March 3 Meeting Agenda. Shuswap
Spinners and Weavers
Coffee goodies provided by Gabriele
and Gudrun, thank you!
10 a.m - Program by Gudrun on pick-up
weaving. Gudrun demonstrated, with Gabriele as her student how to change
colours and use the pick-up stick to do a design. The loom is in the
guild room for others to try this technique.
10:25. Business Meeting
17 members present. 4 later, 1 guest
Call to order
Additions to the agenda, Art Gallery
Paint the Town in August, Noelle
Adoption of February minutes. Wendy
moved, seconded Anne, carried.
Reports:
Treasurer; ( memberships, name tags and equipment rental),
(Kool-Aid for dyeing
at S.A. Fair, office supplies, tissue paper, name tags ANWG
membership) Noelle moved her report be accepted,
seconded Sara,
carried.
Equipment: no
report
Library: no
library report
History; newspaper
clippings given to Wendy
Study
Groups/Workshops: Just about the end of the colour study group and will
get together today and then next week will be the last week. Everyone has
been having fun and strayed from the original idea. Reported by Rosalie.
Old business:
Blanket Project: Nikki has all the wool
here. We will be warping the loom in the near future. We are working to
have the project completed by July 13. Many thanks to Nikki and her mom for
doing four bags of skeins into balls!!! It took them an entire day.
Gabriele has volunteered to coordinate
the Heritage Quilt Show event on June 21.
Additions to Sheep to Shawl team.
Nikki and Ann have indicated interest. We have fleece washed and
some carded ready to go. Sara is thinking about helping and there is an
invitation to guild members to join the team. We have interest from
a Kamloops' person to join the team on Fair Day if another spinner is needed.
Please contact Ann and let her know if you are interested (mnikmo@shaw.ca)
New Business:
Ply magazine subscription: $54 per
year approximately and comes out 4 times a year. Anne moved we subscribe
to Ply Magazine, seconded by Sara, carried.
Arts Council: Paint the Town Artist's
Studio at the Gallery in August. Aug 8 to Aug 30. Goal is to engage
the public in art. Discussion regarding the event. Sara will contact
Tracy and get more details.
Thank You to everyone for their support
during Heritage Week at Piccadilly Mall. So nice to have so many members
support this activity. Lots of interest shown in Anne's 110 year old sock
machine. Newspaper clippings were given to Wendy to put in our history
book.
Spin-ins/knit -ins. Mar 15 at
Harmonious Homestead and Ewe beginning at 10. Let Clare know if you are
coming.
Glenda suggests we have a Trade-In at
the June Potluck. People to bring items and put their names in the bucket
for each item brought. Sara and Glenda to detail the parameters and give
them to us for the April meeting.
Other dates for getting together, no
interest shown.
Fibres West
WHEN: March 21 & 22, 2014.
9:30am-6pm both days
WHERE: Cloverdale Exhibition Park,
Surrey, BC, SHOWBARN
COST: $8 adult, $6 stud/sen
URL: www.fibreswest.com
Kalamalka Weavers & Spinners Guild:
Saturday-April 5th, 10-4. at the Faith
Baptist Church. 3908-27th Street, Vernon
contact Trixie
250-545-7819
kentrix@junction.net.
$15. Bring show and tell.
Knitting at the Pie Company on the 2nd
and 4th Monday at 7 p.m. Hosted by Thea
Anne Carmichael volunteered to help Mona
with Goodies for the April meeting at 7 p.m. April 7.
Adjournment. Moved by Nikki.
Show and Tell - many beautiful creations
from yarn to felted vest to knitted articles.
Fibres Unlimited followed in the
afternoon. An opportunity to visit the library, work on projects, visit
and set up the knitting machine as well as warp the loom for Tea towels.
Just need to tie the threads to the beam, now. The knitting machine
is partially assembled and on its stand. The instruction booklet does not
seem to cover the details of putting it together.
The next meeting is April 7 at 7 p.m. with Mona and Anne supplying goodies, thanks!
