Hunting and Gathering for Garb Issue B A R O N Y O F R I V E N S T A R R I V E N S T A R. M I D R E A L M. O RG MAR/APR 2017 EDITION Volume 15, Issue 2 The RivenSTAR Bimonthly Edition For a devilishly good time, join us for Three Saints and a Sinner Saturday April 22nd Local Places for Garb Supplies All Fired Up! 310 East State Street, West Lafayette, Wabash Landing (You can make your own ceramic feast gear.) Amused Clothing 316 1/2 W. State Street, West Lafayette, Chauncey Hill (They sometimes have military surplus gear.) Goodwill Stores (scrap fabric, dishware, baskets ) 3229 Daugherty Road, Lafayette 101 Shenandoah Drive, Lafayette 200 Sagamore Pkwy West, West Lafayette (They have a membership card that gives you discounts and the occasional coupon.) Hobby Lobby (Craft supplies, fabric) 200 South Creasy Lane, Lafayette Jo-Ann Fabrics (Fabric and craft supplies) 311 Sagamore Pkwy North. Lafayette (They have an app with lots of online coupons.) Michaels (Craft supplies) 3500 State Highway 38 East Suite 200, Lafayette (Look for coupons in the newspaper and online.) Riven Knits (Yarn store, yarn and wool) 846 Main Street, Lafayette Von s Gifts (Beads, jewelry making supplies) 317 W. State St. West Lafayette Trinity Mission Outlet Thrift Shop 1224 Union St. Lafayette Main Street Downtown Lafayette also has several antiques stores and specialty shops. You never know what you might find and can repurpose. If you re up for a road trip... Landwerlen Leather (serious leather craft supplies) 365 S Illinois St; Indianapolis, Indiana 46225 Saddling Up for Mosey Come join us at the Rivenstar informational booth Downtown Lafayette during the Mosey Down Main Street Festivals. Saturdays from 6-10 pm Booth set up begins at 4:30 pm May 13th June 3rd July 8th August 12th September 2nd Things to Look for in Garb Supplies By Katrín Grímsdóttir Sometimes starting out making your own garb can be daunting, but it doesn t have to be. We have lots of local resources where you can find material and baubles to create and decorate your garb or make accessories and feast gear. For every day summer garb, linen is the most popular, but it can be expensive. Look for sales or use coupons whenever you can. It s worth the price. Linen keeps you cool and has just the right period look for most styles. There are different weights of linen; lightweight is good, but it can be too transparent if you don t wear any layers underneath. Inside this issue: (Cont. on page 7) Newsletter Information & Officer Contact 2 Business Meeting Minutes 3-7 Garb Hunting Article Cont., Spring Event Ad 7 Calendar of Upcoming Events 8
Important information about this publication: This is the Mar/Apr 2017, issue of the RivenSTAR, a publication of the Barony of Rivenstar of the Society for Creative Anachronism, Inc. (SCA, Inc.). The RivenSTAR is edited and available from Kathleen Hill, 2601 Soldiers Home Rd #17, West Lafayette, IN 47906. It is not a corporate publication of SCA, Inc., and does not delineate SCA, Inc. policies. Copyright 2017 Society for Creative Anachronism, Inc. For information on reprinting photographs, articles, or artwork from this publication, please contact the Chronicler, who will assist you in contacting the original creator of the piece. Please respect the legal rights of our contributors. The RivenSTAR gratefully accepts submissions of articles and artwork. These must be copyright free and of interest to the SCA community. The editor reserves the right to edit material before publication due to content or space constraints. Artwork should be submitted in electronic format (gif or jpg files, please.) Use simple fonts like Times New Roman or Arial for text submissions. Please e-mail artwork, text submissions, and corrections to the RivenSTAR editor Lady Katrín Grímsdóttir email: katrinthescrivener@gmail.com. Credits: A portion of the images in this publication are protected by U.S. and Worldwide Copyright laws, and are owned by Microsoft Publisher 2017. Officer badges can be found at the MK Chronicler s website. Clip art credit: www.hasslefreeclipart.com Regular Weekly Activities Info Every Monday Madrigal Singers Rehearsal 7:00 pm - Stewart Center Contact: Pieter van Doorn email: sirpieter@juno.com Baronial Business