KLAMATH SPINNERS’ & WEAVERS’ GUILD NEWS March 2013
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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.
Thank
you to Karen for a very excellent entrelac meeting! Karen brought many samples
and examples of the stages of entrelac, with informative handouts and great
teaching. Thank you.
This
Month’s Meeting
This
month’s meeting will be Tuesday, March
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 has offered to teach us how to do a 7 strand braid. She said just
bring ourselves… J
Agenda for the year
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!
March
2013 book review by Karen Williams,
guild librarian
The Complete guide to
Spinning Yarn, Techniques, Projects, and Recipes. Brenda
Gibson, 144 pages, St. Martin’s Press, 2011. Not yet part of the guild library.
Books
denoting that they are the “complete” reference on a specific topic always
leave me somewhat suspicious of that claim.
My skepticism aside, Ms. Gibson’s book does provide a well-organized
guide which covers tools for the job of handspinning, step-by-step techniques
for fiber preparation and handling, and specialty yarn recipes. In addition, there’s a scant presentation of
some basic projects using handspun yarns in weaving and knitting, and, for
those inspired, there is a discussion of the development of a professional
handspinning business. Throughout this
book are sharp colorful photos of tools and associated handspinning machinery
in use, as well as yarns and accompanying knitted swatches.
Shops with Classes around the Area
Want to try
something fun this summer? Do you have a
project in mind to get done soon, or have you created an item you really like,
be it yarn or an item to wear or something for your home or something created
solely as a piece of art? Why not enter it at the Black Sheep Gathering Fiber
Arts competition this year? Your item will
be constructively critiqued and judged by a knowledgeable expert and viewed by
many admiring fiber folks. There are ribbons, and trophies and your item could
be the people’s choice voted on by anyone viewing the show! Liz will have forms at the March meeting. The
forms are also online at www.blacksheepgathering.org
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
If anyone would like to weave on the loom that is for
sale at the Klamath County Museum, please feel free to do so. The Museum loves
to have weavers come and show how it’s done.
Please call Carol Wylie if you plan to do so. 541-882-4031.
We are going to add information to our guild member
roster. If you are at the meetings,
please fill out the information sheet that will be passed around. Many of the
folks either in the guild or interested in fiber, that our on our list don’t
know what other folks do, have or what they may have experience or expertise
in, so it has been suggested that we have each person on the roster have their
info by their name.
Are you a
spinner? Weaver? Knitter?
Crocheter? Other fiber interest? Do you raise fiber animals? If so, what kind? Do you sell any fibers or other items members
would be interested in? Do you raise
livestock dogs? What would you like to
learn about? What are your main interests and/or experiences? Add how would you
like to describe yourself.
If you can’t make the meetings, but would like your information
added, please send Karen Williams or I your information and we can add it.
Thank you to Kathy Nelson for designing the spread sheet to do this.
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.
Happy St. Patrick’s Day
and Happy Easter everyone…..
