July 3: Whyt Whey presents the Saturday Night Solar: Spinning Wheel Mechanics (Mostly Modern) – Drives

Arts & Sciences, Class, Solar

Do you ever listen to spinners talking about spinning wheel drives, like bobbin led flyer led, double drive, Irish vs Scotch tension and your head starts to spin like a wheel?

Come join us for an overview of mostly modern spinning wheel drives.

Followed by an Ask the Spinster session where I will try to answer your spinning related questions or at least point you to some sources of information.

Class handout here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1iiG6cq9FiGk9ND0c9digE30VxXJwkii8/view?usp=sharing

Please join us here: https://meet.google.com/otq-vnjr-qfk

Michele the Ubiquitous is obsessed with all things string.  She was the weaver for the fleece to shawl team composed of SCAdians that competed at Rhinebeck in 2016. Her primary textile hobbies in no particular order are spinning, knitting, weaving, dyeing, and crocheting.  She lives in Hawkes Reache with her Lord Robert d’Whitmont and the Vicereine’s lepus defensorem, Smoky.

The Saturday Night Solar occurs every other Saturday night at 8:00 PM ET. The Canton of Whyt Whey in the Crown Province of Østgarðr hosts teachers and topics from all over the Known World so that even when we are apart, we can learn together.

Virtual Commons, Thursday, July 1

Meetings

Please join us on Thursday, July 1st, at 7pm for Whyt Whey Commons! Join online via Google Meet. (Please note, you do not have to have an East Kingdom account or any other Google account to participate.) Among our exciting topics:

  • Events are now permitted (what should we do? and when?)
  • Vote to confirm a new Canton Seneschal (we have a volunteer!)

This is our usual quarterly commons and business meeting. If you have anything you’d like to put on the agenda, please email the Seneschal.

June 5: Whyt Whey presents the Saturday Night Solar: Olive Oil: From Antiquity to your Kitchen

Arts & Sciences, Class, Solar

Welcome Back to the Saturday Night Solar!

Join Tellina di Giuseppe da Fiesole of the West Kingdom and the Crown Province of Østgarðr on Saturday night, June 5, 8 PM Eastern time to discuss olive oil!

First we’ll look at olive oil as a ingredient in a modern context, then compare that modern process with how it’s made now with ancient Roman processes as recounted by Cato and Columella two centuries ago.

Please join us here: https://meet.google.com/otq-vnjr-qfk

Tellina di Giuseppe da Fiesole is from the Barony of Rivenoak in the Kingdom of the West. She has a passion for all things Italian, from food to bookkeeping to clothing and beyond. The current major geek it drawing on mundane experience in the olive oil industry to explore olive oil in period.

The Saturday Night Solar occurs every other Saturday night at 8:00 PM ET. The Canton of Whyt Whey in the Crown Province of Østgarðr hosts teachers and topics from all over the Known World so that even when we are apart, we can learn together.

June 19: Whyt Whey presents the Saturday Night Solar: Seahorse Origami

Arts & Sciences, Class, Solar

Welcome Back to the Saturday Night Solar!

Michele the Ubiquitous of the Canton of Hawkes Reache joins us to teach us how to make an Origami seahorse and hippocampus! Origami is a period art of folding paper to make three-dimensional models.

Michele created the hippocampus model for Alexandre and Eularia’s investiture since she couldn’t find a seahorse model that captured the look of a seahorse from a medieval bestiary.

You can find the class handout here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/10LA03ySI_cPUiAEtF3bJJfOSqumHrQIo/view

Please join us here: https://meet.google.com/otq-vnjr-qfk

Michele the Ubiquitous lives in the Canton of Hawkes Reache in the Barony of An Dubhaigheainn with her lord Robert d’Whitmont, and Smoky the murder bunny (the Vicereine’s lepus defensorem).  She has served as Canton A&S Minister & Seneschal.  Before moving to Hawkes Reache, Michele lived in Unclaimed Crown Lands (Jersey City) and Whyte Whey.  She is known for her enthusiasm for the textile arts and her ability to convince people to join in her wild and woolly IDEAS!  Notably entering the Fleece to Shawl Competition at the NYS Sheep and Wool Festival with a team composed of other textile artists from East Kingdom in GARB and hosting a Pennsic U Pity workshop, where she convinced a group of friends to help her conduct a study of how cochineal reacts to various mordants and after baths for just a couple of examples.

Michele has leveraged her experience teaching origami in the mundane world into the SCA, by teaching origami at events and gatherings within the SCA.  These include, but are not limited to, A&S nights in Brokenbridge & Hawkes Reache, Hrim Schola, Pennsic, and various demos.

