Autumn Greetings, Fiber Friends! · Autumn Greetings, Fiber Friends! Climate change has sure made its presence known. As I started to write this (4 weeks ago) our friends in North

HILLCREEK FIBER NEWS Page 1 Autumn, 2016

Autumn Greetings, Fiber Friends!

Climate change has sure made its presence known. As I started to write this (4 weeks ago) our friends in North Carolina were suffering and dying from the flooding and effects of hurricane Mathew. And the devastation in Haiti has taken many lives. Now, of course, the turmoil of this tumultuous election is upon us.

A lot has happened since I started this newsletter. Unannounced automatic “up grades” knocked out the first few pages of yet unsaved work. After rewrit-

ing the first couple pages, the socket at the hotel where we were staying drained the computer battery rather than charging it. When changing to another socket, the electrical system strongly shocked Bex, and fried my computer. Now, four weeks later, following a week in Arkansas at an Herb Conference, a week with a brother in California fighting stage 4 cancer, a week in North Carolina at the Southeast Animal Fiber Festival near Asheville, then teaching a private student at the Studio, and clearing my head of the political riff-raff of the past week, I’m trying to remember what it was I was wanting to share with you!

Exciting news! Bex and Hillcreeek Yarn Shoppe have moved back “home” where they started in 2003 at 1414 Rangeline Rd, Columbia, MO. You can see the shop from Interstate 70 at Exit 127, so stop by the next time you are passing through Missouri! Several factors led up to the move, and customers are happy to be home. HYS carries knitting and crochet supplies, in addition to all our HFS and Spriggs Adjustable Triangle, Square, and Rectangle Looms and other weaving, spinning, and dye supplies — even our nature-dyed wool pot-holder loops and specialty yarns, and my signed books. See Page 8 for … the rest of the story, and more.

While in California, Bex and I had a few uninterrupted moments together where she could introduce me to a new iPhone! Yes, I’m trying, folks, to come into the modern world. Have patience. I still have a lot to learn. And, when we were in North Carolina, Florida daughter Rose joined us and transferred her 8-year old cat, Bonnie, for us to bring home to Missouri. This move allows little Roland uninterrupted naps, and potentially Bonnie can earn her keep chasing mice!

AUTUMN 2016, Vol XXXIV, No 2 Event Calendar for 2016 - 2017 Subscription $8.00/year for two issues

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Carol Leigh’s

HILLCREEK FIBER STUDIO

HILLCREEK FIBER STUDIO Established 1986

Specializing in Workshops

in Nature-dyeing, Spinning, and Weaving, and in related tools,

supplies and books

Bed & Breakfast and Airport Shuttle Service from

St Louis & Kansas City available for students

Carol Leigh’s Specialties Established 1982

Specializing in Custom Handwoven

Textiles, Nature-Dyed Fibers, Handspun Yarns

using natural fibers and dyes

Home of the Spriggs 7’ Adjustable Triangle & Rectangle, and 5' Adjustable

Square Frame Looms

Carol Leigh’s Specialties

and HILLCREEK FIBER STUDIO

for weaving, spinning, and dyeing Supplies & Workshops

7001 S Hill Creek Road, Columbia, MO 65203

Call 573-874-2233 for inquiries, or toll-free 1-800-TRI-WEAV (874-9328) for placing orders

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Web Site: www.HillcreekFiberStudio.com Secure Shopping Cart WebStore

HILLCREEK FIBER NEWS Page 2 Autumn, 2016 Quick Reference

IN THIS ISSUE

Greetings from Carol Leigh Brack-Kaiser..........Page 1 Index, Subscriptions, Ad Information, Hours........... 2

Dealerships carried by Carol Leigh's HFS ................ 2 Hillcreek Fiber Studio Private Lesson info................ 2 New Books .................................................................... 3 New Products: Fiber Washing Bags .......................... 4 New Potholder Colors ............................................ 4 Christmas Gift Ideas .............................................. 4 Hillcreeks Fiber Studio & Yarn Shoppe Event Calendar.................................................................... 5 Private Lessons Offered at Hillcreek Fiber Studio . 6 Blanket Woven by Denny ....................................... 6 Hillcreek Crawl, Small Business Saturday discounts 7 34th Anniversary Celebration, 34% discounts ...... 7 Shoppe Talk, Hillcreek Yarn Shoppe ........................ 8 Hospital Experiences, Advocate Needed.................... 9 Root Tonic ............................................................... 9 Thom and Jayne music connections .................... 9 Report on Events, Overstock Sale Items ................. 10 Contact Information for Events................................ 11 Map to Hillcreek Fiber Studio ................................. 12

SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Annual subscription rate for Hillcreek Fiber News is $8.00 for two HARD COPY issues, Spring and Autumn. Single Copy, $5.00. Students and customers with purchases during the year of $20 or more will receive a complimentary issue. E-mail version— no charge. Send e-mail address to [email protected]. CLASSIFIED AD RATES: For a listing under Equipment/Fiber Sources or other classified columns, please remit $10 by March 15, 2017 for inclusion in the Spring 2017 issue. Limit ad to 30 words in addition to your contact information, $30 for 1/4 page, $50 for 1/2 page. Circulation is now around 8000 fiber-interested people by e-mail and snail mail. WEAVING STUDIO HOURS: Hillcreek Fiber Studio is a working studio & mail order service. Please call 573-874-2233 or 1-800-874-9328 before planning a trip to the Studio. Studio hours are: Tuesday through Saturday , 9 am to 5 pm, by appointment only. At other times, please leave a message and we will return your call ASAP.

