Here's a listing of past programs you may have missed!
Scarf Exchange and Swatch Swap
November 21, 2015 - November 21 will be a busy meeting with the showing of different scarves by those who participated in the 2015 challenge. I think it will be interesting for everyone to see how the same materials can be used to create very different items.
Also, the swatches for the Swatch Swap will be exchanged. Participating members should bring their swatches with the information sheets so that everyone can assemble their notebooks.
Also, the swatches for the Swatch Swap will be exchanged. Participating members should bring their swatches with the information sheets so that everyone can assemble their notebooks.
Looking at Overshot with Patricia Mink
October 17, 2015 - Come and learn the mechanics of threading and weaving in overshot. Learn to weave something that is not copied in industry and is truly the weaver’s own possession. Think new colors and new yarns. See many real examples and coverlets in overshot. Think big or small, Learn how to manipulate a pattern to fit your needs. Get a helpful handout and take copious notes.
WEAVING SMALL BAGS AND BOXES - A Use for All Those Weft-overs!
with ELLEN GERMANN AND DAGMAR FRERKING
September 19, 2015 - We all have them - those small amounts of leftover yarn from projects that we just can't bear to get rid of. These small bags or boxes are a great way to use some of them up and you don't even need a big loom! Ellen and Dagmar will show how to make small bags and boxes using cardboard looms and leftover yarns. They make great gifts or even a way to bag a small gift - and you can do this while traveling or sitting in a waiting room or just in your favorite chair at home.</p>
<p>Please bring some of your favorite weft-overs. You will receive written instructions and those who want to can begin their bag at the meeting. We'll also bring some materials. Cardboard looms will be provided or bring your own piece of cardboard or small box, and we'll show you how to make your loom. For bags, I'd suggest a firm piece of cardboard 8" x 8". This does not have to be woven with thrums, but can certainly be a planned design/stash-reducer and could even include some tapestry techniques.
<p>Please bring some of your favorite weft-overs. You will receive written instructions and those who want to can begin their bag at the meeting. We'll also bring some materials. Cardboard looms will be provided or bring your own piece of cardboard or small box, and we'll show you how to make your loom. For bags, I'd suggest a firm piece of cardboard 8" x 8". This does not have to be woven with thrums, but can certainly be a planned design/stash-reducer and could even include some tapestry techniques.
Summer and Winter with Nicole Burgess
August 15, 2015 - Nicole Burgess will present on the Summer and Winter weave structure. It is a unit weave and has been used to create beautiful coverlets in the past. Whether you have a four shaft loom or more, there are many patterns you can create with this structure. Come learn some basics about this "seasonal" structure. If you have done a Summer and Winter project on an eight shaft or more, would you please bring it to the August guild meeting? Nicole has completed four shaft projects, but would LOVE to see what others have created on more shafts. Thank you in advance if you decide to bring your work.
Midwest Weavers Conference 2015 Instant Replay!
with Donna Hudson, Anne Reaves, JoAnne Tuffnell
July 18, 2015 - Be inspired! Come hear about the classes, the guild and member exhibits, the fashion show, the vendors and volunteers.....and even Potluck and the Hot Dishes!
Beiderwand with Dagmar Frerking and Ruth Salmons
June 20, 2015 - The June program will be on Beiderwand. Beiderwand is a weaving technique that was woven in Schleswig-Holstein in Germany and also in the very south of Denmark since the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.
Come learn the meaning of the word, how to pronounce it as well as its historical significance and use. Samples will be available to see and feelthis unusual weaving structure.
Come learn the meaning of the word, how to pronounce it as well as its historical significance and use. Samples will be available to see and feelthis unusual weaving structure.
DESIGNING IN HUCK with Susan Weickum and JoAnne Tuffnell
May 16, 2015 - After a review of huck, its structure, its adaptability, and its beauty, we'll move into how to design with huck. Will your initial translate? If not, why not? Come to the May 16 meeting to learn all about it.
AND THE SCARF CHALLENGE!
Remember to bring your warp for the scarf exchange to the May meeting. It should be labeled with number of ends, fiber, and suggested sett. If you did not get a gift bag at the May meeting, they will be available before the meeting for you to drop your warp into. This is an anonymous grab bag and in November you will reveal whose warp you grabbed at the May meeting. Remember to make an identical warp for yourself and to bring the finished scarf to the November meeting to compare the two scarves from the same warp.
AND THE SCARF CHALLENGE!
Remember to bring your warp for the scarf exchange to the May meeting. It should be labeled with number of ends, fiber, and suggested sett. If you did not get a gift bag at the May meeting, they will be available before the meeting for you to drop your warp into. This is an anonymous grab bag and in November you will reveal whose warp you grabbed at the May meeting. Remember to make an identical warp for yourself and to bring the finished scarf to the November meeting to compare the two scarves from the same warp.
WHAT I DID IN A WORKSHOP OR AFTERWARDS INSPIRED BY A WORKSHOP/CLASS?
with ANNE REAVES and GUILD
April 18, 2015 - Workshops: for better or for worse, most of us have taken them. Now, more and more online workshops are available, as well as local, regional, and national conferences with workshops. Share your stories, particularly about your favorite workshop and what made it so for you.
(This is not meant to be a "Don't ever take a class from X," although it can include information without the teacher's name about what didn't work for you. For example, I once signed up for a knitting software class at a big regional convention, and it was the most frustrating one I have lost money on: Word 7 had come out more than a year before, but the teacher had no idea of the problems created by it, which most of us in the class had. Grr. I mean, more than a year.)
(This is not meant to be a "Don't ever take a class from X," although it can include information without the teacher's name about what didn't work for you. For example, I once signed up for a knitting software class at a big regional convention, and it was the most frustrating one I have lost money on: Word 7 had come out more than a year before, but the teacher had no idea of the problems created by it, which most of us in the class had. Grr. I mean, more than a year.)
M's and O's with Ruth Salmon and Donna Hudson
March 21, 2015 - M's and O's is a traditional weave structure. We hope to give you some information on its origins, its many variations, how to distinguish M's and O's from other weave structures, and ideas for creating your own unique woven items. Samples will be shared to (we hope) get everyone excited.
Meeting Cancelled
February 21, 2015 - This meeting was cancelled due to adverse weather conditions. The subject has been moved to the April meeting.
NEW YEAR'S RESOLUTIONS
January 17, 2015 - We'll have a two-part program: discussions of what each of us would like to learn or do in weaving this year, and a presentation on our Weaving Midwest project and what we could make. Both could result in items to expand our State Fair entries so others can see what we enjoy making.
For Show and Tell, don't forget any new books or other goodies bought or received during the last two months.
For Show and Tell, don't forget any new books or other goodies bought or received during the last two months.