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1 B L A C K S W A M P S P I N N E R S G U I L D S P I N A G R A M J U L Y N E W S L E T T E R The Black Swamp Spinners Guild meets September to May on the second Tuesday of the month from 10:00am 3pm at the Wood County Historical Center (13660 County Home Rd Bowling Green, OH 43402). Please come join us! Our website is: Officers: President Deb Yeagle Vice-President Tina Stellhorn Secretary Tamilyn Shean Treasurer Colleen Maher HI to all, We had a great workshop with Patsey Z and all learned a lot more about spinning and the use of color. Going into the summer we are still looking forward to the dye workshop July 14th and the one in the fall. We are having a felted Bird Pod/House on July 21 from 9 to 4 pm at Deb Yeagle s. The cost is $55 for the class and $15 for the supplies. Bring llama or alpaca dreds. Hope everyone has a great summer. The booklets will be at the first fall meeting in Sept and also online as soon as they are done. Blessings, deb - 1 -

2 Bird House Pod Workshop A birdhouse pod workshop is planned for Deb Yeagle s house July 21 from 9-4. Cost $55 plus $15 supply fee. Lunch, morning snack and beverages are included. Limit is 15 persons and the outside fiber will be llama fleece. Wrens love this house and use the outside to create the inside. Contact Deb or Tina to register. Felted Bird Pod/House Create a wonderful, wild, wooly natural dwelling for your feathered friends. These are felted bird podsthat will last for years and years to come. The pods can be used out of doors and literally used by song birds or they can be used indoors as a focal point in home decor, perfect for cabins and summer homes. No felt making experience needed. Please dress in very comfortable clothes and shoes. Bring your imagination! Students should bring: Instructor will supply: Black magic marker Wool roving and raw wool Very Sharp Scissors Llama Pool Noodle Alpaca Two - three towels- large Resist materials Large sponge Instructions Gallon bucket for water Favorite felting soap Cotton Cloth measuring at least 24' x 24 ******************************************************************************************************************************* BIO: In 1999, Suzanne Higgs invented the Needle Felt hat forms, and became an avid felt maker with a passion toward felt hats. Suzanne does all kinds of felt-making from hats and bags, to nuno clothing and wild and wonderful bird pods or bird yurts, she moves easily between fashion and organic forms. She has works on display in Numazo, Japan, Bronson Hospital in Kalamazoo, MI, several galleries in the Midwest as well as her etsy, website and blog. Higgs spends her time between teaching, taking felt classes and creating...and loves all for very different reasons. Seeing her students succeed brings her great joy, seeing them excel, that is amazingly joyous for her. Suzanne continues to explore the ideas that she dreams. She is an award winning designer with her nuno felts. 7/7 Dye Day Preparation. at 577 Foundation in the A/C conference room to wind skeins, ask questions, view gardens and workshop area near cabin from 1-4 pm. Bring your niddy noddies, 8-16 ozs. of yarn or $ to buy guild s yarn. Please RSVP to Susan Cayton at or caytonsj@juno.com 7/14 Summer Dye Day at 577 Foundation near the cabin in Perrysburg, Ohio. We will meet from 9-5 to dye with some exotic dyestuffs of Logwood, Brazilwood, Weld and Alkanet. Registration deadline is 6/30. The dye garden at 577 for the fall dye day on October the 6th at Deb Yeagle s is looking fine except for the sunflowers. Only one has survived the critters and weather, so we may have to pick some goldenrod. The onions and Hopi Red Dye plants look great! In August we will meet to dig, wash, cut and dry the madder root also. Dahlias have been purchased to replace the sunflowers and get a head start collecting flower heads for The plants can be saved over the winter to divide and replant in the spring along with some tomatoes for the food bank. How about some yellow coreopsis to add to the garden for some nice yellows? One more dyestuff would be nice any ideas, plants or requests? 11/10/12 Learn to Spin 101 Workshop Several more members have volunteered to bring their wheels and favorites prep tools to help new spinners create their first yarns. If you would like to assist please save the date on your calendar. We will have a prep day after the October meeting to finalize the workshop plans. Please contact Ruth Steinacker or Susan Cayton with questions

