Everything in stock at Fibres Plus is 10% off for the month of February, except Books, which are 30% off.

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Craft It with Wool – Preschoolers enjoy hands-on fun and increase manual dexterity, as they learn how clothing was made in days gone by. Activities include weaving, felting and making a woolly sheep. Must pre-register at 604-592-6956.

Thursday, March 22                     1:30pm-3:00pm                           1 session $9.75 (3-6yrs)

Weaving–Level 1 – Make a beautiful woven sampler and a unique scarf, in this inspiring and creative class as you learn the basics of this age-old art. Table looms provided. Supply fees not included. Must pre-register at 604-592-6956.

Saturday, March 24                      10:00am-1:00pm                        7 sessions $123 (16+yrs)

Kids Can Knit: Intermediate – Make cool wristbands, funky bags, headbands or other fun projects as you learn the purl stitch, increasing, decreasing and other “beyond the basics” techniques. Must pre-register at 604-592-6956.

Wednesday, March 28                 4:00pm-5:30pm                           6 sessions $58.50 (8-12yrs)

Monday, March 5^th, 2012

7:30 pm

Kanata Co-operative Community Building

7155 Blake Street, Vancouver, BC

ALL TEXTILE ENTHUSIASTS ARE INVITED TO THIS FREE LECTURE

Guest Speaker Judith MacKenzie presents “The Tinkuy Conference in the Sacred Valley of Peru”

Judith MacKenzie, has been a textile artist for the last 30 years. Her work appears in private and public collections. Judith teaches throughout North America, is a published author and regularly featured in Spin-Off Magazine.

In 2010, Judith was present when four hundred weavers of the Americas gathered in Urubamba, Peru, in the Sacred Valley near Cusco for Tinkuy de Tejedores.  Participants travelled from the Navajo Nation, Mexico, Guatemala, Ecuador, Bolivia, Argentina, and Peru for this unique textile conference. Judith will transport us to Tinkuy de Tejedores both visually and through her experiences to this ground breaking event.

Join us for light refreshments following the lecture.

DRIVING DIRECTIONS (Visit Guild website http://www.gvwsg.com/2012-gvwsg-memorial-lecture-map/ for map and location of Hall)

From the east and north

Exit Highway 1 heading south on Boundary Road.  Continue south on Boundary, crossing 49^th Avenue and turn right at Arbor Street – the first traffic light south of 49^th Avenue.  Turn right at the “T” on Matheson Avenue and continue right, around a loop until the road straightens out.  On your right you will see a small parking lot beside the Community Building.  You can park in the lot or on street

From the west and south

Travel east along 49^th Avenue to the corner of Tyne Street.  The Salvation Army has a building on the northeast corner of this intersection you can use as a marker.  Turn right down Tyne and continue past 54^th Avenue.  At this point Tyne becomes Champlain Crescent.  Turn left at the second street on your left after 54^th Avenue.  This is Blake Street.  The Community Building will be on your left about halfway up Blake with the parking lot adjacent to it.

Monday, March 5^th, 2012

7:30 pm

 ALL TEXTILE ENTHUSIASTS ARE INVITED TO THIS FREE LECTURE

Guest Speaker Judith MacKenzie presents “The Tinkuy Conference in the Sacred Valley of Peru”

Judith MacKenzie, has been a textile artist for the last 30 years. Her work appears in private and public collections. Judith teaches throughout North America, is a published author and regularly featured in Spin-Off Magazine.

In 2010, Judith was present when four hundred weavers of the Americas gathered in Urubamba, Peru, in the Sacred Valley near Cusco for Tinkuy de Tejedores.  Participants travelled from the Navajo Nation, Mexico, Guatemala, Ecuador, Bolivia, Argentina, and Peru for this unique textile conference. Judith will transport us to Tinkuy de Tejedores both visually and through her experiences to this ground breaking event.

Join us for light refreshments following the lecture.

