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

Hugh & Belinda Niewoehner burgborrendohl at valornet.com
Mon Jan 22 15:39:03 PST 2007


I do believe Ismet wants some of that action as well.

    Damon

Jennifer Carlson wrote:
> Knitting wire?  Cool!
> Is there a class size limit (I'm thinking about the size of your living 
> room)?  Save me a spot!
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> In servicio,
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> Talana
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>> 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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