DEALERSHIPS

carried by Carol Leigh’s


AURORA SILKS Dyes ASHFORD Spinning Wheels, Looms and Tools

EARTHUES Natural Dye Extracts EUGENE TEXTILE CENTER Glimakra Products, books

HILLCREEK FIBER STUDIO Travel Frame Looms, “Washcloth looms”, Mini Navajo Looms

LOUËT Spinning & Weaving Tools & Supplies HARRISVILLE Friendly Looms INTERWEAVE PRESS Books

SCHACHT SPINDLE CO. Looms, Wheels & Supplies SNIPES Weaving & Spinning Tools

SPRIGGS CUSTOM WOOD PRODUCTS Adjustable Triangle, Square, and Rectangle Looms; Navajo & Inkle Looms; Drop & Navajo

Spindles; Warping Boards; Maru-dai, knitting spools VICTORIAN VIDEO PRODUCTIONS

YARNS and FIBERS:

BROWN SHEEP CO Lamb’s Pride Carol Leigh’s Nature-dyed Riata: silk/mohair/merino Carol Leigh’s Nature-dyed Suri alpaca/merino yarn

Carol Leigh’s Nature-dyed wool potholder loops DRAGON TALE cotton, GENOPALETTE wool

HARRISVILLE wool, GLIMAKRA linen JAGGERSPUN fine wool

GREAT NORTHERN Carpet Warp and Perle Cottons Ashford TEKAPO wool

WEAVING SOUTHWEST Rug and Churro wool AND MUCH MORE

Partial Listing - MISCELLANEOUS Items

Pewter Jewelry by Ram’s Horn

Brass Shawl & Kilt Celtic penannulars by Mountain Forge Handmade Bookmarks by Moosetrack Studio

Lucets by Peggy Ledrich


PRIVATE LESSONS Taught by Carol Leigh Brack-Kaiser

2017

1-800-TRI-WEAV (874-9328) PRIVATE WEAVING , SPINNING & DYEING LESSONS

ARRANGED BY APPOINTMENT

SEE PAGE 6 FOR SUBJECTS

Tuition: $25 per hour, $65 per three hours, $125 per full 8 hour day. Two days, $250; three days, $300; four days, $350. 10% discount each for two or more students. Deposit of one-half tuition will hold a date for you. Bed & Breakfast available at the Studio: $50/night. Airport shuttle available from St. Louis and Kansas City airports to Studio. Also, some flights arrive at Columbia Regional airport. Call toll-free to reserve space in a class or two.


New Books hot off the press! I have a special connection with each of the first four books: Frances L. Goodrich’s Coverlet and Counterpane Drafts, Barbara Miller and Deb Schillo, 175 pp., $45. Goodrich, 1856-1944, collected over 150 overshot and counterpane weaving drafts from historic weavers of the Appalachian mountains, and recorded and illustrated their draw-downs. She is credited with founding the craft revival movement of the late 1800s in the southern Appalachian highlands. She founded Allenstand Cottage Industries and 8 other schools, taught Appalachian women to weave and found markets for their tex-tiles, to provide a living for those women. She also worked with Olive Dame (Mrs. John C. Campbell) who founded the Campbell Folk School in Brasstown, NC, where I have taught four times over the last 3 decades, and where I did a lot of historic dye research for my Masters in Textiles. Oaxaca Stories in Cloth, A Book about People, Belonging, Identity, and Adornment, Eric Sebastian Mindling, 268 pp., $36.95. Eric’s photography of the people and dress of Oaxaca is absolutely breathtaking. The review by Wade Davis, author, photographer, National Geographic explorer, and Professor of Anthropology, says it all: “Oaxaca Stories in Cloth is an exquisitely beautiful ac-count of a people and a textile tradition that is a perfect expression of their past, the embodiment of their present, and the symbol of their cultural survival as they chart their way forward. A great and glorious book.” I traveled with Eric on a textile tour led by him to the Mixtec and Amusco weaving villages of Oaxaca in 2013.

Traditional Weavers of Guatemala, Their Stories, Their Lives, Deborah Chandler and Teresa Gordón, 139 pp., $34.95. “ The authors present a sensitive, detailed, and much-needed holistic interpretation of how textiles and life inseparably intertwine,” Mary Littrell. Most weavers know Deborah Chandler as the author of Learning to Weave, the bible for beginning weavers. She has lived in Guatemala and dedicated her life to it’s weavers, helping them develop their textile skills and markets to improve their lives since 1999. I met her at a WARP conference in 2014.

