Del Oro Spinners and Weavers Guild

Inkle Weaving Cheap Sheep

2010-06-27T11:26:00.000-07:00

Rose

Stephenie

Yesterday we had a great day remembering long-time guild member and founder, Mary P. Mary was known as the Inkle Queen, so we spent the day learning to warp inkle looms and create some lovely bands.

Many thanks to Kathy and Dan M. for hosting the event and BBQ!

Del Oro Spinners & Weavers Holiday Potluck 2009

2009-12-26T10:29:00.000-08:00

Here are some fun pictures from our December 2009 Holiday Potluck and gift exchnage at Wendy's house!

Rose's beautiful doll from Nicole

Janice's felted scene

Nicole's sampler mug rugs

Socks for Janice

Wendy has a new purse!

Wendy wove a cowboy song for Kathy

Rose and the Talking Stick

Laura's woven hoodie scarf

Kitty bag for Stephenie

Merry Christmas from Wendy and Kimmy!

2009 Amador County Fair

2009-08-04T08:19:00.000-07:00

Thanks to all the members who helped with demonstrations at the county fair and helped build and take down the display. We won a 2nd place for our display! Here is a photo:

Zelda the Pirate Mermaid

2009-07-04T17:10:00.001-07:00

Here is Zelda, so far. Still need to make a trihorn hat for her (probably black felt). I put the super long wig on her and it looks good. For a top for her, we could artfully drape her hair and then drizzle that skein of ribbon from Karn. It is about the color of kelp -- perfect! Does she need an eye patch? Anybody have a parrot??? Ohh, parrot fish!

Will work on the octopus bartender tonight.

Directions to Pt Montara Retreat

2009-02-22T12:10:00.000-08:00

These are the directions on the Lighthouse web site: http://norcalhostels.org/montara/directions/

Look for the logo above when you get to 16th and Hwy 1.

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Afghans for Afghans

2009-02-03T10:57:00.001-08:00

http://www.afghansforafghans.org/index.html

Janice will be shipping items in February. Contact her for dates.

July 2008 Amador County Fair

2008-11-21T17:14:00.001-08:00

Conrad and Rene spin away! A lone cowboy....

Our display Barb and

Eveline

The Giraffe and Zelda ready for a run to Plymouth!

Dixon Lambtown Sheep to Shawl - July 2008

2008-11-21T17:09:00.000-08:00

Wendy, Kathy Mc, Laura, Stephenie, Judith and Cathy

Map locating Point Montara Lighthouse

2008-11-03T16:26:00.001-08:00

Here is the map of the Point Montara Lighthouse location. On the part of coastline that bulges furthest west, Princeton is at the south end of the bulge and Montara is at the north end of the bulge.

Historic Jackson Day, October 18, 2008

2008-10-19T10:38:00.000-07:00

We had a great time at Historic Jackson Day yesterday! Aside from a few hit-and-run raindrops and gift from a horse, it was a good day. We made a lot of new friends and raffled the Lambtown shawl, earning $75 for our scholarship fund. Pictures above: (1) Judie, Laura and a new spinner; (2) Sheila and Sam; (3) Judie, our new spinner, and Stephenie; (4) "Who, Me? Did I make that puddle?"

September newsletter

2008-09-13T14:15:00.000-07:00

DEL ORO SPINNERS AND WEAVERS NEWSLETTER
SEPTEMBER 2008

Meeting to be held Wednesday September 17, 2008 at the Drytown GeneralStore.
· 7pm Main meeting
· 6pm Social time - everyone is invited to bring their wheel or project
· 5pm The Old Well for pre-meeting fun and dinner

SEPTEMBER MEETING AGENDA

BACK TO FRONT WARPING by Stephenie G. She will demonstrate putting a warp on the loom; starting with rolling on the back beam, threading through the heddles, then the reed before tying on to the front. Anyone who knows Stephanie knows she gives a thorough and interesting class, where everyone learns, whether you are an experienced or novice weaver.

