December 2012 TABLE OF CONTENTS

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1 December 2012 Complex Weavers first juried exhibit titled Glamour, Glitter, Glitz had two pieces by Susan Bowman. The silk bag (which won the Treenway Silk Award), titled Night at the Carlu was woven from hand dyed silk in an original Summer and Winter pattern. The drawstring is kumihimo. The woven elements were inspired by an art deco ventilation grate in what is now an event center named The Carlu in Toronto. The scarf, titled Night Reflection was woven from silk in a twill, MX dyed then vat dyed. Program Notes page 2 Samples pages 3-4 Bread Cloth Exchange page 5 Northern Lights News page 5 Directory Changes & Additions page 5 New Weavers page 5 Major Ply-Split Braiding Workshop page 6 Back in the Saddle Mini-Workshop page 6 Major Ply-Split Braiding Workshop Form page 7 TABLE OF CONTENTS Spinning Mini-Workshop Form page 8 Woven Together: Firestorm Show page 9 Meeting Minutes page 10 Treasurer s Report page 11 Meetings and Events page 11 Sample Schedule page 12 Hospitality page 12 Officers & Chairpersons page 13 Advertising rates page 14 1

2 Program Notes Leslie Parker and Edna Devai It s hard to believe our December holiday luncheon is just around the corner, but it is. It should be fun seeing what members have woven for the bread cloth exchange. For those of you bringing a handwoven bread cloth, please bring a Weaving Record Sheet with the details (fibers used, drawdown, sett, etc.) and tell us what you wove. For those of you unable to participate this year, come be inspired by all the different weaving you will see from fellow members. Susan Bowman and Bev Weaver will spend a few minutes before the exchange telling us about our guild s exciting juried exhibit Woven Together: Firestorm Art Show (see article on the show in this newsletter). They will discuss the importance of having juried exhibits, the organization and processes used, the jurors score sheet and how entries are made anonymous to the juror. Remember our stash sale - it s going to help fund the Firestorm Art Show. It s a great opportunity to clean out your studio of yarns, dyes, books, magazines, equipment, and even finished handmade projects. Mark what you think is a fair price on each of your items. Please use dollar increments to help us make change more easily. There will be some great items for sale, including a few handwoven items, a spinning wheel, a warping board, and Handwoven and Spinoff magazines from the past 20 years, these selling for the bargain price of $1.00 each. Chris Race donated the magazines when she moved last spring. At a silent auction, we will have a Schacht horizontal warping mill and a LeClerc skein winder, donated by Kathy Osbourne and Dottie Weir respectively. Bring cash and/or your checkbook along with bags for your new purchases. What does not sell, we need you to pick up and take home with you. Potluck luncheon. And of course, remember to bring some food to share for our luncheon. Bring your handwoven placemat (or handwoven towel to use as a placemat) and napkin, as well as your utensils, cup and plate. Hope to see you. A glimpse into 2013 In January Peggy Doney will present a program on color and texture in spinning, followed by an afternoon mini workshop to help us get back into spinning whatever our obstacles are. I will use this opportunity to try out some double treadle wheels. If you want to join the mini workshop, please see the registration form. In February Dotty Weir will talk about Bumps, Pleats, Ruffles and Wrinkles in weaving. 2

3 Weaving Sample by Beverly Weaver I was planning to weave something from the Bateman books for the Foothills Guild Study Group, so I decided to weave a different sample using the same threading for the PPWG newsle er. The inspira on for this sample is from "Boulevard, Chevron and Combina on Weaves", sample 67 7 on page 31. (It is also possible to weave sample 67 6 on page 30 using this threading and e up.) The warp is 10/2 mercerized co on set at 20 e.p.i. with 2 per dent in 10 dent reed. All the warp ends are silver except for turquoise on sha 2. The dra was repeated three mes, with a few threads to balance the design and floa ng selvages. The we is 3/2 co on in light and dark peach. I finished the sample by washing in warm water, drying in the dryer and steam pressing. I wove 2 towels with this warp using this e up and the treadling for sample 67 6 with blue 6/2 co on for the pa ern we and silver 10/2 co on for the tabby. There was a lot of shrinkage. What was inches by 29 inches on the loom was 15 inches by 25 inches a er wet finishing. 3

