December Guild Meeting – Dec 8th!

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Our December meeting is a HOLIDAY POTLUCK!  and we are holding it on the second Saturday rather than the first Saturday.

Please join us as we close out the year and have a potluck lunch together.  We will meet at the San Antonio Village Clubhouse where we have had several meetings in the past.  It is at 39 N. San Marcos Rd.  We are meeting from 10:30 – 1:30 with a short meeting at 11:00 including awards and scholarship reports then LUNCH and DESSERTS!  No raffle this meeting.

The first Saturday is the WAKE Center Arts and Crafts Fair from 10-4.  The weaving class will have a table with wonderful woven items and there will art and craft from the other classes also.

November Guild Meeting – November 3rd

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Robin Lynde from Meridian Jacobs Farm https://www.meridianjacobs.com will give a presentation on the World of Wool: Breeds of sheep and influences on fiber characteristics.

If you are a yarn lover and want to know about wool this will be fun and informative. The Saturday morning presentation at our regular Guild meeting is free and open to the public. November’s Meeting will be at Maravilla.

If you wish to learn more Robin will have a two day workshop beginning on Saturday afternoon from 1-4 and concluding on Sunday from 9-4, and this will be at San Antonio Village.  Workshop attendees will card, comb and spin a variety of color combinations.  Please see the newsletter for details on signing up.

October Guild Meeting – note changes

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We are hanging a show!

We will NOT be having our regular Saturday meeting in October.  Instead, we are having a Fiber Arts Show at the Goleta Library and the Reception, on Sunday, October 7th, 2-4 in the afternoon, will serve as our October gathering.  Members please get your entry form in and friends and family join us at the Reception or see the show during the month of October. 

September Guild Meeting – with Deborah Jarchow

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Deborah Jarchow will demonstrate warping and weaving on a Rigid Heddle Loom.

The meeting will be held at the San Antonio Village Clubhouse at our regular time of 9:30 (social time) followed by a short business meeting and then the featured speaker.

The beginning Rigid Heddle workshop in the afternoon is full but there is room in the workshops on Sunday and Monday for more advanced techniques.

August Guild Meeting

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Dye Day at Tucker’s Grove Park – August 4th (9 am to 3 pm)

Once again we will have multiple dye vats set up for sampling.  This year it is indigo and mushroom plus cochineal and oxalis! (if everyone remembers to bring their frozen flowers!)

This is always a fun day.  Please remember to bring a picnic lunch and any dye vat you want to share.  There will be some shibori tools available. Bring gloves and wear old clothes. Bring something to dye, please note it must be a natural fabric to take the dye well.  Nothing large or bulky and not too many items.  The public is welcome.  Bring your lunch and something to drink, it may be warm

Tucker’s Grove is at the intersection of Turnpike and Cathedral Oaks.  Look for us at one of the picnic areas not too far in.

July Guild Meeting – Time off for Convergence!

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We will NOT have our regular monthly meeting in July because so many members will be off attending Convergence www.weavespindye.org/convergence-2018 .

Use the extra morning to prep for our August Dye Day in the park (August 4th at Tucker’s Grove).  Details here mid July.  Or you might want to work on a piece for our Fiber Show at the Goleta Library in October!

June Guild Meeting – Rug Hooking with Mary Stanley

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Adventures in Rug Hooking

Local fiber artist, Mary Stanley, will present a brief history of rug hooking, many of her rug hooked creations, and some from her friends. She will present a demonstration of the art of rug hooking and give everyone the chance to try it out.
Mary has been a member of a local rug hooking group called the Association of Creative Females for many years and shared adventures meeting other rug hookers in different countries over the years.

We meet at 9:30 for social time/short business meeting and then the presentation!