Faces of Tradition, Weaving Elders of the Andes, Nilda Callañaupa Alvarez, and Christine Franquemont, 151 pp., $34.95. Forty years ago Chris and her late hus-band Ed met Nilda, a girl of 14, in the Andes. Their friendship and work together inspired the rebirth and reinvention of the 4000-year textile craft of the Andes, and the development of the Center for Traditional Textiles of Cusco. Nilda has been designated a Peruvian national treasure. I took a back strap weaving class with her in 2014, and had met Ed in the late 1980’s when he approached me at a Spin-Off

Autumn Retreat spinning conference while I was weav-ing on the triangle loom! Small world!

Weaving Innovations from the Bateman Collection, Robyn Spady, Nancy A. Tracy, Marjorie Fiddler, 272 pp, $34.99, with intro by Madelyn van der Hoogt. Bateman, a chemistry professor turned weaver, analyzed traditional patterns and weave structures, and extended them in completely new direc-tions. With hundreds of color draft diagrams and photos of Bateman’s sam-ple weaves, artists can experiment with his innovations on their own looms.


NEW PRODUCTS Fiber Washing Bags The long-awaited new fiber washing bags, origi-nally developed by Dawn Stone of Missouri, finally arrived from our new seam-stress in California. These clever mosquito net bags are shaped like a donut with two drawstrings. They fit neatly over the center post of top-loading washing ma-chines, or in any tub, allowing washing, rinsing, and spinning of fibers, yarns, sweaters and more, without the items being tangled around that post or fibers clog-ging a drain. The bag can be opened flat to allow air circulation for drying items still in the flattened suspended bag. $36. Choose orange or blue draw-string cas-ing. These last forever. I’ve been using mine for mothproofing, washing and rins-ing dyed yarns, wool potholder loops, and wool fibers, for at least 8 years!

Nature-Dyed WOOL Potholder Loops — NEW COLORS

Wool makes the most sense when using potholders around heat and especially fire, as it is fire retardant and more insulative than cotton. We at Hillcreek Fiber Studio have the unique opportunity to provide wool loops, not only for the regular-size metal potholder frames, 7” x 7” (which many of us still have from our childhood experiences), but also for Harrisville Designs’ new PRO Potholder/Trivet size metal frames, 10” x 10”. And, we make them even MORE special by using natural dyes for a full rainbow of colors and more.

NEW COLOR-WAYS for the Holiday Season: Holiday Star: Red, Green and Yellow; Holiday Snow: Red, Green and White. These new color-ways are avail-able for both the Regular size metal Potholder Loom and for the PRO Potholder/Trivet size Loom, $7.50 and $12.50 respectively, for enough loops for one potholder or trivet.

These new color-ways are in addition to our standard color-ways of: Denim, Wild Berry Pie, Fresh Berry Pie, Flag, Ocean, Rainbow, Spring Garden (Pastel), Sunset, Terra Cotta Sky, Woodland, and Black and Gold, and, of course, rings of a wide variety of individual solid color loops. (See color-ways on our web site, www.hillceekfiberstudio.com, or ask for potholder brochure.)

NEWS about Potholder and PRO wool loops Coming soon: Worsted-spun Wool Loops! We have tested these proposed new wool loops and find them smoother and a little finer than the Woolen-spun wool loops we have been using. This means they will stretch a little easier and won’t be as hard to pack in when moving them into place. However, the end result is a slightly smaller and lighter-weight potholder or trivet. These will be available in a couple months.

Great Christmas Gift Ideas ● Inklette Small inkle loom, weave up to 6 feet of ribbon, strap, belt, or lots of book marks or friendship bracelets. ● Potholder and/or PRO metal Weaving Looms or Kits with either Cotton or Nature-Dyed Wool Loops ● Weave one PRO Trivet and two matching Potholders to create a matching kitchen or tail-gating set. ● Jewelry Pewter pins and earrings with weaving, spinning, knitting, animal and celtic themes ● MiniMod triangle and square loom kits, Boat Shuttles, Bobbin winders, Ball winders, Umbrella Swifts ● Navajo Looms: Large Cedar or Hardwood, A-frame Table top, Mini ready-to-warp or ready- to-weave ● Spinning Wheels: selection of Ashford, Schacht or Louet models ● Floor Looms: selection of Schacht looms from our Wolf Pack: “Mighty”, “Baby” or “Pup” ● Stocking stuffers: spindle with wool or exotic fibers, ahka spindles, Navajo thigh spindle with Churro ● New “Nature Provides, Dyes for Rainbows” personally signed by Carol Leigh

