| December 2002 Weavers Guild Meeting |
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| Sunday, December 29th, 3:15 - 5:00 at Emma's house in Akron |
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| In attendence |
Emma, Demelza, Ellencwen, Hathewisse, Diachbha, baby Hunter, Ceinwyn,
Branwyn |
| Member Reports |
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| Emma |
Made bobbin lace. Embroidered a counted-thread sampler.
Lucetted some cord. Finished knitting the baby blanket for her new
grand-niece. |
| Ellencwen |
Spun angora yarn. Oiled the small loom (which needs some maintenance
and new parts). Finished lace-knitting five "Christmas scarves" using
her own handspun angora yarn. Made progress on the "eternal scarf"
which she is knitting in a wool/silk/angora blend (this project is
"eternal" because she has been working on it for more than a year). |
| Hathewisse |
Dyed commercially-spun wool singles using acid dyes. The acid
dyes can produce medieval-looking colors and will give more consistent
results than natural dyestuffs. Wove five twill baby blankets from
acrylic yarn. From a single warp, made three rag rugs for use in
her kitchen. Wove a sampler of twill variations.
Using a twill weave, made two red and white scarves, which are both very
striking. |
| Diachbha |
Wove two separate projects on a jacquard loom. One piece was
woven from linen singles, and the other piece was woven using a combination
of linen and cotton. Oohs and aahs from the guild. |
| Ceinwyn |
Wove a bag on a foam-core loom. Lucetted cord. Wove a lace
sampler on a foam-core loom. Knitted in unusual textured patterns
(finished project will be a Christmas stocking). |
| Branwyn |
Washed the other half of the dirty Horned Dorset fleece. Wove
a chair seat from seagrass (to replace the original rush seat that the
cats used as a scratching post). Wound the rest of the skein collection
into balls with the help of the new swift. |
| Miscellania |
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| Chai, the Gwyntarian chronicler, is publishing a bimonthly newsletter
called "The White Shield." To subscribe, send her six stamps.
To receive the shire address list (which is updated twice a year), send
her two additional stamps. |
| Nigel has a treadle sewing machine for sale; contact him for
details. |
| At the December meeting, the fleece for the guild project was divided
up and distributed to members (Branwyn will mail Jendriska's share). The
plan is to spin the fleece over the winter and dye the undyed portion in
the spring. |
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| November Meeting |
Old business from last meeting--Emma will forward a copy of the guild
charter with the final revisions to Branwyn for submission to the Gwyntarian
MOA&S. |
| Upcoming Events |
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December 31,2002 New Year's Eve party at Karl and Ceinwyn's house.
Karl will be cooking pork and sauerkraut and Korean chicken. |
| January 4, 2003 Medina Spinning and Weaving Guild's Rock Day get-together |
| January 25, 2003 "A
Regular Event in Cleftlands: A Winter Hunt," Cleveland, Ohio |
March 22, 2003 North Oaken A&S and Military School, Tallmadge,
Ohio (no online information at this time)
Emma will be teaching classes at this event. |
| April 26, 2003 Mid-Ohio Fiber Gathering, De Graff, Ohio |
May 2003 Maryland
Sheep and Wool Festival, location to be announced
The festival is always held the first full weekend in May. The
site will be updated for the 2003 festival in February. |
| May 8-11, 2003 38th
International Congress on Medieval Studies, Kalamazoo, Michigan |
June 22-29, 2003 Midwest
Weavers Conference 2003, Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville,
Illinois
(members commented that the location is an easy drive from northeast
Ohio; accomodations are on-campus and will be reasonably priced--besides,
it is fun to stay in the dorms) |
June 27-July 4, 2004 Convergence
2004, Denver, Colorado
Registration materials will be available on the website in Fall 2003. |
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| Next Meeting |
| Sunday, January 19th, 2:00 at Diachbha's house in Kent. |
| Diachbha will demonstrate the jacquard loom which she is using at the
university. |
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