Smoky Mountain Fiber Arts Festival

The Smoky Mountain Fiber Arts Festival will be held in Townsend, TN on April 20, 21 and 22, 2018. Hours are 9 to 5 Friday and Saturday and 10 to 4 on Sunday.

Link to an article on Fringe Twisting

We had a fringe twisting demo in our guild meeting in January so I'm posting this link to an Interweave article by Susan E. Horton, "Better Ways of Fringe Twisting".

https://www.interweave.com/article/weaving/better-ways-twisting-fringe/?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wt-alo-fb-180328-NL-TwistFringeBetter

March Guild Meeting Reminder and a couple items from last month's meeting

The next SVH Guild meeting will be on Saturday, March 17th at R&M Yarns (8510 Hwy 60, Georgetown, TN). This month's meeting will include an interactive demonstration by Sandi Suggs and Carla Boudrot on the use of pick up sticks.

We had a blast at the February Meeting learning to weave on a small triangular loom with Chris Bindrim leading the way. Some caught on better than others (with me being the 'others').

Here is Chris in teacher mode with some of his 'pupils'.

We had a great show and tell in February. Martha Ooten brought a shawl she created from weaving and beading 'freestyle'.

Coming up April 20-22, the SVH guild will be participating in the Smoky Mountain Arts Festival in

Townsend, TN. The SVH Guild will have a weaving demonstration as well as selling guild

members' handwoven items.

Some Food for Thought for Upcoming Guild Challenge

It seems like a long way off (September 15, 2018) but the deadline for our SVH Guild Challenge, Handwoven Wearable, will be here before you know it. I came across this article from Interweave and thought I would post the link. It gives a reference to a book written by the author of the article as well. I'll keep passing along tidbits as I find them.

https://www.interweave.com/article/weaving/designing-garments-loom/?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wt-alo-fb-180219-Repost-Technique-DesigningGarmentsOnLoom

Guild Meeting coming up

Reminder:

The SVH Guild Meeting is this Saturday, February 17th at R&M Yarns. Come and browse the shop and visit with your fellow Guild Members at 9:00AM, meeting starts at 9:30. For those wishing to participate in the triangular loom demonstration, please bring an E crochet hook and a tapestry needle. If you don't have a tapestry needle, R&M Yarns has a few to lend.

See you Saturday!

SVH Guild calendar of upcoming events and some cool pictures

Here are some upcoming meetings and events for SVH

February 17, guild meeting to be held at R&M Yarns, 8510 TN-60, Georgetown, TN 37336.

This meeting will include a demonstration on a triangular loom for regular and bias weaving. 

There will be an opportunity to get hands on practice during the meeting. For those wishing to participate in the triangular loom demonstration, please bring an "E" crochet hook and a tapestry needle. If you don't have a tapestry needle, there are some in the R&M studio available to borrow. 

April 20-22, the SVH guild will be participating in the Smoky Mountain Arts Festival in  

Townsend, TN. The SVH Guild will have a weaving demonstration as well as selling guild

members' handwoven items.

May 12 is the Fiber Educational Festival hosted by R&M Yarns. This is an annual event

focused on educating on all the steps that fiber goes through from animal to finished goods. 

The guild will have a preparation review for the Festival on May 5th and set up for the Festival

on May 11th. 

The September 15th SVH Guild meeting is the deadline for the 2018 Challenge. This year's

 challenge is a Handwoven Wearable Challenge. The challenge submission should include 

 a technique new to the weaver. 

The Guild Show will be scheduled for October and will include the display of the Handwoven

Wearables Challenge. 

Updates to the calendar will be published as they are available. 

At the January 20th guild meeting there was a demonstration of fringe twisting and a demo of an end feed shuttle. Here is a picture of Jane Collins demonstrating fringe twisting with a four clamp twister. See Jane twist, twist Jane twist.

The 2017 challenge was "It's in the Bag". Here is a pic of the entries for that challenge. Hoping this gets y'all fired up for the 2018 Handwoven Wearable Challenge. Start your planning now.

January 20th Guild Meeting

Our January meeting will be held at the R&M Yarns Fiber Art Studio on Saturday, January 20th. 

Come at 9 a.m. for shopping and socializing.  The business meeting will begin at 9:30.

There is a Keurig coffee pot available; bring your favorite K-cup.

The program will cover several "tools of the trade" such as fringe twisters, temples, end-feed & self-tensioning shuttles, electric bobbin winder, etc.  Everyone will have an opportunity to try these items to see if this is something they need to add to their weaving gadget list!

And, of course, we always encourage members and guests to bring their latest work for "Show & Share" time.  It's very common for others to become inspired by seeing your finished items!