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Mountain Spinners and Weavers Guild

Volume 40, Issue3 November 2016

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Next Meeting is November 19, 2016 at 9 a.m. Yavapai Title, 1235 E. Gurley. Bring 2 canned food donations

In this issue President’s Message General Meeting Minutes Upcoming Guild Events Board Members Special Interest Groups Contact Information Upcoming Workshops Submitted by Members Member Profile Birthdays Support Your Local Businesses

Pictures throughout the newsletter are from the Eco Dye class.

President’s Message

The November Show is just days away! I have been felting. Many of you have been finishing that last project, filling out the inventory sheets and making copies of them, pinning the sales tags onto each and every item. The weather has remained pretty warm for Prescott. With a little bit of luck we will get a sunny but crispy cool day to give our sales a big boost. Best wishes to all in the show and a Happy Thanksgiving as we head into December.

General Meeting Minutes October 15, 2016

The meeting was called to order by Barb Redmond at 9 am. Guests from Kingman were Lucy Dittmar and Bobby Green.

Secretary: Minutes were approved as published.

Treasurer: Lisa Wilkes

Treasurer’s report is attached. The proposed budget for 2017 will be published in next month’s newsletter. One proposed change is to spend more than income to reduce total funds.

First Vice-President: Nancy Dunlap

Two purchases have been made for Guild programs: A new projector and a computer with the Power Point application.

Today’s program: Weaving Damask on Jacquard Looms by Annemarie Bellem

The November meeting will be held at the Yavapai Title building. Participants are asked to bring 2 cans of food as a donation to the food bank.

December 17: The Christmas party will be held at 10:30. All should bring a dish to share for the potluck meal. Those who wish to participate in the gift exchange should bring a fiber-related wrapped gift labeled appropriately for a spinner, weaver, etc.

Second Vice-President: Katie Staudt

Members were asked to sign-up for Katherine Weber’s Blazing Shuttles workshop if interested.

All signees for Trish Lange’s clothing workshop must pay in full today or lose their place to someone on the waiting list.

Members were also asked to sign up for possible upcoming events if interested: An Ireland trip, a beading workshop, the color interest group, etc.



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Special Interest Groups

Spinners meet on Mondays from 10 am--2 pm in the map room at Sharlot Hall museum.

Tapestry has temporarily disbanded.

The Structure group will discuss overshot for the next several meetings and after that switch to a discussion of turned overshot. Structure meets at 10:00 am at Fiber Creek on the first Wednesday of each month.

Wilda Postel sends out a reminder email for the Sewing Handwovens group. Meetings are from 1-3 pm on the last Friday of each month at Wilda’s house.

The new Color group will have its first and second meetings on October 24 and November 28 from 10 am to noon. All members who sign the interest sheet will receive an email regarding the location and date of meetings each month.

Sunshine: Sandy Swinford, absent

Announcements:

November Sale:

Barb Kiger announced that all detail information, including guidelines for submitting articles in the November sale, will be in the Guild newsletter. Articles are self-juried. Participants must use guild forms for inventory and for tagging articles. Each article should be labeled with three of the weaver’s initials plus a number. Tags should be of an appropriate size for each article. Jewelry, for example, should have small tags.

Publicity: Deb Dorrell has contacted local newspapers and radio stations and is arranging for a television spot to promote the November sale. Photographs taken in the special interest group meetings may be used.

Instructions for the take-in of handwovens will be available in the newsletter. The Prescott Valley take-in will be on November 9 at Yvonne Johnson’s house and in Prescott at Barb Kiger’s house.

Janet Lambert would like two more greeter volunteers.

Directories: Nancy Ricketts will have the guild directories available at the November meeting.

Carma Koester: A new supply of guild sweatshirts, shirts and bags are available.

Hospitality: Thank you to Gisela Gminder, Lisa Wilkes, Oleta Askerman and Ann Lindstrom for volunteering to be hostesses this month.

