]> http://scatoday.net/taxonomy/term/132/0 en http://scatoday.net/node/12577 An 11th century spindle, discovered recently in Reykjavík, Iceland, is inscribed with ruins which may be the oldest yet discovered in the country. 1001 CE to 1100 CE Linguistics Scandanavian Spinning Fri, 14 Nov 2008 17:16:25 -0500 http://scatoday.net/node/8583 <div class="event-nodeapi"><div class="flexinode-1-start"><label>Start: </label>2007/06/09 - 10:00</div></div> <div class="event-nodeapi"><div class="flexinode-1-end"><label>End: </label>2007/06/09 - 16:00</div></div> <div class="event-nodeapi"><div class="flexinode-1-tz"><label>Timezone: </label>America/Chicago</div></div> <div class="flexinode-body flexinode-1"><div class="flexinode-textarea-1"><div class="form-item"> <label>description:</label><br /> This event is held in conjunction with the Campbell Gallery exhibit "Why Knot?" The Spurlock Museum and Champaign-Urbana Spinners and Weavers Guild present a day of fiberworking demonstrations and hands-on activities for the whole family. Visit the Spurlock Museum online events calendar for updates on demonstrators and hand-made items for sale. </div> </div></div> Spinning Weaving Thu, 3 May 2007 16:53:53 -0400 http://scatoday.net/node/3462 The Guild of Withie and Woolmongers is dedicated to employing, learning and teaching textile arts as they were practiced prior to 1700. For the purpose of the guild, textile arts include but are not limited to spinning, natural dying, weaving, knitting, embroidery (as well as other forms of embellishment), and basketry.<a href="http://scatoday.net/weblink/goto/131" class="outgoing" title="visit http://mktag.org/">visit The Guild of Withie and Woolmongers</a> SCA Arts and Sciences Knitting Middle Spinning Textile Arts Weaving Tue, 18 Jan 2005 20:00:23 -0500