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The guild has a new meeting time.  We are starting at 11am rather than 1pm but still going to 4pm.   The business/discussion part of the meeting will be at about 1pm or so. That allows for a couple of hours to work on projects, visit..  then a break for lunch and guild business and news… [...]

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The next meeting  of the Chemung Valley guild will be on Saturday December 6th, 1-4pm.
There will be a gift exchange for those who want to participate.  If you bring a gift, you will be able to pick a gift.  A homeade gift would be preferable, keep it small, ornament or similar item. 
Feel free to bring [...]

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On November 1st, the guild celebrated its first anniversary as a guild.
Members brought snacks to share.  For the show & tell part of the meeting, members brought items they  worked on during the year.  
Displayed along with all the member projects, was the guild project.  This is the finished shawl that guild members have been working on [...]

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On Saturday, November 1st, the guild will be celebrating their first year as a guild. 
There will be a very short business meeting where we will be evaluating our first year and deciding what changes, if any, we would like to make.
Members are being asked to bring in a snack to share.  They are also being asked [...]

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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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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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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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Sue’s Shawl…

Some photos of a shawl a guild member recently finished.   Sue spun the yarn and then wove the shawl, her first attempt at weaving a shawl, all on her own.   Nice job!
Fiber before spinning

Yarn drying on a rack

Shawl in progress

Finished!
 

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