NEXT MEETING:  JULY 6, 2022  6:30 - 9:00 PM

Art Studio room in the basement.  Please remember to arrive between 6:15 and 6:30 p.m., as TAF building doors will be watched to open for you during this time, and after that time, the doors are locked.  

Hands-on Agenda: Fleeces from The Farm

Open Spin / Socializing  Bring your wheel or spindle or other project to work on

We will be dividing up the fleeces from Prophetstown State Park between interested members (2022 dues paid) of Tippewa Spinners

The fleeces of: Thelma & Louise
Cocoa to Cocoa's "mom" for special project work

To participate, you need:to be a paid member of Tippewa Spinners. Bring plastic bag(s) to take raw fleece home

Business Items & Overall Agenda

Diana and Carolyn at Prophetstown 

Prophetstown State Park -- Thank You!
Thank you to Vilija D., Carolyn F., and Sonja R. for demonstrating spinning at The Farm's Family Day event on Saturday, June 11th.  Greatly appreciated!!
(Question to Vilija:  any follow-up from Wolf Park regarding Wolf &/or Bison fiber?)
Thank you to Lois B., Allison C., Kendall F., Dagmar F., Heather M., and Sonja R. for making the Spinning Event on Sunday, June 12th happen!!  You were all superb teachers and coaches and it couldn't have happened without you!!! 

Spinning Demonstrators at Tippecanoe County Fair

Demonstrators needed Mon, Tues, Wed, Thurs of Fair Week (July 18 - July 21)
Two shifts each day: 2 p.m. - 5 p.m.; 5 p.m. - 8 p.m.
Be Ready for Sign-up sheets!!!

FIELD TRIP!!!  Wabash Woollen Works

 Decision(s) needed at THIS meeting!!!

• Natural Dye Class -- Sign-up Sheet
  • Target dates:
    • first choice  Saturday, August 24th
    • 2nd choice: Saturday, Sep 3rd (Labor Day weekend)
    • 3rd choice:  Saturday, Sep 24th
  • Lisa Gilman (owner)
  • Cost: $35-$40 per person
    • Minimum number of 8, maximum number of 16
    • 8 to 10 dye vats
    • pick some dyestuffs from her gardens, like hibiscus flowers
    • NOW through early Sep is the time to get flowers out of her gardens
    • each participant will get 2 dyed 55-yard skeins.  Additional skeins $5 each.  Skeins are Merino or Merino/alpaca or other good quality fiber(s).
    • will include tour of mill (not running) and/or overview/use of other activity like felting equipment
    • Bring sack lunch & beverages
    • 10 a.m.'til 3 or 4 p.m.
• Tour of mill while running -- Sign-up Sheet
  • cost: $10-$12 per person for ~10-15 people
  • Bring sack lunch & beverages
    
  • Will include tour of mill (not running) and/or overview/use of other activity like felting equipment
    
    • Overlap items with dye class, except mill not running during dye class
  • Target dates:
    • Mon, Aug 26th
    • Mon, Sep 12th
    • Mon, Sep 19th
  • 10 a.m. - 2 or 3 p.m. (about 4 to 4-1/2 hours)
• Potential items for sale -- Request Sheet
  • Sells mostly yarn
  • extra 55-yard skeins from dye class, previously dyed by the mill, $5
  • Not typically roving, but will prepare some if we request ahead ($4/oz; sold in "bumps ranging from 5 to 10 oz; will not break apart bumps)
  • Merino, Merino/Alpaca blends, Merino/Bamboo blends, Cormo, Polypay

Update Potential Speakers/ Programs

• Previously discussed:
  
  • Kate Larson 
    • Second e-mail to Kate sent on 6/17/2022; no response as of 7/1/2022
    • Sent Kate first e-mail on 5/13/2022; no return response as of 6/17/2022
    • 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
        
    • Esther Peregrine (Silks, silk worms, silk reeling)
      • Nothing further pursued
      • With no responses from Kate, want to pursue, or wait longer for response from Kate?

Pick a Topic for August

• repeat of cable yarns?
• Gotland wool?
• Art yarns?
  
• Needle felting?
• Other ... ???

Additional meet-up for Newer members / Those wanting a Topic Refresher

• at my house [Diana's]
• 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!
• Need to re-start with wool washing / flicking / handcarding?  (New members interested?)

Show & Tell --
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.  

Volunteers to help any new members with continued learning with drop spindles