Fifth Saturday Project Day

Fellow Akronians,

Saturday November 23 is the Eryndor season closer at Ottawa Park, Toldeo Ohio. Festivities begin at 11 am with weapons check. It promises to be a chilly weekend, so dress warmly and fight hard.

Saturday November 30 is the Fifth Saturday Event. Because of the Holidays being crazy, your Akronian party planners have chosen to designate this day as an official chill out/relax/project day. All those wonderful things you've been meaning to put together? This is the day to get started and also tap into some of the years of expertise of your fellow Akronians. We speak the languages of chainmail, leather, weapons, garb, and cookies. Location still to be determined depending on how many are planning on showing. If you want help with something specific, please contact a house lord to make sure they are prepared with the right tools that you will need.

The Official Akronian Holiday Party is currently scheduled for December 21, and will be a potluck. More details to come.

~Kaelyn

Eryndor Season Closer

Eryndor Season Closer is coming up this weekend!

Deets

Please contact Cynar before Friday is you plan to attend.  Carpool arrangements are possible if you're looking to save cash.

~Ravenna

Updates on Project Linus

EDIT - PROJECT LINUS WORK DAY CANCELLED IN FAVOR OF FIFTH SATURDAY CHILL OUT/PROJECT DAY

Well everyone, we're getting into Holiday Time again. And it is time for Project Linus.

Project Linus is a charity organization that delivers new, handmade blankets to children in crisis. For the last few years, Akronians have gotten together to make blankets to donate. This can be any handmade blanket, from crochet, to fleece tied blankets, to quilts, or any kind of handmade blankets.

The date for our Project Linus get together is still up for debate. It has been suggested that we do it on Thanksgiving Weekend for our Fifth Saturday get together. Please let us know if you would like to participate and when you would be available. Eryndor's season closer is the week before Thanksgiving, so there will be no conflict with Dagorhir events.

If you aren't sure what we're talking about here, please check out the Project Linus Pattern Page and also the posts here, here and here to get an idea of the types of things that you could do.

Please comment or email me so that we can set this up!

Fiber Art Blog Share

If you are interested in the fiber arts of weaving, knitting, crocheting etc, you may be interested in checking out the blog Wisdom Begins In Wonder.

Andrea works as a farmer at an alpaca farm near Battle Creek.  She spins yarn from her goat's wool, weaves, and knits (haven't seen any crochet yet).  She also sells her yarn on her Etsy shop as well as some handmade goat's milk soap.

If you enjoy the craft or are interested in pasture-to-product materials, she is worth checking out.

The King's English - 100 phrases in 3 Minutes [HD]

Stolen from Kiran's FB comments

Elven Bows for All

 

So one might assume that without access to unbreakable elf-hair, spiritwood, or authentic Tolkienian elves; an Elven Bow would be relegated to books and video games alone.

But never fear!  Technology shall prevail where magic is lacking. And that is great news for the real Deepwood Ranger's Guild. 


The bows you see on this page were not made from CGI or the prophetic visualization of Brandon Sanderson's imagination.  Rather, they were crafted from the modern-day magical substance known commonly as PVC.



Yes, that's right, all the bows on this page were made from PVC.  Although I cannot honestly explain all the details, my research leads me to conclude that the steps probably include:

1. Heat-flattening the limbs, bending the recurve, and bending and shaping the handle.
2. Molding over-the-counter fiberglass compound to make the handles and arrow rests. 
3. Carving the three prong string nocks.
4. Plasti-Dip the entire thing to give it one uniform appearance and to create the texture.  
5. Painting and Staining the bow to make it look like wood or whatever!

So count me in, Cynar.  I am going to try my hand making some PVC recurve bows.  Just a warning to everyone.  I have heard from other Dagorhirim that the hardest part of making the PVC bows work is getting it to pull at 35 pounds.  Getting the poundage right simply takes trial and error.

Also, if you are not feeling crafty but just got a hefty overtime bonus, just go and buy one.  All of these bows were made and are sold by the elves at Glaive Gear.   Believe it or not, the elves there make custom bows for just $75.  Here are a few more pictures just for kicks.

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