3 2012 BSSG Upcoming Events / Other Area Opportunities 7/14 BSSG Summer Natural Dye Day at 577 Foundation in Perrysburg. Exotic dyestuffs of brazilwood, logwood, weld, annetto or henna. 7/21 BSSG Workshop at Deb Yeagles: Bird Nest Pod with felted llama fiber with Susan Higgs $$$ 7/15-21 HGA Convergence in Long Beach, CA for workshops, classes, juried shows, gallery exhibits, tours, lectures, and vendors. 8/15-19 Michigan Fiber Festival Inc., Allegan MI, for vendors, workshops, animals mffestival@sbcglobal.net or 8/18-19 Mid Ohio Fiber Fair at OSU in Newark, Reece Center, http;/ohiofiberfair.weekbly.com 9/8 BSSG at Black Swamp Arts Festival: Demo and Sale in B.G., 9/1 inventory deadline tent, tables, & chairs provided 9/11 BSSG Meeting at WCHC: Hostess; Sue Nailor, Program; hats & mittens for WCHC holiday tree with K. Trautlein 9/15-16 Wool Gathering / Midwest Festival of Fibers at Youngs Jersey Dairy, Yellow Springs, OH at Young s Dairy 10/6 BSSG Fall Natural Dye Day at D. Yeagles. Use locally grown dyestuffs of onion skins, sunflowers, madder root, hollyhocks /9 BSSG Meeting at WCHC: Hostess; K. Trautlein, Program; Prefelt weaving with D. Yeagle 10/21-27 SOAR-Spin-Off Autumn Retreat at Granlibakken Resort, Tahoe City, CA 10/27-28 Fiber Expo near Ann Arbor at Washtenaw County Fairgrounds. 11/10 BSSG Learn to Spin Workshop Center Township Fire Hall, BG 10-4 Hostess; D. Yeagle, Chairwomen; Susan Cayton & Ruth Steinacker 11/13 BSSG Meeting at WCHC: Hostess; S. Cayton, Program; Knitting with Handspun Yarn with Lee Miller 11/30-12/2 TAWG at Toledo Botanical Gardens for Heralding the Holiday for guild sales 12/8-21 BSSG at WCHC Home for the Holidays, silent auction, museum decorated. 12/11 BSSG Meeting at WCHC: Holiday Potluck & tour of decorated rooms

4 Guild Communication Tina Stellhorn, 4208 Evansport Rd, Defiance, OH 43512; The is: BSSG zero zero one August Newsletter Deadline is: Thursday, July 26, Send items to: MUD CLOTH WORKSHOP WITH JUDY DOMINIC SPONSORED BY CANTON WEAVERS & SPINNERS GUILD SATURDAY & SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 22/23, 2012 TIME/LOCATION: Saturday 1 to 4, Sunday 11 to 3, Canton Museum of Art Classroom, 1001 Market Ave N, Canton, OH CLASS FEE: $90 for Guild Members; $110 for Non Guild Members MATERIAL FEE: Fee paid to instructor at time of class - $20 REGISTRATION: $45 (half of class fee) is due with your registration by JULY 1, 2012; final payment of $45 due by AUGUST 1. Workshop open to non guild members on July 3 ($55 payment July 1, $55 payment Aug 1). YOUR CHECK IS YOUR RESERVATION. Include your name, address, phone and . Checks payable to: CWSG, send to Lisa Youngman, 3746 St Rt 800 NE, Dover, OH LUNCH: Please bring something to share for lunch. Saturday dinner with Judy at a Canton restaurant after class. Contact: Kathy Fleeher, ; kathyfleeher@gmail.com MUD CLOTH BOGOLANFINI MODIFIED The striking simple white design on black background cloth represents the serious artistic manner of telling important stories of village life in Mali, Africa. Learn about the traditional method of bogolanfini, dyeing cotton cloth with mud, as well as how that process can be modified to work outside of Mali. During the workshop you will create your own story designs using local muds on cotton and other natural fiber cloth. Connect with the earth and gain an appreciation of the Mali culture. This two day workshop will provide the opportunity to delve into the variety of dyeing aspects (e.g. tannin and soda ash interactions, fresh soy milk, overdyeing) as well as to learn the mud dance. Beginners/intermediate dyers welcome to this non-scientific workshop. See Judy s website: For Sale Newcomb Studio 4 harness loom. All parts included plus extra shuttles, misc thread and other. It is in working order with a minor exception --- there are strings (cords) that support the warp beam and treadles. Some of the cords have been broken and need to be replaced. Size: about 4ft x 4 ft x 4 ft Asking around $400 but would be flexible to offers and trade options. Contact Jill Temple jill.a.temple@gmail.com - 4 -

