KnitSteph

If this works, it will be posting while I am setting up a table full of things to compete in an A&S contest in the SCA. I will be at Steppes Artisan with a whole bunch of stuff. Wish me luck.

This competition is a bit different from most. It’s a “body of work” competition. That means that I’m entering many of the things that I’ve done since I started being active in the SCA. Most of the time, the people that enter this competition, have competed in other venues in the SCA, but I haven’t. For those of you not familiar with how an SCA competition works, you don’t just put out your pretty thing you made. You have to write documentation, which tells about the item and it’s use and construction in its time period, and your item and why you did anything different (if you did).

I am entering knitted stockings, inkle and card weaving, handspun yarns, lampwork beads and some cooking.

This is a selection of inkle and card weaving that I have done.

This is the stocking, I have the other one about 1/3 of the way done and I was told it was ok to enter works in progress.

Apple and Orange Pie. An interesting recipe I found. You boil the orange slices (with the peel on) in honey, water and lemon for 2 hours. Yes..you read that right, you leave the peel on. It turned out very tasty and the house smelled good for hours.

These are my beads. They aren’t that great, but I’ve had great fun making them. Pretty colors too.

Yarn! This is a photo of the basket of yarn I’ll be displaying. I’m not exactly happy with this display yet. I’m sure I’ll figure out something.

I promise I’ll have photos of my whole display when I get back.