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Welcome!
We are a fiber guild, a support
group for fiber enthusiasts. We
are centered around the Fargo, North Dakota / Moorhead, Minnesota
area. We have members that spin, weave,
dye, knit, felt, and do other fiber arts.
Meeting Time and Place
Meetings are the second
Saturday of each month, from 10:00 AM to noon. The
meeting place may vary. Informal
gatherings also happen at random times.
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Calendar of Events:
Upcoming Events:
Celtic
Festival
Saturday, March 13th
Heritage Hjemkomst
Moorhead, MN
9:00
a.m. 4:00 p.m.
Hello Everyone,
Its nearly time for the
Celtic Festival and we need volunteers to help with our weaving activity.
The Celtic Festival will be Saturday, March 13, from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm
at the Hjemkomst Center, Moorhead.
We will have three tables, one for our display and two for the weaving
activity. Following are suggested times to volunteer. Please let me know
at mortonrs@cableone.net
when you will be able to help.
One or two people to help set
up starting at 9:00 am sharp! We will need to be done by 9:30.
You can stay all day or just a
couple of hours. Please indicate what times you would like to help.
9:00 9:30 2 people to set up
(plus Ruth)
10:00 12:00 4 people
12:00 2:00 4 people
2:00 4:00 4 people
The looms will be set up and
ready for weaving. Volunteers will help participants select yarn and get
them started weaving (showing them how to raise and lower the warp
threads and put the weft thread through to weave. Weaving experience not
necessary!! Instructions will
be provided in advance of the event.
I look forward to seeing you
for another fun day with eager young weavers!
Ruth Morton
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Recent Events:
New
Focus on the Fiber Arts
Our
October meeting ended with a consensus to try a new approach to our work
as a fiber guild. Many of us would like to delve more deeply into the
study of a specific area and improve our skills in areas such as
spinning, weaving, dyeing, and felting.
For
our November meeting, we will start with two groups - one for Weavers and
one for Spinners - who wish to learn and share new skills. Next focus
group meetings will be in January.
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Fiber
Challenge 2009
Mystery
Shawl Knit Along
At our spring
luncheon, Julie Slaby introduced us to our new challenge project.
The pattern will be
distributed over the next 11 months, plenty of time to work on the
shawl and have an opportunity to show it off at
our May 2010 luncheon.
There is only
knitting no purling.
The pattern will be
in chart form and only the odd number rows will be
shown.
So you will knit a patterned row then one plain
knit row.
The shawl will be
made of lace weight yarn -- 2000 yards will be needed
for this shawl.
Julie used a plain
white merino from JoJoland - 440 yards/50
grams.
Multi-colored, hand
painted yarns with short color repeats will not work very well. Julie
says that because of the overall garter stitch
and then a lace design the effect may come off as too busy.
Needles: Julie used
about a 32" circular.
Size G crochet hook
-- this will not be needed until the last month
Gauge: 5
stitches/inch before blocking
20 stitches by 30
rows measured 2.5 x 4" before blocking 4 x 4" after blocking
To join in the
mystery shawl knit along, contact Julie julie@piecesofstring.net
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