| May 2003 Weavers Guild Meeting |
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| Saturday, May 31st at 4:30 pm at Jendriska's house
in South Farmington |
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| In attendance |
Demelza, Jendriska (reporting, in absence of secretary), Ceinwyn, Kore,
Leah |
| Member Reports |
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| Demelza |
Attended twine workshop. |
| Jendriska |
Demonstrated carding and spinning for elementary and high school students.
Carded fleece and spun with daugher Leah. Worked on counted cross-stitch
project. Helped her mother with a fiber project. |
| Ceinwyn |
Knitted "worms" (see below in "Miscellania" for knitted worm website).
Wove a belt for the Midrealm Belt Challenge. Spun and carded Tunis
fleece for the guild project. Experimented with beading on a spool
knitter. Embroidered with silk, linen and spangles. |
| Emma |
Attended the Great Lakes Lace Spring Fling. Learning Roumanian
point needle lace and working on a project. Demonstrated lace
at the Stan Hwyet May Day Stitchery Showcase. Taught two-pair
edging to the Buckeye Bobbins lace group. Made silk butterflies.
Bought a rigid-heddle loom and is researching its use. Did some lucetting. |
| Ellencwen |
Demonstrated spinning and weaving at a Girl Scout demo in Stow. |
| Kore |
Joined a kumihimo group on the Internet; working on kumihimo. |
| Leah |
Modeled one of Ceinwyn's "worms" for guild; photos were taken. |
| Miscellania |
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| The booklet for the upcoming FiberFest, at Lake FarmPark, suggests
that you phone in your class reservation and use a credit card. |
| Fun website "City Worm" --knit
sweaters for worms! Or worm-like sweaters. Inspired by the experience
of composting with red worms in the kitchen. |
| "KnitLit: Sweaters and their stories...and other writing about knitting"
is published by Random House. Go to the website
for photos of the projects, which were not included in the book, and biograhies
of contributors (recognize any of these people?). |
| Be sure to wash the Tunis fleece thoroughly before dyeing; it
was not scoured enough the first time, so it is still greasy. |
| The Medina County Fair is the first week of August; on Friday
and Saturday, the Medina Spinning and Weaving Guild holds a spinning demonstration.
See Demelza for details. |
| The annual Dye Day will be at Ceinwyn's house in July. Emma will
bring madder, and Branwyn is supplying indigo. If you have
accumulated onion skins, please bring them. |
| Emma suggested a field trip to Silverbrush
Farm in Pennsylvania (near Punxsutawney, home of ground hog Phil).
It is a working fiber farm, with a retail store and textile museum on the
grounds. |
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| Next Meeting |
| June 29th (Sunday), Weavers Guild Meeting, 2:00 at Jendriska's
house in South Farmington. |
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