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WW&S Newsletter, February, 2016 —
February 2016 Newsletter Season 2015-2016, No. 6
Next Meeting
Monday, February 1, 2016
Meeting begins at 7:00 PM
Guild Scholarship
Presentations
Greet and Treat for February
Jane Blacquiere
Susan Jansen
Laura Sniderman
Cat Trachsel
Sally Weener
Meetings are held at
Trinity Congregational Church,
2725 4 Mile Rd NW
Off the Walker Exit of I-96
www.wwas. org
Scholarship Presentations Our program for February will consist of
presentations by the six members who re-
ceived guild scholarships for classes last year.
One of the requirements for the scholarship is
sharing what was learned with the guild. We
have never been able to provide a good time to
do this in the past. So, this year we have set
aside this program time, allowing each person
approximately ten minutes with lots of time for
questions. We are covering a variety of tech-
niques: spinning, weaving, surface design and
felting. I am excited to get a slightly in-depth
peek into classes that I have not taken. The
presenters are; Reid Johnson, Jackie Fisher,
Jennifer Gould, Ellen DeKoster, Irene
Boersma and myself.
It’s another way we can share knowledge
and inspire one another. And remember, class
schedules are coming out for summer offer-
ings. We have $400 available each year.
(Along with any carryover not used the previ-
ous year.). Any member is encouraged to ap-
ply. It is a very simple, painless process.
All members are welcome to join us for
dinner at the Olive Garden on Alpine before
the meeting. We have a standing reservation
for at least a dozen people, so you don't need
to RSVP, just come if you can. We plan to
meet at 5:00 or so and the more the merrier. It
is a great opportunity get to know other mem-
bers.
Heidi Bukoski
Jochen’s Tips & Trick This workshop will be held Saturday, Feb-
ruary 27. Only a few spots are left. Contact
[email protected] immediately to reserve
a spot or get on a waiting list.
TIME: 9-4 Sat 2/27/16.
PLACE: Pine Island Salvation Army Camp
-Great Lakes Room, 6889 Pine Island Dr NE,
Comstock Park, MI 49321.
LUNCH: Taco/Salad bar $5.
COST: WWS board offering free for mem-
bers.
What To Bring: Note taking material, snack
foods to share for morning, dessert or after-
noon.
Before the workshop: Email “Questions for
Jochen” to ChiChi prior to workshop so
Jochen can plan ahead.
Workshop itinerary: We will learn about
winding warp, Jochen will dress a loom and
along the way spill open his magical collection
of Tips and Tricks for us. Thank you, Jochen!
TAM Committee
Meeting Set The Textile Arts Committee will meet on
Thursday evening, February 4, at 6:30 p.m.at
Biggby Coffee at 4035 Plainfield NE. Several
guild members have served on this committee
for several years, but they invite any guild
members who might be interested in how a
guild sale is "engineered" to join them. Most
agenda items for this meeting will concern
how the April 23 sale will be organized, but
there will be time for discussion and possibly
some action concerning the annual December
sale. If you have the hour free, please join us.
If the weather is horrific on February 4, we
will plan to meet a week later on February 11.
If that happens, we will let guild members
know via email. If we meet at 6:30, we can be
finished soon after 7:30, and attendees can be
home by 8:00 or shortly thereafter.
If you have questions please contact Mar-
garet Jager, 616-773-0360 or margaret-
Spinning Workshop
March 12 & 13, 2016 You've heard what a great instructor Emily
Wolschied is from Heidi and Paula. Now is
the time to get those registration forms in to
Sue Vegter to guarantee your spot!!
The workshop will be held at Megan
Roach's studio, 401 Hall Street Grand Rapids.
Setup will be from 9:00 am to 9:30 am with
the workshop starting at 9:30 sharp! Emily has
a lot to cover so the morning sessions will run
9:30 am to 12:30 pm, lunch from 12:30 pm to
1:30 pm, afternoon sessions 1:30 pm to 4:30
pm, both days. The cost is only $75 for both
days plus a materials fee of $40 payable to
Emily which covers 12 oz of hand dyed fiber
plus add-ins for fiber batts.
