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

Sunday, October 1, 2017

september minutes and list of programmes

MIWSG September 6th 2017 Meeting called to order 7:00
Adjourned: 8:45
Attendance: Sharon M, Anne, Jeannette, Joyce, Liz, Linda, Heather, Lynne, Margo, Debbie, Elspeth . Guests: Karen, Lestlie, Bonnie, Shari.
Treasurers Report: unavailable. June pot luck proceeds to be announced.
Old Business: Several members enjoyed the June pot luck held at Anne’s house. Thank you to Anne for hosting this meeting.
New Business: Elspeth and Anne represented the guild at the VIU 1 Expo. Elspeth has updated the welcome sheet.
“bring a friend” to a meeting was discussed. No further action at this time
A change to afternoon meetings was discussed. As there are still members who work during the day, no changes will be made. A workable solution might be a drivers list of those members who are willing to offer rides to members who do not like driving at night.
Heather is looking into a mushroom dyeing program for later this year
Show + Tell
Anne: earrings from left over yarn. Spinning fine singles
Elspeth: dyed bamboo top, purple baby hats for Children’s Hospital
Sharon M: new electric spinner (will bring to October meeting)
Karen: handknit sock (with cashmere!)
Joyce: purple knit shawl, gray knit shawl with armholes
Liz: dog wool discovery in a blanket at the Berke Museum in Seattle. Check out the Burke webside for all the details of this important discovery.
Heather: ANWG conference woven name tag. Nuno felted shawl. TWO third prizes at the ANWG conference.
Margo: resist dyed table runner. Lace treasures from days gone by.
Debbie: hand dyed linen, cotton, cotton/bamboo dyed flax purse
Shari: fair isle baby sweater for new grandson due in Feburary
Linda: Devore dyed scarf
Hostess List:
October Jeannette B + Elspeth
November Heather Cant get mushroom dyeing as planned so will look for something else
December pot luck dinner 6:00 p.m. start
January 2018 Jeannette
February Kathy + Sharon M
March Debbie + Linda
April Joyce + Anne
May Margo + Lynne
June pot luck at Anne’s

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