KLAMATH SPINNERS’ & WEAVERS’ GUILD NEWS February 2013
Klamath
Spinners’ and Weavers’ News Guild annual dues are $10/year. Dues are due in November and can be given or
sent to our treasurer, Karen Williams, 1700 Fairmont St., Klamath Falls,
Or 97601. Thanks to everyone who has paid.
Many
people brought different forms of lace to the January meeting. I had to leave early, but I heard the laces
and their explanations were very interesting.
The
Hunter Hot Spring “Soak” gathering was small, but sounded truly blissful. Margie, Patti B, Karen and Greg and their
grandgirls all traveled to Lakeview and had a relaxing time. Margie said they soaked in the moonlight,
spun yarn and had a wonderful time. Hunter Hot Springs would like to see us
next winter and/or maybe this summer.
Margie says she will be going back to the Hot Springs Martin Luther King
Jr. Day next January and invites anyone who would like to meet her there to
make arrangements with Hunter Hot Springs.
541-947-4242, www.huntersresort.com.
Thanks for the opportunity Margie.
This
Month’s Meeting
This
month’s meeting will be Tuesday, February
12th at 10am in the back room of the Klamath County Museum on the corner of
Main and Spring Streets in Klamath Falls, OR.
Karen Williams will be leading us in learning to knit entrelac.
“Entrelac Basics can be explained and
paraphrased from the on-line newsletter, Knitting Daily, January 18,
2013 by Kathleen Cubley, editor, and knitting expert Eunny Jang of Interweave
Press):
Entrelac
fabric is a series of knitted tilted blocks that are worked one at a time in
tiers. Within a tier, blocks are worked
in the same direction, either right to left or left to right. Each tier of blocks builds upon the one below
it. Individual blocks are worked by
picking up stitches along the selvedge of a block from the tier below and
working stitches of the growing block together with live stitches from the top
edge of the next block below.
To
produce a piece of flat entrelac with a straight edge rather than pointed edges
across the bottom and top, the first and last tiers are triangular
half-blocks. Straight vertical edges are
created by starting and ending every other tier of flat entrelac with a
triangle. Any number of stitches can be
used and a piece can have any number of individual blocks.
You
may want to try using different colors of yarn for each tier to emphasize the
basket weave effect for the February 12th
guild meeting.
please
bring:
1. Straight
or circular needles which you can use for your practice piece; and
2.
Some yarn (about 2 ounces or more), and have some block-building fun!
Karen
Williams will guide you through a sample 16 stitch entrelac block and provide
you with a reference list of books and other resources to learn more about
entrelac, if you get enthused about this “woven” knit fabric technique!”
Agenda for the year
February
– Entrelac by Karen, please bring
circular needle and any kind of yarn.
March
– open
April
– Beads in Spinning and Weaving by Sharon
May
– open
June
– Annual Potluck
From the Library
Anniversary
Reminder; Our guild was founded 45 years ago on July 18, 1968!
Guild Book Review by Karen Williams, guild
librarian for February 2013.
Weaver’s
Craft, periodicals from
the former editor of Handwoven magazine,
Jean Scorgie (not yet a complete set in our guild library, see below for the
copies we do have)
Ever wish you had immediate access to
the knowledge of a weaving mentor? An
available mentor you could consult at any hour or any day of the week for
inspiration, weaving tips, and/or learning opportunities? Well, the set of Weaver’s Craft periodicals
fits that bill nicely (with no electricity required), and for those of us
inclined to eschew the computer-age at times for the quiet contemplations of
slow and methodical weaving, there is no need for the internet… unless, of
course, you do want to visit the www.weaverscraft.com website to see what there is to see.
The hard copy pamphlet-style issues
have bright clear photos, graphs and illustrations to guide you through weaving projects. My own woven
lace table runners (three on one warp completed in November 2012) were inspired
by Issue 12 Spring 2003 Volume 4, Number 1 covering Leno, Mexican Lace, Brook’s
Bouquet and Leno Motifs. There is a
comfortable sense of friendly neighborliness from Jean Scorgie in each and
every issue so far.
The guild has a copy of the lace issue
cited above, as well as Issue 22. Twill M’s and W’s, and August/September
2000, Volume 1, Number 4. Warping from
the Front of the Loom, Potpourri Warp Pillows.
Shops with Classes around the Area
Warner Mountain Weavers,
459 south Main St., Cedarville, CA 530-279-2164. www.warnermtnweavers.com Photography show opening, Saturday, February
2nd, 2013 for Kevin Able from Lakeview, 1-4pm. Classes: Knitting Beyond the Basics, Cricket Rigid Heddle Loom
Weaving,
Events
Saturday, March 30th, 2013 High Desert Wool Growers Fiber Market Day, Prineville, Oregon, Crook County
Fairgrounds, www.highdesertwoolgrowers.org
Monday,
June 17 through Sunday, June 23, 2013, ANWG
2013 Conference (Association of Northwest Weavers Guilds), Western Washington University, Bellingham,
WA http://www.anwg-conference-2013.com
Friday,
June 21 through Sunday, June 23, 2013, Black
Sheep Gathering, Lane
County Fairgrounds, Eugene, OR.
Wwwblacksheepgathering.org
July
2013, Weaving Guilds of Oregon Traveling
Exhibit, in Klamath Falls, Oregon. Volunteers needed.
Friday,
September 13th to Sunday, September 15th, 2013, 13th Annual WoolGathering Cedarville, California. www.warnermtnweavers.com
Saturday,
September 28th and Sunday, September 29th, 2013, Oregon Flock and Fiber Festival,
Canby, OR. www.flockandfiberfestival.com
Classified
45
inch Leclerc 4 shaft loom for sale. 6
treadles. Beautiful and in excellent
shape. $1,000. It was donated to the
guild. Various accessories
included. Can be seen at the Klamath
County Museum, 1541 Main St, Klamath Falls, OR . For more information contact Carol Wylie at
541-882-4031 or email: rcylee@charter.net.
Search
“Yarn Hearts” and see some very cute and easy way to make yarn hearts……………..