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September 2016
Las Arañas Spinners & Weavers Guild
Web site: http://www.lasaranas.org Volume 19 Issue 9
A Las Arañas
Day Trip
What: Chimayo: A Pilgrimage Through Two Centuries
Where: Museum of Spanish Colonial Art Museum Hill Santa Fe
When: Thursday, September 22nd
Join the day trip where Rose Vigil, who has been a member of Las Arañas, leads us through an exhibit that highlights the Sanc-tuario de Chimayo, The exhibit shows pho-tographs, paintings, weavings, and santos that reflect its heritage. Rose will also talk to us about her weaving history and how it relates to Chimayo. We will have a chance to spend time in the museum’s natural dye garden. Please email Judy Larson at [email protected] if you are interested in the trip and would like more information.
Future Day Trip
Please email Judy Larson at [email protected] if you would be interested in joining other guild members for a trip to the Crownpoint Rug Auction, on Friday, October 14th. This would involve hiring a commercial bus or limo service. Cost for the transportation to and from Crownpoint would be dependent on the number of peo-ple who wish to go.
Sheep to Shawl
Ruth Baldwin is again spon-soring Team The Natural Twist to com-pete in the Spinzilla con-test to see which team
can spin the most yarn during the contest from October 3 to 9. Spinner registration is Sept. 1-30. You can find more information at Spinzilla.org. Contact Ruth at [email protected] to join the team or to get more info.
The Las Arañas Spinners & Weavers Guild does not meet in September due to all the activity at Sheep to Shawl (STS) at the New Mexico State Fair. If you are participating in STS, please read the following infor-mation carefully.
DATES
Tuesday, Sept. 6—Move equipment from storage and ar-range the shop: Those signed up should meet at the Storage Shed at 9 AM. Ruth Ronan will email you directions and the entry code.
Wednesday, Sept. 7—Inventory Check-in: From 10 AM –Noon. Bring your inventory items, your inventory sheets and a Stamped self-addressed envelope to the STS space inside the Dairy Barn at the North end of EXPO NM. Please enter at Gate 6 (just south of Lomas on San Pedro). You will not need entry or parking passes. If you cannot come at that time, please get your inventory items and sheets to someone who can bring them in for you. (Contact Ruth Ronan if you have a problem.) Inventory helpers should arrive at 9:30.
Wednesday, Sept. 7—Shop Setup: If you have signed up for Shop Setup, please arrive at the STS space by 10 AM.
September 8-18—STS Dates: Parking and entry passes are needed during those dates.
Monday, Sept. 19—Shop Take-down: Those helping with inventory take-down, inventory check-out and final shop clean-up (including dye-pot take-down) should be at the STS space by 9 AM. You will not need entry and parking passes.
Monday, Sept. 19—Move Equipment from STS to Storage: Those helping should be at the STS space at 10 AM. You will not need entry passes. You should be able to drive in to the Dairy barn from the North end.
Monday, Sept 19—Inventory Check-out: From 11:00 AM -1 PM. Bring your inventory sheets. (If you forgot your stamped, self-addressed envelope—bring it then.) Come in to the Dairy Barn through Gate 6. You will not need entry or parking passes.
