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Fiber Guild February Meeting

As spring starts to approach, it’s time for this month’s Fiber Guild. We will be meeting on February 12 from 7-9 PM at 5167 Rosecrest Dr, Pittsburgh PA. There are four parking spots in the driveway, and the rest is overflow parking on the street.

We will be having a small ceremony for our broken needles and tools, as is traditional for this time of year. We will not be having a formal buddhist or shinto ceremony, but a respectful secular variation. Please bring broken wooden or metal tools to this month’s meeting. Turlough will melt them for us, and hopefully they can be made anew into something beautiful.

I will be bringing soft cakes that are appropriate for this ceremony to enjoy. If you have special dietary restrictions beyond Vegan or Gluten Free, please let me know if I am not aware of them.

Additionally, please bring your favorite non-broken fiber tool that is portable to share with the group. Part of our time we will devote to gratitude for our tools and sharing and learning about how other fiber artists work.

Other than that, bring your favorite fiber project to work on once we finish our treats. Last minute sewing projects for an event are still working with fiber, and there will be no judgement, but a variety is encouraged!

I have purchased a large variety of seeds for dyeing, and will bringing my excess. Nobody needs 600 weld plants. I will have murasaki, madder, weld, woad, indigo, dyer’s coreopsis, dyer’s chamomile, and also some japanese herbs (shiso). If you would like some of these for your own garden, they will be available.

Most importantly, please test yourself for Covid before you attend, and please attend virtually if you feel unwell. We will be eating food together in a small area, and transmission levels are high right now; we have several vulnerable people in our group. If you need a test and do not have one, please contact me directly.

I will post the zoom link in the discord and on facebook, but you can also email me for the zoom link (friendlyfirerabbit at gmail dot com) if you are not on either of those platforms.

– Morikawa Rei

Debatable Lands Business Meeting 2/7/2024 – 8 PM EST – ZOOM

Greetings Noble Populace,

It is time again to discuss the business of the Debatable Lands.

Our Virtual Meeting will be Wednesday 2/7/2024 at 8 PM EST.

The Agenda and Minutes from the prior meeting are available here.
https://drive.google.com/drive/u/5/folders/1hEGCojOZ4_zawYKdOqYymlYq1ne9IesP

If you have anything to add to the agenda, please reach out to me as soon as possible.

In Service,
Muirgheal, Seneschal Debatable

Topic: Debatablelands Business Meeting
Time: Oct 4, 2023 08:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
Every 2 months on the First Wed, until Oct 2, 2024, 7 occurrence(s)
Dec 6, 2023 08:00 PM


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Retainers and Guards Needed for 12th Night!

It’s that time again where I am seeking retainers and guards for Their Excellencies Violetta and Prima! We had such a good turnout of volunteers last month that we figured we’d do it all over again!

Debatable Lands Twelfth Night is this weekend (January 27) and we need just an hour of your time to assist our new baronage. Nothing is required of you except your presence (unless you’re a guard, then a weapon is helpful too) and anyone can volunteer regardless of experience.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/11J362mQJikiAPW93sljzJkPJXfIoMZKdKiAcceO_BDg/edit?usp=sharing

Please fill in your name on the google form as you see fit or let me know if you have questions or need help with the form. Thank you all!

YIS, Lady Elinor Walden
gabbie.kaplan @ gmail.com

12th Night Schedule

Troll will be open from 9-2. This is a free event.

All day – Potluck on the lower floor – Please share a dish with us. Limited electricity is available. Please include an ingredients list.

Brewers guild will have offerings available

10-3 A&S Contest – See Lady Elinor for more information.

10-3 Cookie contest – please bring your favorite period or mundane recipe along with an ingredient list. There will be populace judging!

10-3 Silent auction – Please bring donation items to Lord Reinhold

10-3 Henna artist available – Henna by Soni

10:30 Morning Court

11-4 Pelican Vigil for Baroness Aine ny Allane

11-1 Bardic circle outdoors weather permitting, indoors 11-12 indoors if necessary

11:30-12:15 may I hit you with my salted fish

12:15-1 All ages indoor snowball/pillow fight

1-3 Dancing

4:00 IGenesii

4:30 Debatable Choir

5:00 Evening court

Third Thursday sewing resumes Jan 18 from 7:30-10pm

Happy New Year,

Third Thursday sewing resumes this Thursday Jan 18th from 7:30 to 10pm. It will be both online and in-person. The schedule for this year is occurring on the third Thursday of every month, except May. Email sewing (at) debatablelands (dot) org for the zoom information. If you want to come sew in person, the address is 1105 Shady Avenue, Pittsburgh 15232.

Hara

Pennsic Baronial Camp News!

Hi all, from Niall!

Now that registration for Pennsic 51 has opened, it’s time to make the official announcement – after eight years of service to the barony, Joe Broom Marfice is stepping down as Camp Reeve for the Baronial Encampment at Pennsic, and I will be stepping forward to fill that role moving ahead. Don’t worry – Broom isn’t going anywhere just yet; he will be staying on to help me in this transition, and is taking over as Land Agent for the Barony.

As we get closer to Pennsic, I’ll be posting more and requesting information from those who have signed up to camp with the Barony. We’ll have more information regarding rules and fees and whatnot, but expect things to be relatively similar to years past.

Yours in service,
Niall mac Raedwulf