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Best maypole session ever
I've just done a couple of maypole sessions with the Dorset Guild of Weavers Spinners and Dyers.
I had high hopes of this one, and I was proved right.
A group of all adults, and, being weavers, they understood exactly what I meant by 'maintain an even ribbon tension'.
Ah, the joys of a group who all know left from right and clockwise from anti-clockwise.
I never even had to tell anyone to lift their ribbons to let other people pass underneath.
I was able to try dances that I'd never dared do with a group before. We did a move called 'Quadrille' that I found in an ancient dance book from 1906 - I had no idea what it would look like on the pole and the dancers were as interested as I was to see how it would turn out.
I was able to do moves from Germany, Brazil, and Mexico as well. It took a while to get the 'in out plait' correct, but it worked and made another attractive weave pattern. Did a move that I call 'sun and moon' (I can't speak Portuguese, so I've no idea what it's called in Brazil)
We also did a figure that I have now renamed the 'Dorset Weavers Braid', because they did it so much better than the only other group I ever tried it with. It looked so good, that they asked to keep on going for another repeat. It makes a lovely braid that winds gently round the pole -
If they ask me back next year (as I hope they will), I want to experiment with all sorts of possible patterns. With this group, we can experiment with different ways of arranging the ribbon colours and see if we can get particular effects on the pole. I've got ideas for weaving braids and then plaiting or webbing the braids, and I'm sure there's other things we can come up with.
I had high hopes of this one, and I was proved right.
A group of all adults, and, being weavers, they understood exactly what I meant by 'maintain an even ribbon tension'.
Ah, the joys of a group who all know left from right and clockwise from anti-clockwise.
I never even had to tell anyone to lift their ribbons to let other people pass underneath.
I was able to try dances that I'd never dared do with a group before. We did a move called 'Quadrille' that I found in an ancient dance book from 1906 - I had no idea what it would look like on the pole and the dancers were as interested as I was to see how it would turn out.
I was able to do moves from Germany, Brazil, and Mexico as well. It took a while to get the 'in out plait' correct, but it worked and made another attractive weave pattern. Did a move that I call 'sun and moon' (I can't speak Portuguese, so I've no idea what it's called in Brazil)
We also did a figure that I have now renamed the 'Dorset Weavers Braid', because they did it so much better than the only other group I ever tried it with. It looked so good, that they asked to keep on going for another repeat. It makes a lovely braid that winds gently round the pole -
If they ask me back next year (as I hope they will), I want to experiment with all sorts of possible patterns. With this group, we can experiment with different ways of arranging the ribbon colours and see if we can get particular effects on the pole. I've got ideas for weaving braids and then plaiting or webbing the braids, and I'm sure there's other things we can come up with.
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I just saw Oswin on the Nine Worlds Twitter!
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