Apologies for the late notice.
Category Archives: Arts & Sciences
A&S Day, Friday April 7
Starting at 3 pm we will begin work on a variety of Viking Age projects to include; fine tuning hand stitching, posament, wire weaving, metal bead making, leather work, card weaving, and after a pot luck dinner, we will host glass lampwork bead making at 7pm.
Feel free to join us when ever you like for what ever portion of the workshop you are interested in. Please bring a dish to share, any metal or leather working tools and stamps, looms you want to warp, cloth you want to cut and sew etc.
If you are coming from far away you can contact Lady Laurena regarding crash space at 302 399 7183 (texting is best).
NB: There are pets in the house.
A&S Night Monday, March 13 is Cancelled Due to Weather
Please contact Baroness Hedewigis if you have any questions or concerns with regard to this.
2016 A&S Evenings Topics Announced
Arts and Sciences (A&S) Evenings are the 2nd Monday of each month starting at 7:00 p.m. at Baroness Hedewigis’ home in Hockessin, DE (directions) Contact Baroness Hedewigis 302.239.9787 for more information.
A& S Evenings are an opportunity to work on various A&S projects in good company. Trying an new stitch? Need help marking a hem? Need tasters for your new recipe? Light refreshments will be available.
The following topics* will be covered in the next months:
December 14, 2015 – Make your own four-panel Viking fur hat
January 11, 2016 – Songs that everyone should know
February 5, 2016 – Event prep for ‘Shire in the Schola’ (Feb. 13)
March 14, 2016 – Garb Night
April 11, 2016 – Make a Butter bar
May 9, 2016 – Recipes for Pennsic
June 13, 2016 – Glass bead making
July 11, 2016 – Pennsic Prep
September 12, 2016 – Pennsic class review
October 10, 2016 – Planning for 2017
*Subject to change
If there is a date change or cancellation, the Google Calendar will be updated to reflect this.
Banner Making
Greetings Shire Mates!
We are getting close to setting up our banner making day. I’m very excited about it, how about you?
What size banner would you like? A small one the size of your outstretched arm or a larger, grander one?
Do you have a frame? If so, what size?
Please send your answers and details of your needs to Alejandro at yibachefonc@gmail.com by Thursday October 1, 2015 so I can start organizing this. Your participation is greatly appreciated. The date for banner making will be announced shortly.
Yours in Service,
Alejandro
‘Stitch and Chat’ on hiatus for the summer
‘Stitch and Chat’ will be on hiatus for the summer due to scheduling conflicts, but will return as soon as possible.
Felt Booklets for Largress Project – 3/15/15
Join us for a special project to add to the Treasure Chest we are giving to the Royals for Pennsic – Felt note booklets for with crayons for the younglings, or pencils for the Marshals.
*Please note: Shire meeting will take place prior to this event at the Brandywine Towne Center.
When: Sunday, 3/15/15 5:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Where: Brandywine Towne Center
1000 Brandywine Parkway, Wilmington, DE 19803, United States
Please bring the following with you if you have it. If not, we will have some to share:
• Needle and thread • Scissors
Optional:
• Felt in various colors • Unused/new Crayons • “Golf” or “Bridge” pencils • Sewing machine (with extension cord)
Questions or more info:
Lady Shoshana – seneschal@caer-adamant.eastkingdom.org
(Ellen 302-545-7808)
or
Katrin Daans: anotherinspiration@gmail.com
Three Links – Garb and Stitches by Mari
- Mistress Marcele’s research, primarily 14th century stuff, fitted dresses, arming cotes, elbow hinge, alms purses: http://cottesimple.com/
- Hand stitches found in extant garments, which stitch would have been common in which time and place: http://www.personal.utulsa.edu/~marc-carlson/cloth/stitches.htm
- Great book regarding period embroidered book bindings: http://www.gutenberg.org/files/17585/17585-h/17585-h.htm
Lady Mari Clock van Hoorne, Chatelaine
The “Three Links in a Chain” project is sponsored by the Officers of the Shire of Caer Adamant in an effort to highlight, share and explore all the wonderful resources available online. We choose a topic, regarding the medieval period and/or the SCA, and share three websites which we have used in our own research, game play or just think others would enjoy. Have three links to share? Comments or questions? Email Dionise O’Towie, Webminister, for more information.