PARKING
Parking during the Fair is at the Barber College on the West side of San Pedro (just South of the McDonalds). You will need to drive South on San Pedro from Lomas as there are no left turns allowed on San Pedro during the Fair. The Parking Rules are printed on the back of your parking passes. Please read them and follow the instructions! If you need to bring equipment in, such as a spinning wheel,
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Las Arañas Spinners & Weavers Guild PO Box 91225 Albuquerque, NM 87199
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Newsletter Editor: ........... Ruth Ronan 7701 Spring Ave. NE, ..... Zip: 87110 [email protected] President: Chris Allen ......................... 897-3431 Treasurer: Tina Martin ........................ 828-1247 Vice President: Kathy O’Connor ................. 573-2514 Secretary: Margie Hanson .................. 344-9450
Board Members:
Denise Davis ..................... 771-0433
Ann Engi ............................ 433-2630
Judith Larson ..................... 265-4172 Gudrun Mauter .................. 266-5739
Ruth Ronan ....................... 268-0726
Maura Stone ............. (505) 660-0017
Diane Wilhoite ................... 771-8901
Committees: Programs/Workshops: Myra Chang-Thompson . 864-0876 Kathy O’Connor .............. 573-2514 Hospitality: Ann Engi ......................... 205-6088 Equip. Rental: Ruth Ronan .................... 268-0726 Facebook Page: Wendy Linger ................. 266-2978 Library: Mary Ellen McMurtrie ..... 281-0306 Dye Book:: Becky Arnold .................. 281-5542 Outreach: Diane Witt ....................... 897-6747 Wendy Linger ................. 266-2978 Historian: Mary Moore .................... 400-7732 Sheep to Shawl: Becky Arnold .................. 281-5542 Ruth Ronan .................... 268-0726 Fiber Arts Fiesta: Sandy Gale .................... 263-5624 Diane Witt ....................... 897-6747 Camile Segretto Service Project: Maura Stone .......... (505) 660-0017 Spider’s Market: Myra Chang-Thompson . 864-0876 Web Master: Rita Starceski ........ (575) 915-7204
Minutes of the August 23, 2016 meeting of Las Arañas at Raymond Sanchez Community Center
The meeting was called to order at 9:30 a.m. by President, Chris Allen. Welcome Program Speaker: Joan Ruane on New Zealand 2015 New Members/Visitors: New Members were Rene Pelner, a knitter who wants to learn how to spin and Kristen Lundberg a weaver who joined in April but is attending her first meeting.. Visitor was Aric Chepito a pueblo weaver for 23 years from Zuni. Approval of Minutes: Minutes of the July 28, 2016 meeting published in the August 2016 newsletter were approved. Treasurer’s Report (Tina Martin): As of 8/23/2016 the Guild has: General funds - $17,768.51, Dyebook - $4,759.90, Jodie Aves Scholarship - $5,781.50, and Mary Colton Scholarship - $635.00 for a total of $28,944.91. Tina said we’re doing well as we’re on budget and ‘in the black’. The Guild received a thank you letter from Handweavers Guild of America for the donation of $50.00. Sheep to Shawl (Ruth Ronan/Becky Arnold): . Sign-up sheets are laid out on the tables in the next room, and there are still empty slots. There are enough people now for the move of equipment from storage to the fairgrounds. Parking passes at the Barber’s Col-lege across from Gate 6 are available today at break, and a short description of the rules as well as hints for access was provided. Sandy reminded everyone working Creative Arts to call the manager at the dairy barn to check-in if you have parked in General Parking and not gone by the dairy barn first. Ruth said the phone number is in and working. Sandy reiterated the 2 step admission process of exchanging passes for a ticket if you enter through the general parking gate. Those volunteering at the dairy barn are to sign-in when they arrive for each shift and should wear either their Las Arañas badge or a ‘stick-on’ name tag, Workshops & Programs: The Joanne Tallarovic workshop on Profile Drafting will be rescheduled for early October while the workshop on Fiber Prep, Blending remains at the end of October. Fiber Arts Fiesta (Sandy Gale) The dates are May 19-21, 2017. The call for entries can now be found on the Fiber Arts Council website. Deadline for entries is March 1, 2017. There is prize money associated with the entries. Las Arañas commitment is $1,150 which is due December 31, 2016. Anyone (or any group) who wants to sponsor a prize should contact Sandy prior to that time. Don’t forget to start providing the small donations for the charity table in the basket which will be at each meeting until May. Besides show entries, the Fiber Arts Council will also be looking for proposals for classes of 2-3 