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Past
Issues
Calendar of
Events
July
7th NPSWG Program Meeting at Christ Church
10:00a.m.to-2:00p.m.
July
17th NPSWG Tuesday Spinning at Christ Church
10:00a.m.to 2:00p.m.
July 21st
Waterford Heritage Days Demonstration and Sale. Times
9:00a.m. to
4:00p.m.
August
4th NPSWG Business/Program Meeting at “At the
Bank” 10:00a.m.to-2:00p.m
August
21st NPSWG Tuesday Spinning at Christ Church
10:00a.m.to 2:00p.m.
August
22nd Spinning at the
Crawford County Fair
September 8th
Edinboro Highland Games and Scottish Festival Demonstration and Sale. Times TBA
July
Program
The program for July will
be on wrapped core baskets. You probably have samples of them, and if
so please bring them. Anyone wanting to make on is to bring 1 to 2 inch
wide strips of fabric, and a large needle, and rope or softer core
material. We will try to help anyone who wishes to make on get started
on one. For those wanting to make one, please bring
strips of fabric, a core material which can be rope, and a large eyed
needle that the fabric can go thru. The fabric can be from one to one
and one half inches wide. Yarn will also work, but take longer to make.
August
Program
No info received
Minutes
of the NPSWG
Minutes of the May 2012 NPSWG Meeting
Old Business: Marje Koehlert called
the meeting to order. The
minutes from the April 2012 meeting were approved.
Sharon Hoban was contacted by phone for updates. She noted that several people have
not renewed their memberships and she will be sending them letters soon.
Barb Lodge updated us that the Treasurer position
was transferred from Sue Spencer to her at the bank yesterday. Karen Fry noted that she is still in
the process of getting quotes for a new loom
but this has been slowed by Sigrid’s health concerns.
New
Business: Cate Johns noted that
she has not heard back about set-up for the Market House next week but
expects that we will be able to start around 7 or 7:30 a.m. Other upcoming events include
Waterford Heritage Days on July 21, and the Highland Games in Edinboro
which are expected to be in September this year.
Karen Fry plans to speak with someone in charge of
the Highland Games to confirm when they will occur and whether they are
still planning on our participation. Possible
locations for a Dye Day were briefly discussed.
Show
and Tell: Bonnie Crytzer told us
about a large triangle shawl nearly finished but still on the loom. Sindi Collard showed progress made
on a black sequined scarf that will be extra long when finished. Marje Koehlert noted that she
finished the twined “cat mat” started as last month’s project to the
great delight of her cat.
Respectfully submitted,
Marje
Koehlert, Secretary
Minutes of the June 2012 NPSWG Meeting
Old Business: Marje Koehlert called
the meeting to order. The
minutes from the May 2012 meeting were deferred until the next meeting,
by which time they will have been made available in the Hub. Cate Johns noted that there was
wonderful weather for the Market House event and it went very well. Carol Voisin updated us that the
Smithsonian Folk Art Festival selection of fiber arts exhibits is very
limited this year. It was
suggested that a group bus trip might best be put off until next year. Elaine Fertig noted that we are in
need of programs for the upcoming months, including next month. It was decided that for next month’s
program we should bring supplies to do demonstrations of a variety of
ways to make fabric baskets. We
also discussed the possibility of having Anita Hotchkiss do a longer
two-meeting program (or two one-meeting programs) in place of Dye Day,
in that no one appears to be up to hosting it this year. A patchwork felting project or
felting around soap were discussed as possible programs.
New
Business: Roz Macken noted that
new issues of Shuttle, Spindle & Dyepot and PieceWork have
pieces on the Textile Museum, along with a number of other topics. Several upcoming events were
announced:
June 23-24
- WoolFest near
Cleveland
July 21
- Waterford
Heritage Days
August 22
- Spinning at the
Crawford County Fair
September
8 - Edinboro
Highland Games
September
22-23 - Southern Adirondack Fiber Festival
Show
and Tell: Sue Veverka showed
luxurious skeins of her own alpaca, mill spun with 20% merino, in four
natural colors that she is now able to offer under her own label. She noted that the mill she used has
a felting machine that can do large sheets of felt.
Sue also showed two very cute clothespin alpacas
that she began at Bonnie Crytzer’s presentation in January. Janet Smouse told us about a
“Knitter’s Fantasy Weekend” she went to in Ohio that included lunch, an
exchange, a fashion show, vendors, and morning and afternoon classes
that she was able to select from a very extensive class list. She chose a class in nuno felting. She also made a super curvy knit
scarf, somewhat similar to the hyperbolic crochet projects we did with
Taryn Barnett in February. Mary
Catherine Stack showed a hand towel with borders done in Peaches
& Creme yarn, as well as a variety of crocheted flowers. Libby Culbertson showed samples of
the guild logo that she wove in several colors on a four-harness loom. One of them she intends to display
in a card. Sindi Collard
noted that she has finished the scarf she showed us last meeting and
has moved on to a sweater. Marje
Koehlert showed samples of several yarns she made at a Spinning for
Color class she took at the Great Lakes Fiber Festival.
She also showed a yarn sample and a small lace
swatch made from the fleece that won best in show there.
