project, Resources, Tutorial, Weekend
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Of Bluing, Tent Cleaning, and Kirtles
I spent most of this past weekend working on projects for various upcoming events. My poor husband was on call all weekend which meant changing the planned projects around a bit but in the end I got quite a bit … Continue reading
Posted in Events, Fighting, Sewing, Weekend Plans
Tagged 2010 Project Plans, Armour Repair, Events, Fencing, Project, Sewing, Weekend
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A Weekend in Beaufort
A Saturday afternoon on the Spar. This past weekend we went down to Beaufort, NC to enjoy some excellent Coastal NC wreck diving.
Weekend Revisited
I am finally enjoying last weekend’s plans, just a week later. Earlier today I spent a lovely 2 hours embroidering on the patio while watching the sun shire Albemarle Sound. I miss all my friends at Pennsic but I’m looking … Continue reading
You’ve got to know when to hold ‘em, know when to fold ‘em…
So, within about 30 minutes of making my post on Friday our plans for the weekend changed dramatically and we ended up staying in Raleigh. Our beach plans were changed to this coming weekend. Not to worry though. I have … Continue reading
Weekend Plans
This weekend finds us at the beach. I’m only taking three things with me (besides clothes, obviously): My computer My jacket embroidery My kite I have some graphic design work to do for another web project I’m working on but … Continue reading
A Lovely Weekend at the Beach
Last week really got away from me! I guess a long weekend at the beach will do that to you. I did get some embroidery done and I also enjoyed several hours reading on the beach. It was heavenly. … Continue reading
Accomplishment
From 12:00 noon until 4:30pm today I turned off all my social sites and email and wrote. I made very good headway on my article for Your Wardrobe Unlock’d: the Costume Maker’s Companion and I’m pretty please with what I … Continue reading
Posted in Goals, Sewing, Weekend Plans
Tagged Project, Weekend, Your Wardrobe Unlock'd
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