[MR] Tempore Atlantia competitions at Crown Tournament

[Jessica Wilbur]

Greetings!

Below is some information on competitions being held in conjunction with the
Tempore Atlantia competition at Crown Tournament. Please feel free to pass
along this information to anyone you think would be interested. The time
period for this Tempore Atlantia is pre-1000.

Skein Competition - sponsored by Lady AElfwynn of Whitby. The  skeins need
to have been spun on a drop spindle from any fiber in use before 1000 AD.
Documentation is a must. Please include in your documentation the time
period and geographic location, materials, methods, what you plan to do with
your yarn, and a bibliography. When describing your methods, please include
any processing steps. The more steps you've done the better. Did you grow
the critter/plant, harvest it, wash it, dye it, process it, and then spin it
or did you spin from prepared fiber? Did you make any of your tools along
the way? (Spinning from fiber you washed, combed, and dyed will most likely
get a higher score than yarn from commercially prepared fiber.) The skein
can be any size, singles or plied and you can enter as many skeins as you
want. Each entrant will receive a small token, and the winner will receive a
drop spindle from Spanish Peacock and a bag of wool.

Game Research Competition - sponsored by Baroness Agnes Daunce. The
participants are to provide
information on the games/competitions played by adults, children or adults
and children.  The prize is two games to the winner.

Fabric Research Competition - sponsored by Baroness Agnes Daunce. The
participants are to provide a research paper on the evolution and uses of
fabric during this time. Providing swatches of fabric would be excellent.
Or,better still, examples of how the fabric was used, such as for table
setting, hats, aprons, etc.The prize is five yards of fabric to the winner.

Please let me know if there are any questions regarding the competitions.

La vostra in servizio,
--Giuliana Salviati