[Wyewood] Fwd: Calling all spinners and knitters - join Jane in the KEME Team

[Gwen MacAuslane via Wyewood]

For the knitters and spinners - if you want to be part of a living
archeological research project, Knitting in Modern Europe.
Jane is one of the "Tudor Tailors" (if you didn't know).

Gwen
Knitting in Early Modern Europe update
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Hello All –

After a lot of research, negotiation and investigation behind the scenes it
is time to launch the experimental archaeology phase of the Knitting in
Early Modern Europe (KEME) project. I have a lot of exciting information to
share and will be very grateful for your help and feedback.

Part of the delay in sending out plans for your participation has been the
need to ensure my research materials can be freely circulated without
contravening the terms and conditions of the museums who hold the 16th
century knitted caps. As a result, I am inviting you to complete the *online
form*
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agreeing
not to circulate these materials more widely.  Thank you for your
cooperation on this.
KEME Seminar in Copenhagen
The Centre for Textile Research will be hosting our next seminar on Mon 27
& Tues 28 February.  It will include updates and practical activities with
the programme of speakers available here
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. If you would like to join the event, please RSVP to
jmalcolm-davies at hum.ku.dk.
What is a swircle?
At the beginning of the project the concept of the 'swircle' - a circular
knitted swatch - was developed to allow theories on cap construction to be
tested without requiring everyone to knit a whole cap. A big thank you to
those who assisted with the initial testing of this concept.
I am pleased to announce that intern Rosalind Mearns has joined the KEME
project to help organise the experimental archaeology activities.

Rosalind is studying for a Masters in experimental archaeology at the
University of Exeter and has previously worked for the National Trust of
Australia (Victoria) with responsibility for costumed interpretation
programmes.

Rosalind will be the administrator of this phase of the KEME project so
look out for messages from her!
Things to get you started
Guidelines for each task will be provided and can be requested from
Rosalind via rm572 at exeter.ac.uk <rm572 at exeter.ac.uk?subject=KEME%20project>.
Please opt in to or out of as many of these as you would like. Your
thoughts and feedback are welcome at all stages of the process.
  Data collection

   - Making observations about c16th knitted caps from photographs
   - Taking measurements from magnified photographs of the knitted caps
   - Analysing photographs of the caps to develop knitting instructions

Spinning, knitting & fulling

   - Spinning yarn to the specifications of the original knitted items
   - Knitting small (5 inch/12.5cm diameter) circular swatches (“swircles”)
   in sets of four
   - Fulling two of the four swircles

Recording data

   - Photographing your swircles
   - Measuring your swircles
   - Sending two swircles (one fulled, one unfulled) to us

The project so far An article on my research so far has just been published
in the *Archaeological Textiles Review*. If you intend to participate in
the KEME team spinning and knitting activities - you will receive a pdf of
the article as soon as your *online form is submitted
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*If
you prefer to subscribe to the journal to receive a copy, the *details are
here*.
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It costs 190dkk per year (€25/£22/US$27).
KEME Conference You are invited to attend the KEME Conference at Copenhagen
University on Sat 5 and Sun 6 August 2017.  This will be a chance to
discuss the results of the project and to meet the KEME team face-to-face.
Full details will be distributed in the coming months.
Please do complete the *online form*
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join the KEME experimental archaelogy activities.  If you have any
questions Rosalind can be contacted at rm572 at exeter.ac.uk
<rm572 at exeter.ac.uk?subject=KEME%20project> or I can be contacted at
Jmalcolm-davies at hum.ku.dk <Jmalcolm-davies at hum.ku.dk?subject=KEME%20project>

Thanks for your patience. Now we can really get going …

Jane
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