Date: Saturday, October 14, 2023
Time: 10:00 to Noon
Location: It'll Be at Karen F's home. Check your member email for details!
Dye Day!
Saturday, October 14, we will spend a couple of hours doing a bit of natural dyeing and printing by rolling flowers in cloth. We’ll have an indigo vat and scarves handkerchiefs that members can use. You can also bring fibers, yarn, or cloth to dye, there will be a mordant bath available. In order to ensure that everyone gets to dye in the indigo bath, we are asking that everyone brings just 4 ounces of fiber/yarn/cloth (protein and cellulosic). If you want to dye something larger, you can wait until everyone has had a chance to dye something that then folks are welcome to use up the dye. If there is leftover unexhausted dye liquor, you are welcome to take some home if you bring something to carry it in.
Take a look around the web for information of indigo dyeing. It is a fascinating and ancient art. Yvonne and others have been collecting flowers to use for printing. You are welcome to bring your own. There will be bottles of cold water, bring any other food or drinks you’ll want. Bring a chair and plastic bags or buckets to carry your beautiful but wet items home. Masks are welcome and optional.
Yarn Ball is coming!
The time for our December party, the Yarn Ball, will be here too soon. We will exchange gifts, as usual, and this year the gifts will be a skein of yarn from your stash (well, ideally from your stash). Something lovely that you’ve decided isn’t really you. Something nice that would cost around $15.
Please help!
We need to call a nominating committee and find new board members. Please consider participating in these two essential parts of this guild. Help keep the guild interesting! Contact Allie our president and join this fun part of the guild.
Membership Dues and Renewal
The Guild’s membership year runs January through December. Annual dues are $25 per individual, and $30 per family. Dues are due by February 28th, but you can join anytime. New member dues when joining after June 1st are $12.50 for the remainder of the year.
