[Ansteorra] Fwd: looking for warp wieghted loom weavers out there

[Stefan li Rous]

I thought there might be some warp weighted loom weavers on this list.

I also thought there were at least several SCA weaving lists, but I'm  
not on them. If you are, please feel free to forward this on to them.

Stefan

Begin forwarded message:

> From: Dale Belcher <alandarkdale at YAHOO.COM>
> Date: May 5, 2012 7:54:35 AM CDT
> To: CALONTIR at listserv.unl.edu
> Subject: [CALONTIR] forwarding for researcher....
> Reply-To: Historical Recreation in the Kingdom of Calontir <CALONTIR at listserv.unl.edu 
> >
>
> Greetings all, Alan here.  I was asked to post this where interested  
> Calontiri could see it and respond.  This is not an endorsement  of  
> the project, merely trying to help her a bit.
>
> My name is Christina Petty, and I'm a post graduate researcher at  
> the University of Manchester.  As part of my research, I'm looking  
> for other people who use warp weighted looms, partly to see what we  
> as a community have learned about using these tools, and partly to  
> learn why we are taking on such an old technology.  To this end,  
> I've developed a questionnaire to start my exploration, which can be  
> found at: http://warpweightedweaversquestionnaire.blogspot.co.uk/
>
> With your permission, as I don’t want to break any protocols for  
> your community, I would like to post this information to your group  
> in an attempt to locate these weavers.  I have contacted the  
> leadership of the SCA, who suggested I contact the seneschals for  
> each of the Kingdoms, which is why I’m contacting you.  I’m hoping  
> there is some bulletin or webpage where this request can be  
> distributed.   If it is convenient for you, feel free to post any of  
> this, including my email address (also available on the  
> questionnaire site), or contact me and I will be happy to rewrite,  
> post or whatever is suitable, for you.
>
> Thank you for your time!
>
> Christina Petty
> English and American Studies
> University of Manchester
>

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