The workshop using our ANWG grant will be Sunday, December 4th. Karen Sherwood will teach an all day full turn twining class that will cover the starting, the edge/rim and color change of a small Twined Salla Bag http://earthwalknorthwest.com/course-calendar/course-list/salla-bag/ Our cost will be subsidized by the grant we were awarded from ANWG.
Contact Gail Trotter, getrotter@comcast.net, if you would like to be on the list for this class. She will send out more details on time, location and student cost and supplies needed.

Twining technique http://basketmakers.com/topics/bytechnique/twined/twiningtech.htm can be done with many different fibers and is not limited to typical basket reed.

At the Felting Study Group summer meeting Regine Carey taught us at her home how to make felt fabric.

Our fall felting will be checking out Jean’s new felting “toys”. Four of us at a time can make (unfinished size 2ft x 2ft) squares of felt fabric in the felting machine in minutes vs all day. You can make as many 2ftx2ft squares with about 4 layers of fiber as you like. Plus we will see some of her other industrial tools (e.g the 24 inch carding machine and maybe even the cord maker. If you would like to do flat wet felting and not need to do the shuffle and jive please join us.

Our fall felting will be checking out Jean’s new felting “toys”. Four of us at a time can make (unfinished size 2ft x 2ft) squares of felt fabric in the felting machine in minutes vs all day. You can make as many 2ftx2ft squares with about 4 layers of fiber as you like. Plus we will see some of her other industrial tools (e.g the 24 inch carding machine and maybe even the cord maker. If you would like to do flat wet felting and not need to do the shuffle and jive please join us.

Our fall felting will be checking out Jean’s new felting “toys”. Four of us at a time can make (unfinished size 2ft x 2ft) squares of felt fabric in the felting machine in minutes vs all day. You can make as many 2ftx2ft squares with about 4 layers of fiber as you like. Plus we will see some of her other industrial tools (e.g the 24 inch carding machine and maybe even the cord maker. If you would like to do flat wet felting and not need to do the shuffle and jive please join us.

Date & Time: December 7th – 9:30 am
Location: Jean VanEffen, 15631 159th LN SE YELM
Phone: 360-894-1273

Bring lunch and prepared fiber and optional yarn to craft as many felt squares as you like. If you do not have fiber you can use from the study group stash. Contact Gail Trotter getrotter@comcast.net if you need more information.

Also let Gail know if you are interested in making the felt rocks for the ANWG guild booth floor. The booth team is interested in using the “stones” and we will get more details on how much space they would like covered.

I just finished using the fusible thread for hems again and found a better way to fuse it. While the piece is still on the loom and under tension, press the fusible thread hem section with a warm iron. Doing it that way eliminates the puckering you experience when pressing it on the ironing board. Marjorie

“The purpose of the Olympia Weavers’ Guild shall be to provide a forum where active weavers may share information, knowledge and techniques, and provide each other with guidance, encouragement, and inspiration.“ This statement from the By-Laws of the guild and seeing the idea in one of the magazines we receive in the library launched the idea of the Tip Jar.

Thanks for sharing your favorite tips you learned this year during Showcase, the programs, study groups and breaks. In addition there were many ideas that came in to improve the guild during the business meeting which, this summer, will be captured and organized with the rest of the ideas to improve the guild that came the past two months.

The blog Joy of Weaving has “The Best Tension Device”, http://joyofweaving.com/articles/best-tension-device-ever to provide extra tension for a plain beam using 1” dowels and some hair ties.
For how to use it see: http://joyofweaving.com/articles/how-to-use-a-tension-device

Harrisville version: http://harrisville.com/weave/weaving-accessories/tensioning-device-floor-loom/ They describe it as especially good for those who warp alone.

