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April 1, 2010 Small Projects and Study Fund Reports
Small Project include Wet Felted Yarn Balls, Introduction to the Drop Spindle, Ply-Split Braided Basket, Kumihimo on the Disk (for beginners and experienced braiders), Hanji Paper Felting (using paper from mulberry bark), Fiber Fluency (learn basic characteristics of fibers)

May 6, 2010 Anne Field will speak on Collapse Weave followed by a workshop on that subject on May 7 and 8. Before the Guild meeting on May 3,4,5 she will teach a spinning workshop entitled Beyond the Basics.

This workshop is based on her book, Spinning Wool Beyond the Basics. She will cover how to spin wool from different breeds of sheep. Different breeds will be analyzed, then fine, medium and bulky fleeces will be spun, plied, and washed, with the size and twist of the finished yarn relating to the original fiber size and drive ratio. Students will learn worsted, semi-worsted, semi-woolen and woolen methods of wool preparation and spinning. The end use of the yarns, for both knitting and weaving will be fully discussed, as students will be taught how to spin wool to specific requirements. By the end of the workshop, students will understand their own spinning wheel and its range and will be able to fully utilize each wheel. The expertise gained in this workshop will be useful to those spinners who want to spin a variety of yarns with different sizes and twists per inch.

Visit Anne's website.

June 3, 2010 Book Arts - Connected Threads Sande Wascher James

October 8 -9, 2010 Rene Evans - Felting Workshop, using lightweight laminated felting technqiues samples are made on the first day and your own project the second day.

Save the Date 2011!!!

February 4, 5, 6, 2011 Jennifer Moore - Double Weave Workshop

March 5th and 6th, 2011 Norma Smayda - Miniature Overshot Designs

June 3rd, 4th, 5th, 2011 Rosalie Neilson - Warp Faced Rep - 8 Shafts and Beyond

Contact Linda if you have questions about any workshops.

Our meeting runs as follows:

10:00 - 11:00am Business Meeting

11:00 - noon Show & Tell and other fiber presentations

noon - 12:45pm Lunch

12:45 - 1:45 Program

1:45 - 2:00 Wrap up/clean up

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