LA Brown Cotton Project
This was sent via email thru our website, so I’m passing it along. Even if you don’t spin, it sounds like an interesting project! Read below:
Hello from North Louisiana,
I raised over 300 Louisiana Brown Cotton plants this summer. We have almost finished picking and ginning. Would you be interested in some fiber?
You can see the project on my Facebook page. ANTHONY LIONEL MULLINS. Louisiana Brown Cotton Project 2015 folder for the photos.
There is also a great new documentary about the BROWN COTTON. Here is the link…….. https://www.facebook.com/AcadianBrownCotton?fref=ts
Tony Mullins
Meeting Reminder, Get your creative juices flowing on Oct 27th!
The next meeting of the Nashoba Valley Weavers’ Guild will be held at the Fiber Loft on Tuesday, October 27th. Come at 7 to socialize, check out selected library items and for refreshments. The meeting will begin at 7:30 pm.
Weaving Design Poker!
Have you ever needed inspiration in your weaving, or maybe just a little nudge in a different direction? Have you ever wanted to just let your imagination run wild when planning a weaving project? Do you have trouble choosing WHICH of your many great ideas you should implement next? Well do we have a game for you!
At the next regular NVWG meeting on Tuesday 27 October, Penny Lacroix will be dealing. Dealing cards, that is. We’ll be playing a variant of 5-Card Draw that will get everyone thinking warps and wefts, triads and neutrals, blocks and twills. When you just have to describe it (not actually weave it), your weaving juices will flow freely. Your designs will be limited only by your own imagination! This is for weavers at all levels, from very beginner through advanced.
Guild Challenge:
Once we’ve all warmed up our imaginations, we’ll deal a final hand to generate challenges. By the end of the evening, everyone will have a set of cards that will inspire them to weave something at their own level for our 2015-16 Guild Challenge. The woven products and their stories will be brought to the June 2016 potluck to share with everyone.
If you would like to participate in the Guild Challenge but can’t make it to the October meeting, please contact Penny (mailto:weaver39@gmail.com) and she’ll make sure you get some cards appropriate for your personal weaving challenge.
Tapestry weaving in progress!
There are 8 us enjoying the tapestry weaving class with Janet Austin. Here’s what Arlette has woven so far.
8-dent reed give away
I have an 8-dent reed. It is not stainless steel but in ok shape. It is 45″ long but 6″ high. It doesn’t fit any loom I have. Anyone interested? I can bring it to the meeting next week.
“New Textiles” show at Mobilia, Cambridge
A group invitational, The New Textiles: Transformed will include works showcasing a variety of unique techniques and unlikely materials that mirror the look of textiles and explore the definition of what a textile truly is. This exhibition will transform the possibilities of textile art through textural forms and media. Textiles can spring from unlikely sources including paper, glass, metal, silicone and plastics. The New Textiles celebrates the bold sculptural forms of baskets, the graphic imagery of tapestries and all surfaces that are embellished both narrative and abstract.
Sawyer Brook Fabrics
Just to let the sewists in the group know (Reba, here is the latest). Sawyer Brook has a new owner and is looking forward to the fall collection of fabrics. Here’s the link.
http://www.sawyerbrook.com/posts/behind-the-scenes/continuing-the-legacy-of-sawyer-brook-2/
article on textiles as technology
This is an interesting article on the history of textiles in the context of technological advances.
http://aeon.co/magazine/culture/how-textiles-repeatedly-revolutionised-technology/
Massive Yarn Sale
REMINDER from Guild Member Reba Maisel
TIME TO DESTASH!!!!
MASSIVE YARN SALE
Cones, Skeins, Assortments (a few vintage Rowan Kits), Free Patterns – all from my personal stash.
(Prices start at $2 – BARGAINS GALORE!)
cash or checks
Saturday and Sunday, October 3rd and 4th – 10 am – 4 pm
17 East Bare Hill Road
Harvard, MA 01451
(978) 456-8797
Driveway parking will be tight – additional parking is available on Armstrong road.
Fiber demos this weekend
I’m participating in 2 different events this weekend that might be of interest.
Historic Trades Day at Hartwell Tavern (part of Minuteman National Historic Park) in Lexington – I’ll be spinning in my great wheel.
Colonial Craft Day at the Old Chelmsford Garrison House – I’ll be weaving on an old barn frame loom that I rescued and revived.
Both events are free and open to the public.