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Arn Hold Collegium (Arts, Arms, and Academia)

5/31/2019

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For our spring event this year, our Barony focused on classes and education.  There was a wide array of offerings, including one by yours truly!  It was also the polling event for our next Baronial head, and I want to offer a hearty congratulations to Baroness Varia for taking on the task.

I attended Lady Thora's class on stage fright and how to combat it, which was really useful.  I taught a class I called Garb Rehab that mainly focused on mending and darning techniques for repairing garb, but also touched on other ways to spruce up older garb, such as overdying, adding new trim/embellishment, and re-cutting garb.  I posted the handout here so that those who didn't get a copy could grab one.  I had a dozen people attend some or all of the class, which I consider a roaring success.  I had encouraged people to bring their own damaged garb for repair, but most people didn't bring anything, so this turned out to be a great class for me, since I brought a whole big bag full of garb that needed mending.  I got a pair of socks darned and several dresses repaired by folks who wanted to try out new skills.  Win/win!  I'll be teaching this one again at an event this fall, which is so fun.  I love turning my passions into something useful for others.

The Cooks' Guild provided lunch in the form of all things hand pie, and my contribution was two batches of blackberry apple ginger galettes (one gluten-free, one regular) using a new to me pastry recipe that uses oil rather than butter or lard.  As always, I hate making gluten-free pastry, but they must have tasted good because they were gone before I even tasted one.  Here's a pic.
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I didn't take any other photos during the event.  It was a little busy and a little crazy, as usual.  Poor Freya fell on the playground and got a massive bloody nose, so poor Aonghus walked around in bloody garb all day.  My non-SCA sister picked her up at lunch time to play for a few hours (yay local events) since Freya doesn't nap well in busy environments and is still young enough to really need one.  That was such a help.

Finally, congratulations to my sister Lady Thora, the new Arn Hold Arts & Sciences champion.  She did a wonderful job with her art and it was well-earned.
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Garb Rehab

5/6/2019

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Greetings!  Below is the handout from my garb rehab class taught at the Barony of Arn Hold's Arts, Arms, and Academia event.  It focuses on mending, refreshing, and generally squeezing more life out of old or damaged garb.  Enjoy!
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Newcomers' Celebration, Barony of Arn Hold

11/30/2018

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Our autumn baronial event this year focused on welcoming newcomers.  We did a demo at a ren faire a few weeks prior to the event and handed out invites to anyone interested in trying the SCA.  We had beginner-level classes on topics including garb making, courtly graces, etc. with a dance class by yours truly featuring dances coming up at the January masked ball.  There was a pot luck lunch and some fun socializing too.  Below are some pictures, including more photos of the red dress I made.  See the captions for more info.
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