[Ansteorra-announce] Fiber Arts College, June 23, 2007

[Carolle Ternus]

Greetings to all the wonderful fiber artisans in Ansteorra and to those curious about the fiber arts, from
Mistress Radegund of Tours.

The Barony of Bjornsborg is proud to host a Fiber Arts College on June 23, 2007.

This will be 2 weeks after King's College.  If you take a fiber arts class then that you want a refresher on or want to move to the next level, we may have the class for you.

This is an off-calendar event.  The idea is classes, no lunch provided - bring a lunch or go offsite to get it, more classes, after classes a potluck dinner and spin/weave/fiber-in, either on site or at someone's house.  Just sitting around talking fiber, working on projects and eating supper.  

I am now soliciting teachers and students for this exciting day of classes.

Some class ideas:

Spinning-related classes:
Fleece prep - choosing, skirting, washing, etc.
Fiber prep - carding vs combing wool
Beginning spinning with handspindle, low or hi whorl
Beginning spinning with treadle wheel
Intermediate/Advanced spinning with fibers other than wool: flax, cotton, silk, exotics
Period Fibers - info about flax, nettle, cotton, silk, metallics, how to prepare and use them
Period Breeds - who, when, where (Debroa, I'm looking at you : )   )

Weaving-related classes:
Beginning tapestry
Beginning tablet -weaving - threaded in patterns
Intermediate/Advanced tablet weaving techniques - double-faced weave
Intermediate/Advanced tablet weaving techniques - warp-twining
Brocaded tablet weaving
Beginning rigid heddle weaving
Yardage weaving - how to begin, calculations, how to end the project
Warping a jack loom (most common modern loom) - front to back or back to front

Other fiber-related classes:
Beginning nalbinding
Beginning finger-looped braiding
Beginning kumihimo
Beginning knitting
Beginning sprang
Beginning Netting
Beginning lucet
Tassles
Intermediate/Advanced classes of any of the above
Making award insignia (Iris, Centurion, Star, Falcon, ).   Making hangers for medallions.
Felting
Fulling sweaters to make felted objects
Dyeing - I don't know if the site can accomodate this, but if so, that's another whole section of classes.  Info on period uses, hands-on dyeing with different dyes, kermes and lac vs cochineal, woad vs indigo, etc.

More information and a web site will be available soon.

For questions, suggestions on classes or to teach a class, contact me at cternus at texas.net .  I am the Event Steward and Class Coordinator.


Mistress Radegund of Tours
Bjornsborg

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