KLAMATH SPINNERS’ & WEAVERS’ GUILD
NEWS November 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.
At the
last meeting we had a “movie meeting” watching the Tom Knisely weaving video.
We also show and shared the spinning challenge yarns and the Spinzilla
challenge yarns, along with many beautiful items that members created.
Here
is the Guild’s agenda for the 2014-2015 year.
November –Meeting at Leap of Taste, 907 Main Street, in Klamath Falls on SATURDAY, November 8th 9 am to 11 am. This is our only
meeting planned for a Saturday currently, so it is an opportunity for those who
can’t make Tuesday meetings, to come and visit on a Saturday. Please bring a project you are working on,
spinning wheels are ok to bring. Please
also support Leap of Taste while there. They have been very generous to provide
the space. We will talk about how we are
going to distribute a scholarship that the guild has been given, the December
meeting, whether we would like to design and distribute a guild brochure, among
other interesting things. J
December – Guild Christmas cookie
and ornament exchange.
January – Card weaving hosted by Kathy Nelson
February – Beginning backstrap weaving hosted by Margery
Brick
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 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.
This
Month’s Meeting
This
month our meeting will be Saturday, November 8thth at 9am, at Leap of
Taste, 907 Main St., Klamath Falls.
For
those of you in the Spinning Challenge
This month the examples that are due are: 1 oz of altered Margery’s gray wool and 1 oz
of Susan’s light llama wool, spun plain.
From
the Guild Library by Karen Williams for November 2014
Do you have an interest in trying to spin
yarn or weave fabric, but don’t know where to find supplies? Well here’s a list
of potential, but certainly not exhaustive sources you might consider, and
there are likely many more favorites if you just ask some guild members who
have been dabbling in the crafts longer than you.
Local producers (especially some of
our guild members) have raw and partly processed fibers available at different
times of the year. Handspun yarns are fun to weave. Local chain stores carry
cotton crochet threads and other yarns which can be used for weaving. Further
abroad, some businesses have catalogs available listing all their products,
others do not; some have actual store fronts, some are just on-line. Here goes:
Yarn Barn of Kansas, 930 Massachusetts
St., Lawrence, KS 66044; pH: 785-842-4333; yarnbarn-ks.com
WEBS Yarn, 75 Service Center Rd., Northampton,
MA; pH: 1-800-FOR-WEBS; WEBS Yarn.com
The Village Spinning and Weaving Shop, 425
Alisal Rd., Solvang, CA 93463; pH: 805-686-1192; villagespinweave.com
Paradise Fibers, 225 W. Indiana, Spokane, WA
99205; pH: 1-888-320-7746; paradisefibers.com
Carolina Homespun, 455 Lisbon St., San
Francisco, CA 94112; pH: (415) 584-7786; carolinahomespun.com
Pacific Wool and Fiber, 2505 Portland Rd.,
Newberg, OR 97132; pH: 1-503-538-4741; pacificwoolandfiber.com
Camilla Valley Farm, 594438 Blind Lane,
Orangeville, Canada ONL9W2Z1; pH: 1-519-941-0736; camillavalleyfarm.com
The Web-sters, 11 N. Main St., Ashland, OR
97520; pH: 541-482-9801; yarnatwebsters.com
E.T.C. (Eugene Textile Center) 1510 Jacobs Dr.,
Eugene, OR 97402; pH: 541-688-1565; eugenetextilecenter.com
Foothills Yarn and Fiber, 4207 Sylvester Dr.,
Hood River, OR 97031; pH: 541-272-3219; foothillsyarn.com
Butterfly Yarn Shop, 525 SW 6th St.,
Redmond, OR 97756; pH: 541-526-5522; butterflyyarnshop.com
Halcyon Yarn, 12 School St., Bath, ME 04530;
pH: 1-800-341-0282; halcyonyarn.com
Peace Fleece, 475 Porterfield Rd., Porter, ME
04068; pH: 1-800-0482-2841; peacefleece.com
Laize Dayz Yarn Shoppe, 2617 Pershing Way,
Klamath Falls, OR 97603; pH: 541-887-8560
Soft Horizons Fibre, 412 E. 13th
Ave., Eugene, OR 97401; pH: 541-343-0651; softhorizonsfibre.com
Middleford Yarn Co., 30 N. Central Ave.,
Medford, OR 97501; pH: 541-734-8800; middlefordyarn.com
Earth Guild, 33 Haywood, St., Asheville, NC
28801; pH: 1-828-255-7818; earthguild.com
Lunatic Fringe, no address found, however their
warehouse is in Fruitland, Idaho!; pH:1-800-483-8749; lunaticfringeyarns.com
the weaving works, 6514 Roosevelt Way N.E.,
Seattle, WA 98115; pH: 1-888-524-1221; weavingworks.com
Warner Mountain Weavers, 459 Main St.,
Cedarville, CA 96104; pH: 530-279-2164
The Woolery, 315 St. Clair, Frankfort, KY
40601, pH: 1-800-441-9665; woolery.com
My apologies in advance if I listed any
above information incorrectly. KW
Weaving Guilds of Oregon (WeGO) and
Association of Northwest Weavers (ANWG) news.
We need to decide how best to use it. Shall we have one person use it? Shall we divide it up between a few members who are planning on going to workshops? Shall we bring a teacher here? Please come to the meeting and voice your opinion and help us vote.
The Guild also needs to decide how we are going to help with the
Bend workshops next fall. Some ideas
are: helping make about 30 welcome bags,
write companies for promotional/advertising materials to put in the bags, other
ideas? The guild needs to let the Bend
area organizers know.
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
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
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.
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