hours each in the near future. Outreach (Diane Witt): Diane provided a summary of what the Guild has supported this summer. There is a request for spinners at Casa San Ysidro October 15 & 16 from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. during the Corrales Fall Harvest Festival, and there are still a few openings for spinners at the Rail Yards Market 9:30 to 2:30 on October 9th and 23rd. Camille Segretto Project (Maura Stone): Maura reminded people that there is a box in the library for donations as well as fiber that can be used to knit scarves or shawls which should not be wool due to potential allergies. Historian: (Mary Moore): Mary looked at 1972 and 1992. In 1972 there were 55 mem-bers, In 1992 there were 95. Dues in 1972 were $4.00 versus $18.00 in 1992, and the Guild assets were $100 versus $13,000. in 1972 meetings were generally held in members’ homes with workshops provided by members while in 1992 it was at the Albuquerque Garden Center with workshops by often nationally known outsiders at an average cost of $30.00 per day. General note, meetings were in members’ homes into the late ‘80’s, and when they switched to outside venues, the cost was by separate contribution rather than from the Guild budget. Study Groups: Most of the reports will appear elsewhere in the newsletter. Tapestry Group next meeting is Wednesday, October 5th at the Open Space Visitors Center from 3-4:30 p.m. They are also working with Judy Larson to arrange a non-show time viewing of the current exhibit at the Albuquerque Little Theater. Announcements: On September 3rd & 4th, there will be a Heart of New Mexico Fiber Gathering as a benefit at Wildlife West Nature Park and Animal Rescue in Edgewood. Spin-zilla is the first full week in October. Continued on page 3 —>
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Las Arañas Special Interest Groups
Swatch Swap Group The next meeting of the Swatch Swap Group will be Tuesday, October 25 at 6:30 PM at Ruth Ronan’s home. We will be creating swatches use Networking. Contact Ruth at [email protected] or 268-0726 if you are inter-ested in joining the group.
Knit Wits Meets from 1-3 on the first and third Tues-days of each month. Contact Marsha Starr before each meeting. 842-8599, 307-1465 (cell), or [email protected].
Westside Knitters & Spinners
& Colcheras The Westside Knitters and Spinners meet every Monday at 1909 Grande in Rio Rancho from 1-3. Call Georgia at 401-2397 or Rita Starceski at (575) 915-7204 for more info.
Tapestry Group The next meeting of the Las Arañas Tapes-try Study Group will be Wed., October 5 from 3-4:30 at the Open Space Visitors Center, 6500 Coors Blvd. NW. We will be discussing the up-coming College of Fine Arts Downtown Gallery/Studio show—Questioning Limits: Explorations in Tapestry a Tapestry Artists of Las Arañas Group Exhibit. If time permits, we will have a slide show of tapestries from Elemental the Tapestry Weav-ers West show in San Francisco. Bring your tap-estries, ideas and questions. Contact Mary Colton at 856-7484 or Nancy Wohlenberg at 345-0918 for more info. Nancy can send directions to the Center by email: [email protected].
East Mountain Spinners Meets the 1st Wednesday at Annie MacHale’s. For info contact Rita Starceski at [email protected] or 221-9411 or check www.meetup.com/Greater-Albuquerque-Spinning-And-Fiber-Arts/.
Cotton Picking Spinners Meets on Thursday evenings from 6-8 at the home of Lorraine Blakely. Contact Lorraine at [email protected] or 293-1087 for more information.
Sunday Spinning at Georgia’s
Meet & spin, knit, etc. at Georgia Pearson’s house on the first Sunday of the month from 1-4. Please join us. We have a lot of fun. If the week-end is a holiday weekend, we switch to the 2nd Sunday. Please call Georgia for details 792-2762 or 401-2397 or visit the meetup group at http://www.meetup.com/GreaterAlbuquerque-Spinning-And-Fiber-Arts/ for more information.
Saturday Stitch Club
Meets 2nd Saturday of the month at the Corrales Community Library at 10:30. All levels of fiber artists are welcome. Contact Sandra Baldonado at 899-0499 for more info.
Classified Ads:
For Sale: 31” 4-Harness Glimakra Ideal Loom. Includes a bench and 6-dent reed. Great loom for small space wanting to try a Swedish loom. Able to weave fine weaving as well as rugs. Price Reduced to $1,200. Contact Rita Starceski at [email protected] or 221-9411. We can help deliver if in Albuquerque. Easy to assemble and disassemble.
For Sale: 48”, 6-Harness 8-Treadle Macomber Ad-A-Harness Loom. Folds to 30” depth for storage. Has 50” high castle. Includes 8 reeds of varying widths and conditions, shuttle, bobbin, 2 warping hooks. $1,100. Contact Debby Kerkof at 266-0769 (leave a message) or [email protected].