HILLCREEK FIBER NEWS Page 5 Autumn, 2016 Date Workshops/Events Location

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Nov 26 ............. Small Business Saturday, Hillcreek Crawl...............................................HYS and HFS, Columbia MO Dec 10-11 ....... Hillcreek Fiber Studio Anniversary Sale ........................................................................ Columbia, MO

2 0 1 7 Jan 11-21 ......... Alafia River Rendezvous, Sutlery & Seminars ................................................................. Homeland, FL Jan 28 .............. Indigo Workshop, Fig and Fauna, Carol Leigh ....................................................................... Jupiter, FL Mar 10-12 ....... Fiber Retreat, Lincoln U Exten, Hillcreeks Yarn & Fiber, Vendor & Instructors ...... Jefferson City, MO Mar 24 - 25 ..... Carolina Fiber Fest, Bex, HYS, Vendor................................................................................. Raleigh, NC April 1 - 2 ...... Exploring Florida Dye Plants, Tampa Bay Surface Design Guild, Carol Leigh .......... St. Petersburg, FL April 14 -15 ..... The Fiber Event of Greencastle, Bex, Hillcreek Yarn Shoppe, Vendor ........................... Greencastle, IN April 29 ........... All Missouri Spring Spin-In, Carol Leigh, Vendor ....................................................... Kansas City, MO May 15 - 21 .... Symposium/Festival Natural Dyes: “Plants, Ecology and Colours” ...............Antananarivo, Madagascar May 20 -21 ..... Kentucky Fiber Festival, Bex, Hillcreek Yarn Shoppe, Vendor ...................................... Lexington, KY May 26 - 27 ..... Middle Tennessee Fiber Festival, Bex, HillcreekYarn Shop, Vendor .................................. Dickson, TN June 3 .............. Blue Party, Carol Leigh & Bex, Wichita Weavers, Spinners and Dyers ............................. Wichita, KS June 8 - 11 ...... WARP (Weave A Real Peace) Conference, Carol Leigh participant ............................ Oaxaca, Mexico June 12 - 17 .... Midwest Weavers Conference, HFS, vendor ...................................................................Indianapolis, IN June 17 - 18 .... Iowa Sheep and Wool Festival, Hillcreek Yarn Shoppe, Bex & Eric, Vendors ....................... Ames, IA June 24 ............ Blue Party, Bex and Carol Leigh, Hillcreek Fiber Studio ................................................ Columbia, MO July ?................ Natural Dye Workshop?, Heritage Farm Museum and Village, Carol Leigh ..................Huntington, WV July 15 - 16 ..... Fiber “U”, Bex & Eric, Hillcreek Yarn Shoppe, Vendor, Knit Instructor .......................... Lebanon, MO July 23 - 28 ..... Christianson Native Crafts Workshop, Carol Leigh, Vendor, Instructor .................... Shannondale, MO August 3 - 6 .... Stitches Midwest, Bex, Hillcreek Yarn Shoppe, Vendor ................................................. Shaumburg, IL August 16 - 20 Michigan Fiber Fest, Carol Leigh & Bex, HFS & HYS, Vendors and Instructors ............... Allegan, MI Sept 14 - 17 ..... Stitches Texas, Hillcreek Yarn Shoppe, Bex, HYS ................................................................. Irving, TX Sept 20 - 30...... Eastern Primitive Rendezvous, Suttlery and Instructor ....................................................................? , PA October 7 ........ Lake Area Fiber Arts, Bex, HillcreekYarn Shoppe, Vendor .......................................... Camdenton, MO October 27 - 29 SAFF (Southeast Animal Fiber Fest), Bex & Eric, HYS, Vendor, Instructor .....................Asheville, NC Nov 5 - 19 ...... Tinkuy 2017 and Tour with Nilda Callañaupa, Carol Leigh ................................................. Cusco, Peru Nov 10-12 ....... Col. Weavers and Spinners’ Guild Holiday Exhibition Sale, Boone Co. Museum............ Columbia, MO July 6-12, 2018 Convergence Weaver’s Conference ......................................................................................... Reno, NV

After 30 years of offering workshops, and in an effort to slow down, we are not offering our traditional Multi-shaft, Navajo, or Continuous Strand Weaving, Spinning, nor Missouri Dye Workshops

at the Hillcreek Fiber Studio in 2017. However, we WILL continue to offer Private Lessons on any aspect of weaving, spinning or dyeing.

Please call to set up a time for one to four people. 1-800-874-9328 (TRI-WEAV) See next page for details.

Bex offers classes nearly every Saturday a.m. in knitting, weaving, crochet, and other needlework subjects at Hillcreek Yarn Shoppe. Please call 573-449-KNIT (5648) to schedule with Bex.

We are both available for private or small group lessons at the Fiber Studio or Yarn Shoppe,

and/or for Trunk Shows or classes at your location. Bed and Breakfast is available at Hillcreek Fiber Studio to welcome any textile artist traveling through Missouri or taking private lessons. This is a great opportunity for a quiet retreat immersed in textile study — or just read a textile book from over 500 titles. Or, hike some of the trails through Rock Bridge State Park (across the street from the Studio) or the Katy Trail, which follows the Missouri River.