Upcoming Guild Events November 12: Holiday Show and Sale in the Marina Room at the Hassayampa Inn. You’ll want to be sure to check out the raffle baskets. Thank you for all your contributions!

2015-2016 Board Members President Barb Redmond Treasurer Lisa Wilke

First Vice President Nancy Dunlap

Co-Second Vice President Diane Braun and Jennifer Stocker

Co-Workshop Chairs Katie Staudt and Kathy Grace

Secretary Deb Dorrell

Other Support Members

Publicity Shelly Leichter Ways and Means Cheryl Smart



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Special Interest Groups Contact Information

Sewing Handwovens Wilda Postel’s home Contact Wilda at 928-776-4481 or [email protected] Next meeting is April 1 at Wilda Postel’s from 1-3 pm.

Spinning

Both spindle and wheel spinners are welcome. Group members talk about their current projects and show recent handspun yarn and projects. All levels of spinners (including future spinners) are welcome. The group is always willing to share information and offer suggestions on all spinning-related topics. As spinner Luida Gottlieb told Nancy Wilson once, “It’s cheaper than therapy.” Mondays 10 a.m.-2 p.m. in the Sharlot Hall Museum map room.

Structure The Structure group will discuss overshot for the next several meetings and after that switch to a discussion of turned overshot. Structure meets at 10:00 am at Fiber Creek on the first Wednesday of each month.

Simple Looms The Simple Looms Group is meeting Tuesday, November 8 at 10 am at Studio 3. If you have an interest in rigid heddle, pin looms or other simple looms, this is the group for you! Please let Ann Lindstrom ([email protected]) know if you are interested planning to attend. Remember: this is election day, so be sure to vote!

Beading This group works on beaded jewelry and other bejeweled items. Wednesdays 1-4 p.m. Wilda Postel’s home Contact Wilda at 928-776-4481 or [email protected]

Color More information forthcoming. This group will have its first meeting in September.

UFO’s (Unfinished Objects) This group is a very social group working to complete projects. Tuesdays at different members’ houses Contact Annemarie Bellem (928) 445-5564 [email protected] or Sharon Richards (928) 775-6766 [email protected]

Upcoming Workshops

January 18, 19 and 20, 2017: Trish Lange will be teaching “Clothing Design for Handweavers.” Students will learn clothing design using basic shapes with minimal cutting and sewing to create simply constructed clothing with a high fashion, rather than ethnic look. Emphasis will be placed on making clothing particular to the student’s figure, lifestyle, and specific talents, using one’s own body measurements. Time: 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. each day Location: Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Church, 1202 Green Lane #A, Prescott Cost: $130 Supply List: Available upon registration or request

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March 11, 2017: Diane Braun will be teaching “2-Handed, 2-Color Fair Isle Knitting.” Are you avoiding glorious Fair Isle knitting because untangling the two colors of yarn frustrates you? Learn how to carry one color in the left hand and the second color in the right hand to create beautiful colorwork without long floats in the back or annoying tangles of yarn. Time: 1-4 p.m. Location: Diane’s home: 7570 W. Walden Blvd., Wilhoit Cost: $20 Supply List: Available upon registration or request

March 15-17, 2017: Jill Holbrook “Spinning to Knit and Knitting with Handspun.” Learn to spin the yarn you want and use it for the knitted project of your choice. Students will spin and ply yarns appropriate for several types of knitting including lace. Choice of fiber and appropriate yarns will be discussed, as well as estimating fiber and yarn yardage needs. Needle size and knitting patterns for each type of yarn will be addressed using knit swatches. We will then work through project planning and designing or adjusting for handspun yarn. Project ideas, care and finishing will also be discussed. http://brookmoorecreations.com/

Jill has completed her Level 6 spinning examinations at Olds College in Canada. Now she is working on her in-depth study to conclude 6 years of work. After all of this, she will be called Dr. Jill Holbrook-Master Spinner!