Three Links in a Chain – Vikings by Shoshana
I’m excited to start sharing some of my research!
My journey started in the best of ways, with other fellow SCAdians: http://vikinganswerlady.com/
The Viking Answer Lady has an awesome page, and introduced me to many great jumping off points!
I’ve noticed a lot of talk on what Vikings wore, and am curious about the smocked front being shown by many re-enactors. Why do we think there is pleating on Viking apron dresses? I found the words “Kostrup Viking Apron Dress,” on Pinterest- and started searching from there. This is a fantastic research paper that I am eager to learn more about! http://urd.priv.no/viking/smokkr.html
Color! I’m the worst at choosing fabric, so I’ve been looking into appropriate dyes. This page is where I started researching. It’s great to read what other people have learned. It’s definitely helping me choose my next fabric purchase. Perhaps one day I’ll dye my own. https://sites.google.com/site/zoemcdonell/naturaldyeing
Lady Shoshana Gryffyth, Seneschal
The “Three Links in a Chain” project is sponsored by the Officers of the Shire of Caer Adamant in an effort to highlight, share and explore all the wonderful resources available online. We choose a topic, regarding the medieval period and/or the SCA, and share three websites which we have used in our own research, game play or just think others would enjoy. Have three links to share? Comments or questions? Email Dionise O’Towie, Webminister, for more information.
Make a Medieval Textile Belt Purse on Dec. 11, 2014
Join us for a special project that would be ideal for your garb, to be given as a present or just to learn how to do it! We will be making a Medieval Textile Belt Purse based on those worn in the 13th-16th centuries. It can be easily worn by women or men, depending on the fabric and embellishments, either over garb or under the top layer.
Instructions can be found here. We won’t have time to complete the entire bag in one night, so we will be preparing the fabric, making the tassels and giving instructions on hand stitches and assembly as needed.
Please bring the following with you if you have it. If not, we will have some to share:
- Suitable exterior fabric – extant bags ranged from basic linen to elaborate embroidered silks and wools, so you can choose what suits you best. You’ll need 8″x14″ for this pattern. We will have extra linen for those that need it.
- Lining fabric – linen or silk, same size to be trimmed down. We will have some linen on hand for this.
- Scissors, thread, needles for hand-sewing
- Wool yarn or embroidery thread for the trim and tassels
When:
Thursday, December 11, at 6:30pm
Where:
Veronica’s house at 101 McMullen Cir, Bear, DE 19701, USA Google Map
*Please Park in back of housing development or in the shopping center, all spaces in front of houses are reserved for those houses.
RSVP or for more information:
Marietta: marietta.sca@gmail.com or the Shire’s Facebook page under this post
Completed purse from Katafalk
A&S Nights
It’s that time of year again when we set up the schedule for the next 10 months.
A&S night will continue to be at Baroness Hedewigis’, Hockessin, Delaware home. We will also have some scattered A&S events throughout the year at different places and times as we find teachers and sites. Also, remember that Mondays nights at Bhakail are a great time to learn something new, or work on a project.
Next month, (October) I will be teaching “The 60 second Veil Stitch” and we will be making cup covers. Some materials will be provided, but please feel free to bring Fabric, Beads, Thread and Needles. Handouts will be provided.
Classes offered, to be scheduled, include: Black work pincushions, Bread, Embroidery, Basic Brewing, Felting, Wool Workings, Appliqué, Sewing with Patterns, Cup Covers, Non Period glass bottle holders.
Classes we are interested in, and looking for teachers: Glass Beads, 14th Century Hood Fitting, Soap, Curing/Dying/Tanning Leatherwork, Divination, Spinning, Basket making, Basic garb, Needle Lace, Basic Pennsic Prep, Herringbone Caps.
Please contact Lady Katrin if you would be interested in volunteering to teach any classes.
Banner Painting!
Banners will be done in two parts!
Part One will be on September 21st and costs $5.
We will go over banner design, map out our banners on large graph paper, and set up our frames. We will also have the opportunity to do a small silk painting in an embroidery hoop. Please bring full or half page printouts of your heraldry elements if you have them, to assist in your design.
Part Two will be on October 5th and will cost $10. Here we will finish marking out the silk, and will pant the banners.
Please contact Lady Shoshana if you are interested in attending!