MSWG Newsletter THE MOUNTAIN SPINNERS AND WEAVERS GUILD VOLUME XXXVII NUMBER 6 February, 2014 P. O. BOX 1820 PRESCOTT, AZ 86302 Newsletter Archive President’s Message There are so many ways to weave it can be overwhelming for a beginning weaver. Like learning to ski, a new weaver needs to start on a gentle slope. The basics of warping and tie-up and treadling present enough of a hurdle without attempting complex weaves. However, the very complexity offered by advanced weaves means a challenge lies ahead to beckon you forward. Perhaps this is the year to try shadow weaves or double-weave or undulating twills. Perhaps this is the year to discover swivel or pick-up or lace weaves.    Beginning spinners may look at long-draw, spinning from the fold or worsted vs. woolen and feel discouraged. But taking time to learn and practice the basics makes the next step doable.  Our community of spinners and weavers provides support to newbies through SIGS (significant interest groups), workshops and programs. Let MSWG help you expand your weaving and spinning horizons in 2014. – Donna Meyer Membership Meeting Saturday, February 15, 2014 – Silent Auction 9 a.m. meeting 10:30 program American Evangelical Lutheran Church 1085 Scott Dr. Prescott AZ [email protected] 1|Page MSWG Newsletter MSW 2013-2014 Officers President – Donna Meyer Secretary – Shelly Leichter Treasurer – Gail Burton st 1 VP – Verla Davis nd 2 VP – Carma Koester Workshop Co-chairs – Kathy Kelly and Michelle Veatch Support Staff Historian--- Dolores Jensen Hospitality--- Mary Kelly & Rebecca Bass Librarian---Carma Koester Facebook--- Kathy Robbins Membership--- Marion Patterson Newsletter Editor---Donna Meyer Web Mistress---Donna Meyer Parliamentarian---Debbie Allen Publicity--- Nancy Wilson Sunshine --- Mary Bricker Ways & Means --- Nancy Dunlap                            Don’t let us miss your birthday! Send your special date to [email protected] February 1 – Kitty Martenis February 10 – Nancy Ricketts February 11 – Helene Charles February 17 - Cass Schorsch February’s Silent Auction Once a year, MSWG holds a silent auction to help you weed your stash or jettison equipment you no longer use. Bring your fiber, yarn or other fiber related items to the February meeting. Tables will be setup to display your things. Starting at 25 cents, we’ll bid on each others’ items. Proceeds go to the Guild. Tom Veatch will keep us on track. Fibers Through Time 2014 Tucson AZ “Are you stuck in the doldrums of the same old, same old? Are you getting tired of routine threading? Or a pattern that fits like a comfortable old shoe? You go back to it because it sells at the fair, but it's bor-r-r-ing. It's time to fertilize your mind with a sea of colors and new techniques. Shopping with our vendors will definitely provide relief from the usual! The Arizona Federation of Weavers and Spinners Guilds proudly presents its 8th biennial workshop conference. We've invited 23 instructors from the United States and Canada to offer you their workshops.” Elaine Ross, General Chairman Arizona Federation of Weavers and Spinners Guilds, Inc. April 24 through 27, 2014 2|Page MSWG Newsletter Attention Fiber Artists: The Fibers through Time Conference, “A Fiber Oasis” juried show has monetary awards! You can enter up to 2 items with an entry fee of $10 each item. The entry application must be in by March 31st. The entry form is on the website www.azfed.org Sharie Monsam, [email protected] 480-964-8744 Fibers through Time 2014 Show Awards: HGA Award of Excellence Best of Show Surface Design Association Award of Excellence 2nd Place Best of Show Complex Weavers Award of Excellence National Basketry Organization Award of Excellence American Tapestry Alliance Award for Excellence 3rd Place Best of Show Viewers’ Choice (all categories) Best New Fiber Artist (all categories) Jean Gardner Memorial Award for Weaving Links How to Wash Alpaca Fleece/Fiber Part One How to Wash Alpaca Fleece/Fiber Part Two How to Wash Alpaca Fleece Handspinners’ Community Between Two Pages from Thrums Bookmarks: The Important Little Something from Thrums Stripes from Dust Bunnies Sunny Day – Dye Day from Dust Bunnies “Gebrochene to Echo” – Eva Stossel Weaving Lace (Hand manipulated) Weaving Huck Lace Leno on a Rigid Heddle (video) Weaving & Lace Gallery 3|Page MSWG Newsletter IWC 2015: A Conference for Fiber Artists Try Something New! Call for Workshop Proposals Conference dates: July 23-26, 2015 Fort Lewis College Durango, Colorado IWC is seeking proposals for 3-day workshops (18 hours total) and 1 day workshops (6 hours). All workshop proposals should follow the format shown in the guidelines. Send the completed proposal along with your current resume, website address, mailing address, email address, short bio, and digital images of your work. A self-addressed, stamped envelope should be included for anything you would like returned. This same information can also be submitted electronically at [email protected]. All the information should be sent to Cindy Fowler, at the address below, and must be received by April 15, 2014. Workshop selections will be completed by the end of May, 2014. Mail Proposal to: Cindy Fowler Phoenix Country Day School 3901 E. Stanford Drive Paradise Valley, AZ 85253 e-mail: [email protected] Sheep to Shawl 4|Page http://www.librarything.com/ Name: MSWGuild Password: Prescott MSWG Newsletter Workshop on Color June 19-20 Jill Holbrook Class Description: There are many ways of creating beauty and avoiding disasters. In this class we will card fiber to create new colors and play with multiple ways of spinning and plying those gorgeous rovings. Working with color, color theory and using colorful yarns will be discussed. Diane Braun’s newest lamb Obsidian “To care about weaving, to make weavings, is to be in touch with a long human tradition. We people have woven, first baskets and then cloth, for at least ten thousand year”. -Phylis Morrison (author of Spiders’ Games: A Book for Beginning Weavers) For Sale For Sale: Denise Interchangeable Knitting Needle Set The original Denise kit. Comes with 10 pairs of needles (#5-#15), plus 6 cords (5, 9, 12, 14, 16, and 19"), four end buttons and two extenders. Makes circular needles from 17" to 60". Use the end buttons to make straight flexible needles or stitch markers on any of the cords. Purchased new a few years ago and used only 3 or 4 times. All pieces in like new condition; includes instructions. $40.00 Mary Morel, 776.2422 Jay Begay Saddles Cinch Workshop Date: Thursday, April 17th & Friday, April 18th from 9am to 4pm. Cost: $200.00 for the two day workshop (loom and warp will be provided - -a list of other supplies TBA) Place: Stone Ridge Community Center Meeting Room 1300 North Stone Ridge Dr., Prescott Valley, AZ. Jay Begay not only is a saddle cinch weaver, but a weaver of beautiful rugs too. Saddle cinches make lovely wall hangings and even wearable belts. Reservation online or contact Michelle or Kathy. 5|Page MSWG Newsletter Mountain Spinners and Weavers Guild Minutes of the General Meeting January 18, 2014 The meeting was called to order by President Donna Meyer at 9:00 a.m. New Member: Ruth Anne Norris. Secretary: Shelly Leichter- No minutes for December as the Holiday Party was held. Treasurer: Gail Burton gave the Financial Report as of Dec. 31, 2013. Gail asked for a volunteer to assist when she is out of town. Janet Lambert volunteered. 1st VP: Verla Davis: 1. January-Jennifer Sargent-Tapestry 2. February-Silent Auction-Tom Veatch will be in charge. 