Mountain Spinners and Weavers Guild Volume 41, Issue 2 October 2017

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1 President s Message Upcoming Guild Events Special Interest Groups Contact Information Submitted by Members Birthdays In This Issue General Meeting Minutes Board Members Upcoming Workshops Member Profile Support Your Local Businesses Two items were left at the September guild meeting: a thermos top/coffee mug and photo album of sheep with Alma College on the front of it. Kathy Grace will bring the items to the October meeting, or if the items are needed sooner contact Kathy at (360) ). Photos throughout the newsletter are from the September meeting special interest group information tables. President s Message I want to thank all the special interest groups for bringing in their samples and talking to the guild about what their special interest group does. It was informative to the new and old members alike. When I walked around it looked like the sign-up sheets for joining those groups were full of names ready to start a new year of learning. So thank you everyone who made the guild program work! September is the start of our guild s new year; it also brings the autumn equinox. Autumn equinox falls on September 22, 1:01pm in Prescott AZ, which officially marks the beginning of autumn in the Northern Hemisphere. Equinox comes from the Latin language and means equal night. For two days and two nights we will have equal daylight to night darkness, then they start to split apart. This means for our area we will start to have shorter days and cooler nights. This means that we have to work harder or work into the night to finish all of our wanted projects. For me this is great because my studio is much cooler; therefore, I spend more time in my studio weaving! Life is great during the fall for me! In closing, the best way to not feel hopeless or worrisome is to get up and make some sort of fiber-related item. Don t wait for someone to hand you that pattern because the best cure for weariness is the challenge of the creation of fiber art. If you go out and make something from fiber you will fill the world with hope and you will fill yourself with satisfaction. He or she who always creates fiber always benefits more than him or her who sits stationary and waits for others to create for them. Continue to create no matter how small or large then share your creation with others! Nancy Dunlap General Meeting Minutes September 16, 2017 Call-to-Order: Nancy Dunlap called the meeting to order at 9:00. Secretary: Deb Dorrell- August meeting notes accepted. President: Nancy Dunlap October 7: Weaver s contest at Farmers Market. Get contest pieces in to Nancy by 9/30/17. The public will vote on the top three with gift cards to our local yarn shops being the prize- $75, $50, and $25 for first, second and third place. September 22 Gateway Mall spinning Adding weavers too. November Holiday Show: Sign-up sheets still need volunteers! Take in for Prescott Valley is at Yvonne Johnson s Wednesday 11/8 1:00-4:00. Prescott take in is at Barb Kieger s Thursday 1:00-4:00. If anyone can t make these times, please call either lady to make an appointment. Vehicles are needed for set up/take down- Carma says she has a truck and a trailer. Deb Salazar says she will do felting demos. 1 P a g e

2 Do we need more mannequins? Two new spiral scarf racks that hold 27 scarves each were purchased for $74 each. Barb Nelson can no longer do Federation so we need a volunteer. It s in Phoenix and meets quarterly. The Federation puts on shows for state guilds 2/24/18 which is good for networking and buying/selling. The representative is responsible for two-way communication. We need to have a table at the 2/24 show. John volunteered and Susie Opdahl and Katie Staudt will assist! Treasurer: Lisa Wilke- Total monies $30, too much money. Someone suggested we contact guilds in hurricane areas to see if they need any assistance. Nancy will do. Budget printout available on the table at the meetings or upon request. Katie advised still need new paypal equipment as the current doesn t work well. Nancy advised Square has a chip reader. Diane will look into and the hotspot connection the Woodturners use. First Vice-President: Anne Lindstrom/Linda Bush Nancy left us well set up for programs. October is the fashion show, November is Bobbin Lace w/verla, and December is the holiday party. Looking into hour long programs where the guild pays the teacher fee. Wet finishing for example. Second Vice-President: Diane Braun/Sally Ohanesian Carma said there were lots of people that attended the fair. We need more of a presence as we didn t have much on display. Library viewery is 10/2-10/31. Sign-up sheets are up front. We need items to display that focus on color or out of this world construction. There will be a wheel and a small loom in the display. Take ones for the holiday show as well. Workshop Chairperson: Kathy Grace Leslie Neilson color and design in huck lace towels workshop is February price is $87. Interest sheet is up front. Special Interest Groups: Special interest groups are the program today so no individual reports. Hospitality: Thanks to Sara, Yvonne, and Kathy for the hospitality goodies today. Need more people for October. Sunshine: Carma Koester/Katie Staudt- Helen Ash passed away. Librarian: Carma Koester, come check out new items. Facebook: Kathy Robbins, 205 members. Come see pictures and videos. Membership: Nancy Ricketts, it s the last month to join to get in the directory. Newsletter: Nancy Wilson, get submissions for the newsletter to her by the 30 th of this month. Parliamentarian: Debbie Allen, all is well. Publicity: Susie Opdahl, nothing. Way and Means: Sharon Taub, bucket of balls (yarn)! Announcements: Anne Marston has a gallery show Felt So Good at Arts Prescott 9/22-10/25. Opening reception at 4 th Friday Art Walk 9/22. Y all come! 2 P a g e

