NEXT MEETING:  August 7, 2024 - 6:30pm

THIS HEAT KIND OF SUCKS!

Our Guild meets in the 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. 

What's Happening This Meeting. . . 

Business Agenda

• Fiber Festivals
  
• The Michigan Fiber Festival is coming right up -- August 14 - 18.  Lots of classes, demos, fiber to purchase.
  
  
• Tippecanoe County Fair -- spoke with Mindy Swank (contact for us at the fair) about why spinners were unable (unwilling) to attend, hoping we will be granted better access for equipment drop off / pick up in the future.  How did the Lacemakers do with their demo at the fair (Dagmar)?
  
  
• Mark your calendars a month+ in advance for spinning demonstrations at The Farm at Prophetstown State Park. Their Country Fair event will be Saturday, September 21, from 11 am to 3 pm.
  
  
• As previously mentioned, Feast Application was sent in /check was cashed (confirming receipt of our application), but no "letter of acceptance" yet received.  Weavers?  Lacemakers?
  
  
• Any other items?
  
  
• Show & Tell ... handspun yarns, finished items (knitted, crocheted, woven), other.
  
  

Hands-On Agenda Item --     

Spinning Over-the-Fold with Long-Stapled Fibers (e.g., Silk, Wool)
                                                

Spinning Very Short-Stapled Fibers  (e.g., Yak) (e.g., Camel, Cashmere, Bison, Qiviut, etc.)

           -- from a Cloud
           -- from a Puni 
                                                

Blending Long and Very Short Fibers on Handcards (e.g., Silk & Yak), then Spinning Them

• If you plan to participate, please bring:
• your spinning wheel or drop spindle
• handcards
• scissors
• a 1/4" dowel or long knitting needle that is about 1/4" diameter
• any long-stapled and very short-stapled fibers you'd like to try out with the demonstrated techniques (limited amounts of these fibers will be provided).