Ready for the weekend reenactment.

[Digital_photog ★]

Set up camp today at Stone's Trace.

Ready to demonstrate blacksmithing. WoD_P will be showing her naturally dyed wool, demonstrating spinning and knitting. Granddaughters will be combing and carding wool.  Tomorrow is school day for 4th grade kids. Friday will be 8th grade.  Saturday and Sunday open to the public. We will have a few hand forged items and wool caps, scarves and shawls for sale.  All wool items we have for sale are from the natural colored shetland sheep wool.  Shetland sheep have more natural colors than any other breed of sheep.  I expect all of you real and imaginary forum friends to show up and visit us. If you don't show up I may have to question if you really exist.

[12string]

Are those clothespins historically accurate?

[Digital_photog ★]

1 minute ago, 12string said:

Are those clothespins historically accurate?

At least they are wood and not plastic. They are the trash from China clothespins.  I had to have something to hang the caps so they would show in a picture.

[sheep_herder ★]

Do you also have some naturally dyed wool or just natural colored wool from the sheep?  Many refer to naturally dyed as being dyed with plant extracts. Just curious.

[jsharr ★]

I am already there.  Can you find me?

[Digital_photog ★]

2 hours ago, sheep_herder said:

Do you also have some naturally dyed wool or just natural colored wool from the sheep?  Many refer to naturally dyed as being dyed with plant extracts. Just curious.

These are natural Shetland colors.  WoD_P now has 11 different natural plant dyes she is done.  She has 2 more she wants to try yet.  I have older pictures when she just had a few.  I will get a picture over the weekend of all of them. The 5 on the left are all natural plant product colors.  The other 4 are Wilton food colors.  I hope that helps.  We have avoided using the harsh chemical dyes.  Trying to mostly stay with dyes that would have been available in 1760 to 1830 time period.

[bikeman564™]

13 hours ago, jsharr said:

I am already there.  Can you find me?

are you waldo?

[Parr8hed]

Excellent!

[2Far ★]

So, who's the lucky sod who gets to pick up the anvil & put it on the block of wood?

[Digital_photog ★]

1 hour ago, 2Far said:

So, who's the lucky sod who gets to pick up the anvil & put it on the block of wood?

This old codger who always hopes he doesn't drop it on his foot.  I have 4 anvils. 2 of them period correct for the reenactments.  Those 2 are 100 lbs and 138 lbs.  I have been using the 100 lb one so I don't have to lift so much.  The 2 newer ones are 35 lbs and 135 lbs. I use the bigger ones if I am setting up for a long time and have help with the lifting.  They will go to the corn maze next week and stay till November.