Valley Weavers & Spinners Meeting

November 4 — 6:00 Social Hour, 7:00 Meeting

Hauberg Civic Center — 1300 24th Street, Rock Island 

Program:  Oops!  Fixing Knitting Mistakes or Problems & Sharing Helpful Tools and Hints.  Gail M will lead the discussion.  Come with questions, helpful ideas, and bring your own Oops!  

Winter in Bloom, Hauberg Center’s Holiday Open House, is Sunday December 7th from noon to 4:00.  We will make plans at the meeting.  

October 2014 Meeting

Valley Weavers & Spinners October Meeting

Tuesday - October 7 - 6:00 Social Hour - 7:00 Meeting

Program - Using Handspun Yarn in Weaving

To add to the discussion, please bring items that you have woven from handspun yarn. 

Iowa Federation Meeting in Coralville on Saturday, October 4.

Pictures are from our Play Day at Abi's










Celebrate Weaving and Spinning Week - Oct. 6-12

Sponsored by HGA... Handweavers Guild of America

How will you participate?!  I joined a Spinzilla team!  

See http://www.spinzilla.org for more details

Valley Weavers & Spinners Meeting

September 2, 2014 - Hauberg Center, Rock Island

6:00 Fiber Hour - 7:00 Meeting 

Program:   Double Weave.  We will watch a few sections of a video and discuss the process.  Bring any double weave fabric you have made.  

Valley Weavers & Spinners Meeting

Tuesday - August 5 - Hauberg Center

6:00 Fiber Hour - 7:00 Meeting

Program:  Making Skeins for Competition and Spinning Cormo.  Gail M. will present the program

*Check out the Fiber Arts Exhibits at the Figge      http://www.figgeartmuseum.org/Exhibitions/Current.aspx

Several members have seen this exhibit and asked me to let fellow guild members know about this!

“Local Threads” and “Innovators and Legends: Generations in Textiles and Fiber"

May 24, 2014 - September 7, 2014

*Here’s a link to an NPR story about wool, spinning & knitting that Jennie B thought you may enjoy:   A Scottish Yarn: A Knit In Time Saves The Fabric Of Shetland Life        http://n.pr/1rXM2v8

Valley Weavers & Spinners Meeting

Tuesday, May 6

Hauberg Civic Center, Rock Island

6:00 Fiber Hour - 7:00 Meeting

Program - Longwools

Jan will lead a discussion on characteristics of Longwools, and ways to use these wools in weaving and knitting.  She will bring samples of them for members to handle and to spin.  

Upcoming Events

May 10 - Spinning Day at the Hull’s 

June 3 - VW&S meeting - Mary W. will teach Making Felted Jewelry

June 7 - Play Day at Abi’s

June 14, 15 - Iowa Sheep and Wool, Jasper County Fairgrounds, Colfax, Iowa

March 4, 2014 Meeting

Valley Weavers & Spinners Meeting

Hauberg Civic Center, 1300 24th Street, Rock Island IL 

March 4 - 6:00 Fiber Hour - 7:00 Meeting

Program:  Spinning With Alpaca and Shetland - Stacy, with Gail M.

You may wish to bring your wheels or spindles. There will be fleece to 

                spin!  

Some Upcoming Events:

• April 1 - Guild Meeting - Weaving - Overview of Overshot.  
• April 5 - Iowa Federation Meeting in Waterloo
• April 12 - Fibre Art Fair in Cedarville, IL  Classes and Vendors.   More info:   http://scfaf.webs.com

Due to the Weather Advisory for this afternoon and evening, the February 4, 2014 meeting has been rescheduled.  We will meet next Tuesday, February 11th.

February 4 - Meeting

Valley Weavers & Spinners Meeting

Hauberg Civic Center, 1300 24th Street, Rock Island IL 

February 4 - 6:00 Fiber Hour - 7:00 Meeting

Program:  An Overview of Twill Structure

In the Nov/Dec 2013 HANDWOVEN magazine, Madelyn Van Der Hoogt says, “It is no exaggeration to say that twill is the most illustrious and versatile of weave structures.”  

We will discuss twill characteristics, threading twill, weaving twill, its variations, and its uses in weaving.  

Please bring…your weaving class sampler if you have one… items woven in twill … books with information about twills.