This workshop is a great way for all levels
of spinners to play with custom color blending
and to learn traditional and contemporary
techniques for spinning those freshly carded
fibers. Students will use drum carders to blend
various types of batts including: tweed batts,
art batts and smooth batts. We will also learn
how to create a self striping that will be pulled
directly from the carder into puni style rolags.
From these various preparations, we will dis-
cuss various ways to prepare the batt for spin-
ning (stripping it, pulling it into a roving, etc.)
and learn/practice core spinning and the long
draw method of spinning.
Space is limited so get those registrations in
as soon as possible.
Spring Retreat
April 16, 201?
9 am to 5 pm At the Salvation Army Little Pine Island
Camp, cost is just $20.
Why not sign up for both the workshop and
the retreat at the same time and write just one
check? Workshop/Retreat form attached to
this newsletter.
Sue Vegter
Knitting Study Group
to Meet The guild's Knitting Study Group will be
meeting during the Saturdays in February and
the first Saturday in March. Mark your calen-
dar for February 6, 13, 20, 27, and March 5.
Meetings begin at 10:30 a.m. (or there-
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2 —WW&S Newsletter, February, 2016
Woodland Weavers and Spinners Guild
President: Heidi Bukoski
Vice-President: Judy Hogan
Secretary: Cynthia Root
Treasurer: Jane Yelvington
Newsletter Editor: Bob Meyering
Web-master: Jane Fabiano-Turner
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The Guild encourages creativity, originality
and excellence in handweaving and fiber arts
through fellowship and education, and
stimulates broader appreciation of the
fiber arts by the public.
Newsletter copy due on the
15th of the month
MEMBER
Guild Schedule for
2015-2016 PROGRAMS
September 14 – Members’ show and tell
October 5 – Joy Castonguay – Of Suds
and Scents? My Quest for the Perfect Soap.
November 2 – Mary Underwood – Will
that be One Hump or Two: Weaving Camel
Saddles in Mongolia
December 7 – Holiday Celebration? Pot-
luck, gift exchange
January 4 – Rita Petteys – Dyeing Warps
for Weaving? Finessing Your Technique
February 1 – Guild Scholarship Presen-
tations
March 7 – Emily Wohlscheid – Spinning
Through Time
April 4 – Joan Sheridan – Towels and
Textiles in America
May 2 – Panel discussion with Susan
Molnar, Bonnie Blandford and guild mem-
bers – Valuing your Work and Marketing I?
June 6 - End of Season Celebration? ? ?
Potluck, Swap N Shop
WORKSHOPS
October 10 – Joy Castonguay
Morning workshop – Making Marvelous
Milk Soap
Afternoon workshop – Centsible Skin
Care
March 12 and 13 – Emily Wohlscheid -
Blending and Spinning Fibers
RETREATS
November 7 — Christian Reformed Con-
ference Center, Grand Haven
April 16 ? Salvation Army Little Pine
Island Camp Retreat Center, Comstock Park
TEXTILE ARTS MARKET
December 11-12 — Prince Conference
Center, Calvin College
Minutes from
January 2016 Meeting The meeting was called to order at 7:05
p.m. by President Heidi Bukoski.
Visitors were introduced as Katie, Sheila,
Harriet, Theresa Kathleen and Cheryl.
It was moved, seconded and approved to
accept the December minutes as written.
Jane Yelvington reported that the Textile
Arts Market (TAM) was extremely success-
ful. Sales were over $22,000 gross and the
Guild should profit approximately $2,200.
The next sale will be April 23.
Jochen Ditterich thanked guild members
for the June gift and mementos and for the
nomination as Instructor of the Year in Hand-
woven Magazine. In appreciation he is plan-
ning on holding a “Tricks & Trades of Weav-
ing” workshop at a later date.
The next workshop will be March 12 & 13.
