Wednesday, August 11, 2010
Friday, March 26, 2010
New Meeting: April 1
The next Arachne Meeting will be Thursday, April 1. Amelia Garripoli will be the guest speaker and her topic is "Drum Carding A-to-Z: cover the basics and build your skills for creating terrific batts with wool, silk, mohair, and more." The meeting will begin promptly at 10am (be on time :-) ) and the lunch will be pot luck.
Amelia says there's no need for anyone to bring anything. If people have questions about how to card particular fibers or want to see them done, they can bring them, as long as it's washed (not raw fleece). And on the outside chance they want to bring their own drum carder because they have hands-on questions about it, they are welcome to (they can just bring their questions without the d.c., questions are lighter than carders :-) )
She will bring two carders and a variety of fiber and add-ins, so if folks want to dive in and try as well, they can. And she will also have some of her lovely spindles for sale.
There were too many photos from the March meeting to load into the newsletter (that may be why some of the newsletters did not go through last time), so the photos have been posted on the web.
She will bring two carders and a variety of fiber and add-ins, so if folks want to dive in and try as well, they can. And she will also have some of her lovely spindles for sale.
There were too many photos from the March meeting to load into the newsletter (that may be why some of the newsletters did not go through last time), so the photos have been posted on the web.
Sunday, January 31, 2010
Next Meeting - Feb. 4th
Feb. 4th Program
Locker Hooking
Kathleen Carpenter will be doing the program on locker hooking. Be preparedto learn some new things about an old technique. Lunch is potluck. The meeting will start at 10am.
Photos from our January Roc Day meeting:
The Stone Soup:
You can view the January newsletter by clicking here.
Friday, January 1, 2010
Happy New Year!
January Meeting – Jan. 7th
We will celebrate Distaff Day at our January meeting. Distaff Day, also called Roc Day, is the day after the feast of the Epiphany. In many European cultural traditions, women resumed their household work after the twelve days of Christmas. The distaff, or rock, used in spinning was the medieval symbol of women's work.
For lunch we will create a stone soup. Everyone should something to put into the soup pot and while it cooks we will have fun spinning. There will be some competitions created by Georgean with prizes for your efforts. So do bring your spinning wheels.
Clean out your stash of unwanted items and bring your things to sell or give away at the meeting. We all have some things that are no longer needed and can be used by someone else. Yarns that we had too much of, books that are no longer needed by you, but a new fiber person can use them – so bring them along.
December Meeting Notes
We rented a new post office box and the new guild address is PO Box 606, Milton, WA.
Mary Lowery as volunteered to create a historical record/notebook of the Guild’s CAMEL projects and theh Sheep to Shaw Project.
Drafts sent in along with the newsletter will also be posted on the blog, however, Holly hasn't found a simple way to do it! Stay tuned!
December Program
Micro Macrame Holiday Ornaments, taught by Georgean. She recommends “Micro-Macrame: 30 Beaded Designs for Jewelry Using Crystals and Cords” by Annika deDroot for more ideas.
We will celebrate Distaff Day at our January meeting. Distaff Day, also called Roc Day, is the day after the feast of the Epiphany. In many European cultural traditions, women resumed their household work after the twelve days of Christmas. The distaff, or rock, used in spinning was the medieval symbol of women's work.
For lunch we will create a stone soup. Everyone should something to put into the soup pot and while it cooks we will have fun spinning. There will be some competitions created by Georgean with prizes for your efforts. So do bring your spinning wheels.
Clean out your stash of unwanted items and bring your things to sell or give away at the meeting. We all have some things that are no longer needed and can be used by someone else. Yarns that we had too much of, books that are no longer needed by you, but a new fiber person can use them – so bring them along.
December Meeting Notes
We rented a new post office box and the new guild address is PO Box 606, Milton, WA.
Mary Lowery as volunteered to create a historical record/notebook of the Guild’s CAMEL projects and theh Sheep to Shaw Project.
Drafts sent in along with the newsletter will also be posted on the blog, however, Holly hasn't found a simple way to do it! Stay tuned!
December Program
Micro Macrame Holiday Ornaments, taught by Georgean. She recommends “Micro-Macrame: 30 Beaded Designs for Jewelry Using Crystals and Cords” by Annika deDroot for more ideas.
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