UPCOMING EVENTS:
OCTOBER 4 FARMERS MARKET EUREKA STREET IN SUTTER CREEK , 8AM TO 11AM BRING A WHEEL, OR OTHER FIBER DEMOS AS WE WOULD LIKE AS MUCH VARIETY AS POSSIBLE
OCTOBER 18 JACKSON HERITAGE DAYS IN FRONT OF HEIN AND CO. 10AM TO 5PM- PERIOD COSTUME REQUIRED. (Cathy suggested cowgirls?) BRING YOU SPINNING WHEEL OR OTHER FIBER DEMO (same as above)

AUGUST MEETING QUICK NOTES:

This year’s calendar: (always a work in progress)
· September: Stephanie G. with Back to Front Warping
· October: Needle Felting Gremlins
· November: Acorn Fairies ( collect Black Oak acorns, not Live acorns
· December: Winter Potluck Dec. 13 at Wendy’s house 11am. Bring an adornament and your ‘word’ project
· January: Yarns for knitting share: Stephanie
· February: Linen Spinning: Wendy & Rose
· March: Copper Weaving: Karn and Kathy Mc
· April: Gossamer Felt: Rose & Pat
· May: Sarah Lamb or Fabulous 4
· June: Fair Planning

Winter Retreat Workshop: We discussed included hiring an instructor while spending a weekend someplace special like the Wilseyville Lode Star or the St. George, or a Light House. (see continued discussion)

· CNCH: next theme “Passing On Our Fiber Traditions”, to be held in Sonora

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Del Oro Spinners and Weavers Officers: Cathy K-B, President; Kathy Mc, VP; Wendy B., Treasurer; Karn J., Program Chair; Pat M. (yours truly), Newletter

2008-09-12T15:59:00.000-07:00

correction to January meeting topic

2008-08-23T12:28:00.000-07:00

The correct name for the meeting program in January is: Yarn Qualities, the good, the bad, and the ugly: knitting and weaving yarns." Bring your favorite yarns and those you love to hate for a roundtable discussion, led by Stephenie.

Del Oro - August 2008

2008-08-22T18:48:00.000-07:00

An update regarding the Del Oro library -- Wendy, Janice and I emptied out the last of the goods in our storage cabinet at the Senior Center this week. Mostly all that was left were magazines, knitting and crochet patterns, and the John Marshall dye workshop supplies. We talked about what to do with the magazines, etc and are suggesting that I bring a stock of mags to each of the next few meetings and we disperse them. I created a free account for us on librarything.com and started inputting the titles from the books we received from Mary Parker plus one book I have checked out. You can look at the list here: http://my.librarything.com/catalog/DelOroGuild Janice will be getting together with Rose to pick up the rest of the books and videos. We will get them all inputted to this list and store them in my guest room for now. You can call me or email me to bring books to the meeting as soon as we get them organized.
At the planning meeting, we also talked about the disposition of the videos, in light of the fact that most folks have DVD players now. We voted that if we cannot secure a DVD copy, we will have the video converted to a DVD, so that we can still make use of the material.

Tentative schedule for 2008-2009 - at the August planning meeting, we thought it would be fun to share some of the skills we learned at the conference, so those offerings are scattered throughout the year. I recorded all the topics, but am lacking some of the teachers .... ooops ... if you recognize what you volunteered to do, pls let me know.

September 17, Old General Store, Drytown: Until we determine a location for the early bird dinner, we will meet at 5 p.m. at the Old Well in Drytown for dinner on 9/17. We hear they have fabulous pies. Some other options are the bar in Drytown (do they serve food?), or La Colina in Plymouth. We ate there after the fair set up and had an excellent meal at a good price. The program for September will be offered by Stephenie and it will be back-to-front warping. I gotta see it to get it .....

October 4 - Farmers Market in Sutter Creek - 8 to 11 a.m. -- In celebration of National Spinning and Weaving Week, we will have an informal spin-in and weave-in. The planned sheep-t0-shawl with Hangtown will not happen as they are committed elsewhere that day. Bring your wheel or loom, a chair and have a good time!

October 18 - Historic Jackson Heritage Days - 10 - 5 On Main Street - same as last year -- we can sell stuff, and we will demonstrate spinning and weaving. We found some cardboard looms in the storage cabinet that we can prewarp and show the kiddies, young and old, how to weave. Bring your wheel or loom, handcards, a chair. We had lots of fun last year, even when the horsewagon almost collided with us.

