[Ansteorra-Textiles] Fiber Arts Event Proposal

[davenjo]

Radegund,

  This is most exciting. I would definitely be interested in attending such
a program, as I am a spinner/weaver/knitter. And this would actually be
within commuting distance! Please let me know if I can facilitate from a
distance.

Joanna the spinner

Seawinds

 

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Subject: [Ansteorra-Textiles] Fiber Arts Event Proposal

 

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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