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textile festival
Last weekend was a large textile festival co sponsored by various crafts related organisations here in Skellefteå. There were workshops held Saturday and Sunday at one location, and, at another location, one of the local dance halls, was a markert and displays from as many different clubs, societies, and organisations as wanted to participate.
Of course I was there with a few SCA friends to represent our organisation and, hopefully, recruit new members. The hall opened at 08:00 for set up, and Keldor and I arrived by 08:30. They had warned me that our table would be near the windows, and that the area could get warm if the sun was shining, so I brought with me my fancy appliqued viking cloak and some scrap wood, intending to build a quick frame to hang the cloak from, to put in front of the window. However, it turns out that there is a metal rod in front of the windows from which things can be hung from, and the organisers had steel thread we could use, so we hung that, and a couple of shields for Reengarda and Nordmark, and our display area looked really nice. There were fours of us in the booth, greeting people as they came by with "Välkommen till Medeltiden", and similar phrases, explaining that we do everything that was fun before 1600, including crafts, dancing, singing, cooking, fighting, archer, everything. We gave Reengarda business cards to many people, and quite a few stopped to actually talk with us. There were two young people (highschool?) who were really enthusiastic, who had already been looking forward to attending Skellefteå Medieval days, and when I told them that if they join our organisation they can spend the whole weekend at the event, not just the day time hours open to the public, at which point they both squealed and said "a dream come true". I really hope that we see them again!
It was also nice to walk around and look at the other clubs and what crafts they were displaying. I pointed out to the one doing bobbinlace that if she wants an excuse to have that lace on her clothes, we are the perfect club for her. I did my best to avoid the center of the dance floor, where the merchants are, though the rolls of yarn that so many were selling were tempted. I do not need more yarn. I do not need more yarn. I do not need more yarn...
Of course I was there with a few SCA friends to represent our organisation and, hopefully, recruit new members. The hall opened at 08:00 for set up, and Keldor and I arrived by 08:30. They had warned me that our table would be near the windows, and that the area could get warm if the sun was shining, so I brought with me my fancy appliqued viking cloak and some scrap wood, intending to build a quick frame to hang the cloak from, to put in front of the window. However, it turns out that there is a metal rod in front of the windows from which things can be hung from, and the organisers had steel thread we could use, so we hung that, and a couple of shields for Reengarda and Nordmark, and our display area looked really nice. There were fours of us in the booth, greeting people as they came by with "Välkommen till Medeltiden", and similar phrases, explaining that we do everything that was fun before 1600, including crafts, dancing, singing, cooking, fighting, archer, everything. We gave Reengarda business cards to many people, and quite a few stopped to actually talk with us. There were two young people (highschool?) who were really enthusiastic, who had already been looking forward to attending Skellefteå Medieval days, and when I told them that if they join our organisation they can spend the whole weekend at the event, not just the day time hours open to the public, at which point they both squealed and said "a dream come true". I really hope that we see them again!
It was also nice to walk around and look at the other clubs and what crafts they were displaying. I pointed out to the one doing bobbinlace that if she wants an excuse to have that lace on her clothes, we are the perfect club for her. I did my best to avoid the center of the dance floor, where the merchants are, though the rolls of yarn that so many were selling were tempted. I do not need more yarn. I do not need more yarn. I do not need more yarn...