3 Old Business: New Business: Winner of a year s membership is Mary Kelly. Whenever you show and tell you receive a ticket that goes into a drawing at the end of the year for a free membership. Show-and-Tell: numerous beautifully knit, spun, woven, felted and crochet items were shared. Meeting adjourned. Respectfully submitted, Debra Dorrell, Secretary Upcoming Events September 22-October 25 Felt So Good-A Felting show by Anne Marston at Arts Prescott Gallery, 134 S. Montezuma, Prescott, AZ Saturday, November 11, 2017 Holiday Show and Sale Design Create Sell We are gearing up for our eighth annual holiday show and sale at Hassayampa Inn. Flyers have been printed and are available for passing out: thank you Yvonne Johnson. Sign-up sheets are available for different volunteer positions. We will be delighted to have any and all assistance, even if you don't sell. If you wish to help us out and are unable to make it to a meeting to sign up please give Sara a call. The plan is to fill the large venue with little shop-like display groupings to include wearables, kitchen items, baskets, interior decorations, gifts, fiber items-hand dyed and handspun. Once again we are happy to be sharing the back of the room with the Prescott Area Wood Turners. Remember the guild will only be taking 10% commission from your sales. Show take-in is Wednesday November 8 from 1-4 p.m. at Yvonne Johnson s home: 7231 E. Conestoga Way, Prescott Valley (928) and Thursday November 9 from 1-4 p.m. at Barb Kiger s home: 121 N. Rocky Dells Drive (928) If these dates or times don t work for you, please contact either Yvonne or Barb to make alternate arrangements. After the show, you must pick up your items at the end of the day or arrange for a friend to do so. We are in desperate need of raffle basket items. Remember, this is how we pay for the room rental. All items welcome as long as they meet the criteria for the sale itself. Please be sure to include your name and contact information along with fiber content of your items. Contact Nancy Wilson at or (spinllama@msn.com) if you have any questions. If you are unable to bring items to the October meeting, please contact me to make alternate arrangements to get your items to me. Thanks for your contributions! Wondering what to donate? How about books or fiber-related tools, hats, scarves, fingerless gloves, mittens, hand towels, placemats, napkins, table runners, hand-dyed yarn, baby items, Christmas themed items, guy stuff, or items with bling! Please give Sara a call for questions or concerns. My number is P a g e

4 Board Members and Support Staff President Nancy Dunlap First VP Linda Bush Ann Lindstrom Second VP Diane Braun and Secretary Debra Dorrell Sally Ohanesian Treasurer Lisa Wilke Workshops Evelyn Shedd and Kathy Grace Other Support Members Historian Karel Armstrong Hospitality Kaye Sullivan and Stacy Booth-Buck Library Carma Koester and FaceBook Kathy Robbins Shelly Leichter Membership Nancy Ricketts Newsletter Nancy Wilson Parliamentarian Debbie Allen Publicity Susie Opdahl Sunshine Carma Koester Ways & Means Sharon Taub Web Mistress Verla Davis Special Interest Groups Special Interest Groups Contact Information Spinning: Meets Mondays in the Map Room at Sharlot Hall Museum10:00 a.m.-2:00p.m. Sewing Handwovens: Meets the fourth Friday at Wilda Postel s house from 1-3 pm. Structure: Blocks! Wednesday of the month 5:00-7:30 at Fiber Creek, and the Friday in the same week, 10:00-12:30 at Fiber Creek. The topic is Summer & Winter w/verla Davis instructor. Simple Looms: Meets the second Tuesday at 10:00 a.m. at Studio Three. UFOs: Meets on Tuesdays at someone s house from 1-3 pm. Call Anne Marston Beading: Meets Wednesdays at Wilda Postel s from 1:00-4:00. Color Study: Meets the second Monday of the month, 10:00-12:00. Contact Kaye Sullivan for location. Felting: Meets the third Tuesday at Studio Three with Deb Salazar. Upcoming Workshops February 14-15, 2018: Color and Design in Huck Lace Towels with Rosalie Neilson. Cost is $87 and includes the handout fee. Fee is due when you sign up for the class. Maximum students 15. The description from Rosalie is as follows: Weavers will learn how blocks or units of huck lace are threaded on four and eight shafts, and how they can be combined to expand design possibilities. Discussions will focus on converting a profile draft into a threading and treadling, and how literally thousands of designs can be created within a single threading by changing the tie-up. Participants will use printed Design Pages and Transparent Overlays from Neilson s book An Exaltation of Blocks to explore thousands of designs for 6-block lace. At least 2 table looms are available for loan for anyone who only has a 4 harness loom and wishes to take full advantage of this program. The signup sheet will come out at the October meeting. More information about Rosalie can be found at rosalieneilson.com. 4 P a g e

