[Northkeep] Feb 12th - Mark your calendars, a class on Viking Knitting aka "T

[Jennifer Carlson]

Knitting wire?  Cool!
Is there a class size limit (I'm thinking about the size of your living 
room)?  Save me a spot!

In servicio,

Talana


>From: "Faolan Macfarland" <faolanmacfarland at cox.net>
>Reply-To: The Barony of Northkeep <northkeep at lists.ansteorra.org>
>To: <northkeep at ansteorra.org>
>Subject: [Northkeep] Feb 12th - Mark your calendars,a class on Viking 
>Knitting aka "Trichinopoly Chainwork" will beheld at February's 
>Needleworkers
>Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2007 11:58:33 -0600
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>"Viking Chain Knitting" aka "Trichinopoly Chainwork"  Class at the normally 
>planned  Needleworker's, Monday, February 12th at 7pm at Faolan's house.
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>Adalia "Nyx" VonDerBerg  will be teaching the class.
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>Here is a document that gives information on what class will be about.
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>http://www.jewelryhistorian.com/sca/articles/trichinopoly_documentation.pdf
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>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.
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>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.
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>Thanks
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>Faolan
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