January 2012 … meeting reminder…

Happy New Year everyone!

A reminder about our upcoming meeting …

Our first meeting of 2012 will on Saturday, January 7th at starting at 11am.

We are not having a traditional Roc Day (distaff day) celebration on this day but if you have a basketful or so of things to sell, feel free bring them along.

For those interested in learning how to knit ‘toe up’ socks or how to knit socks with an ‘after thought’ heel, help will be available. Bring your own supplies and a pattern if you have one for these types of socks or any other types and we’ll get you going.

Members are reminded to bring their own lunch if they are coming before the 1pm meeting, none will be provided. We will however have coffee and tea as usual.

Also… it is time for memberships to be renewed. Please make sure to update your members cards when renewing..

Hope to see you all on Saturday…

October 2011 News and Notes …

On Saturday, November 5th, 2011 the guild will have our 4th Anniversary Celebration. Wow! Hard to believe the guild has been official for only 4 years! We have more than 40 members and have been very busy with meetings, community events, demos and workshops.

The Anniversary meeting will start at 11am for guild members, visitors and shoppers are welcomed to join us at 1pm. This allows members and vendors time to set up and for us to share a special luncheon at noon.

Below are just a few of the things discussed at the last meeting.. and a photo of a basket made during our last workshop.

PAST EVENTS

Benjamin Patterson Inn Whingblinger – we were in a good location but need a bit more room to include flax prep. Weather was very nice. Pat used the Guild wheel to teach; Theresa and Lydia were weaving upstairs, on short notice.

Hemlock – comments: good, expensive, good workshops

FUTURE EVENTS

Farm City Day – October 8 at Chemung County Fairgrounds. This is a Cooperative Extension program. Not sure where we will be located – possibly Commercial building or Cabin. New York State requires mega liability insurance of vendors and exhibitors, covered by Coop. Ext.

Eastern Great Lakes Conference

Rhinebeck -

Basket Weaving –

November 5 meeting – Anniversary Lunch – 11 am (members) 1pm (public) – 4pm. See Eve for a Vendor table, Judy for bring a dish info.

Art in the Armory – November 12-13,

Franklin Street Gallery, Watkins Glen – Sandy Cerulli will be presenting workshops – Intro to Felting and Silk Painting & Dyeing on 10/22; Felted Hat on 11/13 )$35). See Lydia for details.

December 3 meeting – gift exchange, and vote on “thank you” gift to church.

Dues are due in January.

CHEMUNG COUNTY FAIR BOOK REVISION – see Lydia if you have suggestions

MEMBER RENEWAL – ask to see your member card, to update e-mail, phone, address, skills, etc.

Farm City Days.

Farm – City day is this coming Saturday, October 8, 10 am to 4 pm. We will be in the front part of the Rabbit Barn, with crafters and quilters. The Rabbit Barn is the third building on the left as you enter gate 3 from Fairview Ave.. It is across the plaza from the 4-H building. I don’t know where we will be allowed to park. I assume that we need our chairs and rugs as well as our spinning wheels. There will be Alpacas there also!!

September 20011 meeting notes, Reminder for October meeting..

Next guild meeting will start at 1pm on Saturday, October 1st. We will be collecting payments for the basket weaving workshop on October 22nd. We will also be taking names of vendors for the November anniversary celebration.

Below are abbreviated notes from the September meeting.

September 3, 2011 meeting

Past events:
-Chemung County Fair comments: items entered are in competition with each other.
-Last meeting’s report is on the Guild’s FaceBook page, and on the Guild blog as well. We can add photos, and links to interesting or related sites.
-Strong Kids/Safe Kids – they now have an “arts and culture” tent.

Future Events:
-September 10 – Benjamin Patterson Inn’s Whingblinger, tent next to the cabin.
-September 17 – Finger Lakes Fiber Festival at Hemlock, NY, at the Livingston County fairgrounds.
-Senior Notebook segment from Chemung County Fair, will air in late September or early October.
-Chemung County Fair –
-Basket Weaving – October 22nd at 9:30 AM. Participants will be making a potato basket. Cost: $40. Pre-registration and pre-payment required, by October meeting.
-Rhinebeck Sheep & Wool Festival – October 15-16
-November meeting – 11/5 – anniversary meeting with lunch and vendors. Committees: Food & Kitchen (Judy B), Vendors (Eve), Publicity – (?). Lunch at 11:30. Open to others at 1:30? Other guilds, knitting groups, family and friends.
-Art at the Armory, Rochester. Fine arts show, 2nd weekend in November.

Present:
-New library books: Spinner’s Companion, Weaver’s Companion, Knitting Stitches, Hand Dyeing Yarn & Fleece, Handy Book of Sweater Patterns, Weaver’s Idea Book, 60 Scarves (weaving); Sheep ad Shepherd magazines.
-Banner – still needs to be done: inkle loom border, needle felting, sewing.
-Roc Day, January 7; lunch at 11:00

 

September 3rd, 2011 Meeting reminder…

Guild will meet at 1pm. Bring your wheels and projects!

