Free Heddles – I think they’re just the standard wire heddles from Leclerc. They are 10.5″ long tip to tip and were given to me but I can’t use them on either of my looms. My best guess without counting, is there are about 100 or so wrapped in the paper bundle and the way they are wrapped leads me to believe they’ve never been used.
If anyone in the guild can use them, email me (weavingonmain@gmail.com) and I’ll bring them to the meeting next week.
Thanks much,
Diane
NVWG members are invited to a private tour of Twisted Again, led by the curator, Lyn Christiansen, at 11 am on Tuesday Feb. 9th. We will meet at Fiber Loft at 10am to carpool. The exhibit is at Lasell College in Auburndale (part of Newton). The address of the gallery is 47 Myrtle St., Auburndale. There is more information at www.braidart.net. Parking space is limited so car-pooling is recommended. I need a car count so Lyn can secure our places. Please let me know if you will be coming. sostberg@charter.net. There is a facebook page and Lyn can friend you to join it if you wish. This should be a fun outing. There will be modern kumihimo pieces as well as a few traditional Japanese ones. Susan Ostberg
The gallery is open Tues thru Saturday 1-4. The artist reception is Sunday Feb 9 from 4-6, which might be a fun day to go, but I may have another commitment that day. Wondering if anyone would be interested in going on Tuesday afternoon, either Feb 2 or Feb 9? I can drive.
Twisted Again: The New Kumihimo that is on from February 2 – 22, 2016 at The Wedeman Gallery in Auburndale, Massachusetts, US
Curated by Lyn Christiansen (Massachusetts, US) who is also exhibiting, there will be work by Jacqui Carey (Devon, UK), Hiroko Ojima (Kochi, Japan), Jennie Parry (Leicester, UK), Makiko Tada, (Tokyo, Japan) and Helen Vonow (Adelaide, Australia).
More details on:
TWISTED AGAIN: THE NEW KUMIHIMO
and www.braidart.net
Learn about the fashions and textiles of the 1860’s. Fabric of the period was vibrant and women used it to create spectacular clothing for themselves and their families. At our next meeting, I’ll be giving an overview of cloth common during the mid-19th Century, some no longer in production, and how it was used to create various types of garments from underpinnings and dresses to bonnets and outerwear. We’ll review some of the these fabrics with examples and photos of original garments and reproductions made from modern versions of the cloth.
Here is a video about Life Care Center of Nashoba Valley, where we donated our blankets. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UBWI11vbObs&feature=youtu.be
Here are a few of the blankets woven by our members for donation to Life Care Center of Nashoba Valley.
Posted on behalf of Chris Sterling:
“I am a charter member of the Bolton Artisans Guild. We will be having our 12th annual holiday exhibition and sale this Saturday from 1 to 4 at The First Parish Church on Route 117 in Bolton. Please come by and see the wonderful and diverse articles created by my fellow guild members.”
Thanks again to Judith for a great hands-on program on Tuesday!
I mentioned that the Nashoba Valley Knitters’ Guild is having Linda Cortright from Wild Fibers coming to give a presentation on her recent travels in the Falklands and about the Fiber School Linda started in the Himalayas this year. You don’t want to miss this. She is a fabulous speaker and has generously offered to find time for the guild despite her busy schedule. Guests are welcome. A $5.00 fee applies to them.
It’s on Wednesday 6 January 2016 at 7 pm at the St. Theresa’s Church, 15 Still River Rd., in Harvard.
We’re hoping to do a joint program with the NVKG sometime next year. We have lots of fiber in common!
Reba asks that we bring our woven lap blankets to the Guild meeting on Dec. 1. If you can’t make it then, you can leave them at the Fiber Loft by Dec. 15.
Bring them in and let us all admire them!