KLAMATH SPINNERS’ & WEAVERS’ GUILD
NEWS December 2014
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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.
The November meeting was a very nice relaxed
time at Leap of Taste. Many members showed and shared their latest
creations.
Here
is the Guild’s agenda for the 2014-2015 year.
December – Guild Christmas cookie
and ornament exchange.
January – Beginning Backstrap weaving hosted by Margery Brick
February – Card weaving hosted by Kathy Nelson
March – A bring your current project work day.
April – Art yarn- bring a yarn you have worked on and also bring
your wheel to learn a new one at the meeting.
May – Wet felting hosted by Susan Schuette.
June - Carding and Blending; bring fibers and carders and it is
also the guild annual potluck.
The
back room at the Klamath County Museum has been reserved for our meetings once
a month until June.
The
Guild sometimes meets informally in the summer for dyeing or fiber working.
A
possible local summer workshop is brewing……. More details to come.
This
Month’s Meeting
This
month our meeting will Tuesday, December 9th at 10am in the back
room of the Klamath County Museum, 1451 Main St., at the corner of Main and
Spring Streets. We will be having our
annual cookie and ornament exchange.
Please bring a dozen cookies to share along with the recipe if you wish,
and a fiber related ornament. Please
come even if you aren’t participating in the exchanges. It’s a good, cozy meeting to wish each other
a Merry Christmas!
Would the Guild be interested in being a
member of the Klamath County Chamber of Commerce? Please come to the meeting and voice your opinion.
For
those of you in the Spinning Challenge
This month the examples that are due
are: 1 oz of Susan’s light llama fiber,
altered and 1 oz of Teresa’s brown alpaca, spun plain.
It is inspiring and interesting to see how
each spinner interprets the fibers into yarns.
There have been many lovely yarns created through this challenge.
Marisa
has graciously been checking out printing prices and has worked on a template
for a Klamath Spinners’ and Weavers’ Guild
postcard to be distributed at various locations and events to help promote
our guild. The template design is very
nice and informative. Please come to the meeting to see it!
The prices for 250 are less than $1 each and if we order more the price of each
postcard is less.
From
the Guild Library by Karen Williams for
December 2014
Johnson, W.J. Yarn
Works, How to Spin, Dye, and Knit Your Own Yarn. Creative Publishing
International, Inc., 2014, 192 pages. Not a part of guild library.
The Saga Hill Design
founder and author dedicated this book to her “Swedish ancestors, who
spun for necessity, so that I may spin for joy.”
The book is divided into
four informative workshops: Fiber, Spin, Dye and Knit. Nice crisply colored
photos accompany a fact and technique- packed text.
A nice beginner- to-
intermediate reference if you don’t already have one, or want to add to your
library anyway.
Weaving Guilds of Oregon (WeGO) and
Association of Northwest Weavers (ANWG) news.
Klamath Spinners’ and Weavers’ Guild has won a scholarship from
Weaving Guilds of Oregon for $200.
The guild has decided to have a drawing for those members
interested in attending a workshop in 2015, with the understanding that those
attending a workshop would share it with the guild at a future meeting. I
believe there will be either 4, $50 scholarships, or 5 $40 scholarships, or if
there aren’t 4 or 5, but less folks
interested, the scholarship money would be divided accordingly.
If you would like to be considered to receive a portion of the
$200 to attend a workshop in 2015, please come to the meeting and put your name
in the hat for one!
The Guild also needs to decide how we are going to help with the
Bend workshops next fall
The guild discussed doing something to contribute to the
welcome bags.
Ideas are: writing
to various companies for promotional materials, weaving the handles of the
bags, making the bags, and the guild buying chocolates to put in each bag.
There could be possible workshops with Heather Winslow in
2015. WeGo is working on the details.
Check the WeGO website for updates. www.wegoregon.org
Shops with Classes around the Area
Warner Mountain Weavers, 459 S. Main St., Cedarville, CA,530-279-2164.
Email: warnertmtnweavers@citlink.com Open Thursday- Saturday, 10am to 5pm.
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
Tuesday
Gatherings at Leap of Taste for Fiber Working and Tea Sipping, 9:30 am, 907
Main St.
Bring
Your Own Craft evening at the Klamath County Library, Tuesday, December 16th,
5:30pm.
Friday,
June 19 , Saturday, June 20th and Sunday, June 21st , Black Sheep Gathering, Lane
County Fairgrounds, Eugene, Oregon, www.blacksheepgathering.org
September
11-13, 2015, Bend Weaving and Spinning Workshops, Mt.
Bachelor Village, still in the planning stages, Klamath Spinners’ and Weavers’
Guild will provide 5 - $40 scholarships to KSWG members who attend.
Classified
Newfoundland
dog hair. Wondering if anyone was interested in it to
work with? Contact: Teresa Young Teresa.young.st4p@statefarm.com or 541-281-0700.
Looking
for someone to take over the newsletter.
My last issue will be June 2015.
I will be happy to help the new newsletter person get started. Contact:
Sharon – ballen004@yahoo.com
Merry Christmas!