October 22 - meeting at Drytown - Needlefelted gremlins (who volunteered to lead this? Laura? I forgot to write it down)

November 19 - meeting at Drytown - Acorn Fairies (Rose?)
December 13, Saturday, 11 a.m. -- Holiday Potluck and gift exchange at Wendy's

January 21 - meeting at Drytown - knitting and weaving yarns - Stephenie

February 18 - meeting at Drytown - linen spinning - Rose and Wnedy

March 18 - meeting at Drytown - Copper weaving (Karn and Kathy Mc) (Do we need supplies? from where?)

April 15 - meeting at Drytown - gossamer felt - Rose and Pat

May 20 - meeting at Drytown - Sara Lamb's knotted pile bags & new book on the rigid heddle, Slot & Eye (who? ) ; or Fab 4 (Cathy)

June 17 - meeting at Drytown - planning for the fair.

NEW LOCATION FOR MEETINGS: I hope that by now all of you have heard that Roseann at the Old General Store in Drytown has generously offered her classroom area for our monthly meetings. The various times will still be the same: early bird dinner at 5 p.m. (at the Old Well for September), 6:00 early birds at the store to work on projects or problem solve; meeting at 7 with short business and then the program.

Winter Workshop/retreat ideas for this year:
We have some money in the bank and the discussion at the planning meeting was how to use it. Suggestion was also offered that we give a discount to members who volunteer at a certain number of events during the year (nothing determined on that).

We haven't had a formal workshop in a couple years, so we came up with the following ideas: Celia Quinn for spinning; Judith MacKenzie McCuin; Darlene Hayes, Sara Lamb for rigid heddle; Nancy Bush for knitting; a dye workshop.
We also thought it would be super duper fun if we actually made it a retreat and went somewhere for the weekend to have this workshop. Ideas floated for location: The St George Hotel or Volcano Union Inn in Volcano; the Hanford House; Asilomar at Monterey; Lodestar in Wilseyville (http://www.uccr.org/lodestar.htm ), Days Inn Sutter Creek (has meeting rooms)

This week, I also looked thru the CNCH conference book for some ideas with teachers not too far away:
Molly Freeman (Sacramento) - weaving surface design; warp painting; garments from woven goods
Mary Hettmansperger (Indiana) - woven, wire, and looped jewely and miniature metal books (a couple of guild members took her classes and really seemed to enjoy them -- she may jump at the chance to come to CA in the winter)
Roberta Lowes (Tacoma, WA) - collaged garments, working with new fibers (bamboo, tencel etc), using up your stash of special yarns in weaving
Robyn Spady - (Bremerton, WA) - versatility in 4 harness looms; jewelry making for fiber artists
Margaret Tyler (Costa Mesa, CA) - spinning techniques (a number of folks around the table at Wendy's were looking for more spinning help)
Patsy Zawistoski (Illinois) - specialty spinning - flax, cotton, silk, fine wool yarns, high tech fibers
hire Stephenie to teach wherever we decide to stay, and support our local resources

Some other ideas for a place to stay: rent a place at Kirkwood or Sorenson's in Hope Valley, rent the Polar Bear cottage at Silver Lake (only accommodates 6, tho) http://www.kitcarsonlodge.com/ ; that house you rent at Dillon Beach? ; Point Montara Lighthouse between Half Moon Bay and SF http://www.norcalhostels.org/montara/ -- it is a hostel & lighthouse with a large meeting room, right on the cliff -- very cool -- I have stayed there a number of times and it is inexpensive.

I have stayed at Lodestar -- lots of accommodation options and they do meals; Not sure on the cost -- it was quite a few years ago.

I have stayed at Pt Montara with both adults and 4H kids -- the accommodations are dormitory-style and we would do our own meals. There are also a number of restaurants and a grocery nearby and it is an easy hop-skip-jump up to the city. They have a large meeting room in the building that housed the fog horn, two large kitchens, dining areas, and a large living room with a wood stove. It is quite nearby the Fitzgerald Marine Reserve (tidepools). It takes about 3 hours door to door from my house. We would need to make reservations pretty far ahead for winter -- like within the next month.

Lots of things to think about! Let's discuss the workshop ideas at the September meeting so we can get rollling with reservations.

CNCH Alternative Conference - Sonoma - Late April -- Karn, Kathy MC and I will be attending the next conference meeting in Sonoma in late September and should have lots of good info for you for the October meeting.