Emily Wohlscheid will present drum carding,
spinning long draws and core spinning. The
next retreat will be April 16 at the Pine Island
Salvation Army Retreat.
Paula Stark announced that the MLH
booklet is out.
The spinning study group meets the third
Monday, 7 p.m. at Jane Yelvington’s house.
All are welcome. The drafting study group
will meet the third Tuesday at 7 p.m. The
inkle loom study group will meet the third
Thursday at 7 p.m. The knitting study group
will begin meeting in February on Saturday
mornings.
New Business
Next month’s program will be presenta-
tions from 2015 scholarship recipients.
The Institute for Global Learning has a
sewing circle the third Wednesday of the
month.
The Michigan Artist Series at the GRAM
presents “Sally England: New Knots” from
January 31, 2016 – April 17, 2016. Sally Eng-
land is a fiber artist based in Grand Rapids,
Michigan and Ojai, California. She has gained
national acclaim for her work in macramé, an
ancient form of textile-making using decora-
tive knots.
The meeting was adjourned at approxi-
mately 7:30 p.m.
The program was “Dying Warps for Weav-
ing” presented by Rita Petteys. The program
was followed by Show and Tell.
Respectfully submitted,
Cynthia Root
Who Spins? Jocelyn Shaw alerts us to an internet
site she found through the Knitty-
Blog: it's a website that shows where
people in the US and Canada spin and
she thought you might be interested in it.
Check it out. http://www.whospins.com/
abouts) and end about noon (or thereabouts!)
at the Boston Square Christian Reformed
Church at 1803 Kalamazoo Ave, SE, in Grand
Rapids. Attendees should use the lower park-
ing lot door at the west end of the church.
(There will be other cars parked there.)
Knitters of all levels, even beginners, are
invited to attend. So are your friends. If you
are interested in a specific topic, let me know
ahead of time so that I can bring the necessary
materials. In past years, some guild members
have used this study group as a springboard to
creating their own patterns for sweaters or
socks. Beginning knitters do not need to bring
anything but themselves. We have enough
supplies to get you started.
So pack your knitting bag and join us as
many of these pleasant Saturday mornings as
you can!
Questions: Margaret Jager, 616-773-0360
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MLH News and Notes
Registration for the Michigan League of
Handweavers Summer Workshops to be held
June 3-5 at Hope College begins February 1.
This three-day conference gives each of us the
opportunity to delve deeply into an area of the
textile arts. If you are a member of the Michi-
gan League of Handweavers, you have already
received a booklet with information about the
workshops. If you are not a member but are
interested in learning more, visit the MLH
website: mlhguild.org to find out everything
necessary for joining the fun.
The Nineteenth Biennial Fiber Art Exhibit,
also sponsored by MLH, is looking for en-
trants. Details are on the MLH website. A
digital image of each entry needs to be submit-
ted with the necessary paperwork by February
28. This can all be done by email, and proba-
bly will not take the time that filling out forms
manually used to take.
If you have been working on a project
which is turning out really well, consider
showing a state-wide audience! It would be
wonderful to have a good showing from mem-
bers of this guild.
Inkle/Card Weaving
Study Group
Inkle/Card Weaving Study group will meet
on Thursday Feb. 18 at Judi Pulver's house.
Bring any projects you would like to work
on. Beginners welcome.
WW&S Newsletter, February, 2016 — 3
From the
Julia Daniels Studio RUG WORKSHOP
There are still openings for the rug work-
shop with Nancy Crampton on April 2 and 3.
It will be held in my studio, so you do not
need to transport your loom. It is the same
class she is teaching at John Campbell Folk
School. Please see me for sign up sheets at the
meeting. [And see further information below.
—Editor]
WEAVE A RUG
I have two looms warped for rugs and tons
of selvedges all wound into balls. You can
weave a custom rug for yourself or as a gift.
Cost is $1.00 per inch and includes all materi-
als and studio time. Call or email to set up a
time.
OPEN STUDIO
My studio is open on Tuesdays and
Wednesdays in February and March. Come
rent studio space from 10-5 both days. Flexi-
ble schedule with make up time for snow
dates.
