February Newsletter Warkworth Spinners and Weavers

As the snow falls and the wind blows don't forget our monthly Guild meeting Feb.13, 2014 from 10am until 3pm. This month our meeting will feature Christine Muir and Viking knitting.

From Joan McCulloch

October 7, 2014 will be the 25th year since Spin In started.  Who would have thought in 1989 we would still be meeting annually to celebrate spinning, friendship and the sharing of information.  At our last meeting we discussed ways to make this a special day.  We discussed giving everyone a gift but the thought of providing 75-100 people with something was overwhelming. It was decided that in addition to our regular door prizes, we would have 25 fibre related door prizes.  These  could be books, magazines, fibre, Christmas ornaments.  If you have something, please bring it to a meeting and Joan McCulloch will assemble the prizes over the next months.  We do not want to leave everything until fall.

OHS eblast

Ontario Handweavers and Spinners

The Spin at Warp Speed Electronic Newsletter

January, 2014

Memberships

Thank you to everyone who has renewed their membership before the beginning of this year.  If you haven’t renewed yet, memberships and renewals are now available online.  

http://www.ohs.on.ca/members-section/memberships/

Donations

Thanks to our very generous donors - most of our funding needs are met through our memberships and donations by you, the members!  You can add in a donation with your membership.  Tax receipts are issued for donations, which can be directed towards administrative costs, education, scholarship fund, or our endowment fund.  http://www.ohs.on.ca/members-section/memberships/

UPCOMING EVENTS

Wasoon [Weavers and Spinners Of Ontario North]

Invites you to Something Superior May 2-4,2014 in Sault Ste. Marie, ON

2 speakers- Kati Meek and Su Butler

Workshops,Suppliers, Displays, Silent Auction. Invitational Show of Plainly Superior works by attendees

See www.ohs.on.ca for registration and accommodation details or contact russ.mason@shaw.ca

Southwest Regional Seminar

Mood Indigo

A Seminar for All Fibre Enthusiasts

The Strathroy Pioneer Treadlers Spinners and Weavers are hosting the next OHS Southwest Region Seminar “Mood Indigo”, on May 24, 2014, at 137 Frank Street, Strathroy.  Keynote speaker is Harriet Boon, a very experienced Indigo dyer as well as a spinner and weaver. Her presentation "Blue Moon - In Search of the Best of Blue" will follow global trade routes and consider the politics and intrigue of painters and textile guilds. In the afternoon there are 4 workshops to choose from, related to dyeing, weaving, spinning and basketry or a trip to the local Strathroy Caradoc Museum where there is an exhibition on quilts and coverlets  “Piecing Stories Together” and a guided tour to view their permanent textile collection and learn how the items are preserved.

You do not need to be a member of the OHS or your local guild nor do you need to have experience in any of the subjects. If you do have an interest in any of these activities and would like to find out more about it all, come and join us. For the more experienced fibre enthusiast there will be new avenues to discover.  

For registration information, please go to http://pioneertreadlers.blogspot.ca/  or contact Diny Warren Dinywarren@rogers.com 519 681 8454

Chesterville Spin-in

The Chesterville & District Heritage Society Annual Spin-In

Wednesday, February 12th, 2014, 9:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. Nelson Laprade Centre, 9 William Street. (in the Park) Chesterville Theme is 'Everything Shetland'

Again this year...Stash Busting! Bring good, clean stash you wish to give away or exchange for other stash on our new stash buster table.

Vendors  Door Prizes  Bring your lunch or enjoy a meal at one of the village restaurants.

Contact: Nancy MacMillan 613-448-1411 email: nancy.macmillan021@sympatico.ca Subject: Spin In

Resource Directory

The OHS is updating the Instructors Resource Directory.  This will be now be located on our

web site rather than in print. This way we can update it more frequently and distribute it further.  Please let us know the details of the educational opportunities that you offer, ie. workshops, lectures or programs, how far you are willing to travel, and any other special requirements that you might have. To be included you must be a member of theOHS.

Please complete the online form available under the Workshop Leaders tab on the Web site, or send information to list coordinator Bridget Lewis at (cblewis@bell.net).

OHS Board Positions Available

Secretary

Spinning Chair

Northern Regional Rep

Please contact Jo Mills, jomillsjo@gmail.com  for information.

Learning Opportunities

OHS Spinning Certificate Program

Level 1 of the Spinning Certificate Program will take place from August 16 to 23, 2014 at the beautiful Haliburton Campus of Fleming College. Participants must be familiar with a spinning wheel and able to spin a simple thread.  Please contact: createit@hsta.ca  1-866-353-6464 www.hsta.ca

Network Drafting Workshop with Jette Vandermeiden

Kingston Handloom Weavers and Spinners Studio, March 21 -23 2014.  Cost: $230.00

Contact: Bridget Lewis ( cblewis@bell.net )

Network drafting is a method of designing curvilinear  threadings for multishaft looms.  The weave design on the fabric shows more curvature and breaks the rigidity of the vertical/horizontal lines that weaves usually have. Two methods of designing will be used: digitizing and telescoping.  Using a freehand curve, you will learn to create a proper network draft by using various matrices called initials, and then develop a tie-up and a treadling plan.  