Notes from last meeting on August 6, 2011

1. Review of July Activities
   1. Open House at Painted Post Alpacas
   2. Meg Lowman Treetops Camp at Tanglewood: eight Guild members participated, “thank-you” note from the staff.
   3. Dyeing day was canceled
   4. Chemung Count Fair: eight Guild members participated on opening day
   5. Troy Fair: at least four members demonstrated. For next year, anyone who has a Mary Stepney fleece may submit whatever they make from it; if it gets a blue ribbon they win another Stepney fleece.
2. Upcoming Events:
   1. Strong Kids, Safe Kids – August 20, 10AM-3PM at Chemung Fairgrounds. They are going to have a “Culture and Arts” tent to show kids what kinds of interesting and different things they can learn to do.
   2. Whingblinger: September 10, 10AM-4PM. This year we will be located by the log cabin (not by the gasoline engines), along with the flax processing.
   3. Sheep & Wool Festival at Hemlock: September 17 (10AM-5P) and 18 (10AM-4PM).
      1. To enter items, go to http://www.gvhg.org/fest/s&g.html to download the rules and entry forms.
      2. For workshops, go to http://www.gvhg.org/fest/workshops.html and click on "Class descriptions, times and costs," and on "Registration Form for 2011" to register.
   4. Mumford: Genesee Country Village and Museum, http://www.gcv.org/. The museum holds special events on many weekends, and it was felt that a weekday might be less crowded. Still working on a date.
   5. Farm-City Day, October 8 at Chemung Fairgrounds. Further discussion at the September meeting.
   6. Basket Workshop, to make a "potato basket." Suggested dates were October 22 and 29, with registration and payment due October 1. More information at the September meeting.
3. Meetings
   1. September 3: 1-4pm at the church. .
   2. October 1: 1-PM at the church.
   3. November 5: Anniversary and Sale. More information at September & October meetings.
4. Other:
   1. It was suggested that we have a table available at each meeting for "free" items – fibers, skeins, etc., that you no longer need or want. Please note: if you bring items for this table, and they have not been taken by the time you leave, please take them back with you.
   2. Don’t forget to bring non-perishable food items for the local food pantry, and/or cash for the Community Kitchen.

Regular meetings scheduled…

Regular meetings the first Saturday of each month will resume starting with the first Saturday in August.

Meetings will be at the church from 1 – 4pm unless otherwise announced.

Demo at Old MacDonald’s Farm

A reminder that there will be no regular June guild meeting. Instead we will be demonstrating spinning and other fiber arts at the Old MacDonald’s Farm event at the Chemung County Fairgrounds. We will be there each day from June 2nd – June 4th (Thursday – Saturday), 9:00 – 11:30 am and 1:30 – 3pm

Check back for info on upcoming events such as the guild picnic, natural dye day workshop and more.

April 2nd 2011 meeting reminder

The guild de-stash day at the March meeting was a big success. Members had the opportunity to bring in items they no longer needed for others to buy or trade.

For the April meeting we are asking members to bring projects they need help with, be it spinning, sewing, knitting, whatever! Other members will be available for one-to-one help with problem solving.

One of our guild members brought some guests to the March meeting … They were lots of fun!

March 5th 2011 Meeting Reminder and updates…

Our March meeting will be our ‘Destash Day’. Guild members are invited to bring in the unwanted fiber and craft items and supplies. Items can be sold, swapped or donated. Anything craft or art related can be brought in.

At our April meeting we held a felting workshop. Below is Pat with her completed felted piece.

A reminder:
The guild meets from 11am – 4pm. This was expanded from our original 1pm starting time to provide some extra one to one time for working on projects. The business/discussion part of the meeting still starts around 1pm. The guild provides Coffee, Tea, and water.. Members may bring a snack to share but each member is responsible for their own lunch if they come early.

February 5th Fiber Workshop at February Guild Starting at 12pm to 4pm -

Reminder for guild members:

The business meeting will be held early due to the workshop timing (I think it was stated to be at 11am)….If you are not participating in the workshop – you should still plan on going to guildJ!

Workshop 12pm to 4pm

Cost $10.00

Bring: Scissors, towel and Picture (optional – Sandi will also have pictures)

Here is a description of the workshop listed below if you would like to review it again!

http://www.especially-for-ewe.com/

What you will be learning

This will be a felt making workshop. You will learn both wet and dry felting techniques in order to achieve the above ( see fiber picture attached)!

Materials

Sandi does charge a materials fee. This will cover the use of her drum carder for individuals to make their own batts for their artwork. She will also bring batts as well as all the colored wool for the project, felting needles and foam rubber pieces for the needle felting. She always brings extra of everything just in case a needle breaks, etc. All the material supplies will be almost unlimited.

Fee

To cover these materials, this fee will be $10.00 per person.

Be Prepared

The only thing you are requested to bring is a couple of old towels and scissors.

Optional

Bring a favorite magazine picture or photo you may want to reproduce. Sandi brings many photos, so if you are not sure, there will be photos available from Sandi to work from.