Nashoba Valley Weavers' Guild

Need something interesting to watch while you wait for the new season of House of Cards?  Contact the guild librarian to borrow any of these DVDs:

• Laura Fry: The efficient weaver (2014) (new!)
• Tom Knisely: The loom owner’s companion (2011)
• Woven wearables and accessories: an exhibit featuring members of the Nashoba Valley Weaver’s Guild (2008)
• Peggy Osterkamp: Warping the loom from back to front (2005 and 2002, two copies)
• Mollie Freeman and Sara Lamb: Warp painting plus: garment design and construction tips (2005)
• Candace Crockett: Fabric painting with dyes on silk and cotton (2005)
• Tracy Penfield: Bodywork for weavers and fiber artists (1995)
• Patsy Zawistoski: Spinning cotton, silk & flax (1992)
• Donna Sullivan: Color interaction for handweavers (1991)
• Nancy Harvey: Tapestry weaving level I (1985)
• Nancy Arthur Hoskins: Boundweaving Level 1 and 2 (two disks)
• Sandra Betzina Webster: Handwoven and quilted garments

If you still own a cassette player, something nice to listen to while you weave is

• Carla Sciaky’s Spin the weaver’s song (1992)

Yes, we’re watching the weather forecast! Snow Cancellation Policy
If the weather outside is frightful how do you know if a meeting is cancelled? If the schools are closed in Harvard, MA then the meeting is cancelled. In addition the board will send out an email announcement by noon of the meeting day if the meeting will be cancelled. Finally, you can always call the Fiber Loftat (978) 456-8669 and inquire – if they are closed there will be no meeting!

BUT…..if the weather isn’t as awful as they are predicting, we will have a Guild meeting on Tuesday evening at 7pm. We’ll have a half hour of social/library time, a brief business meeting at 7:30, then move on to our program. We’re excited to present:
Textile Illusions in Film
Meghan Boemer will discuss techniques used in film costuming that create the illusion of various materials. This includes aging and distressing, sculptural textiles, armor and repurposing materials.

So let’s hope that the weather holds and we can all get together for some inspiration!
Laura, co-Chair

The Wayland Winter Farmers’ Market is off to a lively start and we are excited as the first of our (two) annual Farm Fiber Days is this Saturday, January 24th from 10 AM to 2 PM. (The second date is Feb. 21) There will be over 40 food vendors attending alongside 20 fiber vendors.​ Join us for breakfast and lunch in the lush greenhouse at Russell’s Garden Center.​

​Attending will be a talented ​group of ​local farmers who produce yarn, top, roving and finished fiber products from their own animals. Additional vendors include dyers of locally sourced fiber. Visit angora bunnies from Evergreen Farm and watch spinning (drop spindle and wheel) with Jonathan and Sheila Bosworth of Journey Wheel and sock making machine demonstrations by Subito Farm. Barbara Parry of Foxfire Farm will be signing her book, Adventures in Yarn Farming: Four Seasons on a New England Fiber Farm.
The location of the Market is Russell’s Garden Center, 397 Boston Post Road (Rt. 20), Wayland, Massachusetts. Market hours are 10 AM to 2 PM.

Vendors include:

A Hundred Ravens
Baaaystate Blanket
Dorchester Farms
Evergreen Farm
Foxfire Fibers and Designs
Foxhill Farm
Good Karma Farm
Greenwood Hill Farm
Hampden Hills Alpacas
Iron Horse Farm
Journey Wheel
Keldaby Farm/Moonshine Design
North Brook Farm
Petite Mort Fur
Rag Hill Farm
Raja Farm
River Valley Farm
Subito Farm
Windy Hamlet Farm
Windy Hill Farm
Winterberry Farm

Phone: 508-358-2283 ext. 336. Email:mallettpeg@gmail.com.

Jen Kapitulik (Rag Hill Farm) will teach a felting workshop from 1 to 3 PM. Please email Jen (limuw@aol.com) for details. The workshop will take place in the 3rd floor lecture room at Russell’s Garden Center.

You can follow us on Facebook to learn more about the market:
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Here is our website:
http://www.russellsgardencenter.com/html/winterFarmer