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Here we see the culmination of three of the projects I have been working on for the Opening Ceremony of the Abbey Medieval Festival 2022: The Shield of Valour, the Mantle or Temperance and the Crown of Chivalry.

All in all, I'm really pleased with how it looks on him, and I'm super pleased with this photo by Adamare Creations who captured me bestowing the crown on our lovely Sir Richard Sheffield.

The entire Opening Ceremony went really well, with laughter where it should have been, seriousness where it should have been, lots of colour and a great Lord Herald narrating. It was a huge amount of work to organise, but on reasonably short notice, I'm pleased at the feedback. The CEO and Director of the Museum were both delighted, so that's what matters.

Further posts and photos of the event to follow... lots happened and much was extremely successful.

So the next project wool has arrived and it's just so much prettier than I could have imagined!!!

This will be a cloak/mantle and I've placed the cloak brooches on so you can see the effect. I woven band runs between the two. The fabric was much thinner than I was anticipating, and it could easily be made into medieval clothing, but the colour is magnificent. It will be nice an easy to sew, thank goodness. I won't be starting it for a week or two as I need to do some other projects as well which are needed first, but who knows if I will get carried away and just do it!

The previous cloak I was making is easily twice as thick, but the cloak clasps really didn't look that good on the tan.