Wardrobe Countdown, Designing, A Question for You

I've been trying to redo my wardrobe before I head off to college.  I want it to have a Neo-Victorian/goth feel to it.  I have been looking on YouTube for inspiration and make-up ideas and I have found many but I have a hard time actually shopping for them.  Normally I hate shopping (if you have ever shopped with my mom you'd know why) but I have recently started to enjoy it more since I have my license and can go out on my own.  I have some ideas on what I want in my wardrobe but I can't usually find them when I go out.  But I don't want to seem like I'm whining, so a change of topic is needed.

I have been interested in the Tudor era for about as long as I can remember.  I adore their clothing especially, so I think that I may start (attempting) to design a Neo-Tudor style of clothing.  I was thinking of starting the designs now but actually sewing them when I learn how to work a sewing machine better.  Hmm....how to go about that...  Now I can't draw most things particularly well but I can draw dresses.  Well, it would give me something to do when I'm bored and can't find anything else to do...maybe my roommate will be a fashion design major or something and could help me out!

Now I have a question for y'all (yes I'm from the south, hence the y'all).  What do y'all want to hear about in this blog?  Any ideas are appreciated because I want to hear what you want to know.  All vulgar ideas will be disregarded and you will be reported.  I'm sure y'all have great ideas and I can't wait to hear (see) them.

Lots of Love,
Neesie

Weaving

So...here are some examples of looms I have.  They aren't the exact ones of course but they look like the ones I have.

  

An Inkle Loom

Mine looks just like this only it was made by my grandfather.

A card weaving loom

Mine is a little shorter, it's wider, and it's not as long.

A frame loom

Mine looks like this only darker.

A rigid heddle loom

Mine is a 32" Kromski Harp 

A triangle loom

Mine isn't nearly as finished as this piece of work is...and mine was made by my grandfather.

A bead loom

I got this one from my mom.

So that's a total of 6 looms, and there may be more somewhere in my closet.  Wow, I'm a geek...

The only one I plan on taking to college is my inkle loom because it can be used for the most things...inkle weaving, card weaving, etc.

Well, I hope this helped you get a glimpse of my life (and looms) and maybe just maybe made you want to try weaving. 

Lots of Love, 

Neesie

About me and this Blog...or something like that

I am an almost college student (I start this fall), and I love Victorian, Elizabethan, Tudor, and medieval clothing.  I started researching neo-victorian clothing at the beginning of my senior year and I felt that it was right for me.  The only thing was that I was scared to start dressing like that because the kids at my school would wonder why I suddenly started dressing "funny."  I've gone to school with these kids since 6th grade, some even since 2nd, and I'm pretty sure that they would think I've gone nuts or something.  (I'm not someone who normally cares what people think, but I didn't want to start getting bullied again)  Anyways, I decided that since college is a new start why not give in to my desire to dress the way I want.

This blog is not just going to be about me and my changing style, it's also going to be about my life in terms of being an uber history geek.  It will be about crafts I do, societies I join, how I'm getting on in college, stuff like that.  I hope that instead of me looking all self absorbed, which I am definitely not, it will help you want to learn to do stuff too.  For instance, if I blog about my weaving, I am hoping that you may find weaving interesting and then want to try it too, because it's good for people to remember how to do crafts that have become obsolete because of machines, it helps us connect with our heritage.  Now, I'm not the best at blogging so please bear with me, because (hopefully) it will get better over time.

Lots of Love,
Neesie