• April:

  There will be a bead show in Pittsburg, PA - April 2-4
  -Pittsburg ExpoMart 105 Mall Blvd Monroeville, PA
  15146 (South Wing).
  3 30th Baronial Birthday Event (Debatable Lands - Mount Lebanon, PA)
  3 Shepherds and Pawns (Myrkfaelinn - Ithaca, NY)
  17 Coronation (Beau Fleuve - Niagara Falls, NY)
  22-25 Blackstone Raids XIII (Blackstone Mountain - Charleston, WV)
  23-25 Axes and Ales VI (Sterlynge Vayle - Kirkwood, NY)
  24 A Shoote in the Wildwood (Delftwood - Elbidge, NY)
  30-2 Wills Revenge (Abhainn Ciach Ghlais - Glen Iron, PA)

  May:

  1 A May Day Festival  (Misty Highlands - Waterfront Morgantown, WV)
  7-9 Crown Tourney (Port Oasis - Huntington, WV)
  15 Springtime Comes to Wintersedge (Wintersedge - South Erie County, NY)
  20-23 War Practice XV (Steltonwald - Slippery Rock, PA)
  21-23 Mountain Confederation's Ladies Event (Abhainn Ciach Ghlais - Glen Iron, PA)

  
   

Announcements/News

• Pennsic may be many months away but its never too early to start planning for it. Remember to pre-register by June 1st and that we are listed as "Misty Highlands".

• Shire meeting will be on Sunday, April 4, 2004 6pm.  The meeting will be held in the food court of the Mountainlair food court unless otherwise announced.

• Fencing/Fighter/Poi Practice is held Thursday evenings at Stansbury Hall at 5pm-8:30pm. Yet another fencing practice is also held at Stansbury Hall Sundays at 1pm.

• Unless announced otherwise most Althyngs will be held on Tuesdays from 6pm-9pm at 41 West Street. (Direction Questions can be directed to address redacted for privacy

Althyngs

MARCH -

March 30 - Pot Luck

April - Location at Lady Adrienne's in Fairmont

April  6, 13 & 20th Leather Working Projects - Special Guest Matt...more information to follow. 

 

April 27-Pot Luck

 

May - Scroll working and Calligraphy, Celtic Knot work

Have any announcements? E-Mail them to address redacted for privacy

Bored, looking for something new to learn, tired of the same old projects or just want some unique trim for your garb that you made yourself?  If anyone of those items sounds remotely familiar you might want to try some embroidery projects or just try one to get your feet wet.  Materials you will need include an embroidery hoop, some embroidery floss (cotton is recommended for practice and then move to silk thread), fabric (cotton or muslin), needles and a pattern to trace.

Sources for patterns can include Celtic knot work, geometric, or floral designs.  When in doubt take a look at some of the tapestries or drawings of clothing worn in the time period you are interested in.  The colors of your floss should be a color that would be used during the medieval times, avoid the neon colored flosses and some pastels.  Think about how threads were dyed and what was used, can you reproduce those colors?  Gold, silver and other metallic threads were also popular.  After choosing your pattern and purchasing your supplies, trace your pattern onto the fabric using a #2 lead pencil or a transfer pencil.  Next select the colors of your floss.  Put the fabric on the hoop.  Decide what stitches to use and begin embroidering.  Period stitches include laid work, bokhara couching, surface couching, underside couching, patterned couching, stem stick, back stitch, chain stitch, satin stitch, shading stitch, ten stitch, eyelet stitch,  more stitches are listed in the Known World Handbook.  For beginners I recommend the chain, satin, and back stitches.  The Known World Handbook shows you how to do each of the stitches as well.  An additional resource is the Complete Guide to Needlework, Reader's Digest. 

This gentle art is great for taking to events and can be easily tucked into your purse to keep your hands busy.  It is also excellent for children 5 or older who need something to do at events.  If you have questions or would like to learn the basics stop by one of the Althyng meetings or contact Alexandra for more information.  Alexandra can be reached at address redacted for privacy
 

Dancing has always been a part of SCA life and dancing with fire adds that bit of danger that we all crave.  The art of Poi dancing that we have been practicing along side of fencing/fighter practice is very self taught with the help of the internet.  All are welcome to come and play with us, we do not have any loaner poi as of yet, but we are happy to share. 

Still in the planning phases, but we are all excited and looking forward to a great outcome.  We know the demo will be held at waterfront park from 10am to 5pm, and will include fencing, fighting, Poi, fundraising, Arts & Sciences Displays and fun. 

Officers/Contact Information

Full contact information available upon request from Renee

This is The Claymore, a publication of The Shire of Misty Highlands of the Society for Creative Anachronism, Inc. The Claymore is available from Renee. It is not a corporate publication of the Society for Creative Anachronism, Incorporated, and does not delineate SCA policies.