[Northkeep] Feb 12th - Mark your calendars, a class on Viking Knitting aka "Trichinopoly Chainwork" will be held at February's Needleworkers

[Faolan Macfarland]

"Viking Chain Knitting" aka "Trichinopoly Chainwork"  Class at the normally planned  Needleworker's, Monday, February 12th at 7pm at Faolan's house.

 

 

Adalia "Nyx" VonDerBerg  will be teaching the class.

 

 

Here is a document that gives information on what class will be about.

 

http://www.jewelryhistorian.com/sca/articles/trichinopoly_documentation.pdf

 

Nyx will  bring the necessary supplies for up to 36 people to  try this wonderful
jewelry technique.  However, if anyone would like to bring their own supplies or donate to the cause, the supply list (for beginners) is very simple: small set of pliers (needle nose and wire cutters),  1 package of colored - usually green - 18 gauge floral wire (this comes usually in pieces of about 18"), 1 roll of 24 or 26 gauge silver floral wire (from Michael's this sells for about 2 bucks for a
quarter pound - enough to make SEVERAL trials), and pencils - unsharpened or dowel rods of the same diameter .She personally uses a size 10 plastic knitting needle but once used for this, they would not be usable for actual knitting. The purpose of stick is to help the loops stay the same size and shape so any round object will work.

 

 

The class  plan is to  work on starting chain ,  work a few chain stitches, work on adding more wire in, and  then work on ending the chain. This class  will be for creating chains only, not adding the findings for finishing them.  There will be  some examples of finished work and some store names so people can order their own findings if they choose. 




Thanks

Faolan