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Betty Baumgardt
Hardanger Embroidery demonstration
Bobbin Lacemaking
Denmark's Tonder Lace demonstration.
Denmark Tonder Lace
Demonstration of bobbin lace making
Heart to Hearth Cookery
The Swedish knackebrod is reproduced in the traditional manner using a brazier for heat on a tile board. The demonstration includes the rolling, cutting (with traditional tools) and cooking of the crisp bread with a display of already complete knackebrod. In addition, the 18th century Swedish recipe book will be on display opened to the knackebrod recipe.
Janet Doyle
Jan Doyle is a master weaver who teaches at the university of Rhode Island and facilitated the master weaver program at the Carolina Fiber and Fiction Center. She is a member of the Nordic Weaving Network recently founded in Jyderup Denmark.
Norwegian Faering
Norwegian Faering Boat exhibit
Pocono Mountains Forge
Blacksmith Bill Kucharski has been forging since 2013 and his accomplice Jenny Kucharski since 2014. This will be their sixth year demonstrating at Scandinavian Fest and showing off many of their Viking inspired creations!
Rigr Crafts
Jackie of Rigr Crafts will be demonstrating historical jewelry making techniques and teaching about medieval hygiene practices throughout the day in the Rigr Crafts tent.
Wire You Waiting
At Wire You Waiting, we take the ancient Viking Wire Weave technique and bring it into the modern era by using modern wire and color options, resulting in beautiful, unique jewelry. Viking Wire Weave is a technique used to make jewelry and adornments (clothing/housewares), found in the grave sites of the Norse peoples from the 8th-10th centuries. Wire is woven around a wooden mandrel, then drawn through a paddle with gradually smaller holes, compressing the weave, making the final chain thinner but significantly stronger. Due to the time and cost of this process, it tended to be worn by the upper class Norsemen. Viking Wire Weaving is more rare than the twisted wire jewelry, which uses a thicker piece of metal and usually made at a forge. Historically, men would wear a necklace and/or a single bracelet. Women, on the other hand, would wear any and all adornments (Note: bracelets tended to be worn in pairs for balance).