The Maravilla Clubhouse is the Guild’s location for June 2nd. The Clubhouse is a
freestanding building with columns in front and it’s the first thing you see
when entering the main Maravilla entry road from Calle Real.
From 101 N, exit at Patterson Ave.; turn north, toward the mountains, onto
Patterson and then left onto Calle Real. Continue on Calle Real, the entrance to
Maravilla is on the right at the stoplight. Or, take the Fairview exit and follow
Calle Real past the Calle Real Center, and Maravilla will be on the left at the
light. The street address is 5486 Calle Real, Goleta.

May Guild Meeting – Fiber Artist Georgeanne Alex

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Personality, culture, history, and art are woven into the vintage material that
Georganne Alex has chosen for her line of accessories and clothing. Nowhere
is this more apparent than in her use of the Japanese kimono, a primary
source for inspiration and design in Georganne’s work.

Georganne started weaving through Adult Education classes in 1982 and has
continued to perfect her craft for the past 27 years. She practices both onloom
and off-loom weaving which makes her work a fusion of techniques as
well as fabrications.

Visit www.alexclothing.com for more info about Georgeanne’s work.

The Maravilla Clubhouse is the Guild’s location for May 5. The Clubhouse is a
freestanding building with columns in front and it’s the first thing you see
when entering the main Maravilla entry road from Calle Real.
From 101 N, exit at Patterson Ave.; turn north, toward the mountains, onto
Patterson and then left onto Calle Real. Continue on Calle Real, the entrance to
Maravilla is on the right at the stoplight. Or, take the Fairview exit and follow
Calle Real past the Calle Real Center, and Maravilla will be on the left at the
light. The street address is 5486 Calle Real, Goleta.

April Guild Meeting – Member Led Workshops

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Saturday, April 7th
Member-led workshops: Several of our members will be leading mini-workshops in
a variety of techniques. Come and learn something new!

– Phyllis Haecker will, by popular demand, show how to fold boxes out of paper. All
materials provided.
– Kenna Hickman will bring many different fibers, carders, combs, blending board,
spinning wheels, and drop spindle to show you how to be a spinner. All materials
provided.
– Debbie Carlen will show how to crochet a nylon kitchen scrubby. These were very
popular at the WoW Sale. Yarn will be available but please bring your own crochet
hook #G, H or I.     BEGINNERS WELCOME!
– Jeanette Mustacich will guide you how to make a Granny Square. Knowledge of
basic stitches needed. There will be yarn and hooks for you who want to try. If you
wish to make a project of your own, please bring worsted yarn in at least two colors
and appropriate size hook. Please bring your own scissors.
– Amy Rossi For those who always have been curious about knitting, Amy will
demonstrate how to cast on, knit and purl. Yarn is provided. Please bring knitting
needles size 8.
– Annie Guillemette is looking forward to demonstrate basic embroidery stitches. A
kit will be available. Please bring your own small scissors.
– Bev Ryan answers the question, what is the best way to spin those fine downy
fibers? An Indian takli, originally used to spin cotton. I have used it to spin
cashmere, camel down, qiviut (musk ox), buffalo, yak, and cotton. I will have some
spun examples, and some yak down to demo.

Location: San Antonio Village Clubhouse, 39 San Marcos Rd, Santa Barbara

March Guild Meeting is SPECIAL!

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Our March Guild Meeting is the much anticipated biennial FIBER FRENZY!  That is why we are announcing early so y’all can get ready.  It is a great time to clean out your closet, reduce your stash and buy someone else’s!

This event is a sale to benefit our scholarship fund and there is always a good selection of YARN, FABRIC, BOOKS and TOOLS, all fiber related of course (spinning, weaving, quilting, needlework, knitting, crocheting, basketry and dyeing).  Maybe some special finished handmade items too. You can donate your old goods to the Guild or split the profits.  Because of the time needed to package and label everything there is a deadline of March 5th.  If you know where the CCL Wake Center weaving class is take it there (Tues/Thurs 10-4) otherwise CONTACT us and we’ll give you a number to call to arrange something else. 

You can also take it with you to our February Guild Meeting on February 3rd.