Friday, February 23, 2018

Heritage Days at The Piccadilly Mall.  February 19th - 24th.
During the week, our guild ladies participated in spinning and weaving.


Darlene is spinning as she watches the other
ladies waulking their woven blankets.

Glenda made this Hedge Hog, he was just too cute not to post!

I put him beside my phone so you could see how big he was.

Heritage Days at The Piccadilly Mall, February 19th - 24th.

Heritage Days at the Piccadilly Mall kept our Spinners and Weavers very busy. Friday February 23rd the ladies waulked their woven blankets.  We have had a couple of new weavers involved in this blanket project.  Anyone walking by this demonstration was encouraged to participate.  Looks like they were all having fun!
Ann was getting the ladies ready to start waulking the woven blankets.
Ann, Jackie, Elvie, Lis, Loanna and Marie.
Waulking is the technique of finishing the newly-woven tweed by soaking it and thumping it rhthmically to shrink and soften it - all done by hand in the old days.  Usually songs sung in the Gaelic language. The songs served to keep the rhythm and lighten the work.  This practise involved a group of women beating newly woven tweed against a table or similar surface to soften it. 


Ann, Noelle, Elvie, Lis and Marie.

Trying to beat to a rhythm.

Looks like a lot of hard work!



After they are done waulking, they brush the fabric.











Monday, February 19, 2018

Heritage Days at The Piccadilly Mall.  February 19th - 24th.
We had a great turnout on Monday, February 19th at the "Wet Felting Demonstration" during Heritage Days at The Piccadilly Mall.  Here Gwen is showing the ladies how to make water lilies for "The McGuire Lake Project" through the Salmon Arm Art Gallery.
Gwen is showing Noelle the process for wet felting.

Here they have layed out their bubble pack to felt on.

After rolling and felting, now they are shaping them into lilly pads.

Anyone that was interested in learning got to try.

Here is Jennifer, Wendy, Gwen, Noelle, Lis and Jenny all having a go at it.

Lilly pads!

This project was in preparation for the "McGuire Lake Project".

Friday, February 16, 2018

Heritage Days coming to the Piccadilly Mall.  
Monday, February 19th, 10:00 a.m.  Gwen Martinuk will demo wet felting.  
Come out and see what the Shuswap Spinners and Weavers are up to.  
Don't forget they will be waulking their woven blankets on Friday morning.



Wednesday, February 7, 2018

Thank you Mona for hosting our second Spin In of the year on February 7th.  
The ladies sure enjoyed your soup and dessert and had a great time 
visiting while spinning on a lovely winters afternoon.

Mona, Sherry and Judith.

Tuesday, February 6, 2018

The Okanagan Regional Library will host a "Drop In Spinning" 
in the library, at the Piccadilly Mall on Tuesday evenings from 6 - 8 p.m.  
Bring your spinnng wheels to the front entrance by Sport Check.

Elvi, Bea, Marrianne, Jennifer and Myrna
Lis, Gudrun, Rod, Sonia and Carole.

Monday, February 5, 2018

February Show and Tell

Carmen with a new felted shawl, love the tassels on the end!

Carmen made a Sheep to Shawl poster of the materials used.

Elvi's toque and mitts she knit. Remember she ran out
of yarn on her holidays.  Who takes on ball of yarn on 
holidays? The mitts she made at Sherry's workshop.

Darlene made a cowl and fingerless gloves.
She had just enough yarn!

Marg F. was experimenting with patterns on these samples.

A scarf Marg F. knit.

Louise made a couple of weaving projects.
She is already getting ready for next years craft sales.

Loanna can knit up a storm!  Baby sweaters anyone?

Baby Sweaters......

And more Baby Sweaters!

Here are more of Marg F.'s tea towel samples.
Experimenting with patterens and colour.

These are a Huck Lace pattern made by Louise.

Louise was experimenting with Orange.
All patterns were made on a 4 shaft loom to show us
beginners all the choices we have with this type of loom.

Linda, a new member knit up a pair of baby booties.
They are just too cute!  Welcome Linda and Bob.
Linda is a knitter, Bob is learning to spin.

February Monthly Meeting

Shuswap Spinners and Weavers
Minutes
February 5, 2018


Agenda for February 5th 2018          1pm-3pm


Call to Order by Ann, who read The Gathering Place, copy attached.


Acceptance and/or changes to     December Minutes


1st  Louise                          2nd   Lynne                    All in Favour  Yes


Additions to Agenda        1.   None


                                               2.   


Jacquie    1st             Jennifer   2nd                            All in Favour  Yes

Reports


Treasurer’s Report           Noelle,       Not Available       

1st                                            2nd                          All in Favour    Y/N                                 


Librarian/Book Report Ann, some new magazines in Library


Equipment Report           Bea, nothing to report  


Workshop Report              Louise,  passed along papers for the           
Spinning Contest for SAFF. No other report at this time.


Blog Report                          Bea,  all has been entered , the “For
                                                Sale” area needs to be updated .


