User:Rosinavs

Rosina von Schaffhausen is a 15th century woman living near the German/Swiss border who makes cord and trim in conjunction with her family's weaving business.

In the SCA, Rosina is the Chatelaine and Gold Key of the Barony of Carolingia and the Guildmistress of the Worshipful Company of Narrowworkers of the East Kingdom. In addition to earning her Award of Arms, Rosina has also been inducted into Carolingia's polling orders for service (Daystar) and the arts and sciences (Moon).

Rosina's favorite things to do in the SCA are teaching and taking classes. Rosina has taught a number of classes on the history of mathematics in period. Three of these classes are based on Fibonacci's 1202 book Liber Abaci, on arithmetic, extracting roots, and algebra. She has also taught a class on 3-D geometry in Renaissance art and science, as well as a class on applying modern classification techniques to period narrowwork designs. Rosina has also taught a number of classes on fingerloop braiding at the basic, intermediate and advanced levels. She has taught several multiperson fingerloop braiding classes with her lord, Andreiko Eferiev. Rosina has also taught a class on kumihimo.

In addition to teaching and taking classes, Rosina enjoys running setup for events, dancing, singing, playing instruments including guitar, recorder and drums, thrown weapons, archery, and embroidery. She has also retained for Brenwen I, Alethea, and Marguerite.

Victoria Sapko lives in east central Massachusetts with her fiance and a roommate in the best neighborhood on the planet. She has a Ph.D. in mathematics, and is a former mathematics college professor transitioning to actuarial science. Besides her activities in the SCA, Victoria also enjoys reading, playing board, card and role-playing games, volleyball and swimming.