So the homeschoolers made me spend my day in the workshop building more inkle looms. (Darn!) With eight students, it should be a nice sized class – plus moms and dads hanging around. There are now twelve completed practice inkle looms sitting on the dining room table – just a little touch up with some steel wool to polish the urethane coating. The class can grow a couple more before I either have to put a limit to the class size or dash back into the workshop to make more looms.
Although I finished the “home projects” for Betty and Melissa, I never touched the archery bow – just not enough time. Maybe tomorrow afternoon I will head back out to the shop to begin tackling this new endeavor.
We had a brief team meeting – lots on the horizon for Medieval Living! Chainmail classes and more inkle loom and tablet loom weaving classes for April. James is working on archery, arrow making/fletching for June and July. If the bow making works as I am hoping it well, we might add that to the list. Melissa is working on the tile making process so that we can hold classes in May. A fundraising yard-sale probably some time in May or early June (see the Albuquerque Craigslist for more info on that). I am also hoping to get an introduction to tapestry weaving course set up in April or May. And then most of these classes will continue on monthly basis, as long as there is interest. (I’ve already been asked about the chainmail class, so I know some people are getting anxious for some of these offerings!) We are also hoping to start some dialogue with a local charter school – some of the things they are doing with their students may partner well with what we are offering. Yeah, the plate is getting full . . . and I like it that way! We met the challenge of the inkle loom homeschoolers – who else has something to challenge us with? Bring it on!
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