Walnuts in October

What a great day !

The weather cooperated so well and we were able to dye with Black Walnuts outside at Kim's place.

We had 4 dyepots with 4 different dye lots, so to speak. All the walnuts for each of the 4 pots were collected in different areas and soaked for differing time periods.

It was a "horizontal" dye experiment.

We all soaked our skeins and fibres and added them to the different pots.



We laid the skeins and fibres on a drying rack.

Here are the results! It was very interesting to see that all the dyepots gave different results. Especially interesting was Shirley's 3 year old "walnut liquor" which dyed the skeins grey, not brown.

We all agreed that it was a fun and educational experience.

Port Hope Fair

We participated again at the Port Hope Fair 2013, along with the Northumberland Hooks and Needles Guild.

We set up a display and took turns demonstrating all weekend. As usual, it was a fun time at the Fair.

The Fair Theme was the letter "B", so the display was all about things that begin with "B". We had blue and brown skeins, bees, bunnies, bears, baby booties made from bunny hair, bags, a Bog jacket, a 

Catching up 2

In June, Astrid led us through the art of Kumihimo. 



Catching up

Not having posted for a while, there's some catching up to do.

At our May meeting, Annie Wall came from Wilno to teach us how to weave small tapestries on a card loom.



April meeting and THE GATHERING

 DON'T FORGET:

The annual "Gathering" of spinners, weavers, knitters, crocheters

and all manner of fibre folk

will take place on April 13th, 2013  - 10AM to 3 PM

at the Port Hope Recreation Centre

Vendors,        door prizes,      refreshments

LOTS OF FUN !

Admission: $5

Our April meeting saw few of us attending - some were away, others fighting a bug or two.

Wendy had prepared a colour blending workshop for us using Deb Menz' book "Color in Spinning" as a reference. Those in attendance really enjoyed the process.

Wendy has more ideas about blending for colour. We'll have to revisit this topic next season when hopefully more of us can attend and enjoy.

Kim and Yvonne

Yvonne's blend

Catching Up

Haven't posted for a while, but we've been busy.

First of all  - we had a display in the showcases of the Cobourg Public Library for the month of March. Astrid, Kim and Mara set it up and it looked great!

They gave us 2 side by side display cases to use.

Detail of the Easter shelf - all needlefelted.

The left showcase

The right showcase.

The pink sign advertises the Gathering.

Then - at our March meeting, we decided to change our name to

THE GREAT PINE RIDGE FIBRE ARTS GUILD.

All of us do so much more than just spin and weave and we thought that this would be a more appropriate name for our group.

At the March meeting, Mara did a presentation on "Un-natural Fibres" with lots of information and samples of fibres such as polyester, nylon, bamboo, milk, soy, viscose, etc.

Mara's samples

Our March "fun day" at Jane's, was truly a lot of fun.

Kim dabbles in wine making, as well as in fibre. She brought an assortment of wines for us to taste with our lunch - all delicious.

Wine and fibre - what could be better?

Fun Day February

We got together on the 23rd, to needlefelt some Easter-type items for our upcoming display at the

Cobourg Public Library.



Wendy, Shirley and Astrid are working on eggs,  

Kim's needleing an Easter lamb wall hanging

and Mara's felting a bunny - complete with knapsack containing mini eggs.

The display will be in the Cobourg library for the month of March.

This will be an opportunity for us to advertise "The Gathering" as well.

The annual "Gathering" of spinners, weavers, knitters, crocheters

and all manner of fibre folk

will take place on April 13th, 2013  - 10AM to 3 PM

at the Port Hope Recreation Centre

Vendors,        door prizes,      refreshments

LOTS OF FUN !

Admission: $5

January Fun

Although the weather wasn't cooperative for either our scheduled December Pot-Luck

or for our monthly January meeting,

we were able to get together at Mara's for a fun day on the 19th of January.

Pat Leclair, of Dyeing For Colour Fibre Works, arrived with a car full of fibres and yarns, just in time for the great pot luck lunch.

After lunch, she explained her dyeing process and how she became interested in it, and then we "went to town" admiring  and shopping.