KLAMATH SPINNERS’ & WEAVERS’ GUILD NEWS April 2013
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would like to be put in the newsletter, please send it via email or snail mail
by the end of the previous month before the issue you would like it in. Your ad will be in the newsletter for 2
months. Thanks.
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.
Thanks
again to Karen for teaching 7 strand braiding at the last meeting. I heard it was very interesting.
This
Month’s Meeting
This
month’s meeting will be Tuesday April 9th
at 10am in the back room of the Klamath County Museum on the corner of Main
and Spring Streets in Klamath Falls, OR.
Sharon will be demonstrating 2 techniques of incorporating beads into
weaving and 2 techniques of incorporating beads into yarn.
Agenda for the year
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! Would anyone like to have a celebration of
the guild this summer?
April
2013 book review by Karen Williams, guild librarian
Get Spun, The Step-by-Step
Guide to Spinning Art Yarns, Symeon North, 120
pages, Interweave Press, 2010. Not yet part of the guild library.
Art
Yarn: a creation of artistry and
intention with classic and funky materials.
Ms.
North’s book provides sharp photos of brilliant hued fibers and yarns as she
covers tools, materials, dye techniques (crock pot!), fiber blending
techniques, spinning basics and beyond.
The resulting yarn examples are a scrumptious riot of colors an texture.
Shops with Classes around the Area
Warner Mountain Weavers,
459 south Main St., Cedarville, CA 530-279-2164. www.warnermtnweavers.com April classes: Knitter’s Choice Sweater Class, April 6th potluck.
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
There
are plans in the works for some spinning get togethers this summer. If you are interested, please contact Liz.
She would like to know what days and times would be best for folks. hubbardranch@centurytel.net or 541-545-6357.
Friday
and Saturday, May 10th and 11th 2013,
Living History Days at the Lava Beds, Friday for school
children and Saturday open to the public. Volunteers welcome. For more
information contact Karen Williams kage.wms@charter.net
or Marjorie Brick @ 541-883-3071
Thursday,
May 23rd – Sunday, May 26th, Heritage
Days at Fort Klamath, Thursday and Friday for
school children, Saturday and Sunday, open to the public. For More information
contact Marjorie Brick @ 541-883-3071.
Volunteers welcome.
Saturday,
June 1, 2013, Link
River Festival, on the Link River. 10am
– 2pm. Would we like to demonstrate?
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 Wool Gathering 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 kage.wms@charter.net or I, ballen004@yahoo.com your information and we can add it. Thank you
to Kathy Nelson for designing the spread sheet to do this.
Classified
Guild
8 shaft table loom (with levers on top), 24 “ weaving width. 30” wide by 26” deep. Fits on a card table. Fairly light and easy to move. If you would
like to borrow and try this loom out, please contact Kathy Nelson as it is
stored at her home. neks1@earthlink.net
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.