Have a great weekend,
Cathy

looms and fiber in Volcano

2008-08-01T20:20:00.000-07:00

A woman in Volcano who is downsizing contacted Karn and I about some looms, fiber and spinning wheel. She has a 4 shaft large floor loom, about 48"; a small 8 shaft table loom that looks like a Dorothy, but no name plate; an Ashford spinning wheel (Elizabeth?); a folding loom sized like a Baby Wolf, but name branded Purrington; about 200 books; and boxes and bags of yarn, both weft and warp. I took some pictures which I will post below. I suggested to her that she come up with a date for a weavers yard sale and let me know and I will pass along to all of you. I just realized I did not get a picture of the wheel, but here's the rest:

Sheep to Shawl, continued continued!

2008-05-26T11:12:00.001-07:00

We really need to take the ruler away from Janice:

Sheep to Shawl, continued

2008-05-26T11:05:00.000-07:00

We took 2nd place and had a great time!

Sheep to Shawl, Sacramento County Fair

2008-05-26T10:59:00.000-07:00

Six hardy Del Oro souls competed in the Sheep to Shawl competition at the Sacramento County Fair on May 24, 2008. Here are some fun pictures. (1) the sample; (2) Wendy; (3) Janice, Laura, Rose, Carol;

(4) Laura and Rose and a couple of wandering cowboys.... (5) Hurry up! The fringe!

CNCH Conference - The California Trail

2008-05-03T20:59:00.001-07:00

Here are pictures from tonight's fashion show. So, who is the real Laura Carpender??

2008-05-03T20:58:00.000-07:00

April 2008 News for Ewes

2008-04-24T17:00:00.001-07:00

Hello!

Everybody ready for conference? If you need a carpool connection, let me know and I will try to connect you. If you have an item for the booth, get it to Kathy Mc ASAP. She will need the following information for the cards: First, last name, item name, technique, description. The following people have signed up for booth time: Stephenie, Laura, Cathy KB, Wendy, Carol.

SHEEP TO SHAWL
Sacramento County Fair's Sheep-to-Shawl contest is May 24. Stephenie is again judging this year, so any conversations regarding this event will be done off line. If you want to be part of the team, please contact me ASAP. So far, we have Laura, Pat, Wendy, Carol, Cathy KB, possibly Kathy Mc, with Janice Johnson as an alternate. The team consists of 3 spinners, 1 plyer, 1 weaver, 1 gofer.

HOLIDAY GIFT EXCHANGE
At the April meeting, we agreed to the idea of exchanging a word. This can be any one word that means something to you -- a color, a place, a verb or action word, an emotion. Using the word as inspiration, the gifter will create a fiber-related gift for the giftee. We usually start this gift exchange in September, but lately that has not been enough time so we will be doing starting this exchange at the June meeting. At the April meeting, we agreed to have the giftee identified along with their word, in order to help the gift maker. So bring your special word to the June meeting on a card with your name, also. I will have envelopes for the cards. Make sense?

HOSPICE
We agreed to donate the shawl from the Sac County Fair to Hospice again this year for their auction. If anyone else wishes to donate an item, contact Hospice ASAP.

AMADOR COUNTY FAIR - THEME: "BARNYARD MARDI GRAS - 70 YEARS OF FAMILY FUN"
We had some preliminary discussions at the April meeting and came up with the following ideas. More discussion is the May and finalize at June meeting:
The educational component will be the name drafts
We will recycle the paper mache rock from the CNCH conference and it will go in the back right corner of the booth
Kathy Mc has full-sized donkey head pictures and will put the cotton halter on it
Zelda will have a headdress of feathers (peacock or?) and a mask; Laura has a pink shawl and Kathy Mc has a skirt for her.
We will need mardi gras beads and felt beads
We need some animals to create a barnyard parade behind Zelda. Cathy KB has a large goat puppet and mask.
MAY MEETING
Janice will present the program on flower pounding. Sounds like fun!! Neither Kathy Mc nor myself will be at the May meeting. Times are the usual -- 5 p.m. early dinner at Jose's; 6 p.m. early birds at the senior center; 7 p.m. meeting.

ELECTIONS
The following nominations were made and voting will occur at the May meeting:
PRESIDENT: open
VICE PRESIDENT: Kathy Mc
CO-SECRETARIES: Pat M and Laura
TREASURER: Wendy
LIBRARY: Janice

DUES
Dues were due at the April meeting, $20 per year.

