Medieval Living

Welcome back! Oh wait – I was the one who was gone. Sorry for the length of time since my last post, but I had to visit family while I had the opportunity. I wish I could have timed the visit differently . . . like maybe in mid-august. Two reasons for that: my family holds a reunion during the third weekend in August, so I would have been home for that; and that is also the time when SCAdians gather in western Pennsylvania for some little event known as Pensic. Little . . . maybe 10,000 people or so . . . hmmm not sure what the numbers have been lately, but I know that it is no small event!
I remember the first time I ever laid eyes on Pensic – I was a non-SCAdian and happened to be living in Butler, PA, which is very near to the Pensic site. “What are all those crazy people doing? And where do they get all of those medieval tents???” Well, a few years later and, sadly, long after I had moved back to New Mexico, I got my answer! Now I am one of those crazy people!!! And I have made one pavillion and two yurts ( gers, for those Mongolian purists).
Where does one find plans for such things? Well one of the most wonderful resources I ever came upon was an SCAdian-run site called Medieval Pavillion Resources. It contains links to numerous sites that show how to construct pavillions, yurts, roman tents, viking tents, middle-eastern tents, and bell wedges, just to name a few. Lots of great information!!!
So . . . if you’ve ever wondered yourself how to build a Medieval-ish tent, here you go!!!