[Ansteorra-Textiles] New to the SCA and the Textiles List

Liz Wilson ewilson618 at tx.rr.com
Tue Jul 17 20:51:17 PDT 2007


Yes, we did go to Steppes populace last month although we will probably not 
go this month because we also have a Harry Potter release party to take our 
7 year old twins to (last chance for one of those!)

Liz Wilson


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Gail" <gailh at fanninelectric.com>
To: "'Spinners, weavers, knitters and other Textile makers in Ansteorra'" 
<ansteorra-textiles at lists.ansteorra.org>
Sent: Tuesday, July 17, 2007 2:21 PM
Subject: Re: [Ansteorra-Textiles] New to the SCA and the Textiles List


> welcome, Liz
>
> Flower Mound is in the Steppes Barony (although you could play with Elfsea
> (Ft. Worth) if you liked.
>
> Sorry to hear about your ankle, I know from personal experience how
> uncomfortable and awkard that can be.
>
> You are very near the Sunday get together place, (Mary Heads Park in
> Carrolton) and not too far from where we get together for Business meeting
> (an excuse to eat Chinese)
>
>  Not to brag, too much, but we have one of the finest weavers in the SCA 
> in
> Steppes (HL Saqua) that I'm sure someone will give you her phone number.
>
> anyway, welcome to the group.
>
> galen
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ansteorra-textiles-bounces at lists.ansteorra.org
> [mailto:ansteorra-textiles-bounces at lists.ansteorra.org]On Behalf Of
> Bulgarelli Maria
> Sent: Tuesday, July 17, 2007 1:28 PM
> To: Spinners, weavers, knitters and other Textile makers in Ansteorra
> Subject: Re: [Ansteorra-Textiles] New to the SCA and the Textiles List
>
>
> Liz,
>
> First of all welcome to the SCA.
>
> I'm not sure where Flower Mound is, but I'm in Houston
> and I'm teaching an Intro to Inkle Weaving class at
> the Westgate Winter Collegium in August.
>
> If you plan to be there, please feel free to come to
> the class.  You don't have to have a loom.  The class
> is going to be an intro with information on the loom
> and what different terms mean in weaving.  I'm then
> going to teach a simple design that you can warp up on
> a loom if you have one.  If you don't you can still
> learn by watching.
>
> I looked up some looms on ebay.  I got one of mine
> there.  I have a loom that I made but unfortunately
> didn't have a drill press so the pegs are a little ...
> ummmmmmm ... crooked.
>
> Here's a link to some of the looms I found on ebay.
>
> http://search.ebay.com/inkle-loom_W0QQ_trksidZm37QQfromZR40
>
> Check out the auctions and see if you see one you
> like.  You need to be comfortable with the loom so you
> want to be careful buying one.
>
> Maria
> --- Liz Wilson <ewilson618 at tx.rr.com> wrote:
>
>> Greetings to the Textile List!  I am new to the SCA
>> and the Textiles List.  I do not even have a persona
>> name yet.  My real name is Liz Wilson and I live
>> with my family in Flower Mound, Texas.  My husband
>> Robert and I have 7 year old twin girls, Amelia and
>> Miranda.  I am in the process of researching names
>> and other information about medieval europe.  Our
>> ancestry is primarily Scottish (Ferguson, my maiden
>> name) and English (Wilson, although it may also be
>> from Scotland or even Ireland).  I am a stay at home
>> mom and a substitute teacher, although before my
>> children were born I was a lawyer for approximately
>> 14 years, both in law firms and at a corporation.  I
>> am still licensed as a lawyer but on inactive status
>> (meaning I don't earn any money from law practice).
>>
>>
>> Since I am just getting started in the SCA I am
>> investigating various areas, but I have always
>> enjoyed weaving and basketry.  I haven't done much
>> weaving since girl scouts as a child, and I did take
>> a basketry course at Arrowmont in the late 1980's in
>> Tennessee, but it has been a while.  I would like to
>> revisit these previous areas of interest.  I have
>> never done the spinning at all but I saw a demo
>> recently at girl scouts (again) and I thought it
>> looked like great fun.   I am not much of a
>> seamstress but I have done some counted cross stitch
>> and other embroidery in the past as well--quit doing
>> it because I didn't need any more decor for my house
>> or gifts for others, but still have the stuff.  I
>> was partial to samplers, which may be a little late
>> for the medieval period.  My mundane hobby is
>> scrapbooking.  I do a lot of volunteer work relating
>> to my children, including girl scout assistant
>> leader and destination imagination team assistant
>> leader.  Being an assistant means I do all the grunt
>> work that the leader doesn't want to do and while I
>> get very little glory for it, I also do not have the
>> ultimate responsibility for things if they go awry
>> (I learned a few things from law practice!)
>>
>> I am interested in acquiring an Inkle Loom (am I
>> even spelling that right?) and learning how to use
>> it, although right now my main textile project is
>> finishing sewing the patches on the girls' Brownie
>> vests (but I'm almost done).  Right now I have a bit
>> of time on my hands because I broke my ankle on our
>> vacation on July 4th, so I am on crutches or
>> wheelchair and I am not going anywhere most of the
>> time. My only other major project this summer is
>> teaching my girls to fix their own lunches, etc.
>> etc. so that I don't have to hop around on one leg.
>> Needless to say, right now I have plenty of time to
>> read the internet postings, wreite stuff, etc.
>>
>>  I probably don't have much to add to textile
>> discussions right now given the level of my
>> experience, so I'm mostly hoping to learn about
>> various options.  I do have a sewing machine
>> although the threader is broken and I don't really
>> care for using it much, but maybe the SCA can help
>> me turn that around.
>>
>> We have been big Scarborough Renaissance Festival
>> attendees for several years now and do have garb
>> that we have purchased there, although it is more
>> reaniassance than medieval in nature and is not
>> character or period specific.  I do plan to make
>> more garb, by hand or sewing, at a later time.  I
>> know this is more clothier guild than textile guild
>> related, but I bring this up because it would
>> certainly be useful to make some trim or other items
>> to either decorate our current garb with or to use
>> on new garb.  Also, my husband desires a kilt, and
>> while I have the pattern I'm a little intimidated by
>> all the pleats.  Planning to make that out of cotton
>> flannel to keep the cost down unless someone
>> convinces me otherwise.
>>
>> We haven't done the camping out with the girls yet,
>> and with my ankle this will need to be postponed
>> until it is better.  We did acquire a mundane tent
>> and I am interested in making some things for the
>> campsite, such as a cooler cover, chair covers for
>> the camping chairs, etc.  I did purchase a neat
>> remnant of upholstery fabric for $10 that would make
>> a nice tablecloth or cooler cover, but I haven't
>> decided exactly what to do with it yet.  I might
>> just hem it or something simple like that.
>>
>> OK, that's probably way more than you wanted to
>> know, so hopefully you have just skimmed through and
>> said, "poor soul, she really needs a hobby!!"
>>
>> Liz Wilson >
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