Fully equipped studio so there is no need to
haul any items. My shelves are fully stocked
with fibers if you need to purchase something
to compliment your project. Four weeks of
studio time for $50.00.
Contact me for any questions or registration
for the above opportunities? Julie Daniels,
imaweaver2004@yahoo. com or (616) 887-
9007.
Nancy Crampton Offers
Rug Workshop Interested in rag rugs? I will be teaching a
weekend workshop April 2-3 at Julia Daniel's
studio focused on Rosepath, a four-harness
twill variation.
Plain weave is commonly used in rag rugs,
but Rosepath adds a lot of interesting variation
to your weaving of rugs, table runners and
placemats.
The fundamentals of rag rug weaving will
be covered: dressing the loom, calculating
weft fabric, ways to prepare the cloth strips
and the many methods of joining the pieces.
Weave samples of Rosepath with tabby and
without, double-face Rosepath, unbalanced
Rosepath, inlay and others. Discussions and
samples will include warp setts and widths of
strips suitable for both rugs and table linens.
No rug weaving experience needed, but
you need to know how to dress a loom. You
will come to class with an already wound
warp and we will dress the loom together.
Some weft strips will be available and you
also may bring your own. More details will
follow.
Nancy Crampton
nancycramptondesigns.com
PAULA’S PURLS Why I Get So Excited During the
Dark and Long Days of January This is a time of winter I get very excited.
In less than two weeks I will be signed up for
my summer workshop with Michigan League
of Handweavers (MLH). From the time I get
my catalog to the date sign-up begins I drool
over the listing of classes trying to decide
what to take. I make up my mind several times
and then I am lured back for another look and
maybe a different choice.
If you are not familiar with Michigan
League of Handweavers it is the state wide
organization of Weaving Guilds of which
most also include spinning, knitting, felting,
dying and other fiber arts. Once a year MLH
holds a state wide event. This year it is the 3-
day workshops that offer a variety of opportu-
nities in fiber skills. The opposite year is the
conference which includes both three day
workshops and a weekend of day and half day
workshops. All these are held at Hope College
which offers classrooms, lodging and food in
new, air conditioned, and spacious facilities.
There are scholarships to help decrease the
cost offered both by the out guild and MLH.
The costs are very reasonable considering the
national teachers they bring in from around the
country. The cost could be twice as much
offered by other organizations.
If you have questions, look at the Michigan
League of Handweavers website
(www.mlhguild.org). The seminars are listed
with an online registration. Or ask Margaret
Jager a member of our guild who was presi-
dent of MLH for two years and for two years
before that planned the workshops and semi-
nars as vice-president. Or just ask other guild
members if they have attended a MHL confer-
ence. You will be surprised how many mem-
bers say “yes,” and you will hear their stories
of the excellent teaching, exciting learning and
fun time with other fiber artists, and the good
food either at Hope or a walk away in down-
town Holland.
Are you excited yet? Let me tease you with
what is being offered this year:
Four Color Double Weave with Su Butler
Collage Vest: Made with your own fabric
scrap? with Mary Sue Fenner
Dying for Blue: Indigo with Shibori Tech-
niques with Jennifer Gould
Working with Thickened Dyes with Susie
Krage
Color and Design in Huck Lace Towels
with Rosalie Nielson
Exploring Krokbragd on a Multi-Shaft
Loom with Joan Sheridan
Crimp and Create with Diane Totten
Theo Morman Adapated for Clothing with
Heather Winslow.
If you just want to know what Krokbragd,
Shibori, Crimp or Huck is about, we can an-
swer that. If you have questions about Theo
Morman try out our master weaver Jochen.
Put a little spring in your step and look
forward to the spring season by signing up for
an MHL workshop.
P.S. My goal is to learn how to pronounce
Krokbragd, be able to spell it correctly and
finally to learn how to weave it.
