The Worlds of Katherine Kurtz

So, a while ago our lovely Revanne got on video chat with me to help me figure out how to cast on while knitting (a thing I had known how to do in my adolescent years but had lost the muscle memory) and I helped her with a problem she was having with the crochet stitch known as a single crochet in the US but a double crochet in the UK (because two nations divided by the same language, I guess?).

We had fun, so we decided to do it again and Evie joined us, and we had even more fun.  Nezz and DerynifanK both expressed an interested, and we were going to go for a third time today (Saturday 12 February 2022) but Life in various iterations happened and the chat didn't come together.

We will be doing this on the Rhemuth Castle Discord server, in the voice chat channel called "L'Arc-en-Ciel Tea Room" because I had to be a fancy pants and come up with something that sounded like a place to chat while working on handwork projects.

If you're interested in joining us, please vote in the poll.  Time will generally be around 8:30 pm GMT/3:30 pm US Eastern, to make it workable for as many of us as possible, but we can probably tweak the time too.

And if you have other suggestions of dates/times/etc, please comment below!

I think I added the wrong dates in the poll; I meant to mark the two Sundays, not a Sunday and a Saturday.

Quote from: Nezz on February 12, 2022, 10:02:47 PM
I think I added the wrong dates in the poll; I meant to mark the two Sundays, not a Sunday and a Saturday.

Since only you and I had voted yet, I just reset the votes.  I re-voted, so if you want to respond the way you meant to, you're clear to do it now.

I could normally do Sundays but am away for the next 2 visiting relatives.

Quote from: revanne on February 13, 2022, 11:56:12 AM
I could normally do Sundays but am away for the next 2 visiting relatives.

And the following Sunday will be early chat, so that preempts Chat and Craft.  But the Sunday after that (13 March) is probably a decent contender, even if we do one between now and then.  We can do this as often as we like, since it's just for fun.

So we crafted and chatted via Discord today, and the neat thing about using Discord (as opposed to Zoom) is that it doesn't have to be scheduled because using the Discord video/voice chat doesn't require an admin/mod.  You just join the channel and turn on your microphone and camera.

I think I'd like to try to schedule some more, just for convenience's sake, but the Tea Room is open for anyone who'd like to voice/video-chat about off-topic stuff.  (There's a Deryni Talk channel for on-topic, as well.)

How do we feel about doing another Craft and Chat on Sunday, 27 March, around 3:30 pm US EDT?

That works for me.

I'll try and make it this time. 

I'll probably be able to make it for a little bit, at least...

Ok.  Keeping in mind that I haven't had coffee yet, how do I get to the Dominion Server?  And are there specific crafts done each week, or whatever we feel like doing?  Please help with as much info as you can.  Thanks.

Hi! I already had a Discord account before the forum had a server there, but I think if you click on the Discord box at the bottom of the page, it should give you an invitation to the server. Read this link first, as it contains additional information: https://www.rhemuthcastle.com/index.php/topic,2591.0.html . And we aren't working on any specific sorts of crafts, so bring anything you happen to be working on at the moment.

Thanks so much!

Quote from: Drianax on March 16, 2022, 10:17:29 AMThanks so much!

And if you need an invitation to the server, do let us know.  It's a simple thing to send it to you via forum private message.

How do we feel about the next few Sundays for chat and craft?  I know next Sunday is Palm Sunday and the one after that is Easter, so maybe the 24th would be best?

Or maybe 3:30 pm EDT/8:30 PM BST is late enough that church commitments will be finished for those who have them and we can do it next week, the 10th?

(I feel like Easter Sunday is probably a bad idea, but feel free to correct me.)

Next week (April 10) 3:30 works just fine for me.

I can probably do the 10th. I'll almost certainly need to stay late after church for Altar Guild, but should be home before mid-afternoon in my time zone.

I'll have to miss both the 10th and 17th, because I will be visiting my dad.  I will be doing a lot of needlepoint while I'm there, though!

QuoteI will be doing a lot of needlepoint while I'm there, though!

We'll expect a full report of your crafting progress once you're back. :)

I shall be hurtling around the country on April 10th. The ancient car that my DDs share has inconveniently decided it's time to make its way to the great scrapyard in the sky and as we are all meeting to scatter Richard's ashes on Saturday I am spending Sunday afternoon/evening delivering daughters home to various corners of the Kingdom. 