Meetings 8:00 pm - Stewart Center Seneschal's contact information in the officer s list Tuesdays - Dance Practice 6:00 pm - Stewart Center Dance Mistress contact information in the officer s list Every Wednesday - Heavy and Rapier 8:00 pm - Purdue Armory Marshal contact information in the officer s list Thursdays - Armoring and Projects Night Contact Baron Adhamh for the address Every Sunday Practice 1:00 pm - Huis Doorn (Spring to Fall - currently on hiatus) & Thrown Weapons Practice 4:00 pm - Huis Doorn (outdoors weather permitting) Marshal contact information in officer s list Other special activities and classes will be announced at meetings, Facebook, or www.midrealm.org/rivenstar Medieval Society of Purdue Contacts President - Elizabeth of the Marshes email: marshe@purdue.edu Faculty Advisor - Gallien le Cavalier de l'ile (Lyle Janney) Officers of the Barony of Rivenstar Baron - Maighstir Adhamh MacAoidh (Adam Shepherd) email: baronofrivenstar@gmail.com Baroness - Uaile Malie Bean MhicAoid (Molly Magee) email: baronessofrivenstar@gmail.com Seneschal - Brianna the Small (Breanna Jones) email: rivenstar.seneschal@midrealm.org Knight's Marshal - Lord Orentil (Ron Schanlaub) email: rivenstar.marshal@midrealm.org Rapier Marshal - Lady Briana Stonefield (Mary Ellen miller) email: rivenstar.rapier@midrealm.org Marshal - Wilhelm of Rivenstar (Ryan Jones) email: rivenstar.archery@midrealm.org Marshal - Countess Takaya Mereleone, (Vickie Poole) email: takaya@juno.com Herald - Nikolai Vasilei Stefanov (Drake Meed) email: rivenstar.herald@midrealm.org Chronicler - Lady Katrín Grímsdóttir (Kathleen Hill) email: rivenstar.chronicler@midrealm.org MoAS - Signora Aurora Lucia Marinella (April Maybee) email: rivenstar.moas@midrealm.org Exchequer - Lady Françoise Katze (Ann Nordmeyer Longcor) email: rivenstar.exchequer@midrealm.org Chatelaine - Lady Marilynde of the Rocks (Mary Rusek) email: rivenstar.chatelaine@midrealm.org Web Minister - Lucius Antonius Ursus (Andrew marks) email: rivenstar.webminister@midrealm.org Dance Mistress - Briana Stonefield (Mary Ellen Miller) email: mxmiller21@gmail.com Page 2
Rivenstar s Baronial Business Meeting Minutes Meeting Minutes for 2-13-17 10 members in attendance Event Reports: Lots of stories from Val Day. Pieter won one of the fencing tournaments. Exchequer,, and Webminister all sent in their reports on time. Chronicler Newsletter will be out next week. Moonwulf and Takaya are working to repair the new baronial coronets. It was suggested that we make smaller coronets for Their Excellencies for daily use and only use the big fancy coronets for big events/baronial court. Feast Tasting - We had 13 people show up for the tasting. - We hashed out plans for the courses and got excellent feedback on the dishes. The seven deadly sins will be represented in each of the removes/courses. - We will need someone with theatrical panache to announce the courses. - The next Feast Tasting meeting will be March 5th (tentatively) and will be the last one before the event. Takaya will have more details shortly. - Katrin volunteered to make the Feast sign up board and numbers for the tables. - Aurora and Arrantxa are collaborating to make a feast token menu booklet that will have the 3 Saints collector s card as the cover. - In the A-Frame we will hold A&S classes and activities, Troll/Registration, and the Lunch Tavern. - Nikolai will be our field herald. - The archers have volunteered to help run the lunch tavern and will schedule archery activities around lunch time. Rocky is organizing the tavern. - Rocky will also bring the Gold Key (loaner garb) to the Wednesday night fighter practice before the event and will have it in the basement of the A-frame the day of the event. - We will not need event handouts for everyone. Katrin will make a poster board of the schedule and a site map to be stationed at troll. We ll have a few printed schedules for the heralds. - Katrin also volunteered to make a wooden troll sign, but Pieter pointed out that the use of the word Troll is going out of favor. There may be a Registration sign instead. - John asked that we make new phone cards for those running various parts of the event to keep in contact. Someone was assigned the duty of making