4 Beehive Coil Yarn Spinning & Dyeing Sample by Peggy Doney I ve been enjoying spinning beehive coil yarn for the past year. It is intriguing to people looking at the beehives and wondering just how as a spinner I put them in there as well as knitters and crocheters asking how to work with this yarn! My choice for the roving is primarily color movement and lots of it. Short color repeats or irregular patches of color blending one into another means continuing to draw the eye deeper into the spinning. I also believe that white is a color that is under used! I pre-soaked Ashland Bay Merino roving in water, a drop of Dawn Original, and acetic acid (5%) for 20 minutes. Using my gloved hands, I gently squeeze out the excess liquid and lay the roving on plastic wrap. I have used the washing machine to expel the extra liquid but find that it is more difficult to have the dye penetrate the roving. Dye colors are either specifically mixed or left over acid dye colors are blended into new colors and put into plastic squirt bottles. I will squirt lines, blobs, and small bands of a color over and under the roving but remember that there are other bottles of color waiting to be applied! Keep a lot of white between some of the dyes. Once a bottle is emptied of dye, put some water in it, shake, and apply. You will be applying a different value in the white areas or glazing a lighter color over previously dyed roving. How much white you leave is personal choice. Smoosh areas of color to do blending but also make sure that color has penetrated through to the bottom of the roving. I spray acetic acid over the roving, seal the plastic wrap, and steam for approximately one hour. Let your package of dyed fiber cool and wash carefully and dry. Strip the roving into thumb-sized widths and spin a thick and thin singles with extra twist. I chose Merino because its staple length is short, approximately 3 inches. Strip fiber into thumb widths, spin thin and when it is time for a thick area, pinch a staple length of fiber and treadle. At the end of the thick area will be fewer fibers which is the start of the next thin section. Some extra twist is important! Please refer to Jacey Boggs book, spin art, Interweave Press, 2011, pages 52-55, 85 89, for express directions on how to spin the thick and thin singles. On another bobbin, spin a thin singles with extra twist. Using the same dyed fiber gives you a more subtle yarn than using a different color singles where a contrasting color can add pop. With an empty bobbin on your wheel begin plying with thin singles pointing at your stomach. Allow the thick and thin singles to wrap on at a 90 degree angle and push the thick section up, forming a coil. You can have a more elongated coil or push more to create a bobble. I prefer to lock down both ends of the beehive coil by allowing the singles to overlap itself a couple of times before forming and finishing the coil. This way the beehive doesn t melt and migrate. Relax twist after you secure the skein and enjoy your art yarn! 4

5 Bread Cloth Exchange for December Keeping the Bread Warm Heather Hubbard Bring your bread cloth and weaving record sheet for exchange at the December meeting. Put your name in the basket that will be available and the exchange will occur by random drawing. Northern Lights Study Group Last month s mee ng focused on helping several members with individual weaving related design and technical issues and choosing a few study topics to pursue. Wedge weave and shaped tapestry, both done on small looms, are areas that some members hope to be informally studying throughout the remainder of the Guild year. Northern Lights is an informal group that meets on the second Thursday of the month, from 11am to 1pm +/, at Table Rock Fiber Studio on Shoup Rd. in Black Forest. We welcome any and all guild members to stop in, bring anything you are working on and share it with the group!! For further informa on, please contact Debra Sco at (debster1939@yahoo.com). Directory Changes and Additions Margaret Sweet 5687 Sonnet Ridge Point Colorado Springs, CO margaret.r.sweet@gmail.com S Leclerc Nilus, Inkle Terri Rostad PO Box Colorado City, Co rostadtr.hgp@gmail.com Baby Wolf, Spinning, Dyeing Wendy Bialek 2370 W. State Route 89A Stell, PMB 520 Sedona, AZ wendy@wendytheweaver.com S Louet Megado, 16S AVL, 8S Schacht Diane Fabeck 38 Sandra Lane Manitou Springs, CO d_fabeck@msn.com S Table Loom, Draw Loom, Spinning Wheel New Weavers Edna Devai At our October mee ng we discussed yarn sizes and how to calculate the se for different yarns. We will meet again a er the January 2013 guild mee ng and the topic will be block theory and subs tu on. Come one, come all! 5

