Barony Garb Swap and Social Meeting Sunday July 6th

Pennsic is coming soon and it is time once again for the Barony Garb Swap and Social Meeting. It will be help in North Park at the Avalon Shelter on Sunday July 6th, starting at 11 am. Mistress Constance Glyn Dwr is once again running the swap. If you have garb that you no longer wear, you are welcome to donate it.  When the swap starts, usually between 1pm and 2pm, newcomers get first pick. Sir Guillaume has said that iron key will have armor repair at the shelter as well. We plan to hold a barony social meeting at the shelter. The shelter has electricity and picnic tables if you want to do other crafts. Fencing and Heavy fighting can be held in nearby fields. There is lots of space. I’m not sure if the archers plan to practice at Washington Blvd or at the archery range in North Park.

Location for Avalon Shelter:  https://maps.app.goo.gl/9GyiYydwKKWdjZPMA.

The shelter in on McKinney road, behind the Admin Building on Pearce Mill Road. There is very limited parking at the shelter so please unload there and go back to Walter Road to park across from Orchard Lawn Shelter here: https://maps.app.goo.gl/2BwE4E1vXi3YjCfP6

Hope to see you there.

Archery Practice Cancelled for 6/8

In case you weren’t at archery practice or the barony social last Sunday, archery practice for Sunday, June 8th is cancelled, due to Scarlet Guard Inn AND Iris Festival the day before.

Archery practice will resume on Sunday, June 15th, where we will be holding both the baronial archery and thrown weapons championships.

Yours in service,

Niall mac Raedwulf

Barony Social and Meeting, June 1st

It’s supposed to be rainy and ugly all week, EXCEPT SUNDAY. So let’s enjoy being outdoors. Not only do we have the fencing and heavy tournaments, we’ll have our belated May barony social as well. June 1, 11:30-5:30, at the summer practice site on Washington Blvd. Parking is tight when we are all there. Please park close (pretend I drew lines again) and if you can please drop off your stuff then park down at the bike track. Bring your own food and drink, and projects if you want. We’ll have a quick meeting between the two tournaments.

Yours in service,

Ceindrech

Upcoming Archery Practices and Stellar Tourney

Salve Accolens, Archers!

I wanted to post about the schedule for the next few weeks of archery practice:

<b>May 18:</b> Regular practice will be CANCELLED due to War Practice at Cooper’s Lake Campground. Range will be open (weather permitting) near the barn on Friday afternoon from 2:00-4:30 pm. On Saturday, the range will be open from 9:00 am – 4:00 pm, with the qualifiers for the Kingdom Archery Champion Tournament running from 9:00 am to 12:30 pm, with the finals starting at 1:00 pm.

<b>May 25:</b> We will return to our regular practice at the Highland Park site from 11-2, and this practice will also feature the return of our monthly Sky List Stellar Tournament. The winner of this tournament will have the opportunity to represent the Debatable Lands in the Scarlet Guard Challenge at Scarlet Guard Inn on June 7th.

<b>June 1:</b> Regular practice from 11-2.

<b>June 8:</b> Scarlet Guard Inn weekend. Practice status TBD – watch this space.

Yours in service,

Niall mac Raedwulf, Captain of the Archers

Archery Practice tomorrow (5/4) is a GO!

Salve Accolens!

After consulting with the sages who portend the weather, reading the tea leaves, and sacrificing a goat (at least one of those things didn’t happen – your guess!), I’m making the call that Archery Practice tomorrow will proceed as planned.

I checked the site this morning, and apart from a few puddles near the parking lot outside of our normal traffic area, there was nothing I saw that would hinder us from having our regular practice. That said, there is rain forecasted from now until the time that practice usually starts, so the ground will be soggy and you will want to wear appropriate footwear.

Also, be aware that the Pittsburgh Marathon is tomorrow, and there will be several road closures that may obstruct your route to the practice site, so check <a href=”https://p3r.org/media/W1siZiIsIjIwMjUvMDQvMTUvNGliMTF1cW92cV8yMDI1X0RTR1BNX1NlY3Rvcl9NYXAucGRmIl1d/2025%20DSGPM%20Sector%20Map.pdf“>this map of closures</a> (we’re off to the northeast of the blue O in the upper right corner) before planning your drive in, and be prepared for related traffic delays.

I’ll continue to keep an eye on the weather and if it escalates to sudden downpours or persistent rain beyond what’s been forecasted, I’ll make a last-minute call should the need arise. Watch this and all our other usual spaces.

Yours in service,

Niall mac Raedwulf, Captain of the Archers

Fiber Arts Guild April Meeting

The next Fiber Arts Guild Meeting will take place on Monday, April 28th, at 7 pm, at our usual place, 5167 Rosecrest Dr, Pittsburgh, PA.

We will have a laid back meeting and enjoy the spring weather if possible. Hopefully, we can plan out an indigo dyeing day for later in the summer. I will bring dye reference books and tools for people to look at and borrow.

If anyone has any classes or workshops they want to do this summer, please message me.

Photo of woodgrain/mokume shibori from https://shibori-kaikan.com/arimatsutextile/#gara