new cards. - We have both site and feast tokens in the works. Meeting Minutes for 2-20-17 10 members in attendance We had a large turnout this weekend and had great weather. We did Royal Rounds. Marie will be a Marshal in Training (MIT) for target archery. Seneschal Sent in her report. Chronicler Newsletter has been published and sent to all parties. We discussed the officer emails. The officers will comply with kingdom wishes. (The Chronicler does so under protest!) Mosey - We decided to participate in all five of the Mosey Down Main Street events this summer. - Katrin will submit the application online. - Rocky will assist on those dates Katrin can t be there for the mandatory 4:30 pm registration setup for each of the dates. - Mosey 2017 dates: 5/13, 6/3, 7/8, 8/12, 9/2 Note: 8/12 is the last Saturday of PENNSIC - We approved Pieter s request to have the barony pay for the dry cleaning of the server s tabards for feast. The estimated cost will be $37.00. - We worked out a rough schedule which Pieter will relay to Ursus to update on the website. - Tentative schedule: Site opens at 8:00 am. Authorizations will begin at 9:00 am. field opens at 9:00 am and will be closed for lunch. No thrown weapons activities planned so far. Marshal activities start at 10:00 am. Lunch will be from 11:30 am to 1:30 pm. No court is scheduled. No royalty is expected. A&S activities if any will happen in the A-Frame. All activities will cease one hour before feast. Pieter needs to confirm with Takaya about the feast schedule. will commence after feast table clean up. Site closes at 10:30 pm. - Pieter will check with Ross camp about having the site open on Friday night for feast prep and set up. - The site layout will be the same as last year except for archery which will be in the field closer to the entrance. Page 3
Rivenstar s Baronial Business Meeting Minutes Meeting Minutes for 2-27-17 13 in attendance Event Reports: Katrin entered her embroidery work in an art show in Detroit. Officer Reports Chatelaine - We ve been invited to participate in a demo at the Montessori school on Soldiers Home Road, West Lafayette. It s April 10th or 12th during normal daytime work hours. Most of us work during the day, so Rocky will check with the students Wednesday night at fighter practice. - We were also invited to the Purdue student government Renn Faire. Pieter talked about one that is happening Spring of 2018. More details will be coming soon. - The Regional Chatelaine is holding a contest and wants a list of attendees for all of our activities in the month of March. She also wants pictures and videos. The officers present at the meeting decided this information will be gathered on a volunteer basis. If you hold a meeting or activity, try to get an attendee list and some photos and send them to Rocky to add to her report. This includes non -official SCA social things like Takaya s New Year s Eve Party. - If you send pictures to Rocky for the contest or to Katrin for the newsletter, please have the release forms filled out. You can find them and how to fill them out on the Kingdom Chronicler s webpage: http://www.midrealm.org/chronicler/ - The Tippecanoe Public Library is holding their Spring Book Sale this weekend. Announcements and Events Feast Tasting Meeting 3-5-17 at Huis Doorn starting at 6:30 pm Spring Event - We discussed the A&S Take and Make idea that Aurora had for the A-Frame that she posted on Facebook. We need more information from her before we start publishing information online. We need to know who is paying for the kits, and are there going to be people manning the tables explaining how to use those kits. Coise doesn t want lots of noise on the main floor of the A-frame where troll is going to be. We also have the tables downstairs before and after lunch for classes as an option. Pieter will try to discuss it with her at the Feast tasting. - Adhamh confirmed that we are having both a heavy and fencing regional fighter practice. - Sigulf announced that we have our first merchant. - Takaya confirmed Feast will start at 6:30 pm, so activities will end at. - Aurora asked via email about who will run the dancing since she was not available and she was under the impression that Brianna would not