Woot! Good event! I gots BOOKS
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stitchwhichWhat a great Saturday. Weather was perfect - cloudy enough to give you a break from full sun heat (it was in the 70s), clear, low humidity. We got there early enough to set up the baronial pavilion in the relative chill of the morning and William and SarahBeth were already there and waiting to help... SarahBeth let me hang out with her most of the day. THat was so nice - she's a restful person.
Sunniva and family made it down and she did bring me that extra sheepskin I wanted (yea!) but on top of that, she gave us a giftie of Sparkling Pear Juice and Lingonberry preserves from Ikea. Mmmmm.... I shared the juice with folks who'd never had any and hopefully converted a few more to the sparkling goodness. And still had enough to fill Arni's cup - marshalling is hot work.
And then, and then.... Margret and Siobhan came over to where I was sitting and said, "See that blue pop-up with the framed art hanging in it?" (Aside - I'd been not looking at it because it was an eyesore) "Well," they said, "Arn's gonna kill us, but it's got books. Artifact books, dig write-ups, York Archaeological books... we're off to our cars to get our credit cards."
By the time they got back from their cars, I'd scarfed up all three of the current York AngloSaxon/Scandinavian books. Yes, my friends, Arn and I are the richer by "Bone, Antler, Ivory and Horn", "Leather and Leatherwork", and "Wood and Woodworking"... Woot! Arn didn't kill me although he made a valiant attempt to appear annoyed and resigned. It was Siobhan who almost killed me - to my chagrin, I didn't know that those were the books she meant to return to buy and there was only one copy of each. By the time I found out, it was too late - the charge had already been run. Luckily, she found a bunch of other books, artifact collections, that had me slobbering when she showed them to me later on. Ahhh.... book goodness. And the merchant is a local business who does special orders and has an online store, Historic Hobbies (http://shophistorichobbies.com/home.php) . I took the precaution of grabbing one of their brochures with a map to their store on it. Bwahahahaha
That did bring a hint of a scowl to Arni's brow. Like he won't be just as tempted as I was.
Folks from out of area came so the day was full of extra smiles and conversation. It was good to see Kevin and Giuliana, Ceridwen, Allejandro - Izzy and Aradd came out and Brigit's mom is doing well enough that she was able to come too, so us local folks were almost dizzy from seeing faces we normally miss at events.
There was one truly outstanding entry in the A&S - Even Richard Wymarc was impressed. He didn't judge it (since the entrant used his webpage as a source) but I did. Wow. Her documentation was spot-on; clear, concise, solid. She'd made a reliquary bag and it was so well executed that I thought she'd done a small amount of embroidery on purchased brocade fabric until I got closer to it and realised that she'd fully covered the ground with counted satin stitch. It's a fabulous almost-copy of a bag in the Victorian and Albert museum. She worked different colors and in her documentation was the reason why and cites for her chosen dye colors from other same time/culture embroideries. Yes, her documentation was that thorough. I hope she shows it at another event. It deserves to be seen and stands as a wonderful example of an A&S entry.
I think there's more but I can't bring it up. I know there were more faces and hugs but it's all a blur. All in all, a grand day.
Oh and This is just too strange.
Sunniva and family made it down and she did bring me that extra sheepskin I wanted (yea!) but on top of that, she gave us a giftie of Sparkling Pear Juice and Lingonberry preserves from Ikea. Mmmmm.... I shared the juice with folks who'd never had any and hopefully converted a few more to the sparkling goodness. And still had enough to fill Arni's cup - marshalling is hot work.
And then, and then.... Margret and Siobhan came over to where I was sitting and said, "See that blue pop-up with the framed art hanging in it?" (Aside - I'd been not looking at it because it was an eyesore) "Well," they said, "Arn's gonna kill us, but it's got books. Artifact books, dig write-ups, York Archaeological books... we're off to our cars to get our credit cards."
By the time they got back from their cars, I'd scarfed up all three of the current York AngloSaxon/Scandinavian books. Yes, my friends, Arn and I are the richer by "Bone, Antler, Ivory and Horn", "Leather and Leatherwork", and "Wood and Woodworking"... Woot! Arn didn't kill me although he made a valiant attempt to appear annoyed and resigned. It was Siobhan who almost killed me - to my chagrin, I didn't know that those were the books she meant to return to buy and there was only one copy of each. By the time I found out, it was too late - the charge had already been run. Luckily, she found a bunch of other books, artifact collections, that had me slobbering when she showed them to me later on. Ahhh.... book goodness. And the merchant is a local business who does special orders and has an online store, Historic Hobbies (http://shophistorichobbies.com/home.php) . I took the precaution of grabbing one of their brochures with a map to their store on it. Bwahahahaha
That did bring a hint of a scowl to Arni's brow. Like he won't be just as tempted as I was.
Folks from out of area came so the day was full of extra smiles and conversation. It was good to see Kevin and Giuliana, Ceridwen, Allejandro - Izzy and Aradd came out and Brigit's mom is doing well enough that she was able to come too, so us local folks were almost dizzy from seeing faces we normally miss at events.
There was one truly outstanding entry in the A&S - Even Richard Wymarc was impressed. He didn't judge it (since the entrant used his webpage as a source) but I did. Wow. Her documentation was spot-on; clear, concise, solid. She'd made a reliquary bag and it was so well executed that I thought she'd done a small amount of embroidery on purchased brocade fabric until I got closer to it and realised that she'd fully covered the ground with counted satin stitch. It's a fabulous almost-copy of a bag in the Victorian and Albert museum. She worked different colors and in her documentation was the reason why and cites for her chosen dye colors from other same time/culture embroideries. Yes, her documentation was that thorough. I hope she shows it at another event. It deserves to be seen and stands as a wonderful example of an A&S entry.
I think there's more but I can't bring it up. I know there were more faces and hugs but it's all a blur. All in all, a grand day.
Oh and This is just too strange.