6 PPWG Major Workshop News Ply Split Braiding with Julie Hedges May 7 9, 2013 We are excited to have Julie Hedges coming to Colorado to teach a ply split braiding workshop in May. She will show us how to use ply split braiding techniques to create 3 dimensional objects, such as baskets or sculptural pieces. These techniques are similar to those used for other braids, jewelry, etc. Julie is a great teacher and a lot of fun. The photo here is a sample of what you might make in the workshop. Please see the gallery on her website at for examples of Julie s work. The maximum number of a endees is set at 12, and we already have seven people signed up. We have recently opened up the registra on for this workshop to non members of PPWG. We will be adver sing the workshop to people all across the U.S. Therefore, if you have an interest in a ending the workshop, you should send in your registra on form as soon as possible. The registra on form can be found in this newsle er. For more informa on, contact Beverly Weaver at Beverly.Weaver46@gmail.com or Sally Kuhn at skuhn@wispertel.net. Back in the Saddle Again! We ve all experienced learning a craft or a skill and then life jumping us from behind! If you ve desired to either get back into spinning or want to broaden your abilities, this gentle workshop is for you. Have you wanted to spin finer yarn? We ll look at that. How about spinning the thick chunky yarns you used to spin before falling into the I-can-only-spin-fine yarn? You can do it! Worsted and woolen spinning what are they and why should I care? If you re rusty on your spinning, you ll need to make sure that you can treadle your wheel in one direction on purpose and when that is easier for you, be able to treadle the opposite direction. Equipment needed: Working wheel, oil, 3 Bobbins, Lazy Kate, hand carders (if you have them), a niddy noddy, and a good attitude! See registration form on page 8. 6

7 Pikes Peak Weavers Guild Ply-Split Braiding in Three Dimensions Presented by Julie Hedges May 7, 8, 9, 2013 Workshop: The versatility of ply-splitting makes it an ideal technique with which to explore threedimensional forms. Work in the scale and yarn of your choice to make vessels, dishes or sculptural pieces. Julie will talk about the traditions of ply-splitting and her research in India and the development of the technique. A number of different starting methods will be introduced working with plain oblique twining (POT), Single Course Oblique Twining (SCOT), and Ply-Split Darning (PSD) techniques. The importance of yarn selection, color choice and the cord making process will be explored. Different methods of ply-splitting will be examined in relation to making shapes and the development of designs. All of these should come together in the design and development of a finished piece. Students must have some knowledge of ply-splitting to take this class. Julie Hedges is a graduate of Liverpool Art School, where she specialized in woven textile design. In 1989 she attended a workshop on Ply-Split Braiding taught by Peter Collingwood. Since then, she has been researching and developing the technique to make wearable and sculptural pieces in a variety of yarns. In 2004 she furthered her research by travelling to India and found interesting textiles and images which have influenced her work. She teaches ply-split braiding in the UK and the US. Location: Penrose House, 10 Lake Circle or other location in Colorado Springs, Colorado Cost: Estimated cost $200 or less, plus $50 for supplies; $100 deposit required with registration. Cancellation Policy: In order to host the workshop we must have a guaranteed enrollment. If you cannot attend the workshop after registering, we will try to fill your spot from a waiting list. If we do not have a waiting list, it is your responsibility to find a replacement person or to pay the entire workshop fee except for the cost of meals. Questions: Beverly Weaver at Beverly.Weaver46@gmail.com Sally Kuhn at skuhn@wispertel.net Registration: Bring this form and check to the December meeting or mail it with your check to: Beverly Weaver, 1319 Pike Drive, Colorado Springs, CO Name: Address: Phone: I agree with the participation terms and cancellation policy of this workshop. Signature Date 7

8 Pikes Peak Weavers Guild Mini Workshop Back in the Saddle Again Presented by Peggy Doney January 11, 2013 Workshop: If you are one of those folks who took up spinning but have set it aside due to some obstacle or question, this is the mini-workshop for you. Prior to January, Peggy wants to meet with each workshop participant and their spinning wheel to address any problems with the wheel itself and to assign some light duty homework. She is doing this at the October, November and December guild meetings and by appointment if necessary. When you sign up for the workshop we will also ask you to choose a guild meeting time to bring in your spinning wheel for a short session with Peggy. Location: Mountain View Church of Christ, 1080 E. LaSalle St. Colorado Springs, CO Cost: The cost is $ to be received with your registration form by the 1 st of January, All materials will be provided. There is a limit of 10 participants. Cancellation Policy: In order to host the workshop we must have a guaranteed enrollment. If you cannot attend the workshop after registering, we will try to fill your spot from a waiting list. If we do not have a waiting list, it is your responsibility to find a replacement person or pay the workshop fee. Questions: Please contact Edna Devai at edna_joseph_devai@msn.com Leslie Parker at LPweaves@aol.com You can bring your form and check to the Guild meeting or if you are mailing your form and check, please send it to: Edna Devai, 3145 Valley Park Blvd., Larkspur, CO Please remember registration forms and checks will be entered on the list in the order received. Registration: Fill in with contact information Name: Address: Phone: I agree with the participation terms and cancellation policy of this workshop. Signature Date 8

