http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SCA_India/ SCA_India Mon, 04 Jan 2010 15:14:24 GMT Margaret Polson http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SCA_India/message/14402 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SCA_India/message/14402 Ah!. Then I would definitely have to agree with Lakshmi's comment, I have never seen a monochromatic Mughal outfit, and I have spend years looking. Also, as Mon, 04 Jan 2010 03:37:51 GMT kittenfu1 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SCA_India/message/14401 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SCA_India/message/14401 I was going for a very late period Mughal courtesan (I found a couple of images of miniatures with women rather than men wearing the transparent skirt) The Sun, 03 Jan 2010 07:01:19 GMT Charles http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SCA_India/message/14400 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SCA_India/message/14400 Spun silks will probably not have the tensile strength of reeled silk, but silk's biggest flaw is poor abrasion resistance. If the bead's channel is rough, it Sat, 02 Jan 2010 21:06:40 GMT Holly Simon http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SCA_India/message/14399 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SCA_India/message/14399 ... That may not be as big a problem...we have a Baroness in our Kingdom who is fluent in Portugese. She is willing to translate with proper "motivation"...:) Sat, 02 Jan 2010 20:51:47 GMT Amber Fox http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SCA_India/message/14398 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SCA_India/message/14398 ... If she did it's propably still in the original portugese :( As for the Armenian bit, She might have been an Armenian in the employ of the Portugese so when Sat, 02 Jan 2010 16:31:51 GMT Margaret Polson http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SCA_India/message/14397 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SCA_India/message/14397 A google search on Julianna and Emperor Akbar pulls at least one reference that claims she was Armenian, so clearly more research in needed. I am off to 12th Sat, 02 Jan 2010 16:27:07 GMT Margaret Polson http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SCA_India/message/14396 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SCA_India/message/14396 So, one of my Christmas presents was the book: Indo Portuguese Encounters: Journeys in Science, Technology and Culture: Latika Varadarajan (Editor). Aryan Fri, 01 Jan 2010 02:12:23 GMT vada http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SCA_India/message/14395 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SCA_India/message/14395 How about backpack thread? One of my SCA House mates gave me a whole spool of it and you cant break it or snap it unless you use a knife of scissors. Padma Thu, 31 Dec 2009 02:57:11 GMT minnaar http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SCA_India/message/14394 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SCA_India/message/14394 So apparently, three years ago up northern Northshield, the Barony of Castel Rouge held and Indian themed event (Booo! I had only just started playing more Wed, 30 Dec 2009 20:09:37 GMT Larisa Allen http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SCA_India/message/14393 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SCA_India/message/14393 ... My thoughts have been heading in this direction. I suspect the greater part of the problem is not that the wrong kind of fiber is being used, so much as Wed, 30 Dec 2009 20:03:19 GMT Sharon Palmer http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SCA_India/message/14392 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SCA_India/message/14392 ... Usually bigger, heavier beads have bigger holes, so you can use a thicker cord. How thick was the cord you used? In general, you want to use the biggest Wed, 30 Dec 2009 17:18:11 GMT bethlakshmibetty http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SCA_India/message/14391 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SCA_India/message/14391 Woo! That sounds awesome. Hearing the frustrations with silk makes me think "if it doesn't work now, I bet it didn't work then, either." After all, there's Wed, 30 Dec 2009 06:34:16 GMT satinedelacourcel http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SCA_India/message/14390 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SCA_India/message/14390 Had not thought of fishig wire but I generally string for necklaces not belts. needed to switch gears here.. I have heard (have not used myself) Power Pro Tue, 29 Dec 2009 23:30:11 GMT GALE SHULTZ http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SCA_India/message/14389 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SCA_India/message/14389 Greetings, I have used the fishing line, usually the mylar 70 to 100 pound test for years and nothing ever rotted or fallen off.  And I am happy that the Tue, 29 Dec 2009 19:19:25 GMT minnaar http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SCA_India/message/14388 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SCA_India/message/14388 Ditto on the fishing wire. I was given a pater noster for Boar's Head a few years ago now, and it was originally strung on silk. After it broke twice (hey, I