3. March-Program needed 4. April-Jay Begay-will be held in the downstairs room. 5. 6. 7. 8. May-Jane Hoffman June-Jill Holbrook July-picnic August-day camp 2nd V.P. – Carma Koester is attending an Az Federation of Weaving and Spinning Guilds meeting. The Federation will hold its biennial conference in Tucson April 24-27, 2014. Workshop Co-Chairs: - Kathy Kelly and Michelle Veatch 1. March 12-14-Jacquie Kelly, Double Weave Color-and-Weave, 8+ harnesses, $50 2. April-Jay Begay-Cinch Belt Weaving 3. June-Jill Holbrook-Color Blending 4. Diane Braun offered to do a knitting workshop on methods of casting on/binding off. Special Interest Groups: no reports Sunshine: - Mary Bricker: nothing to report Announcements: 1. If you forgot your nametag, please contribute 25 cents to the kitty. 2. There is an exhibit in the back of the room on various unusual ways to weave and spin. Vote for your favorite. 3. Meet-and-Greet Arcosanti is Jan. 25. There is a sign-up sheet on the table in the back. Two of our members (Susan Swiggers and Nancy Wilson) will be doing workshops. 4. Yvonne Johnson and Mary Kelly cleaned out our storage shed. They will be offering a lot of the “stuff” at the silent auction next month. A standing ovation was held! 5. The Guild has the Viewerie at the Prescott Public Library Oct. 1-31. Volunteers needed. 6. Barb Kiger reported that the tapestry workshop with Jennifer Sargent went well and that Jennifer has a show at the Yavapai College Gallery. She will do a Gallery Talk at 4pm on Jan. 24 with an Opening Reception to follow. She has also had a piece accepted into the ATA Biennial that will open in May at the Visions Museum in San Diego, Ca. 7. Anne Marston announced that the Verde Valley Guild will have Kathe Todd-Hooker do a tapestry workshop in February. See her for further information. 8. Kathy Kelly and Luida Gottlieb acquired 47 alpaca fleeces from Duane Doty of Chino Valley. A discussion on processing alpaca was held. A sign-up sheet for bags of fleece for $20 is on the table in the back. 6|Page MSWG Newsletter Hospitality: Mary Kelly & Rebecca Bass are our hospitality hostesses. Today’s treats thanks to Janet Lambert, Kathleen Baldwin, Mary Bricker and Nancy Wilson. Historian: Dolores Jensen took pictures of the tapestry workshop, as well as some attendees. Membership: Marion Patterson 1. Guild now includes 90 members. 2. Directories and Name Tags are available for pickup. Newsletter: Donna Meyer – As a regular reminder all inputs for the newsletter are due the Saturday following the Guild meeting. Please submit articles or book reviews. Ways and Means: - Nancy Dunlap: Today there is a spinning raffle as well as sweatshirts and tote bags for sale. Old Business: - The Guild still needs an Outreach Coordinator. New Business: None. Other discussions: None Show & Tell: Particpants were Donna Meyer, Barb Kiger, Janet Lambert, Mary Kelly, Gisela Gminder, Marian Patterson, Gail Burton, Sharon Travis, Diane Braun, Sandy Evans, Anne Marston, Jean Brugger, Mary Bricker, Nancy Wilson, Nancy Dunlap, Kathy Robbins, Jeanne Zinda, Kathy Kelly, and Cass Schorsch. Motion to close the meeting: Anne Marston/Luida Gottlieb/all. Meeting adjourned at 10:10 a.m. Respectfully submitted: Shelly Leichter. 7|Page MSWG Newsletter Local Suppliers Camp Verde Llamas High Castle Traditional Crafts Handwoven, Handspun, and Handknitted Items Cotswold Sheep, Yarn, Supplies, and Classes Diane Braun, Proprietor Wilhoit, AZ www.HighCastleCrafts.com 928-442-9291 Llamas, alpacas, and Shetland sheep Fleece, fiber, rovings, and hand-dyed yarn Homegrown fiber, Eucalan wool wash, Greener Shade dyes Chris and Nancy Wilson Camp Verde, AZ [email protected] 928-567-6684 Mountain Spinners & Weaver Guild PO Box 1820 Prescott, AZ 86303 www.mtnspinweave.org 8|Page MSWG Newsletter