Bayeux Embroidery Class--We did it!
Oct. 30th, 2010 11:58 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
anarraCarol and I taught the Bayeux Embroidery class! (See page 31--warning .pdf). We had a lot of fun. The students had a lot of fun. They learned stem stitch, couching and laid work and had a nice lesson on the events of the year 1066--illustrated with sections of the Bayeux Tapestry--with a nifty handout to take home (if I do say so myself).
We brought examples of the Bayeux Embroidery stitch technique--one of them on a piece of linen the width of the original so the students could get an idea of the actual size. We brought woad, weld and madder to show the dye stuffs. We brought examples of dyed wool and wool combs and a drop spindle to show how the embroidery wool was made. We recommend Paternayan tapestry wool if you're not going to dye and spin your own.
Janet and Carol are going to teach this class again in the Spring. It will be on a Wednesday in May at Manchester Community College. Actual date not yet determined.
This was such a fun class I hope I get a chance to teach it again. Perhaps for another Adult Education organization.
We brought examples of the Bayeux Embroidery stitch technique--one of them on a piece of linen the width of the original so the students could get an idea of the actual size. We brought woad, weld and madder to show the dye stuffs. We brought examples of dyed wool and wool combs and a drop spindle to show how the embroidery wool was made. We recommend Paternayan tapestry wool if you're not going to dye and spin your own.
Janet and Carol are going to teach this class again in the Spring. It will be on a Wednesday in May at Manchester Community College. Actual date not yet determined.
This was such a fun class I hope I get a chance to teach it again. Perhaps for another Adult Education organization.