9 What s the Buzz & How Can You Help? Woven Together: Firestorm is being promoted in a number of ways: online forums, magazines, newsle ers, mee ngs, mail and to ar sts, universi es and fiber organiza ons. To date, 148 contacts have been made and there will be a mul plying effect as guilds send out newsle ers & broadcast and magazines are read. So, what s the buzz? The response has been very posi ve with many ar sts saying they plan to enter the exhibit. Guilds in a number of different states have replied that they will include the informa on in newsle ers and place links to our web site onto theirs. How can you help? 1. Make a tax deduc ble dona on to PPWG, designa ng the funds for Woven Together: Firestorm. Dona ons have started to come in and the running total will be announced during the December Luncheon. 2. Get busy and enter the exhibit! Fees are $15 per entry, 3 entries max and all fees go toward offse ng exhibit costs. 3. Clean up your studio and donate books, equipment, yarns, tools, or pieces of your work to the December Stash Sale. It s win win and all proceeds go toward offse ng exhibit costs. 4. Buy at the Stash Sale! Seriously, how easy is that? What s next? The contract between the Business of Art Center and PPWG is being reviewed and revised and should be finalized shortly. The commi ee will con nue to promote the exhibit at every opportunity and is currently reques ng awards from the relevant organiza ons. 9

10 Meeting Minutes by Debra Scott General mee ng called to order at 9:34 am by President Anne Vickrey Evans. Minutes for the October mee ng were approved as published in the November newsle er. Kudos were given to Susan Bowman, Sandra Hu on and Edna Devai for work appearing in the latest issue of Complex Weavers Journal, Helen Bressler for an ar cle published in Handwoven, and Anne Evans for winning the Jurors Choice Award for Best Body of Work at The Fine Line Crea ve Arts Center, Uncommon Threads Art To Wear Runway Show in Hoffman Estates, IL. Officers Reports President Anne Evans reminded the membership of several security issues and handicap parking restric ons. Vice Presidents Edna Devai and Leslie Parker announced mini workshop openings and detailed the December mee ng stash sale to benefit the Firestorm show, bread cloth exchange and potluck. Recording Secretary Debra Sco held up three magazines that had come in and were available to be checked out. Treasurer Sandra Hu on gave her report. Membership Secretary Mary Madison introduced a new member Diane Fabeck Standing Commi ee Reports Demonstra ons Peggy Doney reported changes to the December 1,2012 event at the Pioneers Museum. Adver sing Emily Jones announced that Lady Bug Hill Quilts had moved and noted their new address. When you shop there or any of our adver sers be sure to men on PPWG membership. Hospitality President thanked Bev Weaver, Ellen Alderson and Linda Lugenbill for handling hospitality at today s mee ng. Library Anne Evans stated that Sarah Richards had surgery, she is doing fine and expects to be at the December mee ng. Major Workshop Sally Kuhn and Bev Weaver announced that seven people had signed up for the Ply Split Braiding workshop. They will be opening the workshop to other guilds a er today s mee ng. Newsle er Doreen McLaughlin reminded everyone that you may now click on the ads in the newsle er to be directed to our adver sers websites. She also noted that ar cles for the newsle er are to be in by the 20 th of the month and that she will share wri ng examples if you need help. Samples Ca e Kiley thanked everyone who had signed up to provide samples and encouraged others to sign up. Yearbook Susan Bowman said that new members will be added on the website. Old Business Susan Bowman gave a report on the status of the Firestorm show and stated that the commi ee will be working on reques ng awards next. Ques ons regarding the due date, theme and entry requirements were addressed. Debra Sco gave a short financial report regarding the Tapestry Workshops and noted a profit of $457. A member of the guild suggested that the money go to the Firestorm show, however, past prac ce dictates that the money be put into the General Opera ng Fund. Announcements Linda Luginbill noted that there is a studio tour this weekend and that Maryse Levenson is par cipa ng. Bev Weaver said that a former member, Gail Necker, also par cipates in the tour and you may check online for more informa on and a map of the tour. Anne Evans announced that the FRFA sale is next weekend. Show and tell started at 9:57 am. The mee ng was adjourned at 10:07am. 10

