City of Surrey’s Annual “PIC-KNIT”, Surrey Museum, Cloverdale. Come join us outside on the lawn for this popular family event. Sat. Aug.14th, 11am-4pm. Demos by spinners, weavers and knitters, knitting vendors, hands-on activities and more… The Surrey Museum is located at 17710 56A Avenue in Cloverdale, (604)592-6956. Admission is free to the event and the museum on this day.
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Peace Arch Weavers and Spinners, SPIN-IN, July 2010
Come join the Guild and local BC Fibre Vendors for a relaxing and fun day at Historic Stewart Farm. Come to spin or just relax in this lovely setting. We’ll be on the lawn under our canopy Sat. Jul. 31, 10am-3pm. There’s no admission and refreshments are available to purchase. Stewart Farm is operated by the City of Surrey and is located at 13723 Crescent Road, Surrey, BC.
Penelope Fibre Arts
In mid July we’ll be back at our home location… I have mixed feelings of course (especially given all the work we did to get the shop up and running!), but am looking forward to continuing as we began; at our home shop, on-line, trade shows and more time with my young family. I’ll have regular hours starting July 15 (we’ll be open Thursday to Saturday, 11am-2pm) and will be attending the trade shows/fairs listed in this newsletter. As you are one of our select customers you are the first to know about our huge clearance sale – June 15 to June 26. Hurry in to get first choice on all the goodies !! I can’t possibly move all the stock home so will have lot of items on sale at 50% off…..
Discovery Channel
Discovery Channel (Channel 42) Is showing two sessions that might be of interest on “How it was made”
- June 17th 10-10:30am ‘wool’
- June 26th 3:30-4pm ‘socks’
LWSG Library News
New Magazines
- Spin-off – Spring 2010
- Interweave Knits – Summer 2010
New Books
- Knitwear Design Workshop – Paden, Shirley
- Weaver’s Wearables – Swallow, Jo
New DVDs
- Gentle Art of Plying – MacKenzie, judith
- Respect the Spindle – Franquemont, Abby
- Drafting: the long and short of it – Franquemont, Abby
Donations
- Hand Woolcombing and Spinning – Teal, Peter
- Make Your own Japanese Clothes – Marshall, John
ANWG Annual General Meeting 2010
Association of Northwest Weavers’ Guilds
Cat Cavern, Putnam University Center
Willamette University
Salem, Oregon
Annual General Meeting 2010
AGM Packet
Saturday July 31, 2010
9:00-10:00 a.m.: Registration, Continental Breakfast,
Show „n Share Set-up, Networking
10:00 a.m.: Convene meeting
Adjourn (no later than 3:00 p.m.)
The ANWG newsletter will contain more details about meeting topics.
ANWG representatives are urged to be at the registration area by 9:00 a.m. on Saturday so that registration and other set-up requirements can be completed in time for the meeting to begin promptly at 10:00 a.m.
Opus’ Annual Inventory Sale
A great time to stock up on sketchbooks and paints. Brushes are always a great price during this sale.
June 18, 19, and 20th.
Discounts on almost everything! Sale prices valid only while quantities last. Visit www.opusframing.com to view store hours.
Surrey Museum this July and August
AT SURREY MUSEUM
17710-56A Avenue
604-592-6956
Pine Needle Basket Workshop
If you can wield a sewing needle, you can make these delightful baskets, using raffia and BC pine needles. Create a lovely addition to your home decor. Supply fee $15. Please pre-register by calling 604-592-6956.
Saturday, July 10 10:00am-5:00pm 1 session $47 (16+yrs)
Summer Spinning Workshop: Level 1
Spend relaxing and fun afternoons learning to spin wool on traditional spinning wheels. Take home your unique skeins of yarn for your knitting, crocheting or weaving projects. Supply fee $10. Please pre-register by calling 604-592-6956.
Tuesday, July 13-Thursday, July 15 2:00pm-4:00pm 3 sessions $40 (16+yrs)
Kid’s Fibre Arts Workshop
Dye fleece brilliant colours with Kool Aid, card and spin wool, and weave on a real loom. Boys and girls have fun learning how textiles were made in the old days. Please pre-register by calling 604-592-6956.
Saturday, July 17 11:00am-3:00pm 1 session $24 (8-12yrs)
Kids Can Knit-Beginners
Spend three fun mornings at the museum learning to knit. After completing a sample you will make a small bag with your new skills! Please pre-register by calling 604-592-6956.
Tuesday, July 20-Thursday, July 22 10:30am-12:30pm 3 sessions $36 (8-12yrs)
Fibre Arts: Parent and Preschooler
Enjoy hands-on fun for you and your little one as you try weaving on a real loom, spool knitting and felting, to create handmade treasures to take home. Please pre-register by calling 604-592-6956.
Saturday, July 24 1:30pm-3:00pm 1 session $9 (3-6yrs)
Sew Yourself a Pirate Flag
Decorate your bedroom door or treehouse with an historical pirate flag. Choose Blackbeard’s flag, Calico Jack Rackham’s Jolly Roger or another flag. Supply fee $10. Please pre-register by calling 604-592-6956.
Wednesday, July 28-Thursday, July 29 3:30pm-5:30pm 2 sessions $18 (8-12yrs)
Textiles and Settlement
Textiles and Settlement
From Plains Space to Cyber Space
Textile Society of America- 12th Biennials Symposium – Lincoln, Nebraska
October 6-9, 2010
100 Presentations including:
- Negotiating the handmade in a cyber world
- Wrapped in culture 21st Century Muslim dress
- Tradition, innovation and commodification
- textiles of the great plains
For more information: www.textilesociety.org
Gathering of Weavers
Tinkuy de Tejedores
Gathering of Weavers
November 5 to 6, 2010 Sacred Valley, Peru
The center for Traditional Textiles of Cusco (CTTC) invites you to participate in a tinkuy or coming together, of weavers and spinners in the Sacred Valley of the Peruvian Highlands near Cusco. Two days of presentations will be followed by optional hands-on workshops on November 7 and 8. A tour that includes the tinkuy, the workshops, and visits to weaving villages and archaelolgical sites will also be available.
To receive more information on the tinkuy and on the tour package, send your email address to tinkuy@textilescusco.org As soon as the information packet is complete, it will be sent to you.