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PRIVATE LESSONS

Nestled in the Little Bonne Femme Creek Valley amidst woods and pastures in view of a major state park, Hillcreek Fiber Studio offers the serenity for a true get-away. Just focus on learning a new skill or on exploring an older one. Cuddle up with a book from over 500 titles on the shelves. Private lessons at Hillcreek Fiber Studio allow you to immerse yourself in the study and exploration of a number of textile-related subjects. Let us know what subjects interest you!

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Join us for our BLUE PARTY June 24, 1917. Bex & Carol Leigh will have 4 different blue pots: Indigo for protein fibers, indigo Zinc/Lime for cellulose and silk shibori and ikat dyeing, Saxon Blue for turquoise, and historic Woad blue. Charged by the weight of items you bring to throw in the pots: $10 for first 8 ounces, $5 for each additional 8 ounces.

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PRIVATE LESSONS are offered in a variety of subjects, by ar-rangement with the instructor. One to four consecutive days, or one day per week. Groups of up to four people may be arranged, to reduce the cost per person.

Choose from: any of the weaving styles listed below, or Learn to spin, Spin special fibers, or Cre-ate designer yarns, as described following. Or, spend a day or two exploring dyes with Carol Leigh.

Continuous Strand Weaving on Triangle, Square, or Rectangle Looms: Complete a triangle or rectangle shawl, square blanket or other textile using the simple,

unique continuous strand weaving method. Learn a few intermediate or advanced techniques, such as twill, leno lace,double weave, plus color patterns such as log cabin, tartan plaids and color blending.

Navajo Weaving: (and other forms of tapestry) Warp a frame loom and learn basic Navajo weaving techniques and color joins. Students learn finishing techniques for the tight ending.

Four to Eight-Shaft Weaving: Beginning students will complete a project, learn threading and weaving techniques, how to read and understand pattern drafts, and basic weaving theory. Intermedi-ate students can work on projects with guidance from the instructor. Choose to weave a Colonial Weave Structure Sampler, learn traditional loom-dressing methods for a Tartan Dancing Shawl, or explore another weave structure and project of your choosing.

Rigid Heddle weaving for two-shaft weaving, scarves, runners and more. Learn various lace and pick-up techniques on the loom.

Inkle and/or Tablet Weaving for narrow belts, straps or ribbons. Spinning: Beginning students will learn basics of spinning, choosing and skirting fleece, cleaning, carding & combing techniques, spinning on spindles and on a variety of spinning wheels. Designer Yarn students will learn color & fiber blending and Navajo 3-ply techniques, and create novelty yarns. Spinning Special Fibers students will dress distaffs and spin flax, unwind cocoons & spin silk from several preparations, spin cotton and other fine fibers on charkas & taklis, and comb wool.

Natural Dyeing: Spend a day or two working with Carol Leigh while mordanting and dyeing yarns or wool loops. Learn tech-niques for evoking rainbows of col-ors using Ancient or Missouri Dyes, depending upon the time of year. Tailor your lesson to your interests. Private Lessons $25 per hour. Spinning Lessons: Two 3-hour sessions are recommended for begininning students, $65 per 3-hour session. Two free hours of lessons with purchase of wheel.

Tuition : One day $125, Two days $250, three days $300, four days $350. 10% discount each for two or more students. A deposit of one-half tuition holds a space. Bed & Breakfast at the Studio $50 per night. Airport shuttle from St. Louis, Kansas City, and Columbia Regional airports. Call toll free to reserve a date. 1-800-(TRI-WEAV).

Blanket woven by Denny for his nephew’s wedding, on 5-foot

Adjustable Square Loom using the Continuous Strand Weaving

Method, while we were in Santa Fe during WARP conference.

Only took him two days!


ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION AND SALE

On Monday, December 12, 2016 we will be starting our 35th year in business, serving weavers, spinners and natural dyers with tools, equipment, supplies and instruction

You are Cordially Invited to Celebrate our 34th Anniversary with us Saturday and Sunday, December 10 and 11, 10 am to 4 pm

Refreshments and Music

34% discount on all Must-Move items. 17% on Everything else In Stock Discounts are good with a phone call or web order if you can’t be with us

Support your Small Businesses on

National Small Business Saturday November 26, 2016, 9 am - 5 pm

WHEN YOU DO, Both Hillcreek Fiber Studio and Hillcreek Yarn Shoppe Are offering special discounts

In fact, if you do our Hillcreek Crawl , you will earn an EXTRA discount

when you show your receipt from the first Hillcreek store when you visit the second

Hillcreek Yarn Shoppe offers varying discounts up to 30% depending on which tree ornament you choose

Hillcreek Fiber Studio offers varying discounts up to 30% depending upon which balloon you pop

Bring your receipt from the first Hillcreek you visit to the second, and receive an extra “Loyal Customer” discount

Hillcreek Yarn Shoppe, 1414 Rangeline Rd., Columbia, MO (at Exit 127 off I-70) 573-449-KNIT (5648)

Hillcreek Fiber Studio, 7001 South Hill Creek Rd., Columbia, MO (take Providence Rd. south. It become Route “K” when it narrows to 2 lanes. Continue straight on Route “K” for 1-1/3 miles. Turn left onto Hill Creek Rd.)

