Sharing is one of the big benefits of guild meetings and that is especially true for study group meetings. Recently, a member mentioned online that she is interested in knitting with beads. A few days later at the spinning study meeting, Deborah Naramore (far left) brought six amazing hand-knitted and beaded shawls with packages of the beads she used, the patterns, and a tiny crochet hook to demonstrate how she places the beads as she knits. YouTube is great, but getting to ask questions and hold beautiful things in your hands is so much better.
The spinning study group is currently meeting in person on the fourth Wednesday of every month at 10:00am at St. Peter’s Catholic Church in Hoover. There is a roll call a few days before every meeting on the guild members' Facebook group.
The crochet and tatting study group meets on Zoom the third Tuesday of every month at 6:00pm. They also meet and share on the Crochet and tatting thread on GBFG's Ravelry forum.
Spin & Weave Night is a group of spinners and weavers that meet at night, the first Thursday of each month on Zoom in the GBFG Study Group Zoom room, 6:30 to 8:00pm. They use email and a Ravelry thread, Spin & Weave Night.
The band weavers study group has been on hiatus, but has been talking about resuming their meetings. They were meeting on the third Saturday of every month at the Hoover Public Library and those in person meetings may start back soon. This group communicates via an email group and a Ravelry thread on GBFG's forum, Band Weaving.
A new study group was recently organized by guild members who share an interest in quilting. They are meeting in the guild's study group Zoom room on the first Saturday of each month at 1:00. There is also a Ravelry thread, Quilting Quests, used for conversations and information sharing between meetings.
If you are interested in any of our study groups, contact them through the guild members' Facebook group or their Ravelry group thread by following the links above.
