February 2012 Meeting

Our February guild meeting is on the 12th, and remember that we meet at the new time of 1:00 - 4:00. Our program is Long Draw with Erica Fire. ~Expand your drafting repertoire.  This will be a hands-on presentation/workshop on long draw drafting techniques.  Long draws are used to make true woolen yarns; they are also ideal for spinning short, slick fibers like angora, cashmere, and cotton.  We will be learning these techniques with wool roving provided by the guild, although you are welcome to bring your own if you prefer.  This is a great workshop for a comfortable beginning spinner who is looking for the next step.

Also if you're going to display any articles or skeins of yarn for the Burchfield Fiber Arts Exhibit, please bring them to the Feb. meeting.

Doreen

Long Meadow Farm Open House

That's Friday and Saturday at Sandy's farm.

Roc Day 2012

Our January Roc Day Celebration meeting was great!! We had a "full house" with a lot of regular members, returning members, new members, and a few guests.  Everyone had a chance to spin on a variety of wheels, and several gifts were generously donated for prizes. Here are some pictures.

January 2012 Meeting

Happy New Year to everyone!

Our January meeting will be on the 8th. from 12:00 - 3:00. It’s our Rock Day celebration and instead of having a musical wheel game like last year, we had several requests to just be able to try out the variety of wheels that our members own. If you have several wheels, maybe bring the more unusual one to make it fun. The guild will provide roving, and we’ll have about 2-3 minutes at each wheel before going to the next one. Any new spinners are welcome to come to the meeting where we have several mentors who are willing to show you how to spin.

See you all soon,

Doreeen

Here are a few pictures from last year.

Esker Scarf Love

Our guild spin-a-long/knit-a-long produced tremendous results! This is just a sample of the nine Esker Scarves that were finished by the members. We encourage all of you to visit the pattern created by our fellow member, Jen!


Sunday, November 13

Plying with Carolyn

Part of this week's program will be hands on, part will be demo and Q&A.

Carolyn will cover why we ply, some basic plying tips, formulas for getting the right amount of ply twist, and then of course, the two ways of Navajo plying. After a question and answer session, she is willing to have a look at skeins you have spun and give advice or answer questions you have on them.

You should bring some prepared fiber to spin, preferably something easy to spin. An ounce or two will be plenty. Empty bobbins and a lazy kate will be very helpful.

See you then!

A Little Something!

Nancy just passed this along for your enjoyment. A very interesting video clip about Harris Tweed:)