[MR] Maryland Sheep and Wool Festival demonstrations this weekend

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Members of the SCA textile community of Atlantia (and two foreigners from  
further north) will be demonstrating 9 different medieval and Renaissance  
textile techniques this weekend -- 3 and 4 May -- at the annual Maryland Sheep  and 
Wool Festival which is held at the Howard County Fairgrounds just off  I-70.  
 
You will be able to watch weaving, including on a warp-weighted loom,  
spinning, embroidery, tablet weaving, sprang, nalbinding, fingerloop braiding,  
knitting, and bobbin lace.  You will even be able to try your hand at most  of 
these techniques!  And there will be books, kits, and other items for  sale.
 
Hours for the festival, which is a huge and fabulous affair which has  
everything your heart could ever desire when it comes to wool, threads, sheep,  and 
"thread things" in general, are 9-6 on Saturday and 9-5 on Sunday.   Both 
parking and entry are free.
 
See you there!
 
Ingvild
 
Nancy  Spies
Arelate Studio
_www.weavershand.com/ArelateStudio.html_ 
(http://www.weavershand.com/ArelateStudio.html) 
Ingvild  Josefsdatter, OL 
Kingdom of Atlantia





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