Time: TBA Location: TBA, Probably Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Church Cost: Members: $95 Supply List: Available upon registration or request. April 8, 2017: Diane Braun “Create a Model of Your Feet with Duct Tape.” Make a reusable model of your feet for sock and slipper knitting and felting. Once you know the technique, you can make models of family members’ feet to reference for making gifts. Heck, just the chance to spend a couple hours playing with duct tape is worth it! And you’re recycling socks! Time: 1-3 p.m. Location: Diane’s home: 7570 W. Walden Blvd., Wilhoit Cost: $20 Supply List: Bring a roll of your favorite colored duct tape, a pair of socks that you’ll never use again, multi-

purpose scissors, and lots and lots of empty plastic grocery bags. May 17-10, 2017: Jenny Pelc Chandela “Exploring SAORI: Free-style Weaving for All Ages and Abilities.” This 3-Day workshop will provide students with a background of the SAORI weaving philosophy and history as well as the opportunity to explore the SAORI approach through the creation of handwoven cloth. http://saoristyle.com/ Time: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. each day Location: TBA Cost: $175 to $200 – this may change as costs are more accurately determined. Supply List: Available upon registration or request. Other upcoming possibilities include the following:

Robyn Spady: November 7th

, if I can get her! “Weaver-Manipulated Lace Weaves,” a one day class on 2 harness lace weaving!

Mary Walker: “Introduction to Navajo Weaving,” 3 day course. Katie will be speaking to Mary in September when she has finished her summer teaching schedule! Stay tuned. We may schedule this workshop in the fall of 2017?

Luanna Clifton: Knitting Two Socks on Two Needles, date to be announced!

http://brookmoorecreations.com/

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Submitted by Members THE THREADS OF OUR LIVES by Barb Kiger After concentrating on the November show details, I was all out of words and ideas for an article this month. But yesterday, a conversation with my 97-year-old mother started me thinking about the connections we make with family and friends through our love of working with fibers. In our conversation mom was very animated and excited about receiving a box of old silk and cotton threads from a friend. They sat and talked for over an hour about their memories of grandmothers and mothers and how they used these threads. These threads had very old labels and the small box showed signs of being treasured over the years. Mom was honored that this woman had given her these treasures and she sees possibilities in using them in her stitchery. She also said that what is left will then be passed on to me. I know we all have little treasures like these. I have my mom’s weaving yarns, my mother-in-law’s crochet cotton, and many yarns from friends that I have gotten at our silent auction. In fact, I label them with the name of the previous owner. I remember these friends fondly as I use their yarns in my projects. For example, my pink jacket has lots of yarn from Barb Gray. She is with me when I wear it. I also have bits of a crazy quilt of silks and velvets from my grandmother’s mother who was a milliner. As a child I remember that on special days I was allowed to play with the buttons in the huge old wooden box choke full of mother-of-pearl and celluloid buttons from old clothes of years past. I refer to these treasures and use the buttons on current projects. These treasures extend to equipment too. In the YC classroom I remember that Verla named all the donated looms by the first names of their previous owners, to remember and honor them. On holidays, before my daughters had babies, we always would raid my stash and try some new technique in knitting and crochet, three generations – grandmothers, mother and daughters, sharing and learning from each other. When we first moved to Prescott in 1979, I immediately knew I had found “my people” when I met the members of the Mountain Spinners and Weavers Guild, which was two years old. Michelle Veatch and I are probably the only two active guild members from that time. To this day I still treasure my fiber friends made through this guild. I love learning and working together in workshops and at events. You have taught me so much. This past year the guild has grown and many of you have jumped it to volunteer on all levels. Welcome to all you, new and returning members. Thank you for joining us in passing along our traditional fiber crafts, and sharing the threads of our lives. October meeting presentation Submitted by Nancy Wilson Since we all hate to miss a meeting, here’s some pictures from Anne Marie Bellam’s presentation on weaving damask on a Jacquard loom (in Holland, no less!). I’m not a weaver (Don’t worry; I have plans.) and found it fascinating. I can’t even imagine how long the warping process takes. Anne Marie took us through the process us creating the design, weaving the design, and finishing the fabric. Thanks for sharing your experience with us, Anne-Marie!



