It sounds fun but I am all the way up in northern regional and I don't think I can justify the trip for a one day thing :(<br><br>Siobhan<br><br><b><i>Carolle Ternus <cternus@texas.net></i></b> wrote:<blockquote class="replbq" style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; padding-left: 5px;"> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <meta content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1479" name="GENERATOR"> <style></style> <div> <div><font face="Arial" size="2">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.</font></div></div> <div><font face="Arial" size="2"></font> </div> <div><font face="Arial" size="2">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.</font></div> <div><font face="Arial" size="2"></font> </div> <div><font face="Arial" size="2">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.</font></div> <div><font face="Arial" size="2"></font> </div> <div><font face="Arial" size="2">The date I'm looking at is June 23.</font></div> <div><font face="Arial" size="2"></font> </div> <div><font face="Arial" size="2">Some class ideas:</font></div> <div><font face="Arial" size="2">Spinning-related classes:</font></div> <div><font
face="Arial" size="2"> <div><font face="Arial" size="2">Fleece prep - choosing, skirting, washing, etc.</font></div> <div><font face="Arial" size="2">Fiber prep - carding vs combing wool</font></div></font></div> <div><font face="Arial" size="2">Beginning spinning with handspindle, low or hi whorl</font></div> <div><font face="Arial" size="2">Beginning spinning with treadle wheel</font></div> <div><font face="Arial" size="2">Intermediate/Advanced spinning with fibers other than wool: flax, cotton, silk, exotics</font></div> <div><font face="Arial" size="2">Period Fibers - info about flax, nettle, cotton, silk, metallics, how to prepare and use them</font></div> <div><font face="Arial" size="2">Period Breeds - who, when, where (Debroa, I'm looking at you : ) )</font></div> <div><font face="Arial" size="2"></font> </div> <div><font face="Arial" size="2">Weaving-related classes:</font></div> <div><font face="Arial" size="2">Beginning
tapestry</font></div> <div><font face="Arial" size="2">Beginning tablet -weaving - threaded in patterns</font></div> <div><font face="Arial" size="2">Intermediate/Advanced tablet weaving techniques - double-faced weave</font></div> <div><font face="Arial" size="2">Intermediate/Advanced tablet weaving techniques - </font></div> <div><font face="Arial" size="2">Brocaded tablet weaving</font></div> <div><font face="Arial" size="2">Beginning rigid heddle weaving</font></div> <div><font face="Arial" size="2">Yardage weaving - how to begin, calculations, how to end the project</font></div> <div><font face="Arial" size="2">Warping a jack loom (most common modern loom) - front to back or back to front</font></div> <div><font face="Arial" size="2"></font> </div> <div><font face="Arial" size="2">Other string-related classes:</font></div> <div><font face="Arial" size="2">Beginning nalbinding</font></div> <div><font face="Arial" size="2">Beginning finger-looped
braiding</font></div> <div><font face="Arial" size="2">Beginning kumihimo</font></div> <div><font face="Arial" size="2">Beginning knitting</font></div> <div><font face="Arial" size="2">Beginning sprang</font></div> <div><font face="Arial" size="2">Beginning Netting</font></div> <div><font face="Arial" size="2">Beginning lucet</font></div> <div><font face="Arial" size="2">Tassles</font></div> <div><font face="Arial" size="2">Intermediate/Advanced classes of any of the above</font></div> <div><font face="Arial" size="2">Making award insignia (Iris, Centurion, Star, Falcon, ). Making hangers for medallions.</font></div> <div><font face="Arial" size="2"></font> </div> <div><font face="Arial" size="2">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.</font></div> <div><font
face="Arial" size="2"></font> </div> <div><font face="Arial" size="2">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.</font></div> <div> </div> <div><font face="Arial" size="2">Any other ideas? Any volunteers?</font></div> <div><font face="Arial" size="2"></font> </div> <div><font face="Arial" size="2">What do y'all think?</font></div> <div><font face="Arial" size="2"></font> </div> <div><font face="Arial" size="2"></font> </div> <div><font face="Arial" size="2">Radegund</font></div> <div><font face="Arial" size="2">Bjornsborg</font></div> <div><font face="Arial" size="2"></font> </div> <div><font face="Arial" size="2"></font> </div> <div><font face="Arial" size="2"></font> </div>_______________________________________________<br>Ansteorra-textiles mailing
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