CLOTHING
Teacher: Bridgette MacLean
Title: Hoods
Time: 1 hour
Class limit: TBA
Fees: None
Description: A reprise of my Pennsic class... this time *with* the handouts. Come put on your thinking caps as we put the information we have about these 'caps' under the microscope.
Teacher: Baroness Elizabeth Talbot
Title: The Many Skills of Clothing Making
Level: Any
Time: 1 hour
Class limit: None
Fees: None
Description: A class that addresses period clothing construction by breaking it down into the various separate skills that go into making a cohesive outfit. I'll identify these skills then talk a little about each of them and their effects on the overall outfit, using some of my own gowns as illustrations of these ideas. The ideas discussed are relevant to any period, and can be of use to any level of experience.
Teacher: Baroness Elizabeth Talbot
Title: Getting it By the Neck
Time: 1 hour lecture, plus 1 hour practicum
Class limit: None (10 for the practicum)
Fees: $3 for the handout
Description: How to rework a straight embroidery pattern to go around a neckline, and some useful tools for the process. Plus a little bit about neckholes and fitting them, just because it's useful to know.
Teacher: Maria Pienkneplotno
Title: Medieval and Renaissance Fabrics
Time: 1 hour
Class limit: None
Fees: None
Description: No, they didn't wear burlap. This class will look at the kinds of fabrics they did wear in the Middle Ages and Renaissance, especially on woolens and worsteds in Europe.
Teacher: Alistrina de Mann
Title: 10th C Fabrics of the British Isles
Time: 1 hour
Class limit: None
Fees: None
Description: An overview of some of the 10th C fabrics found in the British Isles, with an eye to assist the recreationist in choosing the right type of fabric for their garb. Fabric samples will be displayed.
SPINNING
Teacher: Anne Grout
Title: Supported Spinning
Time: 1 hour
Class limit: TBA
Fees: $20 for spindle, bowl and fiber, or $8 for fiber and bowl
Description: It is somewhat different in its process from drop spinning; it is probably the single most common type of spinning in world history, and continued to be used in Europe along with the spinning wheel, really till the Industrial Revolution. The reason it persisted was because you could spin a fine hard thread suitable for warp thread or for fine silk, etc., which you couldn't do on a spinning wheel until they invented the low drive ratio wheel. Even today it is more effective than a spinning wheel for fine threads with a lot of twist. You couldn't walk around with it spinning while you watched the sheep, as you could with a drop spindle, but it was a preferred method of the upper class women. I have seen a manuscript illumination which suggests that it was the preferred method of the Virgin Mary. :) Also it was probably the type of spindle that Sleeping Beauty pricked her finger on.
Teacher: Maistresse Emmelyne de Marksbury
Title: Silk Reeling Demo
Time: 2 hours
Class limit: 20
Level: Beginner and up (minimum age 16)
Fees: None, but donations for buying cocoons are appreciated
Description: Silk and steam! Learn how cocoons are turned into lustrous silk thread. Even better, participate in doing it. This is a casual, hands-on class using inexpensive equipment to demonstrate an ancient craft. The silk reeled by the class will be thrown, degummed and donated to next year's silent auction. Check out the auction table to see the work of last year's class!
EMBROIDERY
Teacher: Bridgette MacLean
Title: Poudere Work
Time: 1 hour
Class limit: TBA
Fees: None
Description: Come find out more information about real Heavy Metal Clothing from the late 1300s. We will explore the resources, ask questions like why don't we have any examples, smart shopping and modern equivalents, and learn a few hands on tricks to putting the luxe in luxury.
Teacher: Hrefna in heppna Thorgrimsdottir
Title: Mammen Embroidery
Time: 1 hour
Class limit: Ten for the practicum, unlimited for the lecture
Fees: $2 for a kit
Description: Learn about the most famous embroidery from Viking Age Scandinavia. Kits are available for those who want to sample the style and technique.
Teacher: Patrikia Maria Agrissa Sgourina
Title: The Llangorse Crannog Textile: An Introduction
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Class limit: None
Fees: None
Description: In 1990, archaeologists working in Llangorse, Powys (Wales) discovered the charred and water-logged remains of a garment, dated to the late 9th/early 10th century CE. The textile is covered with a unique style of embroidery, which imitates soumak-brocaded fabrics of the same period. This class will review the textile itself, the specific embroidery style used to decorate it, and garment construction details.
Teacher: Mathilde Eschenbach
Title: Lacis
Time: 1 hour
Class limit: 8
Fees: None
Description: History and hands-on practice of embroidery on a netted ground and its imitations. Although lacis had its peak of popularity in the 16th century, this simple technique was used as far back as the 13th century to decorate hairnets and many other items.
KNITTING
Teacher: Angharad Rhos ferch Rhain
Title: Carnamoyle stockings
Time:
Class limit: None
Fees: None
Description: This is a discussion of the Carnamoyle Stocking, a late 16th century extant pair of knit stockings from Ireland. It will include my research into the stockings with help from the National Museum of Ireland, as well as my development of a pattern based on them. Alas, it is not hands on, but I will have cool color pictures.
Teacher: Susanna Lockheart
Title: Beginning Knitting
Time: 1 hour
Class limit: 6
Fees: $4 for supplies
Description: Mostly practical, with a historical overview for context, and is really for people who want to learn to knit from the beginning
BRAIDING
Teacher: Gudrun Thorsteinsdottir
Title: Beginning fingerloop braiding
Time: 1 hour
Class limit: 6
Fees: None
Description: In the Middle Ages, fingerloop braiding was used to make handsome cords and strings to hold clothing in place. Back then there was no Velcro, no elastic, no zippers, and buttons were just coming into their own. We'll be making an 8 loop, two-color, spiral braid as well as a couple of variations of a two-color five loop braid, including one that could be used as applied buttonholes.