Paula Stark
Big Sale April 23! Now that the holiday season is past and the
days are getting longer again, it is time to
focus our attention on our second Textile Arts
Market of the season. We are guests of the
West Michigan Potters Guild for this sale, and
we will be sharing their space at the St. Nicho-
las Antiochian Orthodox Church on East Paris
Road between Burton and 28th Street. This is
a one-day sale, but a busy and profitable one
for guild members who participate.
We have less than three months to prepare
for this sale. Because it is in the spring, we
usually find that people are looking for a dif-
ferent kind of product. Keep this in mind as
you craft the rest of your winter away! The
sale will be an item on the February guild
meeting agenda, and updates and details will
come there and via the newsletter.
Scholarships Available On page 22 of this year’s membership
booklet you will find this: “The Woodland
Weavers & Spinners Guild has established a
permanent Education Scholarship Fund to
encourage creative handweaving and fiber
arts.” You can take advantage of this by mak-
ing an application for a scholarship. The form
is attached to this newsletter. Go for it!
New Members
Cheryl Bootsma
3569 Cobblestone Court
Kentwood MI 49512
cell? 616-606-3649
Kathleen Merz
1216 Sherman St SE
Grand Rapids MI 49506
cell? 269-267-3050
Katie Ross
1076 Carrier Creek Blvd. NE
Grand Rapids MI 49503
cell? 616-481-9935
Connie VanDeKoppel
4910 Wickham Dr
Norton Shore? M? 49441
231-798-1621
231-557-0035
4 —WW&S Newsletter, February, 2016
An Interview with Becca Anderson,
Manager of Threadbender Yarn Shop
Greetings, Becca! Thank you for taking the time to be interviewed for the “Roving Re-porter” piece. Please tell us a little bit about yourself, your history and how you ended up taking over the manager position and duties from your mother, the owner of the Thread-bender Yarn Shop, Julie Anderson!
Here is the short version. I lived in Detroit for 18 years after high school. I wasn’t totally happy with my job or my surroundings there, so I had a chat with the parents, and I decided I would move back to Grand Rapids to start “The Takeover” of Threadbender, and Mom could retire. I am extremely happy to be back in my hometown. Please tell the guild what has changed at
the Threadbender and your plans for the fu-ture.
I’ve only been back at the store full time for just under a year, so not much has changed...YET! We did do some rearranging, opening up the space, and a bunch of other organizational projects in the last year that I headed up. Look for more changes this up-coming year. I’m excited? You will definitely see some surprises to make Threadbender more “my own,” but I also think that Mom has created something that essentially works, and I don’t want to mess with that formula too much. My immediate goals are to make the store more user-friendly and do some more updating. After that, I definitely have more up my sleeve, but I can’t reveal that just yet. ;)
What is your main personal interest or focus in addition to the store. What fiber genre do you enjoying the most and why?
I would say that knitting is my “go-to” interest because it’s portable, and the possibili-ties are endless. And I’m getting pretty good at it…that always helps.
What has inspired you in your personal ‘fiber quest’ on this journey?
I am inspired by many things. My Mom, my Dad, my Grandma Charlotte (who has been gone for over 10 years, but she is the one who taught me knitting when I was little)…I can be inspired by a photograph, an idea, an event (like the birth of a baby)…social media is a huge source of inspiration…the customers at Threadbender inspire me as well.
What do you feel is your strongest area in your creative process?
One of my biggest strengths is that I will try just about anything! I love experimenting with materials. I’ve created some cool pieces and some crappy ones as well…but how do you know what works and what doesn’t until you try?
What area in your creative process do you
feel needs to be improved and why? I need more time…can you help me with
that? Haha. The area that needs to be im-proved (ironically) is slowing down. For ex-ample, when I paint, I sometimes get impatient when layering colors, and instead of letting the first layer dry properly, I get impatient, add another color, and then I have a brown mess. It’s not that extreme (usually), but you get the idea. It’s tempering my excitability to get something done properly versus quickly.
Have you been surprised by the outcome of any unexpected challenges or obstacles you’ve encountered while working on a piece?
