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Textile Market in Glentleiten

In case you're in the area around Munich this weekend and are looking for something textile-related to do, there's the Textilmarkt Benediktbeuern - only this year, because of hail damage, it's been relocated to the Freilichtmuseum Glentleiten.

It's taking place both on Saturday and Sunday, September 16 and 17,  from 10 to 18 h. You can find more information on the website here.

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Karlsruhe! Nadelwelt!

I'm deep in the preparation for the Nadelwelt fair next week. It's amazing how, shortly before a fair, there's always this and that coming back to mind that could be done, or that would be nice to have on the fair, in addition to all the other things that have to be prepared, or made, or checked.

Weird, isn't it? 

I've made good progress today, both with checks of lists, and getting things sorted, and with more preparation. Like restocking on distaffs, which means finishing their top ends with a knife and fitting them with the band. Still plenty of things left to do, though...

The Nadelwelt! We will be in B6.5 this year. Drop by if you are there, and say hello!

... which means that I will be taking a little blog break. 

The fair runs from Friday, March 31, to Sunday, April 2 (come visit me and Margit at our booth in B6.5!), so after packing everything up, I'll be back home on Monday... and then it's almost Easter already. Which means I will be back on the blog after Easter, on April 11. 

Have fun, and happy egg hunting if you do!

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Off To Shenanigans!

It is a truth universally acknowledged, that when things come to happen, they do it in masses.

Ahead of me are three-and-a-half very full weeks, where I'm mostly away from home, doing things - giving workshops, holding presentations, doing museum inventory work, and, to balance out the work, having a few days off with the Most Patient of All Husbands inbetween. (I'm quite sure they will be needed...)

It's wonderful and exhilarating to be off and about and among people once more, though I admit I'm also a little anxious about this. There's still a pandemic happening, even though it is getting easier to ignore it all the time. I have masks, though (really well-fitting for a change, I'm quite amazed) and have just tested negative (something the Spinntreffen organisers were asking for, to self-test before going there), and I hope that I will have a sufficiently effective combination of being sensible and being lucky.

At the moment, I'm in the last bits of prep for the Spinntreffen of the Handspinngilde this weekend, and that means packing the car, printing out lists, and finishing putting together the workshop tools and materials. So once this post is done, I will hop out into the garden and cut some willow and hazel rods to serve as bow looms.

If you're interested in my presentation for the Hansemuseum Lübeck and the FGHO, it will be streamed live on YouTube on October 11, starting at 18:00. There's also still tickets available for those of you who prefer to be right in the room with me in Lübeck.

I will be back on the blog on October 24, when all my away missions are done and I'm back home - and I hope you will have a good time until then!

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Fair Food.

No, this time I'm not talking about food that is paid for fairly - but fair food as in the things I eat when on a fair. 

There is, obviously, a huge difference between going on a fair as a visitor and going on a fair as a vendor, though in both cases, I tend to bring my own food. Most of the time, the things offered at the food stalls are not, um, top-quality stuff in regards to ingredients and taste, and they are usually also quite high-priced. 

When I go to visit the Spiel game fair at Essen, the usual stuff we're taking along is sandwiches, some fruit, and a bit of chocolate or other sweet stuff. There's a nice breakfast in the morning and the group goes to have dinner at an Italian or other place in the evening. Packing and food prep for that is easy, as it's only the sweet stuff and maybe some extra fruit to pack and bring along, the sandwich ingredients are provided at breakfast time, as is more fruit. So nothing to think of or prep in the days before.

When I'm on a fair as a vendor, it's a wholly different picture. Sometimes breakfast is provided, but that's the exception; usually it's pack your own for all the event. Which means packing food that is ready to eat, does not need to be refrigerated, is more or less sensible, easy to eat a bit of and put away again (in case customers come along while you're munching), and preferably also tasty.

Bread and smoked sausages as well as boiled eggs are among the typical things that fit these requirements. Chocolate, of course - my rule is to take one bar of chocolate per day, just in case things happen and there's no time to eat properly. Carrots, radishes, and cucumbers are good choices for getting some fresh stuff that does not wilt when you look at it oddly. But something that is not bread is also very nice to have.

One of my not-bread-meal staples for these occasions is Quarkauflauf - which is, more or less, a crust-free cheesecake with fruit in it. And today's the first time since ages that I'm prepping this. With Zwetschgen as the fruit, that lovely variety of plums that I like so much, and that I find is unrivalled in Quarkauflauf. I don't really know why I haven't made this since the last fair, but I can tell you that I am very much looking forward to this fair food, to be consumed this weekend in Hohenlohe!

In case you're in the region, come see me at my stall, the fair runs Saturday and Sunday in Blaufelden. And if you have suggestions, or a favourite food to take along on travels or events, let me know in the comments - it's always interesting to hear what other people have to keep them going on events!

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Instagram Live... Conserved.

Botanica Yarnfest this weekend was a lot of fun, and I found out, once again, that I get quite, quite nervous before doing an online livestream demo thingie. It's worse than doing  a real-life demo somehow, even though there are no people present. Probably because there are no people present... there's just no feedback whatsoever, nobody sitting down and waiting for you to start, no room vibes to be read and acted upon. I find I actually prefer having a bunch of people look at me and being able to look back instead of having just that tiny little screen showing myself, so I can make sure I'm not running out of the picture.

Anyway, I did my demo, there were a few questions, I had some fun, and I did get some very nice feedback afterwards. I also managed to download the whole thing to my phone (which did the filming). It was not possible to re-post it to my own Instagram account, though; apparently that is only supported for videos up to 15 minutes, and mine is a bit over 30.

But there's youtube... so here you go, in case you'd like to see it: My demo of medieval spinning, with all the funny "big nose" camera effects that you get when you go close to the camera, and the weird portrait screen ratio helpfully provided by my phone.

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Online Yarnfest!

I'm very happy to have something online again to look forward to - I'll be part of the Botanica Yarnfest this year! It is an online event taking place on Instagram, with a lot of demonstrations by yarn and fibre people from all over.

The website is already up and running, and I've handed in my info, so I'll be listed there soon, too:


I will be doing a demonstration of medieval-style spinning on Sunday. That will be exciting - and fun!
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Online Market again - Saturday December 19!

I'll be taking part in the last Mittelaltermarkt Online this year, on Saturday, December 19, from 16:00 h onwards.

There will be next to no Christmas Markets in Germany this year, and I'm a bit sad about this, even though I'm not a big drinker of mulled wine. But I've always enjoyed a stroll through the market in cold weather, looking at baubles and cookie cutters and stalls selling soap and spices and furry indoor shoes. And, of course and traditional for me, eating Currywurst mit Pommes (curry sausage and fries)! No Currywurst this year, is how it looks.

But there will be at least this online market, and one where there's no need to keep a metre of distance (you can push your nose as close to your screen as you like), or where you are going to have very cold fingers and toes after a while (unless you have a very cold space to sit with your computer) and you can have all the mulled wine that you want (having heated it in your own kitchen). So - stop by on Saturday the 19th, have a look around at all the stalls, and feel free to drop by and have a chat with me at my "stall"!
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