Teacher: Phiala O'Ceallaigh
Title: Doing it yourself: Multiperson fingerloop braids for the lone braider
Time: 1 hour
Class limit: 6
Fees: None
Description: Tired of trying to find a partner? Come learn how to braid 10-loop braids all by yourself.
Teacher: Maistresse Emmelyne de Marksbury
Title: Advanced Fingerloop Braiding
Time: 1 hour
Class limit: TBA
Fees: None
Description: "A lace sauntor brod of viij bowis" and "Cros olyet brod of viij bowis" from Tollemache.
WEAVING
Teacher: Fiadnata a Gleann Alainn
Title: Weaving Project Show and Tell
Time: 1 hour
Class limit: None
Fees: None
Description: A show-and-tell on my major weaving project of the past nearly-two years: weaving the fabric for two floor-length cloaks from commercial warp and hand-spun weft. *Lots* of hand-spun weft. Oh, and did I mention that I wanted *strong* selvedges, so I cardwove the edges of the fabric? (I just took it off the loom -- it's 40 feet of fabric!) They should be ~half constructed by mid-November – I'll try to have seams at every stage, if I can manage it.
Teacher: Valgardr Gunnarsson
Title: Introduction to Tablet-woven Brocade
Time: 1 hour
Class limit: None
Fees: None
Description: A brief introduction to tablet-woven brocade. Hints and tips on getting a denser pattern.
Teacher: Master Herveus d'Ormonde
Title: 3/1 Broken Twill Tablet Weaving
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Class limit:
Fees:
Description: 3/1 broken twill double-face tablet weaving allows designs with strong diagonal elements. This class will present some historical information, along with discussion of theory, structure, and drafting patterns. The transition to and from 3/1 repp will also be covered. There will be time for drafting a pattern and weaving at least some of it. A two-color warp of about twenty cards will be sufficient. Simple looms with practice warps will be available for use or purchase. Auditors welcome.
Teacher: Rosalind Ashworthe
Title: Doubleface Tablet Weaving
Time: 1 hour
Class limit: 6
Fees: $1 for tablets and warp
Description:
Teacher: Thora Sharptooth
Title: Drawdowns and Drafting
Time: 1 our
Class limit: 10
Fees: $1 for handout
Description: How to take a photo or sample of cloth and turn it into a usable weaving draft. Methods will incorporate the earliest known Western system of notation for creating a structural drawdown (17th century) as well as the use of more modern materials such as graph paper. Workshop format; bring pencils and erasers if possible.
OTHER
Teacher: Fiadnata a Gleann Alainn
Title: Round-table discussion on a full track of fiber arts classes for Pennsic
Time: Saturday evening
Class limit: None
Fees: None
Description: If we start organizing early, we can present the A&S Class Scheduler with a fait accompli, and save them a lot of work, possibly. We need to identify all the areas we want to include, find someone to be the nexus for classes in each, then figure out where to go looking for good teachers. We might want to run this as a mass brain-storming session on Saturday night.
Teacher: Lady Myfanwy ferch Rhiannon
Title: Netting
Time: 2 hours
Class limit: 5
Fees: $6.50
Description: Hands-on introduction to making net fabrics, used for grounds for lacis (filet lace), as well as for hairnets. All materials included in fee.
Teacher: Rhiannon y Bwa
Title: Medieval bookmarkers
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Class limit:
Fees: There is a material cost of $3.00 for Japan gold thread, embroidery floss, core and handout. To finish the anchor object with strands of fingerloop braiding, students can email instructor for the exact colors of DMC used in the originals if student wants to bring to FF&F.
Description: Medieval bookmarkers were designed with wonderful decorative top 'anchors' that held the many (4-14) fingerloop braided (or ribbon) strands. These markers were used in Books of Hours as well as Missale Romanums for the altar. The anchors, both bar and knob, were often covered in needlewrought thread patterns. Come and learn the Point de Limace (the Slug Stitch), one of the in-the-round twill darning stitches used to cover these delightful objects. Based on an extant example. There will be a display of other types during class. No fingerloop braiding will be taught in this one-hour class.
Teacher: Mistress Drea di' Pellegrini
Title: Medieval Dyeing: Materials & Techniques
Time: 1.5 hours
Class limit: No limit
Class level: Beginner to intermediate
Fees: None, comes with a small handout.
Description: An overview of the materials and techniques used in medieval dyeing, with examples.
Teacher: Maestro Filipia Capriotti called Cupbreaker
Title: Handmade Buttons from the 14th Century.
Time: 1 Hour
Class Limit: 10
Fees: $1 for handout and materials.
Description: Fabric Buttons to complete your 14th century look.
Teacher: Maestro Filipia Capriotti called Cupbreaker
Title: Handmade Buttons from the 16th Century.
Time: 1 Hour
Class Limit: 10
Fees: $1 for handout and materials.
Description: Wrapped and Needleworked buttons, your choice, to complete your 16th century look.
Making Wooden Weaving Tablets
Haraldr Bassi
Students will make wooden weaving tablets using various hand tools. Discussion of different methods and materials as well as hands on making tablets that anyone can duplicate with commonly available tools and materials. Materials fee will be based upon class size as the goal is to send as many tablets home with students as possible.
Time: 1 hour
Fees: a few dollars per dozen tablets, depending on attendance