573-874-2233, 1-800-TRI-WEAV (874-9328) If you are out of town and can’t be here, place your order by phone or secure shopping cart on line: www.hillcreekfiberstudio.com, mention Small Business Saturday. We’ll pop a balloon for you!

So many ways to show our appreciation of you, our loyal supporters and friends:


Shoppe Talk with Bex

Hillcreek Crawl National Small Business Saturday

November 26, 9 am to 5 pm

Visit both Hillcreek Yarn Shoppe and Hillcreek Fiber Studio on this day and Receive extra Discounts

(See notice on page 7)

Upcoming Classes Saturdays 10 - 1 pm, and/or Wednesdays 2 - 5 pm, $30

November 12 & 16: Knitting Beyond the Basics: 25 Things You Never Knew you Didn’t Know November 19 & 23: Leafy Brioche Knitted Cowl November 26: UFO (Unfinished Objects) Day (Free help!) December 3 & 7: Needle Felting Animal Ornaments December 10 & 14: Brilliant Last Minute Gifts to Knit, Crochet or Wea ve! June 24, 2017: Blue Party with Bex and Carol Leigh at Hillcreek Fiber Studio (4 different Indigo pots. Bring stuff to dye)

Announcements and New Products Hillcreek Yarn Shoppe has come back home to its original location, where we began in 2003, and back to the basics of what HYS stands for. It’s a smaller, cozy space. We have purged items not repre-senting our HYS image of unique, natural, fair-trade and local fiber/ yarns. Bex also picks up Indie (small independent dyers’) yarns at every show to bring back to the shop. Now that fall fiber shows are over for the year, stop by the shop and see our wall of Indie yarns, including Carol Leigh’s nature-dyed unique 3-ply “Riata” (silk/kid/merino) and Suri Alpaca/Merino yarns and unique wool potholder loops.

Charity Programs Hillcreek Yarn Shoppe continues to collect and distribute donated

yarns and knit and crocheted items to charity causes appreciating such items, such as hats, scarves, blankets, and twiddle muffs for the homeless, returning vets, seniors, hospital babies, chemo patients, and abused women and children. If you have an interest in assisting these causes, please drop off or send items to Hillcreek Yarn Shoppe. Donated yarns for charity causes are also welcome.

Contact Information Hillcreek Yarn Shoppe Bextra on Ravelry 1414 Rangeline Rd. Bextraordinary Designs Columbia, MO 65203 Face book.com/HillcreekYarn 573-449-5648 (KNIT) Receive Bex’s e-newsletter www.hillcreekyarn.com (send her your e-mail addy)

Bex in her new knit creation Pattern: Nature’s Gradient Wrap

Available: Dec 1


Hospital Experiences, Advocate Needed Update on brother Thom Brack: esophageal cancer created a tumor in his esophagus so he couldn’t swallow food. Lost 65 pounds (185 to 120) before being diagnosed late summer with stage 4 esophageal cancer. Brother Jeff and wife Gretchen drove from Colorado twice to be with him during these initial hard times. He was in the hospital twice for IV’s, etc., to “re-hydrate” the first time, but with no nutrients — just sugar water, until wife Jayne begged for and insisted on a nutritional drip to build his strength. He gained back 12 pounds. They put in a feeding tube to bypass the tumor, and said cancer had spread to other organs, so radiation was too great a risk. Sent him home weighing 132. Wife Jayne was concerned as he kept regurgitating whatever food was inserted in feeding tube. Back to hospital for 23 days, continuing to regurgitate food, loosing an-other 15 pounds—down to 117. A chemo treatment nearly killed him because his body was not strong enough to withstand it. Diagnosed with “nausea” and “stomach failure.” They prepared Thom for hospice and Jayne for grief counseling. Jayne insisted something else was wrong. Finally they put dye in food to trace where it was going. Discovered feeding tube was 8 inches too long and was doubled back, shooting food back up through his esophagus!!! They cut off excess tube and sent him home.

He arrived home the same day Bex and I arrived. Brother Hud also just arrived from NC, where he had just moved from Florida. Brother Ben from CA, an hour away, arrived with Hud. We were there one week, dur-ing which time Thom had regained 5 pounds and was out of bed cleaning/organizing his recording studio/bedroom and garage, pruning hedges and doing yard work with his brothers! When Bex and I left, he gave us a hug and said “See you in August!” for our family reunion. If Jayne hadn’t insisted on nutritional feeding, and then on checking for something wrong, he could easily not be here. He is now receiving radiation treat-ment on the tumor in his esophagus, via a different doctor/clinic.