Historian Report                Bea,   nothing at this time.


Facebook Page                   Bea, up to Date


Scholarship                 Judith, away, Report attached


ANWG                                 “         “           “           “      “
Carmen has volunteered to form a Committee to come up with an idea(s)
perhaps to amalgamate all of the talents from our Guild and provide
classes etc. to others. There were several ideas put out to the group,
Marg Fryatt suggested having First Nations helping with basket weaving.
Ann spoke of her Retreat taking Cedar Basket Weaving and the many
experiences there. We do not have to come up with something
complicated. If you have ideas, please forward them to Carmen and also
look up the ANWG Site.  This has to be in to the Committee by April 15th,
2018. I have attached the info.  We would ask the Committee to have a
report ready for the March 5th Meeting.

ADVERTISING          Gudie,    away

OLD BUSINESS


Loom Projects          Ann,   Blankets going along fine, tea towel warp is on.
Rep Weaving will be left for awhile.


Shelving                      Ann has shelves, now living as bi-fold doors, that are
78 inches long that will be used for shelving etc at
our Sales.


SCRAP BOOK  Bea will have it taken down and get it organized.
We will discuss further next meeting.


CHRISTMAS SALE   We need someone to take over organizing our
Big Sale, please consider and we will ask for a Volunteer to do this.  
No volunteer at this time, we will discuss at the next Meeting in March.


NEW BUSINESS


ANN


Piccadilly Mall Wednesday night Spinning has been cancelled for now
unless someone would like to take over for awhile.


**The Library in the Mall has offered to hold Tuesday Evening’s Spinning,
 from 6 to 8 pm. Please get hold of Bea for further information.


DISPLAY CASE  we need to change it over and have someone look after
this. Jenny and Trudy are going to take care of this, for this month,
they will get the key from Rod and put in a new Display.


Loanna and Lis have things in the current display to be taken out.   
February 19 to 24th is Heritage Days at the Mall.
There will be Blanket Waulking on the Friday.  
There is also a Silent Auction.


Below is the list of Members who will attend.


Monday:           Sonia, Elvi, Lynne, Loanna
Tuesday:          Elvi, Marg, Lynne
Wednesday:    Elvi, Trudy, Jenny, Marg, Lynne
Thursday:        Elvi, Loanna
Friday:              Elvi, Darlene, Gwen


We encourage our Members to drop in if you have time.

Waulking:   Friday.     Loanna and…

Pioneer Lodge and Andover House     cancelled for now


SPINNING CLASSES at the Fall Fair, we require a Committee to be
formed to look after this, revamping classes, getting Guild approval and
having this information ready for the Fair Book BY MARCH 31, 2018.  
Louise has information from past years that you can contact her about.


We have many people who spin but not many who enter the Classes. Ann
will work on the Committee, and she has a folder of past information
available. However she will not head it. It was discussed that maybe we
should have a few classes that many can enter.


  1. Beginner Spinner   less than 2 years, 2 ply
  2. Experienced Spinner   more than 2 years 2 ply
  3. Art Yarn

Louise has lots of information for judging this Class.
Lynne, Marg and Ann will work on this.

FALL FAIR  


“Family Fun for Everyone”


SPIN OUT COMMITTEE    This is the last of the Spin Ins happening during
the year, held on Saturday, October27th, 2018.  Bea is going to book the
Hall for us, and we should be able to decorate the night before.
The Committee for this is Sonia, Lynne and Bea. They will require help
and will ask as we get closer.

SHEEP to SHAWL  We require a person(s) to take over this for our Salmon
Arm Fall Fair. There is also lots of info to be passed on to you.
Sonia and Bruce are donating a Fleece, which she delivered to Judith
at Mona’s Spin In. Many thanks for the lovely fleece.
Elvi and Lynne have volunteered so far for this, we require a weaver if
you are interested.   We will discuss again in the March Meeting


I am putting new Sigh Up sheets out for goodies for the meetings and
also to have a Spin In at your house. It has been awhile since we signed
up I thought we should start afresh in case some plans have changed.  
They are attached.

Upcoming Events


Wednesday February 7th  Spin In at Mona’s 10-1pm


February 19 to 24th Heritage Week Piccadilly Mall


Saturday March 3rd Kamloops Spin In 10 am to 3 pm


Monday March 5th Guild Meeting 1pm to 3pm


Saturday March 10th Kalamalka Spin In  10 am to 4 pm


March 23 to 24th Fibres West Cloverdale


April 5 to 8th Desert Mesa Spinning Retreat Cache Creek


May 4 to 6th Vancouver Island Fibre Fest


May 5th Williams Lake Spin In


June 15 and 16th Yarn Okanagan Workshop, Kelowna


  


 Next Meeting       MARCH 5,  1 pm to 3pm
                                      
Thank you Myrna and Gwen for the coffee and goodies.


SHOW AND TELL


Meeting Adjourned at  ___2:10 pm____
   


Attendance:  __27____ Members


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