[Ansteorra-textiles] some ideas

[HL Darcy]

Clare wrote
>I have been thinking of some areas that textile work could be encouraged
>and thought we could talk about some of them.  See if you all think it
>would be good.

 >A series of booklets about different types of textiles.   You know -
period
>knitting - some basic research, pictures of it within period, bibliography,
>and maybe some projects -  a knitted reliquary bag, a Monmouth hat.  Or a
>booklet on the silk industry in Lyon.  Or Inkle/card weaving patterns...
>They booklets could be done very inexpensively and any profits could be
>used for the Kingdom A&S office or for prizes for areas of textiles (you
>knowGulf War or some thing.)

I think pamplets are a good idea.  I wrote one on beginning Inkle weaving
years ago which I use when teaching classes.  I need to revise it and
reformat
it for my new computer but when I'm done I would be happy to donate copies
for "the cause".


>A Symposium on the textile arts and a history of textiles.  Could be a
>separate event or a set of classes at King's College.

Ooooh!  I would love to see something like this.  I would be glad to help
with this.

>I read where a Barony in the East had drawn up their own version of the
>Bayeux Tapestry and everyone worked on it.  It was like the mythic creation
>of their Kingdom or Barony.  I remember seeing pictures of it.

This would be great.  I think the best way might be to have a meeting (on
line
or physical) to plan the subject matter and then assign panels to volunteers
to work on that could then be sewn together to form the finished tapestry.
This would let people from all over the kingdom work on it.

> A traveling display that emphasizes the textile arts that could be set up
>at events.

This could be fun.  Kind of a rotating display depending on who would be
available and what they do at any given event.

> I have been thinking that we could set up meeting much like the one at
>Steppes and do some small workshops.  Nothing major and nothing
>planned.  More like - hey I'm gonna be att his event and I can bring my
>pots and we can natural dye outdoors....


I like this.  With the list it shouldn't be to hard to coordinate when and
where
to meet.

Darcy

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