Category: Projects
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Missives from Maestra: Songs of Scorn and Ridicule: The Disses and Rap Battles of 13th Century Iberia (10/12/2026)
Greetings, Shirefolk, It was pleasant to meet Gunnar Holmberg at the 4th Thursday September gathering after he had been introduced to us at the Sparta Renaissance Faire. He brought his own stringy project to work on while Lady Ceara MacKiernan continued with her kumihimo and I kept hand-sewing my prototype of a fillet. Mundane broadsides…
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Missives from Maestra: Sept. Free Project Day II
Greetings to the Shire, We had three weekends in a row as a presence at the Sparta Renaissance Faire so we may have use of their site for 100 Minutes War. Among those there were Lord Valentine Ambrose and Lady Arwen Elandris of Aegelwoode, demonstrating looms for weaving and old Nordic board games, respectively. Lord…
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Missives from Maestra: Autumn returns to the Shire (09/14/2026)
Greetings to the Shire — Now that those who have traveled there and back again from Pennsic and from as far away as Santiago de Compostela have returned, we can begin to set our minds to the doings of the Shire in the autumn. The second Monday and fourth Thursday for September will be free…
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Missives from Maestra: Novice Day and Shire Favors Thanks and Continued Construction (07/23/2026)
Greetings to the Shire, For the second time in this competition’s now four years, the weather posed a challenge to the M. Isabeau d’Orleans Novice Artisans Memorial Competition at this year’s Novice Day. We only had two entries, but the field was deep indeed. Our own Lord Thaddeus the Seer gained the favor and won…
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Missives from Maestra: Novice Day Favor-Making, The Tail-End Construction (07/13/2026)
My many thanks to those Magistra Sapphira, Lady Veronica, and the Noble Fenneke for the silk-stenciling during the June 5th Monday gathering at the Shire’s Fencing and Fighting Championships. Even more thanks to Lady Veronica for taking it upon herself to apply the resist and paint to the favors themselves. We come to the tail…
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Missives from Maestra: Shire Favor Thursday (and 5th Monday) 06/25 and 06/29/2026
Greetings, Shirefolk, The 2nd Monday saw Magistra Sapphira, Lady Serilda, Lady Ceara, and myself discussing how best design favors to make for the Shire’s upcoming events Novice Day and 100 Minutes War. Since that day, all of the supplies have arrived, so I will bring them all to the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship meeting place in…
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Missives from Maestra: Novice Day Favor-Making in the Next Few Gatherings and at 5th Monday
Greetings, Shirefolk, The silk-painting day has inspired the idea to make favors for Novice Day. The supplies have been and are being ordered as I key this. They will not have arrived yet for the 2nd Monday June 8th gathering in Wayne, but should be by 4th Thursday June 25th, and we can do some…
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Missives from Maestra: Silk Decoration Day, and Many Thanks (05/28/2026)
Greetings again to the folk of the Shire, I thank Maestro Antonio Patrasso for journeying from the Swamp to the Forest to help teach us how to decorate silk banners. We were joined by Lady Veronica of Manchester, the gentle Eileen Duffy, former Swamp resident Lady Ceara MacKiernan of Arundel, two other gentles from Settmour…
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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…