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

Monday, February 19, 2018

Guild photos from February 2018



Coleen's silk hand-reeled shawl and handspun silk rug
Guild members at DreamSpin


Thursday, February 15, 2018

master Spinners Class



Hello Fiber Enthusiasts,
 
We are excited that Olds College will be offering a Master Spinner Class, Level 1, at the Jansen Art Center, May 18-22.
 
Olds College, based near Calgary, Alberta, is one of the few colleges in North America offering textile classes: master spinning and master weaving classes among them.  They offer only a few off-site classes, and none on the west coast of the US, so this is a great opportunity for spinners in our area.
 
Participants can register online at https://oldscollegece.augusoft.net/ by searching (by menu or search option) for the Master Spinner Level 1 - Lynden, WA offering.  Or they can do so by phone, by calling Olds College Continuing Education toll free: 1-800-661-6537, ext 2.  
 
This is a 5-day intensive class, and the fee is $940 Canadian, approximately $750 US.  If you plan to stay in Lynden during this class, the Inn at Lynden will have special room rates available for participants.  Please call the Inn at 360-746-8597 for reservations and let them know you are part of this class.  More information about the Inn can be found at www.innatlynden.com

Sheri Ward
For the Jansen Textile Group