See EWE at conference,
Cathy

Stephenie's breakfast bars

2008-04-23T11:56:00.000-07:00

Cathy,

I brought some breakfast bars to the dye seminar last weekend and would like to share the easy recipe. Could you post this on the guild blog?

BREAKFAST ON THE RUN bars

1 14 oz. can sweetened condensed milk
2 1/2 c rolled oats (not instant)
1 c shredded coconut
1 c. dried cranberries
1 c. mixed seeds (pumpkin, sunflower, sesame or ???)
1 c. unsalted peanuts

Preheat over 250' & oil 9 X 13 pan
Warm condensed milk in large pan

Meanwhile mix all other ingredients together, then add warmed condensed milk, using spatula to fold in milk.

Spread mix into pan & press down to make surface even.

Bake 1 hr. After removing cut into squares.
I let squares cool on waxed paper. You need to get them out of the pan or you have great granola.

DUES ARE DUE

2008-03-05T08:00:00.000-08:00

Dues are due in April. Rates are $20 per year, including a fee we pay to our umbrella guild, Conference of Northern California Handweavers.

March Updates

2008-03-05T07:50:00.000-08:00

Just a couple reminders:

CNCH -- registration rates go up on 3/15.

Sutter Creek Festival of the Arts, 5/17/08 - The SC Business and Professional Association has put out a Call to Artists for the 1st annual Festival of the Arts. They are looking for fine art, photography, ceramics, glass art, sculpture, jewelry, mixed media, etc. Booths are 12 x 12 and cost is $50. Applications must be in by April 1st. See their web site at www.suttercreek.org for more information.

March 18 guild meeting -- we will be doing prep for our continuation of last year's John Marshall pigment dye class in preparation for a Cheap Sheep at Kathy Mc's first weekend in April.

FEBRUARY NEWS FOR EWES

2008-02-24T11:33:00.000-08:00

February News for Ewes

February Guild meeting: Thanks so much to Laura for teaching us how to make her wonderful scrap baskets. Using thrums, bits of ribbon and lace, and fabric scraps Laura creates scrap baskets in a variety of sizes and shapes.
Karn hosted a Cheap Sheep Therapy Session/Open House for her new abode yesterday. We had fun schmoozing with the donkeys (Tommy has an awesome voice!), the horses, the dogs and checking out the new house. We sat around the table eating and sharing some great stories. Did you know that Pat's mom was an extra in the movie, Into the Wild?? Look for the red dress! We also talked about the annual holiday gift exchange and came up with the following idea: Choose a word -- just one word -- that means something to you. It can be a verb, a noun, adjective, name -- sky's the limit. This word will be the inspiration for the gift maker. We will do the exchange at the June meeting: will write your word on a card and put it in a brown paper bag. For snowbird Joanne -- I know you will be gone by then, but get me your word in a sealed envelope. Kim -- you want to play, too? I know this is earlier than usual, but it seems that fall is a really busy time for all of us and I thought this might give us a little more time.

March Cheap Sheep-- Do we want one to work on our name draft projects? Anyone want to host? It is generally on a Saturday or Sunday starting at 11 or 12 or 1 and people bring a food dish to share.

March 18 guild meeting -- Prep for the John Marshall pigment dye event in April. Rose has soy beans for us.

April Cheap Sheep -- April 5 - 6 at Kathy Mc's -- continue our exploration of John Marshall's pigment dye techniques.

Sacramento County Fair Wool Show, May 24, Cal Expo -- we voted to participate in the sheep to shawl again this year. We will get Romney from Mendenhall again. We have some leftover from last year that has been dyed purples with glitz. Glitz can be in either the warp or weft or both. Stephenie will probably judge again this year, so we need to exclude her from any of the planning discussions. We will need a team of 6 plus 1 alternate (3 spinners, 1 plyer, 1 weaver, 1 go-fer). The alternate needs to be ready to go at the last minute in case someone gets sick or has an emergency.

A-Pal's Whiskers and Wine event, June -- We voted to donate the lead ropes we created at the fair. Janice also donated one of her hand knitted candy hats and Laura is donating one of her quilt creations. If you wish to donate, contact Susan at the Feed Barn.

