[Ansteorra-textiles] Gift bags
Morgan Cain (Ansteorra)
morgancain at earthlink.net
Wed Nov 27 05:53:13 PST 2002
> That said, I'd just like to mention that the bags my Royal mom (Gladwen)
> commissioned for Barn and I to give at Pennsic were INCREDIBLY POPULAR
with
> those who received them. I loved mine and it was fun to see them on the
arm
> of all the other royals at Pennsic when they went shopping.
Thanks, Your Excellency. Always nice to hear good stories. About the socks
story, I remember a couple Gulf Wars ago when TRM Calontir included
hand-knitted socks of all kinds and colours in the gift baskets. I think it
was when Edmund was King of the Midrealm and they even had one in
SuperExtraBig size for him!
> Just in case there are fiber people here from baronies, here's a few ideas
on
> things you can do to go in your barony's gift basket: Naalbinding socks,
> homespun and dyed yarn, needlepoint designs or embroidered pieces that can
> decorate garb or belt pouches, handkerchiefs with handwoven lace (or
delicate
> embroidery), woven trim, even a small cross-stitch kit can be cool (and
save
> the life of that royal who got stuck in meetings for the afternoon).
One of the reasons I thought of the Textiles Guild making a set of
somethings was as an informational and recruiting thing: "Look at the cool
bags/whatevers made by the Textiles Guild!" "Textiles Guild? Didn't know we
had one! I do <fiber thing>, I should join them."
Or, a person walks by the group busily working and chatting at some Kingdom
event:
PWB: "Hey, what are you making?"
Lady #1: "We're the Textiles Guild, and we are making bags/needlecases for
the largesse baskets for <name a War>."
PWB: "I didn't know we had a Textiles Guild! But why is she spinning?"
Lady #2: "I am one of the people who wove the fabric that is being used in
the <items>, so my part is done and I am back to spinning."
Lady #3: "We are all contributing our talents in different ways - they are
sewing, while the two of us are fingerloop braiding the tie-cords. This is
a skill that has been documented back to the 14th Century."
PWB: "That looks weird but fun. Is it hard to learn?"
Lady #4: "Not at all; she just learned today. Sit down and we will show
you how easy it is!"
There you go - the first hit of fiber. <G>
---= Morgan
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