5 June 27-July 1, 2018: Two programs by Kathrin Weber of Blazing Shuttles: Design and Setting Up Turned Taquete using Space Dyed Warps and Not Your Grandma s Dye Pot. Workshops can be taken together or separately. Cost is approximately $140 plus costs for the 3-day Taquete and $85 for the 2-day dye class. The signup sheet will come out at the March meeting. Workshops that are being considered for the future at this time are: Bead Embroidery with Sherry Serafini, Swedish Weaving with Beth Wilson, Saori with Laura Lundy, Clothing Design for Rigid Heddle and Other Weavers with Judith Shangold, Deflected Double Weave with Elizabeth Hill. Great ideas for instructors continue to come in and we will try to get as many of them as we can. Other Fiber-Related Events The Arizona Fiber Arts Retreat will be held January 17-20, 2018 at the lovely Prescott Resort in Prescott, AZ. We are so very excited about our new venue and hope you will all be able to join us! Registration is open! Here s a link to the registration page: There is a wide variety of classes including felting (needle felting, nuno felting, wet felting), knitting, crochet, spinning, weaving, cotton dyeing, and fabric printing. If you have questions, please contact Nancy Wilson at spinllama@msn.com or Submitted by Nancy Wilson Submitted by Members When you go on a trip, do you go out of your way to check out a fiber shop? Or maybe you don t even go out of your way; the trip is all about the fiber! Well, your fellow fiber enthusiasts would love to learn about those places. If you can t travel there in person, then travel vicariously! Write up a short something about your trip and I ll include it in the newsletter. And remember that photos are great too! Last I checked, a picture was worth 1,000 words. Perhaps you actually got to visit a shop we all have read about; take a picture of you in front of the store and tell us about what you purchased or drooled over. To kick things off, I will be visiting Door County, Wisconsin and the Chicago area next week. Stops are going to include the Sievers School of Fiber Arts in Wisconsin and other local fiber producers. There is a shop whose owners raise Bactrian camels and have yarn made with their camel and alpaca fiber. I have two skeins my sister got me this year, so I m hoping we get to make a quick stop this trip. I ll also be stopping at a local yarn store in my hometown of LaGrange and perhaps getting a chance to swing my Esther s Place in Big Rock. Should be a fun trip! It s also pumpkin festival and the leaves should be lovely. Member Profile Verla Davis What forms of fiber art do you do? Crochet, embroidery (crewel, counted cross stitch, needlepoint), sewing, knitting, macramé, tatting, quilting, bobbin lace, weaving, dyeing, felting, and very little spinning. How did you get interested in fiber arts? My great grandma and grandma started me when I would visit during the summers when I was just 5 years old. In a perfect world, what would a day of fiber art look like? Well, the day would be about a month long with NO interruptions so I could get something done. Describe a recent project that you completed. Several knitting projects including a lovely blue alpaca cardi. 5 P a g e

6 If you were to add one more type of fiber art to your repertoire, what would it be? Oh has a new one been invented or discovered? What do you like best about the Mountain Spinners & Weavers Guild? The community, so I know that I m not the only one crazy about this stuff! Please share a tip with the members. WARP! WARP! WARP! October Birthdays 10/1 Mary Kelly 10/3 Anne Marston 10/4 Mary Morel 10/6 Verla Davis 10/11 Nancy Carlzen 10/22 Donna Meyer 10/22 Linda Schoenmakers Equipment For Sale Harrisville four harness loom with four treadles. All cords have been replaced. Nancy Wilson still has other looms, so she s not giving up on weaving yet! Contact Nancy at spinllama@msn.com or via phone at Asking price is $300. Delivery options available. Remember, when you buy from Amazon, use the link from the Guild s website and the Guild gets a portion of your purchase (regardless of whether it s fiber-related or not). Please send comments, articles, or book reviews to Nancy Wilson at spinllama@msn.com for inclusion in the next issue. Remember: I love to have pictures! Pictures are fun! 6 P a g e

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