We will be thinking of you and your family.

I just discovered this story from the recent post on it and was able to go back to Chapter 11 and read all of them up to the end.  Is there any way to get to the first ten chapters?  I could not find them and would love to see how the story starts.

Thanks,
Marilyn

Marilyn, which story are you refering too. If it is fan fiction, you can look up the stories by fan fiction author's names. If it is one of KK's stories we can tell you which order the books were published in.

 I found 'em!   Noodle around on the site long enough and amazing things show up!  :) 

So, next chat and craft?

We could do this Sunday, 24 April.  The Sunday after is Early Chat, so that's out, and the Sunday following is Mother's Day in the US so probably also not a good day.

The next Sunday is 15 May, which is my stepdad's birthday but my family may or may not do anything (I haven't asked about plans yet), and just because I'm not available doesn't mean y'all can't chat, as well.

The following Sunday is 22 May, which might also work well.

Thoughts?

I can't do the 24th, already have a full schedule that day. Sundays tend to have more activities for me. Would Saturdays ever be a possibility?

Since we have a reasonably active chat channel, I would think any day works fine for anyone to pop into the channel and say "Hey, I'm going to park myself in our Voice Chat channel for a while and do crafts stuff if anyone wants to join me!" Others could join or not depending on whether their schedule permits at that moment.  Granted, it's nice to have scheduled times also that we can all try to plan around, since we're likely to get a higher turnout that way, but the drop-in-whenever option is also good since there likely isn't ever going to be one standard day or time that works best for everyone.  (For instance, while Saturdays might work best for DFK, they would generally be all but impossible for me, since that's nearly always the only day of the week I'm able to visit my parents.) Maybe we could do the scheduled craft chats on alternating weekend days, and also keep our eyes open for any non-scheduled "Hey, does anyone want to video chat right now?" invitations on the channel at other times of the week.

I think Evie's idea is a good one -  dates in the diary are good but needn't be exclusive.

Sunday 24th is good for me.

It's all a bit hit and miss for me as I'm doing a lot of visiting and being visited but will pop in when I can.

Quote from: DerynifanK on April 21, 2022, 07:48:58 AMI can't do the 24th, already have a full schedule that day. Sundays tend to have more activities for me. Would Saturdays ever be a possibility?

We can do Saturdays.  Evie usually isn't available as she has already explained, but I generally am.  I feel like next Saturday, being the day before Early Chat, might be more video chatting than people want to do, but I'm good for either 7 May or 21 May (both Saturdays).  The 14th is possibly tied up with family stuff for me, and the 28th I may have out of town company.

And as Evie said, the Tea Room is always open, so if you've got an hour or so, say something in Discord and do an impromptu Chat and Craft.

I like scheduling them because if I've scheduled it, I'm not as likely to forget I meant to do it.  :D

Maybe we ought to try to schedule one Saturday and one Sunday per month?

The option to just pop in and start a chat is always there, but as we've all agreed, having at least some chats scheduled makes it easier to plan around and makes for better turnout.

So what do y'all think of scheduling two Craft and Chats per month, one on a Saturday and one on a Sunday?

That sounds a great idea DR and then there is a chance that most people interested could make one or another.

So what do we think of Saturday 7 May and Sunday 22 May for scheduled Chat and Craft dates?

I won't make the Saturday, but I might make the Sunday chat and craft.

Would another Saturday work better? 

If anyone has any date suggestions, please post them in the thread.

Saturdays are iffy for me in general, but if other people can make it, then I say go for it.

Sundays are on the table, too, except the Early Chat/Zoom dates.

I can do May 7, cannot do May 22 due to another commitment.

I can do most Sundays, but am rarely free on Saturdays unless it's the rare weekend when my parents have other plans on that day and we've made arrangements to meet on Sunday instead. The only Sunday in the near future when I know for certain we have other plans is the last one in May. That said, I have no idea yet what my folks have planned for either Mother's Day or Father's Day, though I suspect those might not be the best meeting days for other families besides mine. I can also do weekday evenings, though I realize those might not be good hours for our friends across the Pond.