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Punch cards for loom and weaving thread Weaving chart Fabric (before final finish)

Member Profile Katie Staudt

What forms of fiber art do you do? Spinning, Knitting, and Crocheting (Cross stitch, but it's been a while)

How did you get interested in fiber arts? As a small child with embroidery

In a perfect world, what would a day of fiber art look like? Weaving, knitting and spinning . . . with no interruptions

Describe a recent project that you completed. Working on Turned Taquete and knitting a vest

If you were to add one more type of fiber art to your repertoire, what would it be? Upon thinking about it, I would say I would like to learn to dye and would also like to learn how to properly plan and utilize my spinning in weaving, knitting and crocheting.

What do you like best about the Mountain Spinners and Weavers Guild? The people!

Please share a tip with the members. Love what you do!

Other Fiber-Related Events LOCAL FIBER ACTIVITIES AND EVENTS That New Gallery Guild member, Sandy Evans, has been juried into “That New Gallery” located at the Prescott Gateway Mall. She is selling her beautiful handwoven clothing and silver jewelry. WANTED – FIBER WORKSHOP TEACHERS and PRESENTERS The Scottsdale yarn shop, Jessica Knits, is looking for fiber artists to teach workshops and give presentations. Contact them through [email protected]

FIBER ACTIVITIES AND EVENTS-BEYOND PRESCOTT

The Tucson Handweavers and Spinners Guild is offering the following workshops for their 2016-2017

year.

November 30: Sivia Harding: “Moebius and the Mysterious Stitch Mirror”

December 1: Sivia Harding: “Rainshadow Scarf” and “Fluency Fingerless Gloves:

January 12-14: Judith Dios: “Watercolor Nuno Felt Garments”

January 26-27: Cameron Taylor-Brown: “Fiber Trails”

February 23-25: Deborah Corsini: “Pushing Boundaries: Exploring the Eccentric Wedge Weave”

March 23-25: Pam MacGregor: “Felted Teapots”




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The Arizona Fiber Arts Retreat (AFAR) will be held Friday, January 21, 2017 and Saturday, January 22, and 2017 at Arcosanti. In addition to having great classes and being fun, this year Ken Zoll, director of the Verde Valley Archeology Center and Museum in Camp Verde, will be giving a talk on ancient textiles in this area. This will be an exciting new dimension to our fiber arts studies by learning about what people were doing with fibers here thousands of years ago.

November Birthdays

11/1 Lois McClusky 11/11 Carol Gueck 11/3 Sharon Taub 11/13 Gail Burton 11/4 Dava Hoffman 11/23 Janet Bonnell 11/7 Sheri Kreuz 11/26 Pat Anna 11/8 Luida Gottlieb 11/28 Dawn Whitman 11/9 Lois Longfield

Remember, when you buy from Amazon, use the link from the Guild’s website and the Guild gets a portion of your purchase (regardless of whether it’s fiber-related or not). Please send comments, articles or book reviews to Nancy Wilson at [email protected] for inclusion in the next issue. Remember: I love to have pictures! Pictures are fun!

Got inspiration?

Look no further than these stunning items from October’s meeting Show and Tell!

Dawn Whitman’s bowl Deb Salazar’s

needle felted critters Evie’s Jack-o-Lantern bag

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Mary Morel’s vest Pat Anna’s Scarf Shelly Leichter’s towels

Lace Sweater* Katie Staudt’s Scarf Towels*

Wilda Postel’s poncho *My apologies for not remembering which one of our members made these lovely pieces; I’ll do better next month.



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Support Your Local Businesses

Your ad could be here! Reach your friends and fellow fiber enthusiasts by showcasing your business. Contact Nancy Wilson at [email protected] for more information. Each guild member gets one free ad as a benefit of being a member. Got something you want to publicize that’s fiber related? Contact Nancy.


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