You can read more about Michele’s origami in the SCA here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/10QxSEZwO_24hCRC1ne0S81Gh9W_HEr4p/view

The Saturday Night Solar occurs every other Saturday night at 8:00 PM ET. The Canton of Whyt Whey in the Crown Province of Østgarðr hosts teachers and topics from all over the Known World so that even when we are apart, we can learn together.

Virtual Commons, Thurs, April 8

Meetings

Please join us on Thursday, April 8th, at 7pm for Whyt Whey Commons! Join online via Google Meet. (Please note, you do not have to have an East Kingdom account or any other Google account to participate.) We will discuss upcoming officer vacancies as well as the forecasted ruling on activities.

This is our usual quarterly commons and business meeting. If you have anything you’d like to put on the agenda, please email the Seneschal.

April 24: Whyt Whey presents the Saturday Night Solar: Entering A&S competitions

Arts & Sciences, Class, Solar

Please join Whyt Whey with Lada Monguligin, OL, as we explore this fundamental part of our Society!

Arts & Sciences are a core part of what makes our Society so rich and fascinating, but entering competitions can seem scary! Fear not! With this solar, you will learn  how to prepare for A&S competitions, set expectations and maximize your success. Now get out there and wow the Known World!

This class is based on Lada’s experiences as an entrant and judge in local, kingdom and inter-kingdom competitions.

Please join us here: https://meet.google.com/otq-vnjr-qfk

Lada Monguligin, OL, is the Vicereine of the Crown Province of Ostgardr. She is a 13th century Moscovite Rus persona living among the Mongols and working as a scribe.

The Saturday Night Solar occurs every other Saturday night at 8:00 PM ET. The Canton of Whyt Whey in the Crown Province of Østgarðr hosts teachers and topics from all over the Known World so that even when we are apart, we can learn together.

Whyt Whey: Help Wanted

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The Canton Needs YOU!

Whyt Whey has a number of officer transitions coming up in the next several months.  Volunteer now and learn the ropes – you’ll be ready to roll when the world opens up again!    Reach out to the Whyt Whey Officer List if you would like to learn more.

All officers, including deputies, must be paid-up members of the SCA.  (If you wish to be a member but have financial challenges, there are resources to assist – just reach out!)  Seneschal and Exchequer, and their deputies, must live in the boundaries of the Canton.

(The astute observer will note that we currently have Deputies for the Seneschal & Exchequer – but they’re what’s known as “drop-dead” deputies, i.e., will take the reins in an emergency.  What we’re looking for is folk who will wish to step up into the full office in the next 6-18 months.)

Seeking:

  • Deputy Seneschal (committing to step up to Seneschal no later than January) (required).  The Seneschal is the official chapter president, and is ultimately responsible to make sure that all business in the Canton is carried on according to SCA Corpora, East Kingdom Law (and of course actual law as well).  Duties include:
    • Conducting Commons meetings
    • Filing quarterly reports to Kingdom, and monthly reports to the Provincial Seneschal.  (It’s easy and quick.)
    • Responsibility for monitoring Whyt Whey social media (since we don’t have a Social Media Officer)
    • Advising fellow officers on law & policy
    • Drop-dead deputy event steward for any events hosted by Whyt Whey
  • Deputy Exchequer (with intent to eventually step up to Exchequer): The Exchequer is the official chapter treasurer; responsible for stewardship of the Canton’s funds and property.  Duties include:
    • Filing quarterly reports to Kingdom
    • Balancing budgets for expenditures and Events (we don’t have a lot of these…)
    • Managing the Canton’s bank account
  • Herald.  The Herald assists members of the Canton with registering names & arms/devices, whether personally, for households, etc.  They could also assist as “voice” heralds at Canton or Provinical courts.  Duties include: 
    • Consultation & research on names and devices
    • Helping populace members with filing registration paperwork
    • Filing quarterly reports to Kingdom

Help keep the medieval machine running – volunteer today!

April 10: Whyt Whey presents the Saturday Night Solar: Viking Gender Roles

Arts & Sciences, Class, Solar

Please join Whyt Whey with Þorfinnr as we take a look inside Norse society!

The idea of the Viking warrior is a strong cultural idiom.  But how did Norse society look from the inside? What about women? What do we know about the expected gender roles and how they were enforced?

Please join us here: https://meet.google.com/otq-vnjr-qfk

The Saturday Night Solar occurs every other Saturday night at 8:00 PM ET. The Canton of Whyt Whey in the Crown Province of Østgarðr hosts teachers and topics from all over the Known World so that even when we are apart, we can learn together.

Check out our other events here! https://www.facebook.com/Canton-of-Whyt-Whey-102705078433999/