Who is Nicholas Nelson?  He seems to know Clann but I don't know if I've met him...

A good friend of the Regiment is now on LJ.  Please welcome BJ, who goes by carpe-nocturnum-93.  She's the young woman who lived with the Baldwin family one summer and came to dance and shows.  She now lives with her father, who doesn't want her to participate, but she's on Facebook under her real name, and she's here.  It would be good for her to ( Read more... )

A year and a half ago I started spinning worsted so I could weave a tartan fabric for an arsaid, which is essentially the feminine equivalent of a greatkilt; three widths of fabric pleated into a belt, capable of covering the wearer from her head to her heels.  These are generally a tartan pattern on a white background, so I have a lot of white ( Read more... )

This is the second year that colgaffneyis has provided ornament to a Scottish-themed party in White Bear Lake.  I thought I would post the details of what we did so that those who come after have some idea of how to work it.  Our hosts were RM and his wife EM, and his general factotum JB.  A preteen girl in a tiara was presumably a daughter of the house.
( So, how was that for you? )

Woot!  I found the most amazing thing in the free bin at the Weaver's Guild.  It's an antique, two-harness table loom.  Almost all wood; wooden ratchets, wooden pawls; just a few metal screws and some mild steel rods.  It's set up for thread heddles, which I will have to make, and get this:  The reed is actually made of reed!

My God, what a find!

I ( Read more... )

You-know-who has had *two* going-away parties, and hugs and best wishes, and just called me to say that she needs to drop by tomorrow with the hailshot and Captain's armor ( Read more... )

We had a lovely Pub Night at Merlin's rest; just Yoders, Sarah and Myron, ourselves and my mother, on a night that was quiet enough we could easily have had another table or two; unlike some past pub nights.

The bad news:  It's going to get more crowded.

The good news; it's going to be Folks Like Us.

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Gee, I wish the Colonel would spring for champagne every dance night . . . OTOH, I suppose I don't want to be giving going-away parties for dear and valued members every week; we'd run out of members awfully fast that way.

Godspeed, Captain.  New worlds to conquer!

1.    Are there any "nationality" spins for recruiting? (do it for your country/king/queen/honor ( Read more... )

Part of an on-going list . . .

14)  Schedule Staff Meeting back-to-back with the Members' Meeting; resulting in five hours of contiguous meeting for much of Clann leadership.

15)  Schedule any meeting for more than three people in coffee shop where everyone has to try to be heard over the hiss of the espresso maker.