{"id":769,"date":"2011-08-25T09:23:00","date_gmt":"2011-08-25T14:23:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stringpage.com\/blog\/?p=769"},"modified":"2011-08-25T09:23:00","modified_gmt":"2011-08-25T14:23:00","slug":"pack-all-the-things","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stringpage.com\/blog\/?p=769","title":{"rendered":"Pack all the things"},"content":{"rendered":"

And I have:<\/p>\n

Class supplies<\/p>\n

Tablets, yarn, tools and equipment of all descriptions, plus a goodly pile of books. I’m off to the Peters Valley Craft Center<\/a> tonight to get ready for my class tomorrow. <\/p>\n

Everything came together quite well, I think, despite the short notice. Linda Hendrickson’s<\/a> help was invaluable, especially her rapid shipping of a Bradshaw cordmaker so that I could make ply-split cords for my students. <\/p>\n

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If you intend to do much ply-splitting, you do definitely need one of these. It’s vastly more efficient than any other method of cordmaking. I’ve found SCA-appropriate historical references to ply-splitting too, so now that I’ve also got a cordmaker expect to see more on this technique, at FFF maybe.<\/p>\n

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(More ply-split photos<\/a>)<\/p>\n

We’ll be doing this, most likely (itty-bitty baskets! so cute!), and plenty of tablet weaving, and all sorts of interesting projects. Don’t you wish you were coming too?<\/p>\n

It’s been a while since I’ve posted any macro photos, so here, have a flower.<\/p>\n

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(More photos<\/a>)<\/p>\n

We’ve been spaniel-sitting. She’s a hyper little girl (coincidentally named Morgan; Morgan the ferocious monster cat is terribly unamused by her very existence), and even blurry when she’s asleep.<\/p>\n

Spaniel-sitting<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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