Threads Along the Peace - April

Happy Birthday, Peace Country Spinners and Weavers.  Happy 30^th Birthday!  Our group was founded in Beaverlodge Alberta in 1984.

The Threads Along the Peace Newsletter has been mailed recently.  It is an excellent read.  A few extra copies are available for any newcomers. Just ask. 1358@telus.net

How are your Sprang projects coming along?  The newsletter has pictures of two of Loretta’s beautiful projects.  Very inspiring.  Please remember to bring your Sprang projects to the meeting in April.

April 12-13 is the Theo Moorman workshop in Fort St. John BC instructed by Cheryl.  Hope you have sent in your registration to Marion, the treasurer, so Cheryl can send you a warp. The venue is in the same building as Cheryl Peebles Studio, 10244 99^th Ave. Fort St. John.

A Chinese gift exchange is taking place to celebrate our 30^th year!  Please bring along a Mug Bag and Mug for exchange.  Construction of this bag must fall within the mandate of PCSW – made from a specially woven piece of fabric, a left over piece of material, hand woven,  felted, handspun- knitted or crocheted.  Put nice mug in special bag in a brown bag for the exchange.  Don’t be daunted by this.  Do the best you can within the limited time frame.  It is more important and fun to participate than not. The exchange will start the day on Saturday, so everyone will have their own mug for the weekend.

The General Meeting of the Peace Country Spinners and Weaver will take place at 9:30 on April 13.  Hope interested people will attend even if not attending the workshop.  We need lots of input from as many members as possible for making plans for future events.  The meeting is being held at the same location as the workshop, 10244 99^th Ave. Fort St. John.  Come and see how far the workshop weaving has progressed.

 

The Handspun and Hand woven Desiderata

Go placidly amid the noise and haste of the spinning and weaving studio and remember what peace there may be in spinning and weaving in silence.  As far as possible without surrender be on good terms with all persons in your guild.  Speak your truth quietly and clearly at guild meetings.  Listen to others in your guild, the beginners and the experienced; they too have their story. Avoid loud and aggressive arguments in your guild meetings, they are vexations to the President (presiding over the meeting.)  If you compare yourself with other spinners and weavers, you may become vain and bitter and quit the craft; for always there will be greater and lesser spinners and weavers than yourself.  Enjoy your spinning and weaving achievements as well as your plans for future projects.  Keep interested in your spinning and weaving career however humble; it is a real possession in the changing fortunes of time management.  Exercise caution in your spinning and weaving business affairs; for the world is full of moth eaten fleece.  But let this not blind you to what virtue there is; many persons strive for high twist counts and everywhere life is full of yarn sales.  Be yourself.  Especially do not feign complements about your latest project.  Neither be cynical about purchasing another spinning wheel; for in the face of not owning one spinning wheel, many wheels are as perennial as grass.  Take kindly the counsel of elder guild members, gracefully surrendering the odd ball of yarn for the door prize table.  Nurture strength of spirit to shield you in sudden misfortune of broken warp threads.  But do not distress yourself with imaginings that your current project is a monstrosity.  Many fears of project failures are born of fatigue and isolation from the guild.  Beyond a wholesome discipline, be gentle with yourself, not spinning or weaving for excessive durations. You are a child of the woven universe, no less than the tapestry woven trees and Ecuadorian woven stars; you have a right to spin and weave.  And whether or not it is clear to you, no doubt the front warp beam is unfolding as it should.  Therefore be at peace with your spouse, for he/she is a patron of the Arts, and whatever your labours and aspirations regarding spinning and weaving, in the noisy confusion of your studio and your guild studio, keep peace with yourself and your spouse.  With all the sham, drudgery and broken dreams of big box stores, it is still a beautiful spinning and weaving world.  Be careful with that new warp.  Strive to be happy doing the housework.

                                              found in the two ton stash of an ancient spinner and weaver.