A&S entries for 2025-2026
Category: Lef mon læces behofað; læran sceal mon geongne monnan (A sick man needs a doctor; a young man should be taught)Entrant: Melissa WijffelsTitle: Class on flax processing At Spring Camp I taught a class on flax processing – people were so keen that the 1-hour class ended up going …
Category: Seo nydþearf feala læreð (Necessity teaches many things)Entrant: Trudy of EssexTitle: The apron dress from Køstrup (Grave ACQ) I needed to make this dress in order to display my tablet-woven band.The grave in Køstrup Fyn in Denmark was excavated in 1980-81. Grave ACQ had preserved fragments of textile, a …
Category: Geþyld byþ middes eades (Patience is half of happiness).Entrant: Trudy of EssexTitle: Kostrup band tablet weaving This project took much longer than expected as I broke my arm while in the middle of weaving.This is a two-hole band with soumak patterning. Pattern by Alicja Mega (Hrafna Norse Crafts). I …
Category: Hwæt bið betst and wyrst? Ic ðe secge, mannes word.Entrant: Geffrey de WulfTitle: I Might be Daft, But I’m Not Stupid. Geoffrey ðe Wulf watched as the French knight, Sir François la Grenouille, walked towards him.The Frenchman shouted out a challenge in a gust of garlic tainted breath. Wulf …
Category: Seo nydþearf feala læreð (Necessity teaches many things) Entrant: Trudie Beata Ollyfe Griffen Title: Trials with dying Trials with dying. Foreground is blueberry and bicarbonate soda made last year and in jar till I had something to trial. Not impressed but will use it up. Back hanger is avocado …
Category: Ne wat swetes ðanc, se þe biteres ne onbyrgeð (He never knows the pleasure of sweetness, who never tastes bitterness)Make, remake, or finish a project that went wrong (can have been started prior to 2025) Entrant: Lady Rose Le Taillor Title; Londinium Hood The lovely Lady Eleanor Hall inspired …
Category Ne wat swetes ðanc, se þe biteres ne onbyrgeð (He never knows the pleasure of sweetness, who never tastes bitterness) EntrantLihua Li Entry“Yunjian” (sometimes “Pijian”) or “Cloud Collar” Item: “Yunjian” (sometimes “Pijian”) or “Cloud Collar” Time: Ming Dynasty, however this collar was popular from Sui Dynasty and into the Qing …
CategorySeo nydþearf feala læreð (Necessity teaches many things) EntrantLihua Li EntryLebkuchengewürz Why I chose this entryFor the Ildhafn Winter Event/Baronial Anniversary, I had decided I wished to makeLebkuchen for our contribution to Saturday’s lunch. Unfortunately, most recipes forLebkuchen simply state ‘Lebkuchengewürz’ in the ingredients. I used a recipe forLebkuchengewürz I …
CategoryBetere byþ oft feðre þonne oferfeðre (Better to be often loaded than overloaded) EntrantMelissa Wijffels EntryFrame Purse made from handspun cloth Having finished my handspun cloth, I needed to make something out of it! This is the first time I’ve evercut a weaving project, so I wanted to be sure …