Winter is coming to Krae Glas & with it comes our long-awaited Midwinter Hunt!
On Sunday the 21st June, led by our Archery Champion Lady Sorcha ingen ui Chainnigh, we set off on our Midwinter Hunt to take down the giant deer that’s been roaming our lands! In addition to hunting the deer & other game, we’ll also be doing some foraging & once we have enough supplies for dinner, we’ll head back to the Keep for feasting, dancing, an Arts & Sciences competition (2 themes: Creatures of the Wild & Hunting/Travelling supplies) & general merriment & celebrations!
We will begin the day at our archery range (Noble Park Secondary College) with opening court at 12:30 followed by various archery challenges & a foraging challenge, before retiring to The Dolphin’s Keep (24 Mon’s Parade, Noble Park) around 4pm for the evening’s entertainment. Bookings close on the 10th, so make sure to book soon!
To prepare for the hunt, this month’s Crafthall (Fletching & Cloakmaking) + Potluck will have TWO classes instead of just one! From 2pm on Saturday the 13th (also at the Dolphin’s Keep), Sorcha will be running a Fletching class to coach you through making a combat-legal arrow & Lord Robert De Mar will be running a Cloakmaking class to show you how to make a simple & cozy hooded cloak! Coincidentally, as cloaks & arrows are both Hunting & Travelling supplies, if you are especially proud of your finished work, you could enter them into the Arts & Sciences competition at the Hunt!
As always, there will be a community Potluck for dinner afterwards (around 5-6pm or when dinner is ready). If you haven’t been to one of these before, the food is always excellent & as 2 of our regular Crafthall Potluck contributors (Baroness Margie & Maryan Applewood) are also cooking the Hunt feast, this dinner may give you a little taste of what you can look forward to at the Hunt!
For the Cloakmaking class you will need to bring two types of fabric, an outer layer & an inner layer, as well as matching thread. For each layer, the fabric should be at least 1m wide & double-your-height in length. We recommend wool or a wool blend as an outer layer for both warmth & protection against rain, while the inner layer should be something you like the feel of against your skin.
For the Fletching class, materials to make combat-legal arrows will be provided at a cost of $10 per arrow made. If you wish to bring your own supplies, you will need (for each arrow) a cedar shaft, a nock, three fletches, tape and a combat blunt.
If you are able to bring a sewing machine or fletching jig for use in this month’s classes, please do so!
Our monthly Council meeting will be held via Zoom on Tuesday the 16th. Zoom details will be released closer to the date.
On Thursday the 4th our Fibre Guild will have it’s monthly meetup at the first Thursday Night Gathering & Training session of the month! All fans of fibrecrafts are welcome to bring their current projects (or anything you want to show off) & come along for a chat! Doors open at 7 & Fibre Guild usually starts around 7:30 in the back room, while the main hall is used for training.
Every other week, our Thursdays continue as usual, with both heavy & rapier training (& casual socialising) happening from 7pm every week at the Dolphin’s Keep on the 11th, 18th & 25th.
While our Crafthall & Thursday nights are “come as you are”, Midwinter Hunt is a garbed event, so please wear your best attempt at pre-17th Century clothing. If you need to borrow something to wear, please reach out to our Chatelaine Bermund at chatelaine@kraeglas.lochac.sca.org so he can help you out.
For more information on any of our events this month, please see the relevant Facebook Event pages or our website.