Did you Know?

THE UNITED NATIONS has declared 2009 as the "Year of Natural Fibres"

They are citing natural fibres to include abaca, alpaca, angora, coir, cotton, curaua, fique, flax,
hemp, jute, kenaf, llama, mohair, phormium tenax, ramie, silk, sisal and wool. Do you know what all these fibres are? Use your dictionary and you can impress us at the next meeting!

The United Nations is encouraging all groups to concentrate on natural fibres and help raise awareness world wide about natural fibres. By increasing the awareness and use of natural fibres, people world wide will benefit in their standard of living, farmers, textile workers, artisans, et cetera.

As if we needed any encouragement!!!!

Guild Meeting

Guild meeting is next Monday 3rd November 7.30pm. Gudrun is presenting a Leno program. See you there!

Fibres Unlimited

FIBRES UNLIMITED STUDY GROUP The first meeting of the new study group will be held on Monday, Nov.3 at 1 pm. in the guild room. This is to plan our projects and get input from all interested members. The group will not be limited to weaving, but all fibre arts. Beginner weavers and spinners are encouraged to come and get some help. There is no fee for attending. If you have any questions, please call me. We are planning to go out for supper before the regular guild meeting and everyone is welcome.! Hope to see a good turn out and lots of ideas. Gloria

'Knit in'

Monday, Mona hosted the 'Knit in' at her house. I forgot to take my camera which I seem to do too much lately but it was a picture of 11 of us sitting in a circle all relaxed knitting and chatting away. Mona, thank you for the delicious soup, hospitality and hope your ankle heals soon.

Beginners/Refreshers Workshop.

Gudie sent me the above picture of the duct taped wheel, in which whose of you who attended her workshop remember some wheels kept 'walking' across the floor! The workshop was a great refresher for me. We spun with raw fleece. It was cool the way it just spun on to the wheel. I now know why a fleece has sat on my floor since September I am not going to send all of it to be processed into roving but spin some raw! We spun batting, roving top, coloured and then got into a few novelty yarns COOL.

We met Gudies friend Karen who also attended the Pluckyfluff workshop. We are now waiting for the Armstrong model of a spinning wheel! We had a new member Sandy attend the workshop Welcome!

It was an interesting workshop Thank you Gudie

Gloria, thank you for hosting it at your home.

S.O.S.Gudie

This is a call to anyone who may have some vases and/or flower pots that they could donate to the Guild.
For those who were not at the last meeting, it was agreed that the Guild would offer our felted flowers from 1997 for sale at our Christmas sale. We will keep an assorted bouquet as a souvenir. Gudie agreed to prepare the flowers in nice arrangements and they will be offered for sale complete with pot or vase.
More containers are needed, so if you have anything to spare that might be suitable for this project, please bring to the Nov meeting, or call Gudie at 835-4787.
Many thanks!
Gudie

Cache Creek retreat and Muffins

WE, THE LUCKY ONES, once again got to go to the Cache Creek retreat this past weekend. What a wonderful way to spend a weekend! Relaxing with good friends, spinning to our hearts contents, maybe a little knitting just for a change, shopping until we dropped and, of course, eating until we were cross-eyed! Thanks, again, to Sheila Kirk and Donna Faulkes for organizing it. While visiting with Sheila, she told us that she had the best recipe in the world for BLUEBERRY MUFFINS! As Sheila has been known to make very tasty things, everyone wanted it. We made her promise to send it to us and so here it is. Sheila also has her own blog. Check it out! (see links) Thanks again, Sheila!
Growing old is mandatory; growing up is optional ___________________________________________

SHEILA'S BLUEBERRY MUFFINS
1 cup whole oats
1 cup buttermilk mix and let sit an hour or over nite for fresh hot muffins in the AM

1 cup flour
3/4 cup brown sugar
2 eggs beaten
1/4 cup oil1 tsp
Baking powder
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
add oats and buttermilk Mix in order, and then add 1 cup fresh or frozen blueberries
makes 12 muffins
15 to 22 minutes @ 400 degrees...

'Knit in' Reminder

Monday 27th October 'Knit in' will be at Monas 10 am. Please bring your knitting or spinning, your lunch plus any ideas about equipment rental. Look forward to seeing all your smiles.

ANWG Workshops

From Denice
Could you send the following note to all members regarding a couple of workshops in Coupeville, Washington. I am hoping that there will be people who are interested in attending and who would share transportation costs and possibly b&b or motel accommodation.
The workshops are presented by a Peruvian lady named Nilda Callanaupa Alvarez. The workshops are: Learning Backstrap Weaving Technique for Weaving Jakimas, Lace Knitting For Scalloped Edging, a Lecture on Peruvian Textiles.
Go to http://www.northwestweaversguild.com/ (the ANWG site) and click on upcoming events. Scroll down to find the info mentioned above. ( click on the ANWG web link )
The dates are: November 11/12, 2008. I'm hoping there are a couple of people as excited about these workshops as I am! Do let me know if you are interested at mcmechandenice@hotmail.com or 250 265-4366 Thanks, Denice McMechan