Thornwold Yule

Hosted in-person by
The Shire of Thornwold (Bellingham – Whatcom County, WA )

Event Summary

Event Main Contact (Event Steward): Agnes of Thornwold
Event Date(s): December 13 , 2025
Site opens at: 1:00 PM on December 13th 2025
Site closes at: 10:00 PM

Event site:
Rome Grange
2821 Mt Baker Hwy Bellingham, WA 98226

This is a Level 1: Other (Branch primary events of regional or Kingdom interest) event.

1:00 PM-10:00 PM

Thornwold welcomes friends for a day of A&S classes and activities, bardic competition, potluck feasting (for details on the menu and signups, please refer to our facebook event page) and a gift exchange to celebrate the year we have had and look forward to the next. Any contributions will be happily accepted for a dessert auction. A silent auction will also be available.

If you wish to participate in the gift exchange, please bring a wrapped gift, $25 spending limit. In addition, we will have a gift trunk for kids to choose their own gift since it can be difficult for our littlest littles to participate in the gfit exchange. If you are attending with a little one or would like to contribute, please bring a kid friendly gift to add to the trunk!

This event includes the following activities and/or services:
Has Classes
Has Arts & Sciences activities
Offers a feast or meal

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Accessibility Information

Lower floor access is steps only. Restroom is on the upper floor, which has ramps to both the main (dance) floor and the restrooms behind the stage level. Persons with disabilities should come to the upper level, and the shire will provide help to access to the lower level.

Please note: We have some Shire friends who have severe allergies to nuts and fragrance/strong scents. Please keep this in mind and refrain from bringing or using anything that could cause them harm.

Meal Information

Our feast will be a potluck, with main dishes provided by the Thornwold Culinary Group. Mains provided will be Lamb Stew (DF, *GF), Chicken in leeks, apples and prunes (DF, *GF) , and Frumente (veg, DF) with greens or compote to top.

To sign up to bring other items from our menu, contact Agnes of Thornwold via email or facebook. We will have access to refrigerators, ovens/stoves, and plugs for crockpots and such downstairs.

Salat:

http://www.godecookery.com/goderec/grec49.htm or something similar, any green salad with dressing on the side is great

Fruits and Cheeses/sides:

Perys en Composte http://www.godecookery.com/goderec/grec26.htm (without food dye please!!) or some other fruity composte.

Sliced seasonal fruits and cheese board

Roasted root vegetables

Breads: if anyone would like to try baking a loaf for the potluck that is great, here are some recipes, but a (store bought) French loaf or something of the like would also be perfectly acceptable.

Manchet http://www.godecookery.com/friends/frec50.htm

Rye http://www.godecookery.com/begrec/begrec57.htm

GF rolls or loaf

*Gluten free, with the caveat that these dishes may be made in a kitchen that is not entirely gluten free so cross contamination cannot be guaranteed.

Classes Offered

Winter teas with Lo Rei: 1 hour What warms the nose and soul more than a hot cup of spiced tea. A centuries long tradition of sharing a cup of tea with friends and honored guests during the holidays is an aged old tradition all over the world. Join me while we explore spices found along the Silk Road and how they were added to teas to be shared.

Hair taping/lacing with Elyn: 1 hour Hair taping or hair lacing is a historical hairstyling technique used from the Middle Ages through the Renaissance and Elizabethan eras, that involves braiding or twisting hair and securing it close to the scalp with ribbons or laces. This creates stable hairstyles using a bodkin to “sew” the hair in place for anchoring medieval coifs, tudor headdresses etc. and can be used modernly to secure hair pieces.

It can be done with shorter hair as well. Modern hairdressers have even demonstrated this technique with thread to recreate the elaborate hair styles seen on statues from ancient Rome.

Kits will be provided, please bring your own hairbrush or comb.

Fibula making (wire-work jewelry) with Mersha: 2 hours We will learn how to construct Bronze Age simple fabric fasteners of copper alloy and copper wire. If you have flat and/or needle-nose pliers, wire cutters, dark colored stiff cloth of placemat size, beads of any size, and bronze, brass, or copper wire, please bring. If you don’t, that is OK, the instructor will bring. Dexterity is helpful but not a requirement for this class. If we have time, we will also build small annular and penannular pins.

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