KLAMATH SPINNERS’ & WEAVERS’ GUILD NEWS May 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.
This
Month’s Meeting
This
month’s meeting will be Tuesday May 14th
at 10am in the back room of the Klamath County Museum on the corner of Main
and Spring Streets in Klamath Falls, OR.
This will be bring what you are
working on meeting. Please come and
bring your current project.
Please be thinking about officers for the next two years
starting next September. I think this newsletter could really use some new
energy and I would like to see someone else have fun with it. J Please also think about what programs you
would like to see or arrange or do for next year. It will be here before we know it!
Agenda for the year
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? At
the last meeting we talked of having a get together, dressing in ‘60’s attire!
July 18th is a Thursday this year.
Any ideas are welcome. One fun idea was to camp, but in order for past
members to attend, the thought now is that we will celebrate one
afternoon.
May
2013 book review by Karen Williams, guild librarian
Spin Art, Mastering the
Craft of Spinning Textured Yarn, Jacey Boggs, 143 pages, Interweave Press,
2011, (includes instructional DVD) Not yet part of the guild library. The spinning techniques are given in two
sections; single and plied. Utilizing spinning wheel rations and managing
tension, one can learn to produce wraps, corespun yarns, bumps, loops,
multiplies and combinations, as well as ideas on adding foreign objects.
Some
of these yarns seem improbable incorporations in practical handmade items;
however they may inspire a spinner/fiber artist to add that unconventional
twinkle in future projects. The yarn
photos are gorgeous!
Shops with Classes around the Area
Middleford Yarn & Stitchery Shoppe, 30 N. Central Ave. ( new address), Medford, OR 97501.
541-734-8800. www.miyarn.com
Eugene Textile Center, 1510
Jacobs Drive, Eugene, OR 97402,
541-688-1565, www.eugenetextilecenter.com
Events
There
are plans in the works for some spinning
get togethers this summer. If
you are interested, please contact Liz. The first get together will be
Wedesday, July 24th out near Bonanza. The plan is to “Dye a Rainbow”. 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
Friday,
May 17th – Sunday, May 19th,
Fiber in the Forest at Camp Myrtlewood in the Coastal Mountains
off of Hwy 42. For information contact the Eugene Textile Center, 541-688-1565,
www.eugenetextilecenter.com
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.
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.
This joke is about a woman on her
deathbed. For years her husband had been
discouraged from touching or opening the shoe box she kept on the top shelf of
their closet. Before dying she asked him
to bring the box to her. Inside was
$25,000 in cash and one crocheted doily.
When asked about the doily she
explained that her mother had given her advice when they first married. The wife was encouraged to crochet a doily
when she got mad rather than blowing up.
Her husband smiled with delight.
What a joy that she had only gotten upset once.
He now understood the doily, but
what about the cash? Her answer
was:
That’s the money I made selling
doilies….. from the internet.