There was a question on Boundweave which is way above my understanding especially when there were tips to maintain sanity but here are some of the basics I found in “The Weaving Book – Patterns and Ideas” by Helene Bress

• Bound weave is a loom-controlled, weft-faced weave. It is a trebling system and not a threading system. It can be done in most threading systems. http://www.weavingtoday.com/weaving-projects-patterns/the-beauty-of-boundweave
• The weft goes from selvage to selvage. The warp sett must be wide enough to allow the weft yarn to pack down and cover the warp. Usually, the warp is a hard, strong, smooth yarn. The weft is a soft, loosely spun yarn. Weft is place into the shed at an angle, and it should beat down to cover the warp. If it is not covering well then bubble the weft or change either the sett or the weft yarns. A strong, heavy stiff fabric results and works well for hangings, pillows, purses, runners, rugs and upholstery. https://www.cs.arizona.edu/patterns/weaving/periodicals/wj_77_04.pdf
• It can be done on Huck, Twills, Overshot, Plain, Monk’s Belt, Rep and Indian Saddle Blanket Weave.
• Krokbragd is a charming Boundweave variation. The word is Norwegian, and literally means crooked lines or crooked path. Generally it is threaded to a 3-harness Point Twill and treadles as a rotation weave.http://tangleweave.blogspot.com/2009/11/making-of-krokbragd-tote.html
• Bound weave is not known for its lovely selvages. A floating selvage will serve you well. http://www.weavingtoday.com/blogs/ask-madelyn/working-with-floating-selvedges

Enjoy the summer and take advantage of opportunities to fulfill the 2nd purpose of the Guild:

“Guild members will be encouraged to share their interests in weaving with members of the community by promoting community education and participating in special events and services.”

Whatcom Weavers Guild – 2016 Fibers and Beyond Conference and Sale

Whatcom Weavers Guild is pleased to announce the return of Fibers and Beyond, as a brand new and exciting event.

Fibers and Beyond will bring back the Guild annual sale and also feature a keynote address and workshops. All events will be at the Jansen Art Center, 321 Front St., Lynden, a lovely and inviting venue for the arts. The dates are Wednesday October 12 to Saturday October 15th.

Accomplished felter, Flora Carlile Kovacs, will be presenting the keynote address on October 12 at 7 pm. She will be speaking on Felt: The Most Ancient Textile Technique and its Revival, and a Photo Report on the First Hungarian Felt Tour. Go to her wonderful website at http://www.floranemez.eu/. This will be a ticketed event. The tickets are $11.50 (USD) and tickets will be available through the

Jansen’s website, at the Jansen gift shop, at the Wool Show, at Guild meetings, and at the door.

We have a wonderful array of workshops as part of this year’s Fibers and Beyond:

· Deflected Doubleweave, with Liz Moncrief, Wednesday, October 12

· Band Weaving & Back Strap, with Joanne Hall, Thursday and Friday, October 13 & 14

· 3-D Design and Surface Manipulation on Felt, with Flora Carlile Kovacs, Thursday and Friday,

October 13 & 14

· Lotions and Potions, with Liz Moncrief, Thursday, October13

· Rigid Heddle Weaving, with Joanne Hall, Saturday, October15

· Nuno Felted Scarf, with Flora Carlile Kovacs, Saturday, October 15

Registrations for the workshops will open on June 15. All registration will be through the Jansen Art Center. To access the registration, go to www.jansenartcenter.org/fibersandbeyond/.

The Fibers and Beyond Sale will open at 4pm on Friday October 14, to 8pm and run through Saturday October 15, from 10am to 5pm. Various weaving and weaving-related demonstrations will be offered during the Sale.

We invite all weaving Guilds and weaving lovers to join us for all or part of our 2016 Fibers and Beyond Conference and Sale.

(forwarded by our ANWG Rep, Tamie)

Program: Drafting & Designing Using Weaving Software: With an Emphasis on Blocks

~ Jannie Taylor will demonstrate how to take your weaving to the next level with on screen demonstrations of some of the many time saving and helpful features, available to all weavers, using weaving software. Leave the graph paper and pencils behind and you might find that you actually ENJOY creating and weaving your own drafts.