My most challenging is happening right now. I am doing a mixed warp long enough for people to come in and weave off approxi-mately 14 blankets. It’s a 34 yard warp and has 572 ends with probably over 100 different yarns in it (some of which are hand-dyed by my talented Mama). I started with black and have gradated to purple, lavender, pink and will move to red, orange, gold, green, blue, and maybe purple again. It’s a ton of planning and math, and I only repeat a yarn no more than 2 or 3 times consecutively, so there is a lot of cutting and tying the new yarn on the end. On top of winding this almost 20,000 yard warp, I’m also constantly checking my phone for work emails, listening to music, answering questions from my staff, taking a break to run to the bank and pay a few bills, mentally planning our next KAL/CAL, plan-ning dinner with a friend, saying “hi” to a few customers, and taking a few phone calls—and this was just today. I’ve learned that I am not only a fiber artist, but I am a successful jug-gler as well. I can have distractions coming at me from all angles and still create a unique and gorgeous warp that everyone who has seen it so far is drooling over. I am so excited to get this baby threaded and beamed!!
What is it you like best in your personal creative process?
With any project, fiber or not, I love, love, love putting colors together. It’s something that calms me to a certain extent. Yarn, fiber, paint, fabric—you name it. Picking colors is my zen.
What do you see as the most important point or part in your role as ‘fiber artist?
I think my most important role as a fiber artist is to inspire others. Whether it be with my enthusiasm, my designs, my executing of others’ designs…if people aren’t inspired by you, they will look elsewhere for that feeling.
Do you have either a dream project you’d love to tackle or a fiber bucket list?
I have a few dream projects on the list. One of those is to create something starting with the first step of shearing the sheep, carding, dyeing, spinning, then weaving or knitting the yarn. I also have a few ArtPrize ideas that involve fiber on some level, but time is not easy to come by lately.
Where do you see yourself in 5 years? I have big plans for Threadbender and
would love to see those come to fruition. I wouldn’t mind a second location either! Per-sonally, I would love to have found someone to share my life with by then. He would have to support my love of fiber, of course. ;)
Personally, I think my end goal is to be recognized in some way for a completely original piece like winning ArtPrize. I would be okay with that. Professionally speaking, I would like to sell my designs nationally.
Would you mind telling us something about yourself that would surprise or enlighten us?
I used to own a franchise of Candy Bou-quet. It was run out of my home, and I made bouquets of candy that looked like flowers. The business was a good learning opportunity for me, and I still (7 years later) have more cellophane, ribbon, wire, baskets, containers, mugs, floral tape, and decorative cutsie crap than any 12 people should have.
Here’s a fun fact—when Threadbender opened almost 32 years ago, I was 7 years old. I would come in every day after school and all day during the summers. I would sit under-neath the counter (creepy, I know) and play or color or do whatever else little girls do. Mom even let me write up sales receipts sometimes. Some of you probably remember this!
Finally, I was in a television commercial for Ramblewood Plaza when I was about 7 or 8 that ran about ten times. It was a series of pictures set to music with probably the contact information at the end…like as ‘80’s as a commercial could possibly be. The few sec-onds flash of my picture is me sitting at a loom weaving. My Mom says she still has a copy somewhere.
What words of encouragement or advise do you have for someone starting out in the fiber arts?
Be inspired, don’t be afraid to take chances, and don’t be afraid to make mistakes.
[Becca Anderson was interviewed by Roving Reporter Paula DeYoung.]
Request for the Future As you know I am getting programs set up
for next year. Since I have been a member I am so amazed at the creativity that we have within our own group. I would like to recog-nize that creativity with at least two meetings, one in the fall and one in the spring, where members can share their talents with the group. I am looking for 2-3 people for each meeting who would be willing to share what they do. Or if you feel confident enough I would be pleased to devote an entire meeting to your craft. I think we have such talent within our organization that it isn't always necessary to bring in outside guests. I would sincerely like to tap into that talent. Please don't be put off by speaking in front of a group, we aren't a group, we are an extended family. And any talent is welcome to be dis-played: spinning, felting, working with raw fiber and turning it into lovely rovings or batts. Or those of you who may have animals could share with us the life of working with those animals. Any kind of weaving: pin looms, circle looms, inkle looms, big looms, back-strap, tapestry. Whatever your talents are, I would love to have you share them with us. Please email me at [email protected] or call me at 254-702-7593. Thank you for being willing to share your talent with all of us.
