Monthly Meetings

The Valley Weavers & Spinners meetings are on the first Tuesday of the month. Social Hour starts at 6:00 pm and the meetings start at 7:00 pm. We meet at the Denkmann-Hauberg house at 1300 24th Street, Rock Island, IL 61201.

If you are a gps funster here are the coordinates:
41.4993, -90.567195
41.4993-90.567195

N41° 29.958', W090° 34.0317'(precision: address)


Monday, July 28, 2014

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