CNCH conference update, May 4-6, Doubletree Hotel in Sac -- Entries for the judged galleries must be submitted WITH A PHOTO by 4/1. The actual entry goes in later. We are sharing a booth with the other Area 2 guilds. The theme is "Pioneer to Pioneering New Fibers". It is 10 x 16 and will have Signature Rock created by Kathy Mc in one corner with 1 gallon holes for plants that can be used for fiber or dye. I am starting as many as I can, but check out your garden for some plants we can borrow for the weekend. Kathy Mc has made a sign that says "Poet Lariat" and will be writing one of her wonderful poems outlining the steps to rope making. We will be booth sitting from 12 - 4 on Sunday, with a rope making demo from 2:30 - 3 that same day in the booth. Our guild has committed to submit at least 5 items for the booth (unjudged) and these need to be made from plant fibers (cotton, linen, bamboo, soy, ingeo, etc). Using your name draft for inspiration, think about YOUR signature. Be sure to get your registration in soon -- rates will go up soon.

CNCH conference cancellations -- two seminars have been cancelled: Understanding Color and Designing and Constructing a Collage Garment. One post conference workshop has also been cancelled: Miniature Metal Books and Journals.

previous post clarification

2008-01-21T16:31:00.000-08:00

The preceding post was a cut-n-paste from Kathy Mc's email.

More details on conference and name drafts

2008-01-21T16:28:00.000-08:00

Area 2 Leaves Its Signature
Pioneer to Pioneering New Fibers

The booth size is 10’ by 16’.

A part of Independence Rock will be wedged into the right corner, extending 4’ up the right side and 6’ across the back wall.

There will be spaces made to hold 1 gallon pots displaying some of the plants used for fiber (both woven and basketry) and dyes. Some suggestions were: bamboo, cotton, linen(flax), ramie, corn, soy, redbud, maidenhair fern, madder, and marigold.

There will be a “tree” to help us exhibit items. A chunk of my downed oak stuffed into a pot with quickcrete will be provided.

Some wooden packing crates, a barrel, and …. will set the scene for “overnight stop” at Independence Rock. Our items might be things that were brought along the California Trail as they headed for the west.

There will be a table that will be used for the demonstrations. This will also have a 20” by 24” foam core display board that will give info about our demonstration. (Our demo is rope making)

The items to be displayed in this exhibit need to be woven of PLANT materials, since that is the focus for our area. That means our name drafts in cotton, linen, ramie, bamboo….. You get the idea.

Name drafts are great or whatever you feel that your “signature work” is. Just weave in a PLANT fiber for this exhibit.

Remember this is an area 2 exhibit. Is not a juried exhibit! There are 4 guilds working on this. If each guild produces at least 6 items for this exhibit, we will be in great shape. You can always exhibit in one of the many galleries.

All items must have a 3” by 5” index card that contains the weaver’s name, the guild, a description (yarn/fiber, size, technique) This will be printed in 18 point/Times so that all cards will have continuity.

We will set up Friday beginning at 8 am, for those who can make it.

Our demonstration time is Sunday from 2:30 – 3:00. Our title is “Poet Lariat.” (rope making)
Other demos are Saturday 11 – 11:30 “Dyeing on the Trail.” (plant dyes) Fresno
Saturday 12 – 12:30 “When Iris Leaves Home” (paper making
with iris) Golden Valley

We will be booth sitting Sunday from 12 to 4. This will include our demonstration time. We will sign up for time slots as individuals get their conference confirmations.

Name Drafts for conference

2008-01-20T16:59:00.000-08:00

Many thanks to Stephenie for teaching us name drafts last week! The plan is to create something using the name draft that can be displayed in Area 2 Guild's booth. Our booth focus is on plants and textiles: either plants and textiles used by the pioneers or plants (think hemp, woad, linen) or textiles currently being pioneered, such as seasilk, bamboo, tencel and more.

The name draft does not have to be your name; it can be a word or phrase that has meaning for you in your art. Unless you weave the "code" into the edge of the item, you will not actually see the name or word woven there, but if the code is there, a good code-breaker will be able to solve it!

As far items, the sky is the limit! A possible bag, scarf, towel, mat -- just keep the item fairly small because our booth is only 10 x 10 and we are sharing with three other guilds and ..... a scale model of Inscription Rock created by Kathy Mc.

The sample tie up Stephenie gave us is for a 4 harness loom with 2/2 twill overshot structure. I will scan the tie up page from the handout and email it separately.

