Category: Papermaking

May 2023 Meeting

Date:
Monday, May 22, 2023 at 9:30 am Pacific time

Program:

Robyn Spady spoke on Closures and noted that making a buttonhole can be daunting since it often means putting a hole in a garment or fashion accessory.  In this session, participants explored different techniques that may be used to secure a garment or fashion accessory.  The group learned that from frogs and hand-wrapped hooks and eyes to knotting and clasps, designing and making your own closures can be fun and exciting.

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Linda Bohlinger: 8/2 Cotton Towel (huck weave on rigid heddle loom)
Denise Squires: Shawl (woven on 24″ Ashford rigid heddle, using a 7.5 dent reed. Yarn: Lion Mandala 100% acrylic Chimera color way; Used a pick-up stick for 1:1 waffle weave. Finished size: 21.5″ X 80″)
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April 2023 Meeting

Date:
Monday, April 24, 2023 at 9:30 am Pacific time

Program:
Joan Ruane: How Important Industrial Hemp is to our Environment

Joan has been teaching spinning for almost 30 years. As a graduate from Springfield College, she taught in the Tucson public schools before going to New Zealand in 1971. In New Zealand at that time were 3 million people and 30 million sheep, she learned to spin from Ruth Reid. Returning home to the U.S. a year later, she brought with her two fleeces, a Pipy wheel and a flick carder.

In time, Joan’s focus turned to industrial hemp which is the topic of her presentation entitled How Important Industrial Hemp is to our Environment.

Joan informed the group how to spin and weave industrial hemp.

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Sammie McGlasson: 8/2 Cotton Napkins
Sammie McGlasson: Scarf: variegated mohair, variegated handspun wool, 8/2 cotton, variegated nylon warp, variegated nylon weft
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