[MR] Fw: Atlantian Medallion Cord Project

Fri May 9 10:06:07 PDT 2008

Thank you, Maestra  Francesca, for helping with this effort.

You bring up a good point about the foam disks. They can be found at most
Hobby Lobby stores in the crafts section. They are called weave wheels and
are sold in lanyard making kits. During VBS season, which fortunate for us
is coming up, they often have value packs with 6 wheels per pack.

The company that makes the kits is Toner Plastics. If you go to their
website (http://www.tonercrafts.com/) and type "weave wheel" in the Search
box, you can see a photo of the kit.

Ealdthryth

On Fri, May 9, 2008 at 10:03 AM, Muir Dean <francesca27707 at yahoo.com> wrote:

>  Good Gentles of Windmasters' Hill -
>
> Having heard the request of Her Majesty, I am minded to dedicate this
> month's String Thing in my home, Sunday, May 25th 2-5 p.m., to this
> initiative.  It is, after all, a string thing.  :-)  Please join me in
> kumihimo or fingerloop braiding in order for those recognized for their
> talents and dedication during this reign shall have one of these lovely
> cords on which to hang their medallion.  If you are wanting to learn these
> skills, I am most happy to assist.  I will also try to do this at Buckston's
> weekly meetings, should someone not be able to come to String Thing and want
> to contribute.  As you can see the materials and instructions are on line.
> I will endeavor to provide materials as well, though I am not in possession
> of the foam discs to which Mistress Ealdhryth refers, so you may want to
> contact her regarding those.
>
> Thank you, Mistress Ealdthryth, for your service to this cause.
>
> For my Kingdom, Queen and the good gentles recognized for their service,
> fighting skills or artisan talents this reign,
>
> Maestra  Francesca la Curiosa
>
> Directions to String Thing can be found at:
> http://sca.housebayard.net/dir-francesca.htm
>
> ----- Forwarded Message ----
> From: Ealdthryth of Humberstone <ealdthryth at gmail.com>
> To: atlantia at atlantia.sca.org
> Sent: Thursday, May 8, 2008 1:17:16 PM
> Subject: [MR] Atlantian Medallion Cord Project
>
> As Her Majesty Queen Kari said during court at Crown, They have asked me to
> organize the Atlantian medallion cord project. TRM Sinclair and Kari would
> like braided cords for the award medallions given out during Their reign.
> To
> assure consistency, They have selected an 8-strand spiral braid using DMC
> size 5 pearl cotton thread in these colors: 725 (gold), 796 (blue), and
> B5200 (white). You can also use 6-strand #25 embroidery floss, although I
> find it harder to work with. You should start with 6 foot lengths of thread
> so that the resulting cord is about 3 feet long and 1/8" diameter.
>
> I have a website for the cord project:
> http://ealdthryth.tripod.com/fiber_arts/kumihimo
> There are links to directions and photos of completed cords. I hope to add
> step-by-step photos soon.
>
> The directions and photos are for kumihimo. You can get the same result
> using the fingerloop braiding instructions for "a lace bend rounde of eight
> bowes"(http://fingerloop.org/patterns.html#n08) and replacing the fourth
> white bow with a gold one.
>
> Here's a direct link to the directions for kumihimo:
>
> http://ealdthryth.tripod.com/fiber_arts/kumihimo/atlantian_medallion_cords.doc
>
> I have kits containing a foam disk, thread, and directions. Please contact
> me if you would like one.
>
> If you have any questions, you can contact me at eadlthryth at gmail.com or
> ealdthryth at yahoo.com
>
> In Service,
>
> Mistress Ealdthryth of Humberstone
> ========================================================================
>                   The Merry Rose Tavern at Cheapside
>     List Info: http://merryrose.atlantia.sca.org/
>   Submissions: Atlantia at atlantia.sca.org
> Subscriptions: http://seahorse.atlantia.sca.org/mailman/listinfo/atlantia
>
> ------------------------------
> Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it
> now.<http://us.rd.yahoo.com/evt=51733/*http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ>
>