GW Processional Picture

Another great photo of the Bryn Gwlad crew in the procession at Gulf Wars.  Picture is from Ursus in his Gulf War Mon+Tues Gallery ( http://www.bogpages.com/SCA-photographs/2015/Gulf-Wars-2015-Monday-and-Tues/i-KCGBDSN/0/M/IMG_0426-M.jpg ).  Ursus takes fantastic SCA pics, I reccomend you plan on spending some time wandering through his site.

Inkle Loom Fun

I've had this inkle loom for a while and it's mostly lived in our demo box for hands-on demo time.  This month at our Fiber Arts Guild meeting I finally learned how to use it for myself!  Elen helped me string it up and showed me how to weave with it.  I have a simple chain patter loaded and am almost finished.  I've had a lot of fun with it and will definitely do some more.

Giant Sparkly Banner Goes to Gulf War

Here is Giant Sparkly Banner in the Opening Processional at Gulf Wars this year.  Incidentally, I am on the left holding the banner and wearing my spiffy surcoat and matching hat!  Look at all those pretty surcoats!

The picture above is linked directly to the picture, so here is the proper link for the photographer:

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=959521277421699&l=6c5d73f50c

Handout - Surcoat Care

I've posted a new PDF in the handout section: "Care and Feeding of War Company Surcoats."  If you are War Company member and you lost your flier, you can download it here.

Finished (for now)

The pre-Gulf Wars surcoat assembly crunch is finished!  Sunday night we finished 9 more surcoats and then 2 more on Monday.  Last night I was able to deliver most of them to their proud new owners and there was some surcoat silliness at fighter practice.    That brings our total to 17 complete!  We have 3 more that didn't have a deadline, so they will be put to the side until after the event.  The workspace looks so empty now! I have a new camera, so there will be some action pictures and a couple of group shots to show off our new awesome colors!  Now to finish packing...

Finished Byzantine Silk Swatch

Above is the entire design, with a Japan gold outline.  I let it sit for a few days and felt it needed a bit more zing.  After rummaging through the gold thread bin, I found some nice twist left over from Giant Sparkly Banner.  I used this twist to add one more round of outlining and it really completed the design.  Hooray!

Laser cutter fun

A while back I got to spend some quality time with a laser cutter and I had a lot of fun.  I forgot to take pictures of all the stuff I made, but I found these in my crafty piles recently.  The first picture is some tablet weaving cards that were cut from thin stock.  They measure 2.5 inches square (or about 64 mm square).  The second picture is a rigid heddle that I made.  It measures 5.25 inches (133 mm) wide and 6 inches (152 cm) tall.  The gaps and heddles are about 1/8 inch (3 mm) each.