Here are some links to get you started:
http://www.cs.arizona.edu/patterns/weaving/webdocs/gre_cd1.pdf

http://www.interweave.com/weave/projects_articles/name_drafting.pdf

Happy weaving,
Cathy

January News for Ewes

2008-01-20T15:01:00.000-08:00

Next meeting: February 19 at the Senior Center. Laura will teach us how to make scrap baskets. Bring yarn thrums (scraps from weaving), small fabric scraps, ribbon bits, thread and a small bowl or container that is the shape and size you would like your basket.

Sacramento Guild Annual Show and Sale: 2nd weekend in February, Shepard's Garden Center in McKinley Park, 10 - 4 Saturday and Sunday.

CNCH conference - - Theme is the California Trail - May 2-4, Sacramento Doubletree Hotel: You can get registration forms online or call Cathy KB for a paper packet. Be sure to look at all the gallery entry options -- California Dreamin' Fashion Show, Over the Rainbow, All that Glitters...Is Not Gold, Spun Treasures, New Beginnings. There will be no conference bag this time -- instead bring your own bag and enter it in the BYOB contest. There are 4 categories: Oldest and Most Used CNCH Bag; Best Theme Bag (California Trail); Worst Old Bag You Have Ever Seen; Best New Tote Bag (your own creation).
Accommodations are right at the Doubletree, with up to 4 people per room at about $100 a night. Do the math! Find 3 friends and get your room for $25 a night! Cheaper than driving!

Visits to Friends: Wendy reported on her pleasant afternoon visit to Frank and Mary. They send greetings to the guild. Stephenie told us about her fabulous trip to Oaxaca and shared some wonderful fiber souvenirs. Snowbird Joanne is back in town for a few months and has some galvanized steel in need of a new home. Pat has entered the online freeway and now has email!!

Other stuff: Wendy went over CNCH's available insurance for public events. They need a month or two heads up to get the paperwork going. Estimated cost is $0 - $50 per event.

Del Oro financial statement

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Del Oro Spinners and Weavers Guild Financial Statement Dec. 31,2007

Bank Balance Jan. 1,2007 $2,764.65

Income
Dues $510.00
Shawl Raffle 92.00
Amador County Fair 275.00
Sacramento Co. Fair 150.00

Total Income $1,027.00

Expenses
Rent Senior Center $135.00
Rent Post Office Box 40.00
CNCH Dues 135.00
Sponsorship Fair 90.00
Entry Fees 45.00
CNCN Luncheon 60.00
Appalachian Rug Loom
and Scrapbook supplies 384.00

Total Expenses $889.00

Bank Balance Dec. 31, 2007 $2,902.65

December 2007 Holiday Potluck

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Thanks again, Wendy, for hosting our 2007 holiday potluck! Here are some fun pictures of our gift exchange:

Wendy

Janice Karn

Rose

Carol Laura

Don't forget to bring your potluck recipe to the January meeting -- we want to make a cookbook!

Wow! hot pink socks!!

Karn Kathy Mc Kim

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January 2008 News for Ewes
Del Oro Spinners and Weavers

Happy New Year to everyone! Hope you had a great holiday!

Many thanks to Wendy Brown for hosting our annual holiday potluck at her home in December. We all had a great time eating, sharing, and exchanging our coffee mug or recipe gifts. What a creative bunch we are! We said a tentative farewell to Kim Slone, who may be on her way to her new home in Canada by the January meeting.

The January meeting will be held on Tuesday, the 15th at the Senior Center in Jackson. For anyone who is able, we gather for a quick supper at Jose's at 5, then the building opens at 6 for early birds, and the regular meeting will commence at 7 p.m. This month, Stephenie Gaustad will be continuing her instruction on name drafts in preparation for our part of the annual conference.

Keep warm as these next storms pass through,

Cathy

Welcome!

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Welcome to the Del Oro Spinners and Weavers Guild blog!

Del Oro Spinners and Weavers Guild meets in Jackson, California in the heart of the Motherlode. We are a varied ensemble pursuing fiber arts including spinning, weaving, knitting, basketry, crochet, tatting, felting, quilting, wearable art and more.

We meet at the Senior Center in Jackson on the third Tuesday of every month except July and December at 7 p.m. An educational program is always a part of our meetings. Dues are $20 per year, which includes $5 for CNCH, the Conference of Northern California Handweavers. For membership information, please contact us at PO Box 17, Martell, CA 95654.