Dar-Cárthaind ingen Cháirthen uí Churráin
She lives during the end of the twelth century outside of the city of Galway in the south-west of Connacht (modern-day County Galloway). Dar-Cárthaind is the daughter of Cáirthen mac Trian ó Curráin, a minor Irish noble, and his wife Idonea, a transplanted Anglo-Norman from Dublin. She spends most of her time doing embroidery and learning the finer points of tablet and inkle weaving. In the future, she plans to learn more weaving, how to spin, dyeing, and illumination.
My story.....
My husband first introduced me to the SCA when we started dating. It sounded like something fun to do. He had only a passing interest in playing, so it sat on the back burner for about a year. Then his friend was getting married and it was going to be a SCA wedding. I asked him to pick up some costume books for me (he's a librarian) and set to work designing some costumes (or garb as I later found out). They weren't too terribly terrible for my first attempt, they at least looked sort of 13th century. After the wedding, they got put away and forgotten for a while. We attended some dance practices which while fun were not enough to keep my interest. Then I discovered some e-mail lists and found what I was really looking for. I've always sewn and done craft work (I made my first embroidery sampler when I was 7), and here was a group of people that shared my interests with a new twist - the search to find out how they did it back then. After reading the posts, I got more and more interested in making and designing my own garb, doing crewel work, and even weaving! The people on the lists seemed so friendly and willing to point anyone in the right direction. From reading the posts and asking a few questions of my own, I've been able to share in the wealth of experience that these people have. One of the best things about the SCA as I see it is that you can participate on so many levels, and there's something for just about everyone.
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