30th Anniversary September 2014

Peace Country Spinners and Weavers celebrated our 30th Anniversary at the Lake Saskatoon Hall in September. Shannon represented 1984 by wearing a Missoni knit ensemble from that year, made in Italy, of wool, mohair, alpaca and nylon. Lorena had attended the first PCSW meeting 30 years ago.

 

 The Rya Rug or Wall Hanging Workshop presented by Donna Rudd was great.

 

 

Donna's wall hangings, rugs and fabric have to be experienced in person to understand their true sensual magic.  My pictures do not do them justice.

 

 

Hard at work learning the technique!

 

 

Show and Tell

 

Shannon's dyed yarn and Merino scarf

 



 

Marion's shadow weave scarf

 

 

 

Marjo's mohair and wool cowls

 



 

Norma's rug hooking sample, advertising the upcoming workshop.  A good way to use hand spun yarn.

 

Lake Saskatoon's day to dye for yarn samples

 

 

Things to look forward to:

 

October 25, 2014 Rug Hooking Basics and Rug Finishing course at Northern Light College. Contact 13585@telus.net. Final day for registration is October 18.

 

Poppy display at North Peace Cultural Centre lobby, Fort St. John, the first two weeks of November.

 

Spring 2015 Spin-in at Fort St. John Museum.

 

April 10-25, 2015 North Peace Spinners and Weavers Fibre Fling at Peace Gallery North, Fort St. John.

 

September 2015 Tapestry Workshop with Elaine Duncan at Blueberry Bible Camp, north of Fort St. John. Five day or two day workshops.

 

Remember the Theo Moorman sample exchange for the Spring 2015 meeting in Fort St. John.

 

 

Crazy Dyeing Days of Summer 2014

Peace Country Spinners and Weavers Fall Workshop-Weaving Using Locks with Instructor Donna Rudd, guiding us in the art of weaving in locks for a wall hanging or rug.  Lake Saskatoon Hall. September 20, 2014 9:00-4:30. Workshop fee: members $75, non-members $100-includes membership.  If just attending the lunch meeting: $10.00.  Supplies fee: $15.  Donna will provide small sample loom, locks from fleeces of suri, mohair and lincoln. Fees are payable to the treasurer.  Contact 13585@telus.net for more information.

Hearty Congratulations to Marjo on becoming a Master Spinner.  Well done!  We are so very proud of your accomplishment.

Theo Moorman Exchange Reminder: At the spring conference in Fort St. John a group of us decided to have an exchange of small designs done in the technique which we had just learned.  The design area is to be no larger than 3" x 4" (the overall can be a bit larger) so that it will work as a card insert.  Please have them ready to exchange at the spring conference 2015.

Crazy Dyeing Days of Summer at Charlie Lake- nothing lazy about it!.  What fun!

 

 

happy results from marigold flowers

 

 

indigo

 

 

commercial dye

 

 

 

crushing juniper berries

 

 

onion skin, marigold

 

 

indigo, birch bark, coreopsis, onion skin, marigold

and goldenrod

 

juniper berry

 

 

 



The Threads Along the Peace newsletter has been mailed to members.  Check it out if you do not receive yours in early September. Memberships are due in September.  Happy Harvesting!

 

 



Peace Country Spinners and Weavers, August 2014

Peace Country Spinners and Weavers can be found on Facebook.  Please come and be friends.

On August 3, 2014 Peace Country Spinners and Weavers demonstrated spinning and weaving at Dunvegan Provincial Park, close to Fairview, Alberta at the Open Air Market. 

September 20, 2014 Peace Country Spinners and Weavers will hold a one day workshop at Lake Saskatoon Community Hall. The instructor is Donna Rudd, and the workshop is: Weaving Lock Structured Wall Hanging or Rug. This workshop will demonstrate various techniques used to tie in locks in your weaving.  It will show how to remove locks correctly from fleeces, how to clean & prepare the locks, how to store the locks, and assorted types of locks that can be used for this weaving structure.  We will build a portable frame using PVC pipe. Costs will be $75 for members and $100 for non members. Materials fee will be $15 per person. maximum class size: 12.

 

This lovely old spinning wheel found in the lobby of the Lakeside Country Inn at Savona, BC, inspired a new feature: Spinning and Weaving found on our travels.  Please send pictures and explanations and website links and they can be post throughout the year. 1358@telus.net

Leola's Studio at Whippletree Junction, close to Duncan, BC.  The first cover up is a woven adaption of a knitting pattern woven by one of Leola's students. www.Leolasstudio.com

 

 

 

 Leola's woven items for sale.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Weaving on Leola's Community Tapestry.

 

 

 

Yvonne Stowell, FibreWorks Studio & Gallery 12887 Sunshine Coast Hwy, close to Sechelt, B.C. www.fibreworksgallery.com  One of the yurts is a working studio (with heated floors).  Weaving lessons are held there on a weekly basis.  Another yurt is a gallery of Yvonne's and other local spinners' and weavers' work.  There is also a gallery for travelling exhibits. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

drawer of sale items

 

 

 

Yvonne spinning a luscious fibre for her knitted lace creations.

 

 

 

Joanne Waters' wire sculptures of West Vancouver BC as seen in FibreWorks Studio & Gallery

 

 

 

 

 

Check out these tapestries of Vancouver by clicking on the link or going to the reception.

 



Fibre Artist Sola Fiedler is pleased to present the Vancouver Tapestry (11.6' x 5.3') at grunt gallery's 30th Anniversary Party on Thursday, August 28, 2014, 6:30-8:30pm. Inspired by Vancouver during the 2010 Olympic Winter Games, the tapestry took the 78-year-old more than 5,000 hours to weave, beginning in May 2009.  View the full release and photos here: http://bit.ly/1n5G9MK

Location: MainSpace Community Gallery, 116-350 E. 2nd Avenue, Vancouver

The Tapestry will be on display from Friday to Saturday August 29 & 30, 12:00-5:00pm. Sola Fiedler will give an artist's talk on Saturday August 30 at 1:00pm.

You are invited to attend the private reception on Thursday, August 28, 2014, 4:30-6:30pm, which will precede grunt gallery's 30th Anniversary Party from 6:30-8:30pm.

Your invitation: http://bit.ly/1ld75VS

For questions, interview requests, and to RSVP, please reply Sandra Garcia, President, Conscious PR Inc.www.consciouspr.com | Blog: www.consciouspr.com/blog 1.604.721.0030

Lake Saskatoon Weavers

 

The Lake Saskatoon Weavers participated in this event this month.  They were using a blending board and spinning different colors of fibre for a fundraising event.  Each participant in a golf 4some picked a color that they liked and the colours were blended.  From there it was spun and then woven into a scarf.  The scarf was auctioned off, in advance of making it, for $200 and proceeds donated to ANSO.  ANSO Collectives and Educational Support Society is dedicated to the advancement of education, the relief of poverty, and the improvement of the status quo in disadvantaged communities in Africa, North America and Cambodia. http://www.ansoinfo.com/index.html

Mae, Lorraine, Marion and Shannon all participated and had a good time.  Here are some of the pictures.​

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Happy Summer, Everyone.  Happy Harvesting.  Happy Spinning & Weaving!

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