[MR] Fwd: RE: Glass Smoothers

[Signora Sveva Lucciola]

Lady Caterina asked me to forward on the following information. Please
respond to her and not me in your replies!

> > 
> > Greetings from Lady Caterina Lucrezia da Bergamo,
> > 
> > 	This past weekend I had the honor of teaching at the Fiber, 
> > Fabric and Fighting event held at the Shire of Nithgard, Kingdom of
> 
> > AEthelmarc.  The Event was chockfull of string things, including a 
> > day long class on the Icelandic  Warp Weighted Loom by Mistress
> Thora 
> > Sharptooth (we had teachers from 4 Kingdoms attending the event). 
> > Amongst the many nifty things I learned at the event I was made
> aware 
> > that the Glass blowers shop at Penn State is now making
> reproduction 
> > Glass Smoothers.  Glass Smoothers are big "globs" of greenish,
> black 
> > glass used during the Viking age to iron linens.  The ones being
> made 
> > at Penn State are after descriptions from the Birka III book and
> Lady 
> > Phiala O'Cheallaigh and Master Brendan Brisbane are providing 
> > information on the specs of the glass smoothers. They are IMO an 
> > indispensable item for the well dressed Viking.  I took upon myself
> 
> > to broadcast the info throughout Atlantia as they are seeking  the 
> > sale of the smoothers(they go for $20.00) to make sure the Glass
> shop 
> > remains open.  If anybody should find they cannot live without a 
> > glass smoother please e-mail me privately at ccalvi.duke.edu.
> > 
> > In Service,
> > -- 
> > ------------------------------------------------------------------
> > Caterina Lucrezia da Bergamo
> > Canton of Kappellenberg
> > Barony of Windmasters' Hill, Atlantia
> > Per fess argent and sable a snake erect and nowed  sable and an 
> > edelweiss slipped and leaved proper
> > Carla Calvi, Durham, NC
> > ccalvi at acpub.duke.edu
> > 


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If it were merely challenging, that would be no problem. 
But I arise in the morning torn between the desire to improve the world, 
and a desire to enjoy the world. 
This makes it hard to plan the day."
---e.b. white

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