For Sale: Ashford Traveller Double Treadle Spinning Wheel. Has 4 bobbins. $550. Also Ashford Jumbo Flyer Spinning Wheel. Has 3 bobbins and is great for plying & spinning art yarns. $100. Contact Katy O’Connor at [email protected] or 573-2514.
For Sale: Homemade 16”, 4-harness Table Loom. Has folding stand. Comes with 2 beaters: one for a 15½” reed and one for a 16” reed. A 12-dent 15½” reed is included. Not good for double weave. $400. Contact Katy O’Connor at 573-2514 or [email protected].
Membership Info Congrats to Annette Turk for winning the Collaboration, Utilitarian and Museum awards at the Spanish Market in Santa Fe. The chest pictured below was purchased by the Museum of Spanish Colonial Arts.
August 23 Minutes Continued
Instant Gallery: Ruth Ronan shared her round robin samples from the Convergence class on weaving techniques for shadow weave, echo weave, double weave and turned taquete. Most were on 8 shaft looms with four colors; Michael O’Farrell brought his first tapestry weaving of a bat, moon and tree which he created in a Las Golondrinas spon-sored transparency weaving class. He also had a strap made on an inkle loom; Helena Herning showed a placemat (from a set of eight) made from a pattern in Best of Weav-ing ; Mary Black shared a picture of felting from an STS shirt adaptation and mentioned she’s had 2 entries accepted in State Fair ; Lou Schuyler brought 2 shoulder bags, one of scraps and the other a single color, demon-strating her rigid heddle weaving and sewing skills Nancy Brouillard is cleaning out her studio and had a scarf from the final piece from her recently sold Glimakra loom and another scarf of 10/2 natural cotton, Myra Chang-Thompson brought a scarf from fiber Becky dyed which Myra spun and then wove. Meeting adjourned at 10:43 a.m.
—Margie Hanson
Lace Makers at the Western Music Association Youth
Day in Old Town
Kelly Stewart & Kenny Nix have moved their Gallery/Studio—Sacramento Mountain Weavers—to the east mountains located in Cedar Crest on HWY 14 “The Turquoise Trail” between Sandia Artisans gallery and Moonlight Realty. They write: we are excited about our move, and about going back to our mountain roots! We are still doing what we do, a working weaving studio, along with representing other fine New Mexico artists in our Gallery. So ,if you are out having a nice afternoon getting out of the city, please pop in and say hey!
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Member Update WELCOME
NEW MEMBERS (Detailed info is on page 7 of this newsletter)
DAVID HUNTER KATIE PERCIVAL KATHY RICHARDSON MARGARET TROUSDALE
There is a lot happening in our guild as well as the fiber community to keep us very busy and involved. It can be hard to think about an event 9 months in the future but planning ahead is what will produce a great event. If you have never submitted an entry to Fiber Arts Fiesta, maybe this should be the year for you to take that next step. The Call for Entry requirements are posted at www.fiberartsfiesta.org. Look them over. There are lots of categories so you can pick the best fit for you. The deadline for submis-sion is March 1, 2017. That is only 6 months away. For those who do enter there is the possi-bility of a ribbon or even a cash award. Our guild is committed to $1,150 in award monies. Of course we would love to have sponsors for these awards so that it doesn’t have to come out of our bank account. The following is the list of award categories. If you, as an individual or together in a group, would like to contribute, a check with a notation can be made out to Las
Aran ᷉as.
Best of Show $150 Judges Choice x 2 $50 each Special Merit x 2 $50 each W101 Woven Yardage $100 (1st) W102 Wearable $100 (1st) W103 Wearable Accessories$100 (1st) W104 Functional $100 (1st) W105 Non-Functional $100 (1st) W106 Small Format $100 (1st) W107 Handspun in a Complete Piece $100 (1st) W107 Handspun Skein on Wheel $50 (1st) W109 Handspun Skein on Drop Spindle $50 (1st)
For those of you interested in teaching a class during the Fiesta, the official deadline was August 31, but applications may still be considered. Contact Sandy Gale for an appli-cation form. Posting of class offerings for en-rollment will be on www.fiberartsfiesta.org beginning in January. And last but not least, don’t forget to gear up your creativity and fingers to produce “do-daws” for contribution to the Susan’s legacy charity drive. The white picnic basket will be waiting for those little plastic bags with hand-made items at the next guild meeting. If you have questions about any of the above, please contact Sandy Gale,
[email protected] or 263-5624.