be available that evening either. We don t have to have dancing, but we will try to have the music there in case dancing spontaneously breaks out. Pieter will talk to Brianna to confirm. NOTE: We ve had a lot of he said she said assumptions lately. Please, if you plan to run an activity, email or talk to Pieter first so we know who is doing what; otherwise, it s not going on the schedule. Meeting Minutes for 3-6-17 15 members in attendance 7 people attended practice at Huis Doorn this Sunday. Chatelaine There was enough interest from the fighters to do the Montessori schools demo. - The Jay County Fiber Arts Festival is this weekend in Portland, IN. - We circulated the sign in sheet for the Regional Chatelaine s contest. The Baron and Baroness are going to Gulf Wars and will not be at next week s meeting. Adhamh will not be at the following meeting. Mosey Katrin submitted the application. We are waiting for the event coordinators to send out the contracts. - We held our second feast tasting. All of the deadly sins are represented in the menu. Sloth We ll have items on the table like bread and cheese still in their wrappers. Envy Pea soup Lust Pomegranate Chicken with chick peas, chick pea salad, and couscous Pride Sweet apple bread Wrath Deviled beef with noodles Gluttony Cabbage wrapped pork Avarice You Know You Want It Trifle (Russian cream with strawberry shortcake) and almond cake - Aurora confirmed there were no baronial costs involved in making the A&S take home projects. - Louder A&S classes like the leather stamping could be done out on the balcony in fair weather. - We discussed the site map. Katrin will remove the pool Page 4
Rivenstar s Baronial Business Meeting Minutes and make a poster board for troll. She is also making a poster board for the schedule. - Yes, we will have hawks at the event, specifically goshawks. The person needs to know when and where for the demo. His information and request will be forwarded to Aurora. - We have a second merchant booked. - and thrown weapons are not planned for the event unless someone from outside the barony wants to set up and run these activities. Off Season There s a possibility of having it in the Armory. Adrianne discussed the archery requirements with Purdue space management. We need to reserve the space 6 months in advance and have a free standing archery net. Meeting Minutes for 3-13-17 8 members in attendance Event Reports: Marie built a bow with Will the Archer! - We had an unofficial practice at Arrows 3 and about 5 people showed to shoot. - Will and Marie have 3 events in April to work on becoming official marshals. - If we have an Indoor location at the Purdue Armory for archery, then we won t be able to include thrown weapons. - Aurora is working on menu booklets for tables that will have selected recipes and ingredients. - No royalty coming as of yet. Brianna is keeping an eye out on the calendar for any changes. For the Good of the Order: State Street construction is going to start very soon. This will probably affect parking for Business meeting and choir. Suggestions for parking alternatives were Wood Street Garage. You can use the tunnels to get back over to the Union. Meeting Minutes for 3-20-17 12 members in attendance We had practice this weekend. William used his new bow. We had someone s personal bow brake. There were no injuries. Chatelaine Requesting attendance numbers for the various activities over the week for the contest. Exchequer Sending out the check for the archery net. There were some issues with the vendor not accepting our tax exempt status. The regional exchequer is looking into a solution. Mosey Katrin brought the contract for our participation for all five dates for Mosey this year. Brianna and Katrin signed it. Katrin will send it to the event coordinator. - Pieter will bring a sign-up sheet next week so people can volunteer for activities. He will also bring it to Wednesday fighter practice to encourage the now seasoned students to help run the event. - The site tokens are in progress. Brianna asked for help finishing the braids. - Aurora is making the feast token menu booklets. Takaya will get the final recipes to her. - Katrin brought in small versions of the map, schedule, and feast sign-up sheet. - Takaya confirmed that we are doing 8 tables with 8 seats, but we should add one more table for head table and their Excellencies can decide who will sit with them if we have no royalty present. - We need to add hound coursing to the site map and schedule. - Nicolai will do field heraldry and MC Feast, but he has no plans for a consult table. Nighthawk might set up a table in the A-Frame. - Nicolai needs to return the large herald s tabard since he now has his own. Dani has the baronial inventory, so he needs to contact her. Notes taken by Marie (Gina), transcribed by Katrin Page 5