I was relaying this story to a friend who mentioned his 98-year-old mother went to the hospital with back pain, and suddenly went into a coma. His brother happened to be there and reviewed her charts. He noticed she had been inadvertently given an anti-seizure medication which had been intended for another patient! When he notified the doctor, corrective medication pulled her out of the coma, but the doctor hadn’t even thought of the patient for whom the anti-seizure medicine should have been given!

Moral of this story: If you have a loved one in the hospital, BE THERE as an advocate, pay attention to what is being done, and push for things that make better sense than what the hospital is doing!

Bex’s Root Tonic While we were in California, Bex prepared a root tonic for Thom, which we have used before to build up our immune system. This recipe also purports to fight cancer. Thom and Jayne were taking it when we left. I have made more at home. In researching herbs for tonics, we came across some interesting information. Besides using equal parts of onion, garlic, turmeric and ginger roots finely chopped and covered with apple cider vinegar (stir every day for a week, strain, and drink just one ounce per day), Sour Sop (aka Guanabana, Graviola) leaves may be crushed and added to the tonic. “Properties of this Central American and Caribbean fruit tree have been shown to be 1000% more effective at fighting cancer cells than chemotherapy.” Then, I learned that Paw Paw bark does equally as well medicinally. We have Paw Paw trees in the woods be-hind our house. In fact, ate some fruits this fall for the first time. Yum! Lot’s more research needs to be done.

Thom and Jayne music. Thom and Jayne are professional musicians; have been members for a couple decades of Big City Review, a well-known band based in the San Francisco area, and more recently Kinky Machine Band Reboot 2016. See the following for original songs Thom and wife Jayne Hendricks have com-posed, recorded, and/or videoed: https://soundcloud.com/hendricksandbrack, and /jayne; https://facebook.com/findinglulurant; www.youtube.com/jaynegogo; fandalism.com/jaynehendricks, and more. Thom is awesome guitarist, harpist, vocalist, recording artist; Jayne vocalist, saxophonist, and videographer.


The National Herb Society Conference was held the first week in October at the Ozark Folk Center in Mountain View, Arkansas. This center is one of the country’s best kept secrets. Each folk craft (weaving, spinning, leather, woodworking, blacksmithing, candle making, soap making, and more) has its own space/cabin/or building in the “village”. Our herb group from Columbia had our own little cabin to display our herbal products for sale. I brought my new dye book, dyed yarns and potholders (of course). The “herb of the year” was the pepper — all peppers. And, the theme for the conference was South American plants: peppers, medicinals, recipes, etc. Great new experience for me.

Symposium/Festival on natural colorants “Plants, Ecology and Colours” will take place May 15-21, 2017 in Antananarivo, Madagascar. Dominique Cardon, researcher from France and author of Natural Dyes: Sources, Tradition, Technology, and Science, is again the coordinator of this international natural dye conference, which I hope to attend.

Tinkuy 2017, an international Textile Festival, with workshops, and an extensive Tour led by Nilda Callañaupe Alvarez will be held in Cusco, Peru in November 2017. Peru — on my bucket list for years. Another NEW PRODUCT

Gorgeous Amish Saddle Stools. Perfect for spinning or threading floor looms. They hug your body — any size body, and are very comfortable. Available in Oak $175 and Cherry $195.

Must-Go Equipment/tools/fibers 34% SALE Extra Large Navajo Cedar Loom $375 247.50 Large Navajo Cedar Loom 345 227.70 Used Steel Reeds (new SS $3.50/in) 1.25/in .80 Cotton Potholder loops 7.50/bag 4.95 Fat WOOL loops, chain for rag rugs 9.50 6.25 Ribbons, all widths .35/yd .20 Vintage textile factory spools 5/each 3.30 Vintage textile factory spindles 5/each 3.30 Old plastic & metal bobbins/10 5/10 3.30 Old pirns (some with yarn) 5/each 3.30 Old Treadle Trackers 15.00 9.90 Early 1800s Great Wheel 500.00 330.00 Must-Go Dyes/ Dye Aids SALE

Albegal Set, Tartaric Acid, Glauber’s Salt, Gambier, Pomegranate Rinds

OVERSTOCK—MUST GO—34 % DISCOUNT DECEMBER 1 - 31

Overstocked Books SALE Joy of Weaving, Tod 18.95 12.50 A Cut Above, West 17.95 11.85 Weaving a Zoo, Preckshot 25.00 16.50 Weaving Rag Rugs, Knisely 24.95 16.50 Favorite Rag Rugs, Ignell 24.95 16.50 Weaving Classic Crackle, 34.99 23.10 Fleece & Fiber Source Book 35.00 23.10 Intentional Spinner, McCuin 29.95 19.80 Many more books Back issues Mags: SS&D, Handwoven, Piecework Old used classic books: ask for updated list