11 Treasurer s Report by Sandy Hu on Treasurer s Report October 1 31, 2012 Sandra Hu on, Treasurer Checking Account Balance Forward 10/1/2012 $12, Opera ng Monies 11, Income less Expense 1, $10, Dedicated Monies 409 Library Demonstra ons Gi s for Awards Checking Account Closing Balance 10/31/2012 $11, Restricted Funds: PPWG Savings Acct. Fund for Excellence in Fiber Arts 10/20/2012 $4, PPWG Savings Acct. Memorial Fund 9/30/2012 $4, Total Funds (Checking plus two savings accounts) $20, PPWG Program Calendar for the Guild Year By Edna Devai and Leslie Parker We are happy to present the Pikes Peak Weavers Guild Calendar of Programs for the upcoming guild year. Thanks go to all who helped bring presenters and programs to the Guild: Sarah Richards, Sally Kuhn, Sandy Hutton, Heather Hubbard, Debra Scott, Carole Stewart and Beverly Weaver. December 14 January 11 February 8 March 8 April 12 May 7-9 May 10 Bread Cloth Exchange led by Heather Hubbard Stash sale, Potluck luncheon The Dance of Texture and Color in Spinning by Peggy Doney Mini-Workshop: Back in the Saddle Again by Peggy Doney Bumps, Pleats, Ruffles and Wrinkles by Dottie Weir Crackle Study Presentation by the More than Four Study Group A Perspective on Weaving: Changes in the Last Few Decades by Judy Steinkoenig Mini-workshop: Supplementary Warp by Judy Steinkoenig Major Workshop: Ply-Split Braiding in Three Dimensions by Julie Hedges From Camels to Contemporary Creations - an Exploration of Ply-Split Braiding.. by Julie Hedges Installation of new officers, End of year luncheon 11

12 Sample Schedule We need volunteers for weaving, dyeing, and spinning samples for the newsletter. Hopefully we will always have a weaving, spinning, and dyeing sample for each newsletter. As you can see there are still some holes left in the sign up sheet. If we don't have volunteers, then we won't have samples that month. If you would like to volunteer, please let sample chairperson know. For weaving, we need two (2) samples (6 x 6 minimum, 8 x 10.5 maximum). For spinning we need two (2) samples which need to be butterflies approximately 4 yards long. The two (2) dyeing samples may be on fiber or handwoven cloth. So the size of the sample will depend on the media. The newsletter editor needs digital photos of the sample for the newsletter. Please save the photos in.jpg format and them to editor@pikespeakweavers.org. If you do not want to take the digital photos yourself, please give or send the samples to the newsletter editor to take the photos. Please contact the newsletter editor to make arrangements for the photos. Your weaving, spinning, and dyeing descriptions need to be given, mailed, or ed to the newsletter editor, at (editor@pikespeakweavers.org). The sample chairperson will print the descriptions from the newsletter for the sample notebooks in the library. If you have other information for the sample notebooks, please give it to the sample chairperson at a meeting. SAMPLE SCHEDULE 2012 Month Month Due Weaving Spinning Dyeing Jan Dec Edna Devai Jane Rock Costanza Feb Jan Tina Broderson Mar Feb Doreen McLaughlin Judy Gearhart Apr Mar Sally Kuhn Peggy Doney Peggy Doney May Apr Emily Jones Jun May Maryse Levenson End of the dyeing season, cleaning out the dye glassware, dyeing session in Doreen McLaughlin s garage. Please plan to come early to help set up and stay late to assist to clean up after the meeting. Dec 2012: Linda Shaffer, Emily Jones, Siv Nelson Jan 2013: Susan Bowman, Barb Byerly Feb 2013: Marilyn McIntosh, Sandy Wells Mar 2013: Heather McLaren, Judy Gearhart Apr 2013: Catie Kiley, Jan Sinn, Chris Race May 2013: Mary Madison, Sarah Richards Hospitality 12

13 The Pikes Peak Weavers' Guild meets the second Friday of each month from September through May at the Mountain View Church of Christ, 1080 E. LaSalle St at Paseo in Colorado Springs, CO. Come for coffee, socializing and library time at 9:00 am. The business meeting starts at 9:30 and the program begins around 11 AM. Map below is courtesy of Google maps. President 1st Vice President 2nd Vice President Treasurer Recording Secretary Membership Secretary Officers: Anne Vickery Evans Edna Devai Leslie Parker Sandra Hu on Debra Sco Mary Madison Standing Commi ee Chairpersons: Adver sing: Emily Jones Demonstra ons: Peggy Doney Yearbook: Susan Bowman Hospitality: Library: Sarah Richards Newsle er: Doreen McLaughlin Publicity: Linda Shaffer Samples: Audrey Ca e Kiley Website: Jane Rock Costanza Ply Split Braiding Workshop: Sally Kuhn and Beverly Weaver address: ppwguild@gmail.com 13

14 Deadline For Next Issue: 20 Dec Adver sing Rates: Business card $10.00 ¼ page $15.00 ½ page $20.00 Full page $30.00 Classified Ads: $5.00 for 25 words 25 cents each addi onal word The PPWG newsle er is published from September through June. To place an ad in the newsle er, we must receive your check or money order by mail (P.O. Box 8104 Colorado Springs CO ) and your ad in digital or electronic format on or before the 20th of Dec PPWG PO Box 8104 Colorado Springs, CO