5 What: BSSG 2012 NATURAL DYE WORKSHOPS When: Saturday, July 14 (9-5) & Saturday, October 6, (9-5) Where: 7/14 at 577 Foundation, 577 E. Front St. in Perrysburg, OH, and 10/6 at Deb Yeagles, 2882 CR 82, Lindsey, OH (near Fremont) Who: Why: With: Cost: Instructor, Susan Cayton (retired art teacher and local fiber artist) Dixie Hwy., Perrysburg, OH / or caytonsj@juno.com To learn how to grow, care for, and use plants and exotic dyestuffs for dyeing protein fibers in skeins with mordants on wool & blends, of mohair, alpaca, llama, angora or silk fibers. 7/14 Exotic dyestuffs of Weld, Brazilwood, Logwood, Annetto or Henna 10/6 Local dyestuffs of Hollyhocks, Sunflowers, Onion skins & Madder Root $20 for members each day. Registration Deadlines: 6/30, & 9/22 Cancellation Dates: 7/7th & 9/29, 2012 Supplies to be brought by participants: Wear old clothes, hat, bug spray, sunscreen, sturdy shoes, apron, heavy duty rubber gloves, old towels, bucket, OPT. 8-1/2 oz. / I yd skeins of protein fibers, commercial or handspun of 1-2 ply wool or blends or wool with alpaca, mohair, silk, angora or llama, scoured & tied loosely in four places bring wet in zip lock bag, two for each dyepot.. Some may be used for overdyeing also. Guild will have yarn for sale too. Dyestuffs may be donated., collected or grown or purchased for 4 gal. pots, 1/ 2 to 1 lb. of yarn per pot. Receive: Dye charts, recipes and view displays, books, projects ideas, gardens BSSG 2012 Natural Dye Day Workshops: Cost: 7/14 $20 members only 10/6 $20 members only Please send your Check # for total of $ to: Guild contact person : Tina Stellhorn, V-P & Program Chairman Address: 4208 Evansport Rd., Defiance, OH Phone #: BSSG001@yahoo.com Name: Address: Phone Yes or No (circle one) I have a garden space available or these flowers growing Yes or No (circle one) I can come to help with BSSG dye garden at 577 a few times

6 LEARN TO SPIN: 101 November 10, 2012 Do you want to learn to spin your own yarn? Do you have a spindle or spinning wheel and want to learn how to use it? Do you have a fiber animal with lots of fiber and want to spin it? Then please join the Black Swamp Spinners Guild members on Saturday, November 10 th from 10-4 at the Center Township Fire Hall at the corner of Bowling Green Rd. E. (Wooster St.) and Carter Rd. just one mile east of Meijer and I-75, exit #181. You will learn how to prepare fibers, use a wooden drop spindle, and try many different makes of spinning wheels. There will be several displays with handspun samples, handdyed skeins, knitted, woven and felted items, and many books and magazines to view. Bring your own sack lunch, beverages and snacks will be provided. You will receive a bag of fibers, a spindle and a packet of handouts. Registration deadline is October 27th with limited enrollment. Please contact: Susan Cayton at for caytonsj@juno.com Cost is $45 for members or $70 for non-members (includes membership). Mail to: BSSG c/o Tina Stellhorn, (V-P & Program Chairman 4208 Evansport Rd., Defiance, OH BSSG001@yahoo.com Learn To Spin 101: 11/10/12 Registration Form: Name Address Phone (Cost $45 for members or $70 for non-members---for membership) Cash or Check # Date Rec