Discontinuing Videos Spinning, weaving and dyeing DVDs: ask for list

Whole Bargain Room filled with Must Go items

WARP/IFAM, Convergence, MIFF, EPR, National Herb Society Conference and SAFF; Dye book promotion/sales

EVENT REPORTS

We have had overwhelming support with purchases of our new book Nature Provides, Dyes for Rainbows at both Convergence weaving conference in Milwaukee, and Michigan Fiber Fest, in August, and at Southeast Animal Fiber Fest (SAFF) in Asheville, NC, in October, resulting in several requests for guest dye workshops around the country. (Great gift idea —the book, that is!) I had not been to SAFF for a few years in my effort to “slow down.” However, at-tending this year to promote the book was extremely rewarding in reuniting with old customers/friends and in receiving their enthusiastic support.

WARP (WeaveARealPeace.org) met in Santa Fe last July in conjunction with the Interna-tional Folk Arts Market. What a great experience! Dozens of countries were represented with their fantastic folk art items: dyed fabrics, clothes, bas-kets, pottery, jewelry, instruments, ornaments, hats, rugs, etc. We stayed in Noël Bennett’s (my first Navajo weaving instructor from early 1980’s) guest house, an historic adobe home. Denny wove a blan-ket while I attended the conference (see page 6 ). WARP 2017 conference will be held in Oaxaca, Mexico, June 6-12. Hard choice for me, as Mid-west Weaver’s Conference is same weekend in Indianapolis, and friend/fellow weaver, Madelyn van der Hoogt, is giving key note address.


Spriggs Creations, Custom Woodworking, Specializing in Textile Products 573-447-3563, [email protected]; etsy store: Spriggs Creations

Alafia River Rendezvous, Jan 11 - 21, 2017, Homeland, FL, www.floridafrontiersmen.com. Dye Workshop, FigandFauna.com, Jan 28, 2017, Jupiter, FL

Fiber Retreat, March 10 - 12, 2017, Jefferson City, MO, www.mofiberretreat.com, [email protected].

Carolina Fiber Fest, Mar 24 - 25, 2017, Raleigh, NC, carolinafiberfest.org.

Exploring Florida Dye Plants, Tampa Bay Surface De-sign Guild, April 1-2 , 2017, Fab Fiber, St. Petersburg, FL

The Fiber Event of Greencastle, April 14 - 15, 2017, Greencastle, IN, www.thefiberevent.com.

All Missouri Spring Spin-In, April 29, 2017, Kansas City Fiber Guild, Jamie Root, Kansas City, 816-509-1368, [email protected].

Symposium/Festival Natural Dyes: “Plants, Ecol-ogy and Colours”, May 15 - 21, Antananarivo, Madagascar.

Kentucky Sheep and Fiber Festival, May 20 - 21, 2017, Lexington, KY, www.kentuckysheepand fiber.com.

Middle Tennessee Fiber Festival, May 26 - 27, 2017, Dickson, TN, Beth Collier, www.tnfiberfestival.com

WARP (Weave A Real Peace) Conference, June 8 - 11, 2017, Oaxaca, Mexico, www.weavearealpeace.org.

Midwest Weavers Conference, June 12 - 17, 2017, Indianapolis, IN, www.midwestweavers.org/conference.

Iowa Sheep and Wool Festival, Hansen Ag Learning

Center, Ames, IA, June 17 - 18, 2017, www.Asheepand [email protected].

Natural Dye Workshop, Heritage Farm Museum and Village, July, 2017, Huntington, WV, janegilchrist@ heritagefarmmuseum.com

Fiber “U” - Fun, Fiber, and You! MOPACA event, July 15 - 16, 2017, Lebanon, MO. Liz Mitchko, 417-533-5280, [email protected].

Christianson Native Crafts Workshop, July 23 - 30, 2017, Shannondale, Missouri, Shellei Kittrell, 314-885-4296, [email protected], www.christiansonnativecraft.org.

Stitches Midwest, August 3 - 6, 2017, Shaumburg, IL XRX, www.knittinguniverse.com

Michigan Fiber Fest, August 16 - 20, 2017, Allegan County Fair Grounds, Allegan, Michigan. www.michiganfiberfestival.org.

Eastern Primitive Rendezvous, Sept 20 - 30, 2017, www.nmlra.org, www.nrlhf.org.

Stitches Texas, Sept 14 - 17, 2017, Irving, TX, www.knitting universe.com.

Lake Area Festival of Fiber Arts, Oct 7, 2017, Lake of the Ozarks, Camdenton Christian Church, Camdenton, MO, [email protected].

SAFF (Southeast Animal Fiber Fest), Oct 27 - 29, 2017, Asheville, NC, www.saffsite.org.

Ozark Fiber Fling, November 3 - 4, 2017, Steel-ville, MO, Rural Missouri Spinners Guild, Lois Wissmann, 573-245-6851, [email protected].

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