Rivenstar s Baronial Business Meeting Minutes Meeting Minutes for 3-27-17 13 members in attendance Event Reports: Lots of event reports from Gulf Wars, Tournament of Defense, and others - Pieter passed around the volunteer sign-up sheet. - We have updated insurance for the event. There was an additional fee of $50.00 because West Lafayette Park and Rec wanted to be listed on the policy. - Pieter asked Ursus to post the Campus State Street closing information on the website. - Dani will check the inventory of signs to see what we have from last year so we know what we still need to print. - Takaya will need help with the feast inventory boxes as Dani will not be at the event. Pieter and a few others have arranged trucks and manual labor. - We have four merchants signed up for the event. - Katrin needs to add the falconer to space #7 on the map and send that to Ursus for the website. We still need to get the falcon demo times for the schedule. - There are no known classes as of yet, just the A&S take and make demo stuff. - We discussed bringing easels for the display boards. Katrin will bring her sign making kit in case we need last minute items. - Token braids and coins are still being made. Brianna would like all of the braids back to her by the 17th so they can add the coins. Mosey Do we need to purchase a pop up tent for the barony to use for events like Mosey? Malie and Adhamh purchased a 10X10 tent last year to use at Mosey so we are covered for now. There were offers of tables to use as well. Meeting Minutes for 4-3-17 14 members in attendance Event Reports: Pieter attended Stone Dog. Chronicler & Herald Turned in their quarterly reports. Chatelaine Rocky is coming to fighter practice to pick up armor for the upcoming demo. - She is also looking for the Medieval Society display boards. Contact her if you have them. - Rocky will be at the Wednesday fighter practice the week before the event with the loaner garb. Exchequer We ve begun to receive checks for preregistration and feast. Pieter brought the new nets to practice. - William is working on building a frame for them. - Malie mentioned that there has been interest outside of the barony for William to teach bow and arrow making. They are particularly interested in his research. - We discussed the possibility of having a specialty archery event. Pieter offered his property for use. We will discuss that idea at later date. Bardic Madness Event? Malie said she was approached again to do bardic madness this year in the fall, maybe October. There is interest, but we have limited site options for that time of year due to weather concerns and places people can sleep overnight. Brianna will take another look at the local site list. Pieter offered his property for use, but weather is still an issue. - Pieter passed around the volunteer sign-up sheet. He will see about getting an online volunteer sign up set up. We are still looking for volunteers. - Regional War practice for both heavy and fencing has been confirmed. Pieter will ask Ursus to prominently advertise that on the website. - Nicolai wants to expand on the shtick idea for feast. He wants to have a different person to announce each course in a manner fitting the sin. He will send out an email and Facebook page invitation for people to volunteer. - There will be some decorating in the feast hall. We need to locate all of the banners that have been used in various demos throughout the year. If you have one, let one of the officers know so we can gather those back up. - Do we have targets sturdy enough for someone to do a cross bow demonstration? Yes? The archery group and Moowulf will bring what targets they have to the event. - Brianna and Percival planned to have 200 plus a few extra tokens for site. Coise says she still has cards from last year we can also use if we get more than 200 people. - Brianna volunteered to cash the check to seed the cash box for troll. Coise will cut a check the Monday before the event. Notes taken by Katrin Grimsdottir except where noted Page 6
