[craftcollective] Knots: What Every Gatherer Should Know

[Val Stricklin]

    Yay!
   Megan, what time works for you on Sunday?  I'm open.  Maybe we  
should do it in the late afternoon so people can catch the mushroom  
event first, if that works for you.
   I'll go to Oregon Leather, Saturday maybe noonish?  I'd love  
company, or I can also pick up supplies for those who cannot make  
it.  Again I'm flexible about the time, but I checked and they are  
not open on Sunday, they are open Sat 10-5.
Val

On Oct 18, 2007, at 10:54 PM, Erica Ritter wrote:

> I'd love to make moccasins, where and what time?
> How much material do I need?
> I have a little bit of heavy commercial leather, and itty-tiny  
> scraps, so I might have to watch and learn for another time.  I  
> s'pose I could always do the soles with y'all, and then knit the  
> uppers like my folks' favorite slippers.
>
> If anyone wants to learn leather carving (the kind used on Old  
> Western saddles & cowboy gear), I learned it in 4-H.  I have the  
> basic tools, dyes, and scraps to practice on.  It's more suitable  
> for stiff things like wallets, belts, and armor than for soft- 
> fitting shoes, tho.  It works on vegetable and sometimes chrome  
> tanned, not so much on brain-tanned or boiled leather. (you have to  
> get the leather wet again to work on it, then dry it out before  
> final dying and finishing.)
>
> Yours,
> Erica
>
> On 10/18/07, Val Stricklin <stricklin4337 at comcast.net> wrote:
> Hi Erica,
>   I'm sad that I'll miss Ernie's knots.  I didn't retain the  
> excellent lesson I got about the trucker's hitch, when I borrowed  
> your fruit ladder  (I'm definitely one who must learn through  
> repetition.)  My Monday night kids' book illustration class  
> conflicts, but there are only 4 more weeks, so I otta be able to  
> get in on the basketry night Nov 26th.
>   Are you gonna make moccasins with us on Sunday?
> Love Val
>
>
>
> On Oct 18, 2007, at 4:51 AM, Erica Ritter wrote:
>
>> Knotting ... netting ... knitting...
>>
>> If you're not on the ancestralways list, you might want to know:
>> Ernie is teaching knotwork at Cascadia Wild on Monday night.  Very  
>> useful skills for all kinds of crafts.  You might be particularly  
>> interested in decorative knots that make good buttons, or "frogs,"  
>> for closing garments and bags.  If you want to ask him about  
>> details, he's at eawisner at gmail.com.
>>
>> Practical Knots for Impractical Situations
>> Monday, October 22nd
>> 7-9 pm
>> Cascadia Wild!
>> 3945 SE Hawthorne Blvd.
>> 503-235-9533
>> www.cascadiawild.org
>>
>> Coming sooner than you think:
>> BYO Basketry workshop
>> the Monday after Thanksgiving -- that's November 26th, 7-9pm, at  
>> Cascadia Wild.
>> I'll bring harakeke techniques from New Zealand (a great way to  
>> use that spiky decorative plant that's been popping up all over  
>> Portland in recent years.)  Another basketmaker's bringing ivy  
>> baskets; another, cordage.
>> What would you like to bring?
>> If you don't care for baskets, you're welcome to bring another  
>> textile project and treat it as a craft night.  Bring a finished  
>> basket for us to reverse-engineer.  Or bring some creative, raw  
>> material to play with: flexible twigs, vines, twine, yarn, paper,  
>> etc.
>> Take-home instructions will be provided for novices, with basic  
>> how-to's of coiled, twined, and woven basketry.
>>
>> Yours,
>> Erica Ritter
>>
>> -- 
>> eritter at gmail.com
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