More fiber news from our ANWG rep,Tamie:

Greetings Fiber Enthusiasts-

We hope you all had a great holiday season and are enjoying the longer days and promise of lots of good things to come in 2016.   One of those good things is the 3^rd Annual Okanogan Valley Fiber Festival, which will take place on May 6-7 (that’s a Friday and Saturday) at the Okanogan County Fairgrounds Agriplex.  The planning team has been working away getting the foundation laid for a fabulous festival, and things are coming together nicely.

We are accepting applications for vendors and workshop instructors now- all the information is on our web site: www.okfiberfest.org.  There you will find the on-line forms and all the relevant information, so check it out, and spread the word to folks in the fiber community.

We still need volunteers to help out with planning, and also with duties during the festival itself.  We could use coordinators for the following areas:

• Decorating
• Friday night dinner
• Info table
• Stitch and Knit Bus
• Food
• Raffle
• Sponsorship

If you would be willing to join the planning team and take charge of any of these tasks, please let us know.  There is a button on the web site where you can submit your information, and we will contact you to discuss details.  Note- almost all of our planning discussions are via free conference call or e-mail, so you can help out even if you don’t live nearby.

We are now on Instagram (#okfiberfest),  Pinterest, Facebook, and Twitter, so be sure to “Like us” and keep in touch.  We will be posting updates frequently.

Looking forward to seeing you in May!

The Okanogan Valley Fiber Festival team

www.okfiberfest.org

My daughter-in-law’s father, who lives near Napavine, has three male alpaca looking for a new home. If interested, please contact Judy Parkins at judy@parkins.org or 360-350-9284.

Tamie forwarded this call for ANWG candidates, from Jannine Vogley-Turner, acting 1st VP, ANWG:

“This is to announce that ANWG is in the process of looking for a Communication Chair/Newletter Ed. Due to work and personal issues Pat has had to step down and Barbara Taylor has graciously stepped in to the position until an individual is found.

Also, due to work related issues Suzie Lyles has had to step down as First VP. I have volunteered to step in to assist with First VP duties until an individual has been found.

If you or someone in your guild is interested in assisting us in one of these positions – please let us know, we will be happy to have you!!

Sincerely,
Jannine C. Vogley-Turner
ANWG Membership Chair”

OWG Members: you can let Tamie know if you are interested, she will pass on the information.

Download PDF printable flyer version of the above graphic here–>Flyer-1-Web

Contributed by Marjorie

Tying on to an existing warp is a great way to assist the next project but it takes time to perfect and there are multiple ways of accomplishing the task below are some descriptions. Pass on to the Tip Jar which ways works for you.

• Text description: http://janestaffordtextiles.com/weavinghelp/tying-on-a-new-warp-to-one-already-on-the-loom/
• Tying on with diagrams http://peggyosterkamp.com/pegys-weaving-tips-tying-warps-part/
• Photos: http://loomtalk.blogspot.com/2013/03/tying-on-new-warp.html

Finishing techniques can vary with purpose and fiber content. Let the Tip Jar know of the finishing techniques you most prefer.

• Taking off the loom and more: http://trashmagination.com/finishing-a-weaving-project/
• Hemstitch: http://peggyosterkamp.com/peggys-weaving-ips-tips-hemstitching/
• Sample the finishing too: http://www.weavingtoday.com/blogs/ask-madelyn/archive/2010/10/20/finishing.aspx
• Elegant Fringe: https://www.cs.arizona.edu/patterns/weaving/articles/tw_7_2-01.pdf
• Finishing wearables: http://www.weavingindiana.org/PDFs/EleanorBest/FinishingWearables.pdf

January 8th: Tapestry with Cecilia Blomberg, reknowned Gig Harbor Tapestry Artist and founding member of TAPS, Tapestry Artists of Puget Sound, Ms. Blomberg will share her recent and continuing work of weaving a series of thirteen portraits of saints for the Catholic Chapel at the Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs.

Tacoma Weavers Guild – 10 am, followed by a speaker or program, brown bag lunch, and Show & Tell.
Tacoma Weaver Guild

If you would like to car pool from Hawks Prairie Park and Ride at 9am let Gail Trotter know. getrotter@comcast.net

The video is about how they recreated a tunic which was discovered among items revealed from the melting of a glacier in Norway. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=15IxF53AZfE&feature=youtu.be It is in Norwegian, but has English subtitles.