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2012
Jan 10: Share your Favorite Book:
Spinning/Knitting/Weaving ..
Feb 14: Bread Cloths
Bring your cloths and patterns to exchange and discuss
22x22 on the loom
March 13: Natural Dyed Easter Eggs
Bring hard-boiled eggs and dye stuff: onion skins, beet juice, walnuts, coffee grounds, etc. Bring gloves and pans.
April 10: Tam woven with a paper pattern
Bring sport or worsted weight yarn. Pattern and directions will be there. Bring darning needle.
May 8: Slentre Braid for trim.
Karen
Bring a clamp for the table
June 12: Picnic at Noon
Mary Paul Evens.
Bring a dish to share.
Join us, too, at events listed in the right-hand box.
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Previous Programs
2011
Dec 13: Tatting with Ester Miller
Also: Garage Sale. Please price & put your initials on your items.
Nov 8: Midwest Convention Reports
Oct 11: Overshot Variations
Vicky Tardy.
Sept 13: Bring what you entered in the Fair
Talk about the Bread Cloths in Feb. Hand out 10/2 cotton if you ordered it.
Dye Day at Mary Pauls!!! July 23rd. Bring pans. Heat source if you have it, Natural dyes. And a dish to pass for lunch.
June 14: Picnic at Mary Paul Evens
12:00 Bring a dish to share
5706 Walnut Hill
Des Moines
May 10: Mary Early will share "Santa Fe Tour"
and talk about Convergence
April 12: Rita Hagenberg will speak on Swedish Linens
March 8: Dish Towels
Cindy and Sue Lustig sharing a class they took at Seivers.
February 8: Swatch Swap --
Bring samples and work sheets. Please sew samples and cut. We will make notebooksto take home.
Bring gadgets and tools used in weaving
We will all share our tricks
January 11: CANCELLED [Snow]
Bring gadgets and tools used in weaving -- Next Time
We will all share our tricks
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A chapter of the Iowa Federation of Handweavers and Spinners
If you have an interest in:
Weaving, Spinning, Felting, Basketry, Papermaking, Knitting or Dyeing
We were organized in 1945 to provide exploration of weaving
and spinning interests. We still enjoy the sharing, the experiences,
and the chance to learn.
We offer so many Advantages:
Monthly meetings, the second Tuesday of each month except
July and August
Programs to inform, entertain, and encourage all of us
Access to the Guild library of fiber books, periodicals, and sample
kits
Equipment for weaving and spinning which may be borrowed
by members
Workshops
Spinners Group takes part in Spin-ins and demonstrations -
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Other Events & Demonstrations
2011
Iowa State Historical Building
Spining demonstrations
December 27
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[Contact us to schedule a demonstration at your event]
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Beginning Weaving
With Garlyn Saupe
Boone, Ia
515 432 3432
dgsaupe@gmail.com
With Vikki Morain
Lamoni, Ia
641 784 4747
vikki@desmoinesweaversguild.org
Online Resources
All Fiber Arts
[info on lots of fiber arts; some nice weaving drafts]
Handweaving.net
Ralph Griswald's
On-Line Digital Archive of Documents on Weaving and Related Topics
from the University of Arizona
Ravelry
A community for knitters, crocheters, designers, spinners, and dyers
Textile Mania: [NEW!]
...weaves
...dyeing
and more>>explore!
Tim's Treadle Reducer
Vicky Tardy's Site
WeaveZine
Yarn, Fiber, & Equipment Suppliers
Cotton Clouds 800-322-7888
Halcyon Yarns 800-442-7909
Hollywood Hills Boutique
[lots of alpaca]
Pella, Iowa 50219
Pollywogs Yarn & Fiber
[good source for bulk yarn]
R&M Yarns
[good source of mill ends]
Sarah's Yarn Shop
[good source of Jaggerspun]
Spinners', Weavers', and Knitters'
Housecleanning Pages
[used equipment]
The Prairie Fibers Company
Ames, Iowa 50010
The Rose Tree Fiber Shop 515-292-7076
Ames, IA
The Weavers Friend
[manuals for older looms]
Treenway Silks 888-383-7455
Webs 800-367-09327
Yarn Barn of Kansas 800-458-0035
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