A and S — Sew Easy Garb — April 12

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Thursday, April 12th is once again A&S time!

Whether you are going to the Coronation of Sven and Siobhan or not, you might want to make some Finnish garb. This Thursday, Ihala Auvinen will help us create an underdress and an overdress. You’ll find documentation here: https://ravencrosspress.wordpress.com/2015/04/14/eura-underdress-the-family-look-pt-1/ .

To make an underdress, bring 2 yards of 60″ wide fabric (linen, faux-linen, wool, cotton). This is a zero waste pattern with no gussets or gores! WASH and DRY your fabric to pre-shrink it.

To make an overdress, bring enough fabric to wrap around your body comfortably. Also, bring a woven belt and brooches or pins for the shoulders.

I will have my sewing machine, box of threads, and scissors. Bring anything else you think you’ll need, such as paper and pencil to take notes or make diagrams.

Want to read more?  http://www.katajahovi.org/en/costumes.html

Standard disclaimers here:

Location: Victory Pointe Gaming Lounge (and ice-cream parlor), upstairs in the game room
Address: 1113 Carson Street on the South Side
Time: 7 PM. Come early if you wish, people start arriving about 6:45.

Upstairs is not handicap accessible, so if you need assistance or have questions, please call or text me at 724-759-3333.

Park safely — feed the meter to avoid tickets. Try across the street in the bank parking lot.

Thank you for asking! These meetings are free and there is no materials charge.

See you there!  Elss Augsburg

Silva Vulcani Muster This Week

Greetings,

There will be no fencing practice this week because of the Silva Vulcani muster at California University of Pennsylvania.

It starts at 11 Am and ends at 6PM, I encourage everyone who is planning to fence with the rapier army at Pennsic this year to come out and join us as we hone our melee skills.

We will be at Hamer Hall, which is the gym that was used for QRC.

Practice will resume next week at our normal time. We expect to move outdoors next week, so we will be at the Washington Blvd site not the Chinese Church.

Jorundr

Archery Practice Cancelled for this Week

Due to the cold we will be postponing our weekend archery practice.

April 22nd we will be at the castle, 755 Stone Gate Dr. Wexford PA, for our Barony Archery Muster. Come join us to open the archery season, and shoot some fantastic targets by the honorable Lady Lucetta DiCosimo, and the honorable Lord Derek Archer will be running the shoot off the castle wall.

If you plan to attend and wish to shoot but don’t have your own equipment please let me know ahead of time and I will bring a loaner bow for your use. I do have 4 sets of youth equipment available. They will be first come first served, and will be asked to take turns after equipment has all been loaned out.

-Youre BMDL Captain of Archers Lady Katheryn Täntzel.

😊Hope to see you all there.😉

Happy 44th Birthday, Debatable Lands!!

Hello Debatable Lands!

Happy Birthday! On this day, April 6th, in 1974, then-King Aonghais and then-Queen Alyson of the Kingdom of the East, and also Alfgar, Brigantia, signed the Barony Petition and Charter for the Barony-Marche of the Debatable Lands.

What an amazing ride it has been. We are rich in history, in friendship and love, in skill, in camaraderie, in curiosity, in most importantly, in fun.

The best Barony in the Knowne World, the Debatable Lands… YOU… are remarkable. We are very proud to be your Baron and Baroness. Thank you for making this amazing hobby of our so much more than a hobby!

In Levitate et Caritate, and Cheers,
Baroness Hilda and Baron Brandubh

 

PS: Open this Storfrettir post on our webpage to click on the links!

KWHSS: From the Librarian

 Hello, everyone. Are you planning to come to KWHSS outside of Pittsburgh this June? Do you own any amazing books that you’d like to share with your scribal or heraldic friends? Please bring us your amazing books!

Our Library is looking for generous people willing to loan their amazing resources for everyone’s perusal. Check out our Library page and consider bringing some of your treasures for all to benefit from. You can check the list to see who is bringing what so that you don’t end up bringing a Grand Hours in your suitcase when you don’t have to. Thank you!!!

http://debatablelands.org/KWHS/scriballibrary.php

THLady Rachel Dalicieux

KWHSS: Upcoming Deadlines

Oyez, Oyez!

It is just over two months until the Known World Heralds and Scribes event and we’re looking forward to seeing you there!

Have you made your reservations yet?  Our hotel block is available until May 17th, 2018 and the pre-registration rate is good until May 31st, 2018.  Make your reservations early and often! Here’s the link to our hotel page: http://debatablelands.org/KWHS/hotel.php

Are you thinking about teaching a class?  Our class coordinators, Mistress Antoinette (KWHSSScribalClasses@aeheralds.net) and Master Kameshima (KWHSSHeraldicClasses@aeheralds.net) are there to help if you have any questions.  Check out our classes page (http://debatablelands.org/KWHS/classlist.php) to sign up for classes and see the list of classes planned for the event.  The deadline for submitting a class for the booklet is May 24th, 2018.

For the most up-to-date information and further details please see our website (www.debatablelands.org/KWHS)!

Please forward and repost!

In Service,
Baron Alaric and THLady Raven
Event Stewards

Coronation Gift Basket from our Barony – Donations Requested

Hello Debatable Lands!

The Coronation of our very own Prince Sven and Princess Siobhan is coming up in shortly, on April 21st. It’s customary for our Barony to present the new King and Queen with a gift basket from our people. Not only does this showcase our most Excellent Artisans, but it also provides useful items to our new Royalty for use during Their Reign.

From our Largesse Coordinator, Lady Ashling:

Greetings all! With Coronation fast approaching, your friendly neighborhood Largesse Coordinator is putting together baskets! I know some of us have talked, but if anyone is interested in Largesse, or has a project they’d like to donate as a gift, now’s your chance! You can email me at Largesse@debatablelands.aethelmearc.org for more details.

Items that are especially welcome are things our Royalty might gift to others, from order medallions to small pieces of jewelry, clothing accessories, incidentals like needle books, small blank notebooks, blank thank you cards, small feast items, cording, (consumables are welcome, but very well labeled, please). Anything you think is useful. Handmade or store bought or anything in between.

The Baron or I will be at the next two Sunday practices, and Monday choir practices, possibly other gatherings. Drop us a line if you’d like to arrange a drop-off/pick-up: baroness@debatablelands.aethelmearc.org or Facebook, and baron@debatablelands,org or G+.

Thank you!

In Levitate et Caritate
~Baroness Hilda

A and S — Make and Take and Be Warm — April 5

Tomorrow, Thursday April 5th is once again A&S time!

Ever been to War Practice? This year, it is May 17-20, 2018 at Cooper’s Lake, and you can expect the weather to be dry, sunny, calm, and warm. Or….possibly not.

If you would stay warm, come to Make and Take to construct your very own Bag of (Heat) Holding  to keep you toasty all day long! Need a photo? Here you go:

In addition, drawstring bags can be quite handy: they hide your cell phone or inhaler, contain your loose change, hold a project-in-progress.

 

Standard disclaimers here:

Location: Victory Pointe Gaming Lounge (and ice-cream parlor), upstairs in the game room
Address: 1113 Carson Street on the South Side
Time: 7 PM. Come early if you wish, people start arriving about 6:45.

Upstairs is not handicap accessible, so if you need assistance or have questions, please call or text me at 724-759-3333.

Park safely — feed the meter to avoid tickets. Try across the street in the bank parking lot.

See you there!  Elss Augsburg

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