September Meeting Reminder – Demo at the Inn….

On Saturday, September 6th, guildmembers will be participating in the Whinblinger event at the Benjamin Patterson Inn Museum in Corning NY.  The event takes place from 10-4 and guild members will be demonstrating the art of spinning and weaving.  At 3pm, the guild will hold a short business meeting. 
The Whingblinger is a great family oriented event…. come [...]

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July 2008 meeting reminder…

Due to the holiday weekend, our next meeting will be held on July 12th, the second Saturday of the month instead of the first Saturday. 
Fairs and festivals are fast approaching and quite a few members are interested in attending some of the fairs or entering fleeces, skeins or finished objects in competition. With that in [...]

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May 3rd, 2008 meeting reminder…

As a continuation of last month’s meeting, several guild members will be available to demonstrate and teach others how to spin using drop spindles and how to weave using small loom or off loom methods. 
If you have a small loom, spindle or other thing you need help with or something you want to share, be sure [...]

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April meeting reminder…

We will be exploring, small loom and off-loom weaving.  Brother Pierre from the Mt. Saviour Monastery has accepted our invitation to come and demonstrate Inkle loom weaving and to talk about the monastery sheep and how he used the yarn from their fleeces in his weaving and knitting projects.  
Several members will also be demonstrating and [...]

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Reminder for March 1, 2008 meeting…

The next meeting is on March 1st, 2008 – 1-4pm.
March’s meeting will be our ‘Detash’ meeting.  Members will be bringing items they are tired of having stashed away somewhere and will never get around to using.  These items can be anything fiber, fabric or craft related and items can be swapped, sold, donated to the [...]

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February meeting notes…

Icy roads and sidewalks, remnants of Thursday’s storm, prevented some members from attending the meeting.  Still, we had 5 new people join.
A few of the members had participated in the boy scouts demo in the morning, we waited for them to arrive before starting the business part of the meeting.  Here is a photo from the [...]

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First guild meeting in our new meeting place….

The meeting went really well.  The building has lots of parking and a door that goes from the parking lot right to our meeting room.  There was coffee and hot chocolate waiting in the kitchen for us and plenty of space for chairs. 
Sue Baker (Baker isn’t really her last name, it is just what we call her [...]

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November meeting reminder…

Our next meeting will be on Saturday November 3rd.   Check the Meetings page for time and place with full directions to the meeting location.   See you there! 

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October Meeting Update…

We had a good turnout even with several members missing and even though we didn’t have time to send out notices to prospective members who signed our mailing list on Farm Day at the mall.
Several members brought baked goods, cold drinks were provided as it was a hot day. 
We got through a lot [...]

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October Meeting…

Although we’ve yet to find a permanent place for guild meetings, we will be having a meeting on Saturday, October 6th, 1 – 4pm, at a member’s home.  Please email us for directions to the meeting.
We will be discussing progress on finding a permanent place to meet, goals for the group, etc..  Please bring something to work [...]

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