Wool Waulking at the Minnesota Scottish Fair

[gmcdavid]

On Saturday we were part of colgaffneyis contingent at the Minnesota Scottish Fair and Highland Games. mia_mcdavid had just woven a 15 yard length of tartan, a custom commission for our friend AC. Here is Mia, wrapped up in her work.

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Waulking drawing

[mia_mcdavid]

Interesting! In the photo the women were waulking with their bare feet; it would keep your hands out of it. Note that the board is a special, ridged waulking board, to make the business go faster; we only had our flat tabletops.

Also, can it be that these women are all wearing the arisaid as their primary garment? They seem to be...

Re: Waulking drawing

[gmcdavid]

The earliest depiction of an arisaid is the top left figure here, dating from the early 1600's. In the source it is paired with the top right image on this page, which I have discussed. The rest is an exercise for the reader :-)>

[carpe_noctum_93]

It was a good event. Glad I could share it with you guys. I had a blast. *Hugs*