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War of the Wings XVIII

War of the Wings XVIII

October 11-19, 2025

Cheesemaking for Beginners


Event Details

  • Date: October 16, 2024 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm
  • Categories: Classes & Demonstrations

Instructor: Annora Hall

Location: [Castle] A&S 1

Class fee: $5

Make and take class on cheese making. Two cheeses will be made during class. Learn a bit about cheese making in medieval Europe and a bit about the modern science behind this art.

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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