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Past
Issues
Bimonthly
newsletter of
THE
NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA
SPINNERS
AND WEAVERS GUILD
http://npswg.org/
Hub
Editor: Susan Olive
Calendar
of Events
Sat., Feb. 6
10:00 AM - 2:00 PM Guild meeting at Christ
Episcopal Church, Diamond Park, Meadville.
Tues.,
Feb. 16 WEATHER
PERMITTING 10:00 AM - 2:00 PM Joyous Hands Spinning
Group, Christ Episcopal Church, Diamond Park, Meadville.
Sat.,
Mar. 5 10:00 AM - 2:00 PM Guild
meeting at Christ Episcopal Church,
Diamond Park, Meadville.
February
Program
Annual
membership dues for 2016 are due.
We will be forming a nominating
committee for the new slate of officers. Please plan on
attending. If you cannot attend and are interesting in being
on the committee – or an officer, please contact Roz
Macken
“All
about Silk” - From its origin as a cocoon to the various
preparations and uses of this luxury fiber.
Minutes
of the November 2015 Meeting
Roz
Macken called the meeting to order. New member
Lacey Mileski was welcomed to
the group.
Old
Business: No old business was
discussed at this meeting.
New
Business: A motion to donate
$200 to Heifer International again this year was
passed.
Show & Tell: Lacey
Mileski showed a slouchy beanie hat she is crocheting in a
cotton yarn she dyed with cake decorating dye. Elizabeth Tomcho modeled
a striped
sweater with eyelet rows that she made on her knitting machine from a
combination of
yarns including silk and cashmere fibers. She also showed a scarf she
knit and a rug
she made from old T-shirts that had been done in batik and block
printed patterns. Jen
Phillips brought a sideways-knitted spiral slouch hat she made for a
friend's young
daughter. Judy Drake showed two Christmas tree globes, one red and one
clear, that
she added tatted lace and beads to. Marje Koehlert brought samples she
spun from
yucca and flax, as well as her first venture into rug twining. Sindi
Collard shared that this
will probably be her last meeting, as she is moving, somewhat
unexpectedly, to Santa
Clara California. Mary DiTullio brought photos of machine-quilted
"Minecraft" quilts she
made for her grandchildren. Mabel Cable displayed four matching pillows
she made
from shibori squares she prepared for the indigo pot on dye day. The
patterns were
further enhanced by white running stitches on the front and a
coordinating fabric on the
back and borders. Sue Olive brought wool skeins dyed in lac, cochineal,
indigo,
goldenrod and St. John's wort during our dye day in August, and a scarf
she wove on a
rigid-heddle loom with a black warp and a variegated primary colors
weft. Sue also
displayed a large shawl in pastel colors that she wove on the guild's
triangle loom. It has
a natural plaid effect from the variegated yarn she used. Judy Haninen
also shared a
large shawl she wove in four panels on a smaller triangle loom. She
used blue and
earth-tone yarns in a variety of sizes and textures, and she crocheted
the panels
together with a coordinating, heavily textured yarn.
Respectfully
submitted,
Marje Koehlert, Secretary
Classified
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Two looms for sale:
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To see the looms in the ARTS Studio, please contact Judy Hanninen, at
814-425-2784 to make arrangements to go to
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