Author: Ana de Guzman
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Missives from Maestra: Novice Day Pennon-Making Thursday (05/28/2026)
Novice Day comes apace. Our shire’s pennons need refurbishing/replacing. The honorable and esteemed Master Antonio Patrasso will come to us from our fair neighbor to the south on Thursday May 28, 2026 to show us how to make said pennons. He will be bringing the supplies. That said, he would like to know how many…
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Missives from Maestra: Monday Meeting 05/11/2026 and Novice Day Form Notice
Greetings, Shirefolk, The Sixty-first year of the Society has been celebrated. Now that the weather is (mostly) milder, thoughts turn to preparations for those going to Pennsic, or the respective regional warcamps, and other such events martial and otherwise. Where “otherwise” is concerned, East Kingdom Novice Day comes apace on July 18, 2026. Having learned…
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Missives from Maestra: Free Project Thursday 04/23/2026
Last Monday, Magistra Sapphira the Navigator graced us once more with a second method of lucet braiding for those of us who had a little difficulty after the first session in March. This coming Thursday is a free project day. I’ll be blocking and constructing a simple narrow toca (or fillet, for the English who…
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Missives from Maestra: String Theory 2.1 (More Lucet-Braiding Methods) 04/13/2026
Firstly, I apologize for the lateness if this post. My laptop ceased to function on Good Friday, and could not be revived. (Feel free to think of any jokes that come to mind, but please keep those private, or come sit by me when you next see me.) I was not able to get a…
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Missives from Maestra: Three Congratulations and a Cancellation
The March second Monday had the second “string theory” class taught by Magistra Sapphira the Navigator, on the making of lucet-braided cords. Lady Veronica of Manchester, Lady Ceara Mac Kieran, a newcomer to our Shire, young Victoria (whose full name will be included should she decide upon one), my lord husband, and myself were present…
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Missives from Maestra: Introduction to Lucet Braiding 03/09/2026 (Or, More String Theory)
Greetings, Shirefolk, Our intrepid Magistra Sapphira the Navigator will once again hold forth on the making of thin string into thicker string, this time with lucet braiding from the West. Come to the Lakeland Unitarian Universalist Fellowship hall on the 2nd Monday in March for this class. You can make garters for your stockings, or…
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Missives from Maestra: Free-Style Gathering 02/26/2026, and Bardic Doings Northward
Greetings, gentles, The first February gathering hosted four intrepid gentles who braved the cold to attended Magistra Sapphira the Navigator’s course on how to braid kumihimo. The first March gathering will go from Far East to West in the study of making cords: Lucet. More details will follow the closer we get to the day.…
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Missives from Maestra: An Introduction to Kumihimo on 02/09/2026
Greetings to the Shire, I hope that everyone is keeping warm these brutally cold days. Winter’s back is broken, but it is not leaving without a fight. On the second Monday this month, our intrepid Magistra Sapphira the Navigator, lovingly called Blue, will be teaching beginning kumihimo, the Japanese method of making braided cords using…
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Missives from Maestra: Upcoming A&S Gatherings
Greetings to the Good Folk of the Shire, The first A&S meeting of the year was quiet. Magistra Sapphira, Lady Ceara Mac Kieran, lady Eileen Duffy, and I brought our separate projects to the table and talked while we worked. The upcoming 4th Thursday 01/22/2026 will be another Open Project Day. However, the 2nd Monday…
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Missive from Maestra: Belated Thank You and Upcoming A&S Gatherings
Greetings to the Shire — The holidays came apace and I did not have the chance to properly thank Magistra Alys Mackyntoich for braving the cold to come to the shire on an extremely chilly 2nd Monday in December to either consult or teach about Basic Heraldry. It was a very small gathering, but she…