The Market Place at CNCH 2012!

This is the third of three weeks I’ll be blogging about the early vendors (This is the beginning of the alphabet.) This website has a full listing of the vendors to date and more will appear on the list as the contracts are finalized: click on: www.cnch.org/conferences/2012-oakland/the-market-place/.  So check back often. Day registrants will have […]

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More Vendors for CNCH 2012!

The Market Place committee for CNCH 2012 has been busy and the contracts are coming back from the vendors!  This is the second of three weeks I’ll be blogging about the early vendors. (This is the end of the alphabet – beginning of the alphabet and some new vendors next week!) This website has a […]

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Preview of The Market Place at CNCH 2012:

The Market Place committee for CNCH 2012 has been busy and the contracts are coming back from the vendors!  The CNCH conference website (click on: The Market Place) has a full listing of the vendors to date and more will appear on the list as the contracts are finalized.  So check back often.  Day registrants […]

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CNCH 2012 Early Bird Registration Closes Feb 15!

If you have been thinking about registering for Tradition/Innovations – A Fiber Artisans Conference to by held May 18 – 20, 2012 at the New Oakland Convention Center, but haven’t registered yet – NOW is the time. Early Bird registration expires on February 15 and that means prices go up on February 16. Full Registration […]

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Update: Return to Sender & Return of Return to Sender

Return to Sender Update Attention CNCH 2012 spinners, it’s time to start thinking about your gorgeous Return to Sender fiber and the yarn it will make! Entries are already being submitted for the competition, so dust off that spinning wheel, let your imagination run wild and watch the fiber fly onto the bobbin. The deadline […]

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Weave Your Best and Enter Your Pieces in the Shows!

An explanation of the jurying process for the Gallery and Fashion Shows at CNCH 2012: The purpose of judging by jury is to enhance the quality of the work being done by the individuals and groups, and to provide exhibitors with an evaluation by impartial experts which might otherwise be unavailable within guilds. Items submitted […]

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Remember to Make your Hotel Reservation for CNCH 2012!

Now that the holidays are past, and things are getting back to normal – it is time to finalize your plans for attending CNCH 2012.  Call up your fiber friends and get your best roommates lined up.  Call or email the Marriott Oakland City Center and make your room reservations*.  The special conference rate is […]

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Peggy Osterkamp to Deliver Keynote at CNCH 2012

Don’t miss the Banquet and Keynote Address on Saturday evening, May 19, 2012 at 7:00 p.m. in the Grand Ballroom! Peggy Osterkamp will be the featured speaker. The dinner will be preceded by a no-host bar starting at 6:00 p.m. in the foyer of the Grand Ballroom at the Marriott Convention Center. In her years […]

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Do you know about the CNCH Sample Service?

For over 25 years, The Sample Service Sale has had a booth at CNCH conferences. It was started by Helen Pope.  We will carry on her great tradition at CNCH 2012.  Weavers can purchase samples and instructions for all kinds of weaving for a nominal fee and the proceeds from this sale benefit CNCH. Volunteers […]

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Happy Holidays!

Wishing you lovely holidays with family and friends, Wishing you time to sip a hot beverage by the fireplace and think about all the good things that have happened this year, Wishing you a New Year filled with weaving, spinning, dyeing, basketry, felting, braiding, needlework, knitting and more, Take a moment to make a promise […]

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