KLAMATH SPINNERS’ & WEAVERS’ GUILD NEWS December 2013
If you have an ad you
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.
This
Month’s Meeting
This
month our meeting will be Tuesday, December
10th at 10am in the back room of the Klamath County Museum, 1451
Main St., Klamath Falls, Oregon. We will be having our annual Guild cookie and
ornament exchange. Please bring a plate of cookies to share along with the
recipe. If you would like to be a part
of the ornament exchange, please bring an ornament. Also, Liz is going to bring
a HUGE stack of Interweave Knit magazines to give away! Please
come and have a nice time even if you can’t bring cookies or an ornament.
Last Month’s Meeting
Thank
you to Carol for leading us in our meeting and explaining name draft weaving!
Here
is the guild’s schedule for the 2013-2014 year:
December
– Annual Cookie and Ornament Exchange, president to be announced
January – Needle Felting by Liz Hubbard
February – Tenerife Embroidery by Karla Lockwood
March – open
April
– Carding Meeting, blending fibers & colors by Sharon
May – Inkle
Weaving Demonstration by Karen Williams
June – Annual Potluck
From the Library
Guild Book Review by Karen Williams, guild librarian
for December 2013
Landell, Laila. The Big Book of Weaving, Revised and expanded edition with
Elisabeth Windesjo, Trafalga Square, English translation, 2008, Book is not in the guild library.
The Big Book of Weaving is a large text which has many, many clear and technical sketches and
color photos to enhance this extensive introductory Swedish tradition hand
weaving reference. A significant number
of weaving projects are included in the text.
One downside, as others have also noted, is
the text font size which is a trifle small for comfortable reading. Despite the unfortunate font size, this book
would make an indispensable weaving reference in anyone’s personal textile
library.
Website
to Check Out
The next website Liz
would like to suggest is
“This website is the work of Sarah
Swett, showing some of her knitting and tapestry weavings. The photos can be a bit slow loading but it
is worth waiting for; amazing tapestries of life, made even more wonderful when
you read that many of them are done with natural dyes. There are some art books made of weavings and
other fiber arts that I would love to see in real life, so much detail. Also on the website are photos of Sarah’s
knitting, sweaters of color. She has
knit some traditional and some modern.
It is an inspiring website that reminds me to slow down and perhaps
create something of lasting beauty
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
Saturday, March 29th, 2014, Fiber Market Day, Prineville, Oregon. For more information:
Friday,
May 16-Sunday, May 18, 2014, Fiber
in the Forest Camp Myrtlewood,
Oregon. 3 day workshops. For more information contact the Eugene Textile Center
at 541-688-1565 or www.eugenetextilecenter.com
From our WeGO representative, Kathy Nelson:
WeGO is helping fund and coordinate some Sharon
Alderman Workshops in March 2014. Salem
area weavers will host a workshop called “Snazzy Yarns, how to use them, not
to loose them”, and there will be another one in the Medford area called “Understanding
the Structure”, based on her book.
These workshops will be sometime between March 16th and the
22nd, will be 2 and/or 3 days and will cost no more than $50 a
day. Details are not firmed up yet, but
the maximum enrollment appears to be around 15, and currently the Rogue Valley
Handweaver’s Guild has 9 people committed.
To see details about these workshops, you can go to
her website: http://www.sharonalderman.com/workshops.html
and click on the workshop to see a description.
If interested, please RSVP to Kathy Nelson, neks1@earthlink.net, or call
541-882-3141, and leave a message with phone number and name.
Another
educational possibility coming up and the information also came from Kathy
Nelson, our WeGO and our ANWG representative.
The Bend area would like to have a spinning teacher and a weaving
teacher come to Mt. Bachelor Village.
The tentative date is September 11th- 13th,
2015. They are hoping for 40 attendees.
As more information is available, it will be in the newsletter, but it’s a good
thing to keep in mind.
Classified
Clemes and Clemes Spinning
Traditional Spinning Wheel, $550. It
comes with 5 bobbins. The lazy kate is
built into the wheel itself. This was my first spinning wheel and it spins very
well. Contact Marta: martasullivan@citlink.net
Ashford Traditional Spinning
Wheel with 4 bobbins and lazy kate. It
is a single drive and in nearly new condition and works well. $450.00 Contact:
martasullivan@citlink.net
Handmade Knitting Needles for
Sale. Knitting needles, crochet hooks,
stainless steel weaving needles. Great
tools and gifts. Contact: George
Lockwood at 541-545-6263.
Looking for Mini Combs, double or
single. Call or email Teresa Young at
541-281-0700 or Teresa.youngst4p@statefarm.com
The Department of Apparel,
Merchandising, Design & Textiles at Washington State University is selling
nine Gilmore looms previously used in teaching studios.
5--- 32” weaving width, 4 shaft,
bench included (One has a sectional warp beam) $700.00
2--- 32” weaving width, 4 shaft, x frame folding
loom, no bench included. $600.00
1--- 40 “ weaving width, 4 shaft,
no bench included. $800.00
1--- 40” weaving width, 8 shaft,
12 treadles, bench included. $1,000.00
One Leclerc bench. $200.00
Front or back beams straps need
to be replaced on most looms. Some looms
are missing tie bars. Replacement parts
are available through Gilmore Loom Company.
The looms are being sold through
WSU Surplus Stores. They have public
sales Fridays 10:00am to 3:00pm. If you
are unable to attend a sale, you can call after noon on Fridays to discuss
purchasing without attending the sale.
WSU Surplus Stores, 250 Dairy
Road, Pullman, WA 99164-1101,
509-335-3089, http://facops.wsu.edu/Surplus/sur_default.asp
Merry Christmas!
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