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War of the Wings XVIII

War of the Wings XVIII

October 11-19, 2025

FootLoose and Fancy! Taking your first steps in Knitting Socks!


Event Details

  • Date: October 18, 2024 11:00 am – 1:00 pm
  • Categories: Classes & Demonstrations

Instructor: Esme Bramley

Location: [Pop Up] A&S 2

Class Limit: 9
Age Limit: 14+
Students must bring their own yarn and needles and already have knowledge of knitting in the round

The Medieval period is rife with gorgeous hand-knitted stockings! Some in wool, some in silk, all are marvelous! Starting out with the humble sock, using modern dimensions, with all techniques found in the medieval period, increase your kit, and each step you take, with learning each step of your first (or subsequent) socks!

A&S Classes/Demo Schedule

Monday, 10/14/2024

  • 3:00pm Rotating Column Bookmark
  • 7:30pm Glass Bead Making on a modern Torch

Tuesday, 10/15/2024

  • 10:00am Basket Weaving – Market or tote basket class
  • 10:00am Niello application
  • 10:00am T-Tunics 101- Who, Where, and When?
  • 11:00am Commonplace Books Past and Present
  • 11:00am Intro to Calligraphy
  • 1:00pm 10th Century Norse Dyes
  • 2:00pm Getting Started in Home Brewing
  • 3:00pm Period Instrument Building for Older Kids
  • 7:30pm Glass Bead Making on a modern Torch

Wednesday, 10/16/2024

  • 9:00am Soaping 101
  • 10:00am WOW Known World Choir Practice
  • 10:00am Silk Banner Painting
  • 11:00am Pysanki
  • 11:00am Instrumental Music Ensemble
  • 11:00am Opening Up a Can of Worms: Research in the SCA
  • 1:00pm Bronze Age Color
  • 1:00pm Whipcord/Viking Bobbon Braiding
  • 1:00pm Cheesemaking for Beginners
  • 1:00pm Seville: The Golden Age of the Spanish Empire’s Sin City
  • 1:00pm Make your own, pillbox, tarboosh, orother brimless hat
  • 1:00pm Court Processionals: An Intro Class and Workshop
  • 2:00pm Mordanting Fiber for Dyeing
  • 2:00pm Shogi Part I
  • 2:00pm So you want to make a Scroll? Helpful design and process tips.
  • 2:00pm Ethiopan and turkish coffee
  • 3:00pm Period Oil Lamps – Make and Take
  • 3:00pm Fleece Scouring
  • 4:00pm Crowns Amongst Nobility (SCA Cards Against Humanity)
  • 5:00pm Oral Traditional Storytelling
  • 7:30pm Glass Bead Making on a modern Torch

Thursday, 10/17/2024

  • 10:00am WOW Known World Choir Practice
  • 10:00am Period Instrument Building for Littles
  • 11:00am Twining, how to weave a hot pad
  • 11:00am Persona Development: A Glimpse into the Inspiring Women from the Global Middle Ages
  • 11:00am Instrumental Music Ensemble
  • 11:00am Pierced metal work
  • 11:00am Painting on Fabric 101 Children 11 yrs – Under
  • 11:00am Roman coins 101
  • 12:00pm Sekanjabin & Oxymel: the Basics
  • 12:00pm Middle Eastern Rhythms 1
  • 12:00pm Seneschal 101 & 201
  • 1:00pm African Spices: Bring Jars and Take Home
  • 1:00pm The History of Sex Work in Western Culture
  • 1:00pm Fabric Painting 201 Youth 12+
  • 1:00pm Textile Dyeing 101
  • 1:00pm Bardic 101
  • 1:00pm Lacis / Net Embroidery
  • 1:00pm Brewing A Utility Cider. The fast and easy way to brew hard cider.
  • 2:00pm Dyeing Blue
  • 2:00pm Shogi Part II
  • 2:00pm Intro to Patterns in Cardweaving
  • 2:00pm Into to Banners and Tapestries
  • 2:00pm What am I tasting in my (white) wine
  • 3:00pm Field Marshal 201
  • 3:00pm German Brick Stitch: Try the Stitch
  • 3:00pm What am I tasting in my red wine
  • 4:00pm Crowns Amongst Nobility (SCA Cards Against Humanity)
  • 4:00pm What you need for feast and what to expect
  • 4:00pm Cheese and Dairying Discussion Hour
  • 7:00pm Tarheel Tales of Terror- Local North Carolina Ghost Stories
  • 7:00pm Sadomasochism in Religious Art

Friday, 10/18/2024

  • 9:00am Target Archery Marshal 101
  • 10:00am WOW Known World Choir Practice
  • 10:00am 16th-Century Western Erotica
  • 10:00am The Seams of the Viborg Shirt (11th c. Danish skyrta)
  • 11:00am Icelandic Folklore – Trolls
  • 11:00am Persona Development: A Glimpse into the Inspiring Women from the Global Middle Ages
  • 11:00am Instrumental Music Ensemble
  • 11:00am SCA 101: Getting Started in the SCA
  • 11:00am Fun Dances with Silly Names
  • 11:00am Beginning Medieval Gardening
  • 11:00am FootLoose and Fancy! Taking your first steps in Knitting Socks!
  • 12:00pm Middle Eastern Rhythms 2
  • 12:00pm I Have Fleece – Now What?
  • 1:00pm Scribal Pigment Play
  • 1:00pm Open Dyeing
  • 1:00pm Recreating An Extent Sock
  • 1:00pm Silk Banner Painting Overview
  • 1:00pm Instrumental Music Expo
  • 1:00pm Bread in a Bag (Boiled Bread)
  • 2:00pm Basic Spinning
  • 2:00pm Bochet Discussion and Tasting
  • 2:00pm Science Roundtable
  • 3:00pm Bardic 102
  • 3:00pm Courtesan Persona 101
  • 3:00pm An Overview of Gems and Jewels in Period Times
  • 3:00pm Wicker Basket Making
  • 5:00pm Brewer’s Guild Mead Round table
  • 7:00pm A History of Sex Toys

Saturday, 10/19/2024

  • 9:00am Making and using an alcohol burner (spirit lamp)
  • 9:00am Yet Forget Not, That I Am an Ass: Conducting Ethical Research and Documentation
  • 10:00am Wardrobe Staples PLUS:12th C Finn in 3 accessories
  • 10:00am Adopt-a-dye
  • 10:00am WOW Known World Choir Practice
  • 11:00am Bronze coil make and take
  • 11:00am Period Incense Burning
  • 11:00am Instrumental Music Ensemble
  • 11:00am The Astrolabe: Make and Take
  • 1:00pm Finnish Lattice braid: HANDS ON!
  • 1:00pm Risqué Pompeii: Art Under the Volcano

 

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