Judy Hogan
WW&S Newsletter, February, 2016 — 5
2015-2016 WORKSHOP & RETREAT REGISTRATION FORM
Date
Name
Address
City, State, Zip
Phone E-mail
WORKSHOPS:
Please check the workshops you wish to attend.
October 10, 2015, Joy Castonguay, Plainfield Senior Center, Plainfield, MI;
_______ Morning Workshop? Making Marvelous Milk Soap; $18 workshop fee* + $15 materials fee
_______ Afternoon Workshop? Centsible Skin Care; $18 workshop fee* + $15 materials fee
If taking both morning and afternoon, workshop fee is $34
_______ March 12 & 13 2016, Emily Wohlscheid, Blending and Spinning Fibers, Megan Roach's studio, 401 Hall St.
Grand Rapids; $75 workshop fee* + $40 materials fee
*non-members of the Guild add $30 to workshop cost
RETREATS:
______November 7, 2015, Christian Reformed Conference Center (CRCC) Gathering Center, Grand Haven, 9 – 7, $25 for all day
(Includes lunch and dinner) & $15 for ½ day (Includes lunch only)
______April 16, 2016, Salvation Army Little Pine Island Camp Retreat Center, Comstock Park 9 – 5, $20 includes 1 meal
Workshop Policies: Workshop registrations for Guild members must be received at least 2-weeks prior to the workshop date. Registration
must be accompanied by full payment. Materials fee will be paid directly to the instructor. Non-members will be included if a workshop limit is not
filled by members within 2- weeks prior to the date o? the workshop. The cost for non-members is workshop and materials’ fees plus $30. If a non-
member decides to join the Guild after the first workshop participation, the next workshop in which s/he participates will be at the member rate for
the rest of the Program year (the $30 can be applied to dues). Full refund is issued prior to 2-weeks of the workshop, no refund after that. For both
members and non-members a complete refund will be issued if the workshop is canceled.
Retreats: Registration and payment must be received 2-weeks prior to the date of the retreat. No refunds will be issued after that date. If a
retreat is canceled, a full refund will be issued.
Please forward completed registration and payment (WOODLAND WEAVERS & SPINNERS) to:
Sue Vegter
2160 Eagle Blvd.
Holland, MI 49424
Questions? [email protected] or 616-990-0429
6 —WW&S Newsletter, February, 2016
Scholarship Request
I am requesting consideration for a scholarship of up to $100 for the educational opportunity described below.
I understand that the guild maintains a scholarship fund to encourage members in creative hand weaving, spin-
ning and related fiber arts. I understand that this scholarship is not necessarily based on need but may be limited to
member requests with more pressing financial need. I feel that this scholarship will enable me to meet my financial
obligations for this opportunity.
I understand that by accepting a scholarship from the WW&S Guild I am agreeing to share my experience and
what I learned with the guild in some manner to be worked out with the guild president. This may be a short demon-
stration, a full program or as simple as a show and tell.
This is a description of my intended learning experience/class for which I am requesting this scholarship. I have
listed dates, class name and who is sponsoring the opportunity (if applicable), as well as a description of what I hope
to learn from this opportunity:
Please attach any other information regarding this opportunity to assist the committee in determining the applica-
ble need as it relates to the scholarship guidelines.
Date I need a response by: ______________________ (the scholarship committee may not be able to meet quick
response needs depending on availability of members).
Would you be willing to help others with what you learned afterwards? ______________
_______________________________________________________ __________
Committee Notes:
__ Accepted on ________________ for $__________
__ Denied on _________________ due to the following explanation.
Committee Members voting:
Member Signature? Date