December 8 ~ Guild Meeting/Holiday Potluck ~

Location: St. Matthew Lutheran Church

2418 N Aurelius Road, Holt

Mingle starts at 6:30 ~ Meeting at 7:00

Remember your SHOW~n~TELL…..

Workshops:

As part of Early Weavers, a sectional warping demo / workshop will be held on Wednesday, January 27, 2016 beginning at 11 am. Cost is free for members and $10 for non-members.

Early Weavers is presenting a front to back warping workshop which will be held on Sunday, February 28, 2016 from 12:00 noon to 4:00 pm. Please bring yarn and a warping board or mill. This will be a hands on workshop where participants will wind a narrow warp and begin the process of dressing the loom. Leslie Johnson will be providing table looms. Because of equipment counts, RSVP’s are required.

Contact Sara Kanya for location and directions.

Early Weavers interest group is meeting this Sunday, May 17 at 1:30.  They will focus on block theory in weaving.  What an interesting topic, so important for designing patterns in weaving.

The GLWG interest groups are open to all members of the guild.  The guild has a number of interest groups that focus on specific topics in weaving and related fiber arts.   Come to a meeting or contact the guild for more information about our interest groups.

Next meeting is Tuesday May 12 at 7 pm at Saint Mathews Church, 2418 Aurelius Road, Holt. Arrive at 6:30 to mingle.

It is our annual business meeting and we are voting for the Board President and Vice President and discussing topics for next years meetings.  Next year's membership dues are paid at this meeting.

Please bring your completed projects and stories about your experience for the fiber exchange.

Be sure to see the new weaving show at Grove Gallery starting tomorrow:

Journal Entries
by Nancy McRAy

May 3–June 21
Please join us for the artist reception on
Sunday, May 3 from 12-4 p.m. 
Light refreshments will be served.

A series of small tapestries woven with no cartoon or plan, documenting my rebirth into a studio artist again as told to me by warp and weft.
Artist Talk —
Wednesday May 6 from 5:30 - 7 p.m.
Learn about Nancy's process and experiences while doing these intuitively created tapestries.

GLWG Study Groups Update:

Early Weavers are meeting this Saturday April 18th from 11 to 1 at the Hen House.  Rep Weave will be on the agenda.

Portable Looms/spinning will be at Sara Kanya's on May 3rd from 1 to 4 pm.

The next GLWG meeting is April 14th, at 7 pm at the Hen House in Charlotte.

Please note:  MEETING LOCATION CHANGED

Program: GLWG Library - Where, What, How...?

We are going to talk about all the great materials in our library and members will have the opportunity to go through our collection.  

As always, bring your Show and Tell.

Directions:  The Hen House, 211 S Cochran Ave, Charlotte MI 48827

Parking is available on Cochran/M50, Lovett (side street) and behind the building.

City parking lots are located behind and very close by.

To enter from the rear of the building, use ORANGE DOOR on the LEFT.

  

March 10^th ~ Guild Meeting ~ Topic: ……….. Rigid Heddle Looms  …..

St Matthews Church, 2418 Aurelius Rd, Holt

Mingle starts at 6:30 ~ Meeting at 7:00

April 14^th ~ Guild Meeting ~ Topic:……….

GLWG Library ~ Where, What, How….. ?

!!!!! NOTICE CHANGE OF MEETING LOCATION for APRIL…..!!!!!

The Hen House, 211 S Cochran Ave, Charlotte MI 48827

Parking is available on Cochran/M50, Lovett (side street) and behind the building.

City parking lots are located behind and very close by.

To enter from the rear of the building, use ORANGE DOOR on the LEFT.

 

March GLWG Meeting

This month's GLWG meeting is Tuesday March 10th at 7pm, mingle starting at 6:30.  The topic is Rigid Heddle weaving.  For those who want to do more than plain weave on a rigid heddle, the library has the book Textures and Patterns for the Rigid Heddle (1st edition) and some issues of Prairie Wool Companion which was published in the 80s and contains in depth instructions for complex weaving on a rigid heddle.  The newest catalog from Yarn Barn of Kansas contains a kit for 8 harness pick-up pinwheel pattern towels to be woven on a rigid heddle loom.  Pretty exciting.

The meeting is at Saint Mathews Church. 2418 North Aurelius Road, Holt.

Remember to bring a Show and Tell

And please note:
April's meeting will be at the Hen House in Charlotte, the new home for the GLWG Library.   Rose and Helen will explain how the materials are organized and talk about the various collections the Guild owns.

~~~*~*~~~ Early Weavers (or those who might need a refresher)
When: March 1st / 11 a.m.
Where: The Hen House in Charlotte, 211 S. Cochran Ave./517-543-6454
Agenda: A session on calculations to help with planning weaving projects. Lunch out afterward or brown bag it. Bring paper and pencil, calculator & anything else you need for configuring.

Meeting Change Notice

Due to pending weather conditions, the Early Weavers Interest Group meeting set for Sunday February 15 has been postponed until Sunday March 1 from 11-1.


Stay safe and warm.

Next Guild Meeting February 10^th 

St Matthews Church, 2418 Aurelius Rd, Holt

Mingle starts at 6:30 ~ Meeting at 7:00

  

~~~*~*~~~ Early Weavers (or those who might need a refresher) ~~~*~*~~~

When:  February 15^th / 11 a.m.

Where: The Hen House in Charlotte, 211 S. Cochran Ave.

Agenda:  A session on calculations to help with planning weaving projects. Lunch out afterward or brown bag it.  Bring paper and pencil, calculator & anything else you need for configuring.

Inkle workshop

Inkle Pick-Up Workshop

By popular demand: a workshop on inkle weave pick-up is being offered on Sunday, Feb. 8 (snow date: Sunday, Feb. 15) at the Hen House in Charlotte. 10 a.m. – 3 or 4 p.m.  Looms available – let Leslie know if you need one. Yarns provided, or BYO. What to bring: graph paper and pencil, pick-up stick (double-pointed knitting needles or craft sticks [Popsicle sticks] are OK). Cost: $40.

Sign up at the January guild meeting or call/email Leslie Johnson (517-663-0357; rivloom@sbcglobal.net) or Carolyn Rosier (517-290-2142 or 543-6454; ddcsr@aol.com).

January 13th Guild meeting

January 13^th   ~ Guild Meeting ~ We will be watching the recently released DVD from Laura Fry:

"The Efficient Weaver".  Production weaver Laura Fry shares her weaving methods in this DVD so you can also weave more efficiently and make the most of your weaving time. 

Laura discusses the ergonomics of sitting and weaving posture; efficient warping, threading and maintaining correct and consistent tension for cloth and good selvedges.

This will be a good discussion starter for both beginners and master weavers, to compare Laura's suggestions to what we practice while we sit at our looms.

St Matthews Church, 2418 Aurelius Rd, Holt

Mingle starts at 6:30 ~ Meeting at 7:00