Mid Island Weavers and Spinners (and other fibre enthusiasts) Guild

This is the Mid Island Weavers and Spinners (and other fibre enthusiasts) blog page. The group meets the first Wednesday of the month during the fall/winter/spring (September through to June). Meetings are now being held at the library downtown on Commercial St upstairs in their meeting room. Guests are welcome to come...bring your knitting, spinning wheel or other fibre addictions. Meetings usually consist of 5 minutes of business, show and tell (bring something), tea and cookies, and some sort of workshop, seminar or talk where you will learn something fibry and interesting.
We now have an email address: MIWSGuild at gmail.com

Saturday, January 10, 2015

re posting the ANWG Conference information


MIWSGuild


Posted: 20 Oct 2014 07:13 PM PDT
Treadle Lightly 2017           ANWG Northwest Weavers' Conference                                                                                                                   
Oct.  2014
Victoria Inner Harbour


ANWG Conference 2017
Treadle Lightly Victoria B.C.
Here's what we know now:
The Association of Northwest Weavers' Guilds is sponsoring the next conference in Victoria. The primary host will be the Victoria Handweavers' and Spinners' Guild.
The dates for ANWG Conference are set for June 28th to July 2nd 2017 in Victoria B.C. Canada.. The conference will be taking place at the University of Victoria. We live on an island with 3 different ferry routes to take you to Victoria. When traveling by land be sure to have the correct picture ID and identification for crossing the border. If you are flying into Victoria you will need a passport.  The airport code is YYJ.
The theme "Treadle Lightly" represents being aware of our environment and making greener choices. We have approved the Logo design and have chosen the conference colours. The colours are blue, yellow, orange, purple, pink, green and grey. Thanks to our graphic artist Jeff Werner,  we have lots of colour and potential design elements to chose from. Have fun with them!
The website is up and running. It will be continually mananged and edited so please keep coming back. This will give us a better rating in the search engines. anwgconference2017.com
The conference will include:
Pre Conference 3 day workshops- Wednesday to Friday June 28th to June 30th  
Welcome and Dessert Reception and a Shop 'till you Drop in the Market Hall. Friday June 30th
1/2 day and full day seminars- Saturday and Sunday. July 1st and 2nd
Fashion Show- Saturday. July 1st
Banquet and Keynote Speaker- Sunday July 2nd
We are looking forward to hosting the next ANWG Conference.
We are in the process of looking for instructors for these classes. If you are interested in teaching please contact anwgconference@gmail.com
We are looking forward to hosting the next ANWG Conference in our city.
 
Saturday is Canada Day and our 150th Birthday. there will be celebrations going on all day downtown and fireworks on the inner Harbour after sunset.
  
 
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Posted: 20 Oct 2014 04:52 PM PDT

Fw: Cowichan Fleece and Fibre Festival

by karemill2010
Hello everyone:
I am sending this email,to ask you to let your Guild members (and anyone else who might be interested). know about the Cowichan Fleece and Fibre Festival . It will be held on Oct 25th at the Cobble hill Fairgrounds, from 10am to 4pm. Hope to see you there!!
Thank you, Kathy McDonald
Saturday
October 25th 2014
10 am - 4 pm
Cobble Hill Community Hall & Fair Grounds
Interested in getting involved?
​​If you are interested in particiapting in the Fleece and Fibre Festival, just let us know!​
Phone: 250 597 0820 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting 250 597 0820 end_of_the_skype_highlighting
Email: leolawitt@gmail.com
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Posted: 20 Oct 2014 04:49 PM PDT

TOSH 2014

by karemill2010
The attachment is the invitation to our exhibition at TOSH. It features David’s scarf. If you would like to invite your friends to the exhibit you can copy the file and send it to them or print it out.
tosh flyer 2014
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Posted: 20 Oct 2014 04:48 PM PDT

Spinning/Weaving Retreat 2015 in Powell River

by karemill2010
The URL for this retreat has changed. The new URL is:
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