DRIVING DIRECTIONS (Visit Guild website http://www.gvwsg.com/ for map and location of Hall)

From the east and north

Exit Highway 1 heading south on Boundary Road.  Continue south on Boundary, crossing 49^th Avenue and turn right at Arbor Street – the first traffic light south of 49^th Avenue.  Turn right at the “T” on Matheson Avenue and continue right, around a loop until the road straightens out.  On your right you will see a small parking lot beside the Community Building.  You can park in the lot or on street

From the west and south

Travel east along 49^th Avenue to the corner of Tyne Street.  The Salvation Army has a building on the northeast corner of this intersection you can use as a marker.  Turn right down Tyne and continue past 54^th Avenue.  At this point Tyne becomes Champlain Crescent.  Turn left at the second street on your left after 54^th Avenue.  This is Blake Street.  The Community Building will be on your left about halfway up Blake with the parking lot adjacent to it.

Fort Langley National Historic Site is looking for proposals to provide
animals to live in the fort from the May long weekend (May 19) to
Thanksgiving (Oct. 8). Specifically, animals that don’t mind lots of attention from visitors, animals who won’t bite when kids offer them food from their hands, 2-3 sheep, 2-3 goats (including kids), 2 piglets, and some rabbits and chickens, rabbits may be handled by visitors, the other animals would just be touched through a fence, replacement animals if one becomes sick or unsociable, a chicken coop and rabbit hutch.

This spring we are adding concrete pads in the pig pen, and in the sheep
and goat pen, along with a permanent roof over the pads in both pens.

Please quote a daily, weekly, or monthly rate for the above.
Call or e-mail Mike Starr at Fort Langley NHS with any questions, or to
arrange a visit to see the animal pens and the plans.
604-513-4785
mike.starr@pc.gc.ca

Learn the ancient art of Woad dyeing from master dyer Denise Simeon Lambert, founder of Bleu de Lectoure in southwest France. Denise and her husband Henri were visionaries who revitalized woad dyeing and cultivation in France and brought back the medieval techniques of the traditional woad vat, modernizing it for current day use. Denise and Henri tirelessly promoted woad for use in textile dyeing, interior and exterior paints, fashion and cosmetics and are well known for their pioneering work with this mysterious and beautiful color. Denise will be joining us from Lectoure, France and this promises to be a very special day.
Vats will be made and ready to dip
Watch the cloth turn from green to blue
Even canvas shoes can be dyed!

Workshop Details
For our workshop we will meet at Magnuson Park and setting up our woad vats outside in the Garden Amphitheater. There is plenty of room to spread out and really get into woad dipping and we will have clotheslines set up to hang your dyed goods. Denise will start the class with a lecture on the history and technique of woad and then for the remainder of the day we will all dye together.
Denise and Botanical Colors will provide a silk scarf and cotton lace for you to dye and you will receive a Woad Workshop booklet. You are welcome to bring anything that is a natural fiber to dye such as vintage linens, cotton or silk hankies, wool yarns, lace, white canvas tennis shoes, printed fat quarters to overdye, canvas shopping bags, tee shirts, fine cotton nighties, cashmere sweaters -the list goes on.
We will have multiple vats set up so that everyone will have ample time to relax and dip and truly experience the magic of woad.. We will have a selection of handwoven and vintage fabrics for sale if you run out of things to dip.
You will be amazed as you see your cloth emerge from the vat, take a breath and change from yellow to a beautiful rich French blue right before your eyes.

Please join us for either Saturday May 12 or Sunday May 13 (Mother’s Day). We will start at 9 AM and adjourn at 4 PM. Cost for the workshop is $189. Hope to see you there.
Warm wishes, Kathy Hattori
Workshop Registration

Please register early as we expect this class to fill quickly.
http://go.madmimi.com/redirects/192bad7d97810235d30f32d7e50d4776?pa=7362174288>register

Choose either Saturday May 12 or Sunday May 13
(Mother’s Day) for your workshop. The class will be held rain or shine.
Class starts at 9 AM and ends at 4PM with a one-hour lunch break. Check-in begins at 8:30 AM.