Please go to this link for more information about the following courses: http://torontoweavingschool.blogspot.ca/2014/01/spring-and-summer-weaving-workshops.html

LINEN WORKSHOP, $280 ($200 if you register before February 14!), plus materials $45 Riverdale Farm, Toronto, Saturday March 29 - Monday March 31 2014 9am to 4pm. Registration deadline: Friday February 28. Instructor: Jette Vandermeiden  Contact: Marion Kirkwood markirk@rogers.com

WOVEN SHIBORI June 2-6 2014 (5 days) $350 Burr House, Richmond Hill, On

Instructor: Kathleen Morris Contact: Line Dufour tapestryline@sympatico.ca

CRIMP AND CREATE June 10-12 2014 (3 days) $350 Burr House, Richmond Hill On

Instructor: Diane Totten  Contact: Line Dufour tapestryline@sympatico.ca

FONDAZIONE ARTE DELA SETA LISIO, Florence Italy June 16-20 2014

Instructor: Eva Basile - Intro to Jacquard Textiles June 16-20 2014  contact Line Dufour at tapestryline@sympatico.ca.

2 day Polychrome Crackle Workshop April 12/13, 2014 Saturday and Sunday 9 am-4 pm CAW Hall 611 Silvercreek Pkwy N, Guelph, ON

Instructor: Jette Vandermeiden Contact: Elizabeth Bryan at weaverbee@start.ca

If you know of upcoming weaving and/or spinning classes, please let us know about them: sandi@ohs.on.ca

Call for Proposals

Ontario Handweavers & Spinners Biennial Conference

Panoply—A Pan American Celebration of Our Fibre Craft Heritage

May 22 to 24, 2015 / Holiday Inn Burlington

Invitation to Submit Teaching Proposals

OHS invites instructors to submit proposals for hands-on workshops (pre-conference and conference full and half days) and lecture seminars (short sessions for awareness building and ½ day sessions for more in-depth exploration of the concepts) on fibre-related topics. Fibre related can include: weaving, spinning, dyeing, basketry, beading, business of art and craft, clothing construction, colour theory, computer applications, design, embellishment, finishes, creative process, ethnic investigations, felting, fibre education and/or history, rug-making, tablet weaving, tapestry weaving, and other fibre techniques.

The Instructor Proposal Kit is available at panoply2015.ca/call-for-instructors/.

The submission deadline is March 1, 2014 (updated Jan 2014). For more information, contact Sharon Gardiner, sharon.gardiner@rogers.com or Anita Caldwell,anitacaldwell@rogers.com

New OHS initiative -

Spinning and Weaving Resources for Youth Project Proposal

     One of the mandates of the Ontario Handweavers and Spinners is to arouse public interest in spinning and weaving throughout Ontario.  We propose supporting our members by developing a set of resources and activities that they could use when they are sharing their skills with young people (in schools, 4H clubs, Guides, Scouts etc)  Many of our members have ideas they have already used successfully; by offering an opportunity to share these ideas with each other, we assist each other, and also benefit children and youth throughout Ontario.  An additional feature of the resource activities would be to relate the activities to the Ontario Curriculum, in various subject areas and at various grade levels, especially Social Studies, Science and Technology, Visual Arts and Family Studies. This would assist teachers in their planning.

    In order to make this idea a reality, we need to form a committee of interested members who are willing to develop the resources. While they need not be teachers, it would be helpful to have some members who have experience teaching in Ontario schools, who are familiar with the curriculum. We especially need someone to chair the committee.   While funds (as usual!) are scarce, we have had a generous donation to help get this project started.  If you are interested in being a part of this project, would you please email me as soon as possible.  Sandi Nemenyi, President, OHS    sandi.nemenyi@gmail.com

Celebration!

To help celebrate the 60th anniversary of the Oxford Weavers and Spinners Guild, everyone is invited to attend an open house on February 25, 2014 from 2-4 pmat the 45 Delatre St., Woodstock, ON.  

FACETS

60 Years of the Oxford Weavers and Spinners Guild

    Woodstock Art Gallery

     January 11 to March 1, 2014

     An exhibit of six decades of handwoven and

handspun creations from past and present members.

      www.woodstockartgallery.ca

     Reception and Fashion Show

     Saturday February 8, 2014 at 2 p.m.

     Featuring Master Weaver Inge Dam

         www.ingedam.net

Just for fun….

In case you ever wondered how tartans are made, it’s really simple…Click here...

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Hope the weather is good and I will see you all there  Lee