[Ansteorra-Textiles] Fiber Arts Event Proposal

[Carolle Ternus]

The last time Bjornsborg (San Antonio, for those who don't know) hosted a Fiber Arts College was back in '98 or 2000 or so.  I'd like to see another one, and why not here again?  I'm looking into the costs of a site with several class rooms and a central room to gather in.

My idea is classes, no lunch provided - bring a lunch or go offsite to get it, more classes, after classes maybe 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.  Go home.

My question is, is there enough interest to go forward with this?  Is there enough interest for people to say they will attend, not just that it's a good idea?  For the one place I've gotten prices, we would need to have at least 35 people, at $10 site.  I'm continuing to look for another site.

The date I'm looking at is June 23.

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 - 
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 string-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.

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.

I'm doing the ground work and trying to find out if people will come before I bring it up to my barony at our next populace meeting, March 5.

Any other ideas?  Any volunteers?

What do y'all think?


Radegund
Bjornsborg


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