Respectfully submitted,
Marje
Koehlert, Secretary
Thunder
in the City Arts
Crafts in the Park - August
3 and 4
As a follow-up to
meeting you at Second Saturday in May at the Market House, I wanted to
let you know that the Chamber would very much like to have you as part
of our first "Arts & Crafts in the Park" event. We have changed
the times to be 5-8 PM on Friday, Aug 3. and
8-5 PM on Saturday, August 4. We have found that Sunday just does not
work well for people so the show will be officially over on Saturday at
5:00 PM.
We are more than happy
to waive the fee as your work is educational and we realize selling
items is not your main focus.
I am attaching the
updated "Arts & Crafts in the Park" application and I sincerely
hope you are able to join us. I look forward to hearing back from you
at your earliest convenience. You will note that our deadline for
registration to the Show is July 20. Please feel free to give me a call
afternoons hear at the Chamber office - 814-337-8030 if you have
questions.
Sounds
like fun to me. Are we
interested? I am assuming
this is Diamond Park, though I don't see that stated specifically. If this can get sent to all, we can
talk about it at the July meet.
Cate
Hey,
everybody! I think I have
finally turned a corner. I
have had five "really good days" in a row (I'm counting today, that's
how confident I am). Yes, I
think we are definitely interested in doing this.
I definitely hope to be at the next meeting, so
we'll discuss it then. Look
forward to seeing you all then.
Barb,
I will get back to you soon. I
only get on the computer a couple of times a week if I'm lucky.
~Sharon~
Note From: Elaine
Anita, Everything
sounds good. I will put a
deadline of Sept 1, 2012 for people to sign up and pay for the kit. That way we will know by then if we
have 10 people interested. Everyone
at the June meeting sounded interested, so we can hope that continues. Thanks for checking into costs so we
can present it correctly. Elaine
From:
Anita
Hello
Elaine,
Sorry
I did not get back to you yet. I started an email last week and thought
I saved it but I did not!
In
reordering some supplies for needle felting I see there have been price
increases. So I will have to give you a higher quote then I originally
thought.
For
supplies I will need $20 per person. This will include: Foundation
fabric to build the design on, foam pad, felting needles, fiber,
handout, miscellaneous tidbits for embellishments. As an added bonus I
will be teaching how to make paper-towel beads. These can be used as
embellishments on the piece. As we spoke about earlier I will take the
$50 for my time plus mileage. I am also going to ask that there be a
minimum of 10 people for the class. We did not entirely set a time but
something like 9- 3 or 4? I am not sure what you were thinking. That
date in October is good.
Let
me know what your final thoughts are.
Anita
Pictures of
the Guild at Meadville Market House
  
Classified
Section
ATTENTION
Fiber Enthusiasts in the Northeastern U.S. Carol Leigh Brack-Kaiser is
coming to your backyard, all the way from Missouri to provide a
Beginning and Intermediate & Advanced workshop for the magical
Continuous Strand Weaving in upstate New York at The Wren's Nest.
Beginning
or Intermediate & Advanced
Continuous
Strand Weaving Workshop
with
Carol Leigh Brack-Kaiser!!
Carol
Leigh is coming to upstate NY to teach her wonderful workshop! Class will be held for 2 days for
the Beginning Level or 3 days for the Intermediate & Advanced
Levels. You will be able to
complete a project on the 7’ Adjustable Triangle, OR 5’ Adjustable
Square, OR 7’ Adjustable Rectangle Loom.
A
minimum of 8 students is required to hold class, with a maximum of 10. There are only 4 spots left!
DATE: August
4th, 5th & 6th, 2012, Saturday, Sunday
& Monday
TIMES: 8:30
am - 5:00 pm daily
FEE: $195.00
for 2 day Beginning Level*,
$225.00 for 3 day Intermediate
& Advanced*
(50% deposit required to reserve
your space),
MATERIALS:
$35 or more, depending on yarns chosen
Looms
are available for rental for $20 for the class, which is applicable
toward purchase of a loom during the workshop.
*Lunch
& Refreshments are included!
Register
by completing the attached form or visiting www.wrensnestfiberarts.com
to download form
OR
CALL (518) 505-9081 Today
while there are still openings!
I
wanted to let you know that the Northwestern PA Sheep & Wool
Growers are NOT going to have a Sheep & Wool Field Day (in
Sept.) this year. They may
have some type of educational program in the winter, but I can let you
know about that later.
Thought you might want to mention
that in The Hub.
Elaine
Burkholder
GUILD EQUIPMENT AVAILABLE:
The guild
now owns a good set of spinning and weaving equipment which is
available for rent by guild members. Included
are a Baby Wolf 8-H loom; two 18 inch Leclerc Dorothy 4 shaft table
looms; a rigid heddle loom; an Inkle Loom; a 7 foot triangular
loom; an Ashford traditional spinning wheel; a drum carder; a
wool picker; English wool combs and Russian paddle combs.
The
guild Fleece-to-Shawl team has first priority on the Baby Wolf loom,
but will not hold it unnecessarily (all monies generated by the team
goes to the guild treasury to help with guild expenses).
Contact Marje Koehlert for rental information.
The deadline
for submissions to be included in the next Hub is 25
August 2012
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