This month's meeting focused on show and tell. We had some new members join us, including a quilter and sisters who are interested in a little bit of everything fiber and wood.  David brought in some examples of yarn he has been spinning recently. He was especially excited about spinning Polwarth fiber, which was buttery and fun to work with. The roving he used to spin the yarn he's holding in this picture came from a company called Widdershin Woolworks based in New Mexico.  Phyllis brought examples of the inkle weaving she's been doing with students, including pick up patterns. Th ..read more

January in the UP has been very warm and we have little to no snow. I tried to attend our guild meeting 60 miles away, but found it was a total white out on my drive as soon as I left Ontonagon. I decided to turn around and return home. But Clare and Phyllis sent me the photos they took and a bit of information.   We had a nice turn out for our January meeting  Elaine ordered the mending loom and learned how to use it so she could demonstrate it for the guild. She then passed it around so our members could try it out. I did not hear if they were impressed with this littl ..read more

Robin Goatly   Pictures from our Fall Guild Retreat in October 2024. Mostly pictures for those who missed our get together and for us to remember the great time we had at the retreat. Not to mention the great food! We had 16 members participate and I heard it was a hit. We even have a few finished Tapestries from the class . I will add them at the bottom as they come in.   Teachers weaving with beads   M Finished tapestries by 12/16/2023 David’s front and back side Melissa L  ..read more

Karen T knit a cowl with hand spun yarn created from a mixture of Blue Leicester wool and Great Pyrenees dog hair. She also showed us her finished purse with the inkle loom woven band. She had more creations out of bark. Elaine took an online tapestry workshop from Rebecca Metzloff  She really enjoyed the workshop and she had a very nice tapestry as the result. She mentioned Sara Swette and Robbie Lafleur as good tapestry teachers. Karen M brought in some weaving she did on a Hazel Rose Loom and the loom and book with instructions. David showed his Knit and crocheted ..read more

 This month our meeting focused on a presentation by Phyllis Fredendall about her recent trip to Finland. Phyllis received a fellowship from the American Scandinavian Foundation to travel to Finland to study weaving. She studied täkänä (a.k.a. Finnweave/Double Weave Pickup). She also spent time visiting and weaving in educational centers including a folk school and the Finnish Taito Group, an umbrella organization for craft associations throughout the country.  Phyllis showing the group her 8 shaft linen yardage Showing the reverse side of täkänä piece, an al ..read more

We had a few members show up for our September meeting. Our first Saturday meeting for 2023.  Sean brought in a flower press 25 plus year old Flower press which he is giving to David for his classroom. David shared picture of his willow garden tower ‘Miss Willow’ he made with Poppy at the Bark and Willow symposium, which took place in early September. David also shared a jelly roll quilt he made. Unfortunately I did not get a picture of his beautiful quilt. Flower press Willow garden tower made by David. Judy brought in her Willow tension tray she made at the symposiu ..read more

We met in August for a show and tell and John shared his tips from his July Transparency Workshop in Utah with Laura Viada. John has been focusing on Transparency weaving. His workshop took him on a road trip to Utah. But recently learned this same workshop will be offered at MLH 2024 conference June 7-9 in 2024 check this out . John’s previous transparency weaving  workshop progress in Utah new skills and tips too .  Double weave rolled salvage this sounds interesting!  Worth giving it a try. Cally Booker Karen M did a Waulking wool demonstrati ..read more

Our July meeting we used our Eco dyed covers and added our 4 signatures ( AKA sets of pages in a book) . I am sorry to say I did not get any pictures of the actual book binding . I was too busy trying to keep up with the process to take pictures. Inside of journal showing the stack of signatures. binding as it should look from the edge Our talented fiber artist always have something to show at each meeting  Jimalee finally had time to knit a pair of socks for herself  Handwoven cowl by a new member . Sean had a lot to share today. First his canvas Nantucket Tool b ..read more

  We had such a great time Eco printing our journal covers under the direction of Karen T. they all turned out so beautiful.  Preparing our watercolor paper with our selected plants and flowers.                                                                                           Checking our results after steaming our bundles for an hour. Some r ..read more

For our April meeting Karen Tembruell prepared kits for us to weave her Cedar Frog. It was fun to make these little creatures with Karen. She prepared the Cedar strips for us in kits. I learned that they can also be made with watercolor paper, even Painted watercolor paper!   Everyone had fun making the frogs, while Karen showing us her techniques. Starting by using the wet cedar from our kits, fold and weave, fold and weave and the little frog appears.  The finished FROG. Hand woven Towel Round Robin Five warps on five looms Five opps Six weavers with fiv ..read more