Month: September 2010

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October newsletter and meeting

Our October newsletter is here; you’ll need Adobe Acrobat Reader to open and read it, which you can find here.

Our next meeting will be Tuesday, October 12 at 7 p.m. – Donna Holmes will lead a question and answer session on knitting socks; she’ll also talk about how learning techniques useful in sock knitting can help improve your knitting on all kinds of projects.  We’ll gather at the Carlisle Reservation Visitors’ Center on Nickle Plate Diagonal Road (directions here).  Join us – visitors always welcome.

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Weaving 101 Workshop coming up 10/29-31

Are you interested in learning how to weave?  Learn to design your project, create a warp, dress a loom and weave your project in a weekend, October 29-31.  This workshop is designed to help weaver wanna-bes (absolute beginners as well as those who would like some refreshers) learn how a loom works to their advantage!

For those completely new to weaving, there will also be a Pre-Weaving 101 workshop Saturday, October 23 to talk about vocabulary, parts of the loom, design principles, planning your project, calculating supply needs for a project – plus, there will be lots of samples to whet your whistle!

For more details, download the schedule and the registration form.

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September Newsletter and Meeting

Our September newsletter is here; you’ll need Adobe Acrobat Reader to open and read it, which you can find here.

Our next meeting will be September 14 at 7 p.m. – members are invited to bring items  that might fall outside the scope of our usual crafty interests for an extended Show and Tell: painting, tatting, button-making, woodworking – the sky and your imagination are the limit.  We’ll gather at the Carlisle Reservation Visitors’ Center on Nickle Plate Diagonal Road (directions here).  Join us – visitors always welcome.