We will be dyeing and spinning. There will be a weaving demonstration.

Friday October 22 to Sunday October 24. There is also Saturday only registration.

For more information and the registration form go to the Retreat page of our MotherLode Weavers and Spinners website.

www.mlwsguild.org

Guild Meeting – April 25 at 11 AM – $5 Guest Fee

Kaye Collins’ interest in reviving ancient arts began with her career as a homebirth midwife where for over 20 years she delivered hundreds of healthy babies in several different states. Spinning for over 20 years, Kaye has received several awards and certificates, including HGA’s Certificate of Excellence in Hand spinning, Master Level, and a Master Knitter designation from the Knitters Guild of America. She juried the skeins gallery, Spin a Grand Strand at HGA’s Convergence Grand Rapids MI, 2006.

Kaye enjoys teaching at various local and state guilds, spinning retreats, alpaca conferences, SOAR, and Convergence. Along with teaching, Kaye currently has a passion for restoring antique spinning wheels from all over the world. Her workshop is located in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado near their geodesic dome cabin that she and her husband built themselves.

Kaye’s handspun alpaca knitted poncho with Andean punta edging is featured in the New Handspun Handknit book from Interweave Press. Check out Kaye’s articles in Spin Off Magazine Alpaca that Floats in Summer 1999, Andean Knitting Winter 2001; Fiber Basics Guanaco and Vicuna in Winter 2008; Angela’s Wedding Shawl in Fall, 2008.

For further details, please see our web site at:
http://spindlesandflyers.org

SPINNING OTHER FIBERS (1 Day Workshop):  The fibers covered will be silk, alpaca and mohair. We will begin with observing and discussing the qualities of the fibers and compare those to the qualities we want in the spun yarn. Different preparation and spinning techniques, from worsted through to woolen will be taught to make the yarn reflect the look of the original fiber and the end use. Several different techniques can be used with each fiber, depending on the required appearance and end use. Small sample skeins will be spun and washed, then analyzed. On a 1 day workshop, already prepared fibers will be used, because of time restraints.

Contact:  Judy Dauberman judy.dauberman

For more information, please check Anne’s website:  http://www.annefield.co.nz/anne.html

Anne Field Workshops      April 2010

FOR WEAVERS

COLLAPSE WEAVE — THE MAGIC OF WOOL (2 Day Workshop):   In this workshop students will weave and finish several samples to gain an understanding of the structure of collapse weave. Students will bring their looms already warped. Samples will be woven and discussions on the relative values of active and passive yarns will lead to an understanding of why and when collapse happens. Students will then choose whether to continue sampling, or to weave a scarf.

Contact:  Gloria Miller glorsm

FOR SPINNERS

SPINNING OTHER FIBERS (1 Day Workshop):  The fibers covered will be silk, alpaca and mohair. We will begin with observing and discussing the qualities of the fibers and compare those to the qualities we want in the spun yarn. Different preparation and spinning techniques, from worsted through to woolen will be taught to make the yarn reflect the look of the original fiber and the end use. Several different techniques can be used with each fiber, depending on the required appearance and end use. Small sample skeins will be spun and washed, then analyzed. On a 1 day workshop, already prepared fibers will be used, because of time restraints.

Contact:  Judy Dauberman judy.dauberman

For more information, please check Anne’s website:  http://www.annefield.co.nz/anne.html

November 22  at 11 AM
Fairmount Clubhouse
715 Lexington Ave, El Cerrito

Break away from your fine two ply to meet a spinner who thinks differently. Lexi Boeger is the author of Handspun Revolution and Intertwined. She makes unique and unusual yarns and will be giving us a trunk show with samples of her work. We are requesting a $5 guest donation for this program. See more information on our web site:
http://www.spindlesandflyers.org

A sample of boucle designer yarn from wiki commons:
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:MakingBoucleYarn.JPG

October 24 Meeting and Program:  
In Search of Lost Colour, A MAIWA DVD on Natural Dyes.

November 22 Program:
Lexi Boeger, Plucky Fluff, novelty yarn designer extraordinaire. She will host a slide show and truck show of her designs. We ask a $5 guest fee for non-guild members.

For additional information and directions, please see our web site at:
http://spindlesandflyers.org

Or email: spindlesandflyers AT gmail.com