Bring a lunch and a beverage and dress for the weather.

Once we receive your paid registration we will send you information on the class location and details on what to bring and tips on preparing your materials for woad dyeing. We ask that you do not bring children to class unless they are also registered. Contact us for children’s registration rates.

This class may be physically demanding. It is an outdoor class with lots of bending, lifting, stretching, twisting, walking and carrying heavy wet fabrics. Let us know if you have any questions. Cancellation Policy:You will receive a full refund if Botanical Colors cancels this class. Your registration is non-refundable. Please contact us immediately if you are unable to attend the class.

Register now by clicking below
http://go.madmimi.com/redirects/27d51a4ba30fa6e014f78340af0e04d7?pa=7362174288>
CLICK HERE TO REGISTER. YOU WILL BE DIRECTED TO WWW.BOTANICALCOLORS.COM

Resources: More information about woad http://go.madmimi.com/redirects/3ec57a3e478b53197607b58b47eccc9d?pa=7362174288>blog
Denises’ website http://go.madmimi.com/redirects/edff26b383fd8f36349995b77681d0d6?pa=7362174288>Bleu
Video on woad (in French) from the documentary TV show
http://go.madmimi.com/redirects/ec5efe3f9393460a77ea9ffae57783d9?pa=7362174288>Des

©2012 Botanical Colors, LLC | 10550 Phinney Ave N. Seattle WA 98133

Birkeland Bros. Wool would like to thank you for your patronage over the last 73 years.  We have enjoyed helping, laughing, and sharing your wool dreams.  You are not only our customers – many of you have also become our friends.  

This decision has not come easily.  My grandfather founded the business, and my father took over until his retirement due to illness.  About 15 years ago, parallel to a nursing career, I started to expand Birkeland Bros. Wool into its current format of supplying a wide variety of products for crafts and fibre arts.

A wonderful community has formed around our business, and it has been much fun, and you as customers have contributed to 2011 being one of the most successful years in the history of Birkeland Bros. Wool. 

Nevertheless, health reasons have forced me to re-assess my options and consider drastic changes.  With pride about what my family, our staff, and you as a community have achieved, and with sadness that all good things will have to transform at some point in time, I have decided to close the doors of Birkeland Bros Wool, and focus on new horizons. 

Help us to celebrate the wonderful and woolly things shared, of decades past and new decades to come, in this month of February.  We will be having several sales events, and it will be a good occasion to re-stock your coffers and drop by and say hello. 

We wish you continued happiness in knitting, spinning, weaving, felting and many other wool dreams. We have loved being part of your life. 

Sincerely, Cara Birkeland and 3^rd Generation Owner, Birkeland Bros. Wool Ltd.

Tapestry: A Woven Narrative.

To celebrate Tapestry’s release, we would be delighted to offer you and your members a 40% discount on all orders for this book. Please do distribute this offer as appropriate.

Tapestry: A Woven Narrative is a review of contemporary tapestry design, discussing the progression from early designs to tapestry production today. The book investigates the current tapestry scene, in which weavers and artists across the globe have begun appropriating the medium to present their work and ideas in a previously unexplored fashion, creating a fascinating juxtaposition between the socio-cultural documentation of many historical works and the more abstract and contemporary themes often dealt with in tapestries today.

The publication includes works from notable modern artists, looks at the creative outputs of three of the most eminent tapestry studios in the world and also discusses the practical aspects of tapestry production, taking in both historical and contemporary methods. Beautifully illustrated, Tapestry is a stunning and comprehensive exploration of this historical—but progressive—tradition.

To order at the discounted price, simply email me at jess@blackdogonline.com with your delivery address and the book will be despatched with an invoice.

I have attached here a press release containing further information on the book and please just shout if you have any queries – I’d be happy to help!

All the best,
Jess

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