Classes
The schedule for classes has been published. Please find it on the main event page under Schedule.
Sign-up for attending classes will open on 30 April at 18:00 Irish Standard Time. Please sign up for classes here.
Sign-up for teaching classes has now closed.
Duke Conor Weisszahn from the Kingdom of the West will be the visiting Armoured Combat trainer.
Bardic Circle
With Alays de Lunel
Sitting around a light source and singing together. We´ll follow the system: perform, request or skip.
Class limit: None
Bordering on Lace: an Introduction to 16th Century Blackwork Embroidery
With Saskia of Dun in Mara
In this beginner friendly class we will cover some styles of blackwork embroidery and you will be able to try your hand at making a counted-stitch blackwork border for your garb! If you have garb (smock, apron, partlet, cuffs/ruffs or a pouch) you’d like to decorate, bring it along. Just make sure it has an even-weave fabric (most linen has, but we can’t do counted stitch on satin, for example). If you don’t have garb ready to bring, we can work on a piece you can later add to your garb, or maybe a decorative item like a bookmark.
Class limit: 10 (additional people can join if you bring your own small embroidery hoop)
Dyeing the Medieval Rainbow – in four parts
With Órlaith Chaomhánach and Gertrude Hoode
- Part one: Fibre Preparation and Mordanting
- Part two: Red
- Part three: Blue
- Part four: Yellow
Join us around our cauldrons as we attempt to achieve a rainbow of historical, naturally-dyed colours on protein and cellulose fibres. We will show you some of the amazing variety of colours that could have been achieved in medieval times and help teach you how to get even, colourfast results with your natural dyeing.
Each day we will start new dye vats, focusing on a primary colour, and we will be able to create secondary colours by overdyeing. By the end of the event, our rainbow of colours will include red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple, and brown.
Fingerloop Braiding Workshop
With Mallymkun Rauði
From simple fingerloop braids for beginners to more complicated designs for those who want a challenge.
Class Limit: None
Hedgebothering for colours
With Órlaith Ildánach
Learn how to forage for materials that will give you colour for inks, pigments and cloth dyes - some may be available on site and some will be illustrations to know what to look for, with some examples of materials made
Class limit: None
I’m in Danger! - Fighting with Sword and Buckler
With Yannick or Normandy
Fighting with Sword and Buckler, will be taught from an armoured combat perspective, but there will likely be enough cross over to prove useful for fencers.
Class limit: None
Ink Ornamentation: Make scrolls fancy without painting
With Melisende Fitzwalter
No need for figures, castles or fancy flowers. With just some judicious swirls of ink with quill or brush, your scrolls can be just as impressive.
Class limit: None
Intro to the chiton
With Contessa Saxa
We will go over the basic time frame and layers of chitons and how to make a beautiful one size fits all, looks amazing on everyone and super versatile across cultures garb.
Class limit: None
Intro to wet felting
With Contessa Saxa
We will work with wool and felt it into usable fabric. With the basic practice you learn in this class you will be able to felt and shape your own wool fabric.
Class limit: None
Introduction to Brick-Stitch Embroidery
With Mistress Catherine Weaver
We will be covering the basics of brick-stitch and the things it was used for during our period of historical interest. We will make a small sample piece which could be turned into a badge, pincushion or needlebook.
Class limit: None
Introduction to Hand Sewing
With Gertrude Hoode
Start with learning to thread a sewing needle and leave with the knowledge needed to sew your own garb.
Class limit: 10
Introduction to spindle spinning
With Ingemar of Dun in Mara
A beginner-friendly introduction to spinning wool on a medieval spindle.
Class limit: 7
Making late 14th century turnshoes
With Eduard Tuve
We go through what it takes to make own turnshoes with a technique suitable for a Dordrecht style lasts: tools, materials, and construction steps (taking measures, pattern making, the sewing of the upper, fitting to the last, sewing soles, and turning).
Class limit: 10
Manage your Mind Monster
With: Alessandra di Riario
Meeting and tackling your headweasals, how to get them working FOR not against you. For everyone.
Class limit: None
Menopause and the Arts of War; Ask me Anything
With Alessandra di Riario
Physical, Mental, Emotional and Social aspects of being a fighter or fencer through perimenopause, menopause and postmenopause.(Also relevant for fighters, non fighters, trainers of all genders)
Class limit: None
Painting on silk the Cennini way
With Magnifica Marcella di Cavallino
Understand how to paint on silk according to Cennino Cennini’s 15th c. treatise “Il Libro dell’Arte”, including the methods, tools and supplies you’ll need to do it yourself at home.
Class limit: None
Peerage Symposium
with Máistir Aodh Ó Siadhail & Various Guests
So: Questions, Answers and Various Discussions about SCA Peerage. Come chat over a drink. BYO seating. Wine provided.
Class Limit: None
Perfectly Period Party Platters
With Magnifica Marcella di Cavallino
Rocket through the history of cheese from before the (actual) wheel into 16th c. Italy, then learn how to put together a well-balanced cheese board using documentably period cheeses you can find at the supermarket. There will be snacks.
Class limit: 15
Class cost: €2
Silver forging demonstration
With Roibeard mac Neill, OL
This will be an ongoing demonstration of traditional silversmithing and forging, including hammer-drawing techniques, tapering, and stamping.
Class limit: None
Spinning on a handheld spindle
With Eibhlís af Luimneach
Learn to spin wool on a handheld spindle, to create your own unique yarns. Then for the adventurous, learn to spin flax fibres into linen thread, all while being regaled with facts and some fictions about spinning and textile history by Eibhlís af Luimneach.
Class limit: 8
Tour A Camp Kitchen
With Aodh Ó Siadhail
See Aodh’s camp kitchen in action, from storage and fire-lighting through cooking. Tasting may occur if people hang around after.
Class limit: 10
Weave Språng garters
With Contessa Saxa
Weave yourself a pair of Språng garters using basic Språng interlinking
Class limit: 5 (although more are welcome if they bring their own materials)
Warping at Warp-Speed
With Mistress Catherine Weaver
If the time needed to set up a warp has ever put you off tablet weaving, this is the class for you! We will be covering 3 different ways of warping as well as a host of tips and tricks to make things smoother and faster.
Class limit: None