We Welcome New Members!

Monday, May 2, 2022

NEXT MEETING:  WEDNESDAY,  MAY 4, 2022  6:30PM - 9:00PM

(please be there before 6:30 as the entry door will be locked after that )


 Hands-on Agenda: Spinning / Knitting with Beads


  • Spinning With Beads (Vilija)
    • To participate, you need to bring:
      • Your spinning wheel
      • A well spun single - grist does not matter. 
      • Some carded fiber, top or roving is easiest, to experiment spinning the beads right in



  • Knitting with Beads using Small Crochet Hook (Lindy)
    • Notes from Lindy: (We learn best by "doing,"...) it’s a good idea ... to do hands on. I’ll have some beads for fingering weight and a few small hooks for them to use and purchase if they want to keep them.  
    • To participate, you need to bring:
      • Fingering weight yarn (?)
      • Cash if you want to buy a small hook from Lindy
  • Knitting with Beads using Denture Dental Floss (Diana)
    • To participate, you need to bring:
      • A few yards of your 2- or 3-ply handspun yarn
      • Knitting needles suitable for the yarn you are bringing
      • (It may be helpful if you have already cast-on ~10 to 20 stitches and knitted the beginning of a swatch that you will then practice adding beads to.) 
        Think you may get to this level after the meeting?

    • Show & Tell -- 
      • Any follow-ups from angora at the last meeting?
      • Any fun stuff from Greencastle?
      • Anyone have yarn or finished project they would like to share -- an item that you are proud of, or learned from, or was a "first", or ...  to share with others about your spinning journey.  


    Business Items & Overall Agenda

    • June Topic: Chiengora  (Shelly to lead topic)
    • Feast of the Hunters Moon: Call for Volunteers
      • Children's Days? (Thurs & Fri)
      • Main Days (Sat & Sun)
    • Potential Speakers/ Programs
      • Esther Peregrine (Silks, silk worms, silk reeling)
      • Kate Larson 
        • November / December
        • Commitment NOW (or I will NEVER ask her AGAIN) 
        • Example possible classes: 
          • Spinning for Socks
          • Spinning a Sound Single
          • Color & Creativity for Spinners
          • Finishing School: washing, blocking, fulling
          • Luxury: spinning fine fibers for beautiful cloth
          • Spinning Spectacular Yarns for Knitting 
          • Spinning Lace
    • Reminder:  Spinning Event at Prophetstown (Sun, Jun 12, 1 - 3 pm)
      • Volunteers?
      • Committee to plan event?
    • Coming up: Hoosier Hills Fiber Festival (HHFF), Franklin, IN:  Fri/Sat Jun 3/4; link:  HOME | HHFF (hoosierhillsfiberfestival.com)
      • Anyone taking a class??
    • Saturday meet-up for Newer members / Those wanting a Topic Refresher
      • at my house
      • to focus specifically on "beginning" topics:  wool washing, flicking, carding, blending, beginning spinning, beginning plying, beginning knitting (sorry, I don't crochet ...) in order to make a small item from start to finish throughout the year  
      • Need a follow-up meeting for Focus on Blending -- What day to meet, early in month?  Focus on blending other fibers with wool.  Attendees need to bring their washed and flicked wool from last meeting!
      • To continue closer to schedule: a second meeting later in the month?  Topic: Spinning.  What day to meet?
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