The Barony of Rivenstar invites you to our annual Spring Event Three Saints & a Sinner April 22nd, 2017 Ross Camp 9225 W 75 S, West Lafayette, IN 47906 Site: Opens at 8:00 am, closes at 10:30 pm Despite the sinful nature of our event, the site is BONE DRY. It s handicapped accessible, but the grounds are not wheel chair friendly. Adult Registration: $15; Adult Member Discount Registration: $10; Family Cap Registration: $30 Feast: $10 per person Activities: Regional Rapier and Heavy War Practice,, Arts & Sciences demonstrations, and more! Autocrat: Pieter Van Doorn, email: sirpieter@juno.com Reservations: Françoise Katze (Ann Nordmeyer-Longcor) Make checks payable to SCA Inc. - Barony of Rivenstar Address: 4955 State Road 26 W, West Lafayette, IN 47906, email: ldyfrancoise@netzero.net Merchants: No fee, but no indoor space either. Bring your own tables, chairs, and sunshade/rain cover. Contact: Sigulf Karlnar mastersigulf@gmail.com See our website: rivenstar.midrealm.org Check us out on Facebook! Pictures from s Garb Supplies cont. (Cont. from page 1) 100% cotton is the next best thing. You can find it in a variety of colors and finishes. Some are shiny and work well for fancy garb, but they don t breathe as well as linen in the summer. Cotton Muslin can be super cheep, but it tends to have lots of flaws. This is a good starter fabric and good for making patterns or under garments. Linen/cotton with synthetic blends all have their uses and work well for garb. Experiment with smaller items like tunics and pants before investing in larger projects until you know what blends work best for you. Stay away from 100% synthetics as you ll roast in the summer sun and Midwest humidity. It might work for the ten-foot rule, but there s a good chance you ll toss it after your first event. For camping events, water repellent wool cloaks and blankets are your best friend when the temperature suddenly drops at night and everything is covered in condensation. At thrift shops, you can sometimes find old curtains or prom dresses with beautiful heavy brocade designs that can be repurposed into bodices, tunics, and pouches. We also have local festivals like the Feast of the Hunter s Moon. It s geared towards mid-1700s reenactment, but it is loaded with SCA period useful stuff like fabric, leather, beads, animal fur and more. Once you decide on a favorite time period or culture, you'll start seeing fabric and accessories in all kinds of second hand things. Of course nowadays, we have access to that magical thing called the internet where you can find darn near anything. It still wouldn t hurt to check with your friendly neighborhood crafters before buying ten yards of hot pink taffeta. Those loud colors and prints might be period, but if it s not used properly, you ll end up looking like a Cirque du Soleil reject. If you find that you re all knots when it come to sewing, check out online SCA yard sales for good deals on used garb and armor or find your local seamstresses. Rivenstar has lots of talent from garb making, leather working, embroidery, tablet weaving, and more. Ask Rocky, our Chatelaine, about loaner garb to get you started. Don t be shy! Photos submitted by Katrin Grimsdottir. Page 7
The RivenSTAR JAN/FEB 2017 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 7 1 8 2 9 May 2017 3 10 4 11 5 6 12 13 Mosey Down Main Street 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 Fighter practice in the Purdue Armory at 8:00 pm Fair weather summer practice at Slayter Hill 6:30 pm Check Facebook Group Page for the change over. See the Rivenstar Facebook Group for last minute meeting additions, classes, room assignments, and schedule changes. Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 4 11 18 25 5 12 19 26 6 13 20 27 June 2017 7 14 21 28 1 8 15 22 29 2 3 Mosey Down Main street 9 10 16 17 23 24 30 31