Yarns from the Past
Las Arañas Spinners & Weavers
Guild History by Mary Moore, Historian
1972 – The Second Year
Officers: President, Reita Jordan; Vice-President, Mary Ann Moraga; Secretary, Jean Kemper; Treasurer, Carolyn Tope. Dues for 1972 were raised to $4 to cover the cost of postage to mail minutes. Programs: Flat Rug Weaving by Dee Hen-ion; Inkle looms and construction of ojos; Dress rehearsal for fashion show; Formal fashion show; Rya and corduroy rugs; Weaving and spinning demos by two Navajo women; Spin-ning workshop at Albuquerque Zoo, 10 am to 3 pm, $5 fee; Dyeing workshop at Albuquerque Zoo, 10 am to 3 pm, $5 fee; Field trip to Folk Art Museum, Santa Fe; Ikat demo at Museum of Albuquerque; and Finishing and hanging hangings. Members received a 6-page list of re-sources for weavers. Village Wools, sellers of yardage, yarns and fiber, was listed on Romero St. in Old Town. Also listed, was Pajaritas Stu-dio on Guadalupe Trail NW, which sold yarns, dyes and fiber and gave spinning and weaving lessons. Pajaritas Studio was the site of many Guild activities.
1992 – The
Twenty-Second Year
The Guild membership was 95. Meetings were held on Mondays at the Albuquerque Garden Center, alternating between morning and evening meetings. Evening meetings started at 7 pm. Morning meetings started with a 9:30 am social, followed by the business meeting at 10:00 and the program at 11:00. Room rental at the Garden Center is $25 per meeting, but going up to $30, beginning Jan. 1, 1993. Workshops: J.P. Laurockette, tapestry weaving, 5 days, $135 for members; Virginia West, weaving samples and designing cloth-ing with diagonals; Lou Kaufman, felting; Mary Colton, Warp and Weft Ikat; Iris Dozer, Spin-ning; Anita Luvera-Mayer, Beading, Crazy Quilting and Embroidery for Weavers and Modular Clothing; and Joan Wells, Double-weave. Some workshops were held at the Harwood School on 7th St. Special Interest Groups: Saturday Spin-ning Group meets once a month 9 am to noon and Spinning and Weaving Group meets on the 2nd Wednesday at 9:30 am. Fibers Fantastic, Las Arañas’ 4th annual 2-day show and sale was held in November at the Garden Center. No commissions but a $10 fee was charged to each exhibitor. This was the year that Cathlena Burr joined. July retreat was held at El Rancho de las Golondrinas. Convergence was held in Washington D.C. The guild received at least 12 outreach requests. One was fulfilled by Charlene Le-Master demonstrating natural dyeing in an ecology class in Moriarity. She had done the same demo the year before in a chemistry class. Dues of $18 are payable Dec. 1 in order to be included in the 1993 Membership Book-let. Dyebooks are selling for $3.50. In January, the total assets were over $13,000.
Annie MacHale demon-strate Inkle Weaving
at the Western Music Associa-
tion Youth Day in Old Town
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PARKING Cont.
etc., you can drive in to gate 6 (go North on San Pedro) and tell the at-tendant that you need to deliver equipment. They should let you in, park in front of the Dairy barn, drop off your equipment and then go park in the Barber College lot. When walk-ing from your car, generally you can cross San Pedro directly to gate 6. There is a rope down the center of the street where you can pause for traffic. If a cop happens to be there, ask him if you can cross there. He may stop traffic for you or (if he got up on the wrong side of the bed that morning) may require you to go to the light at Lomas and cross—that is rare. In the afternoon the cops are of-ten running radar checks for traffic coming north on San Pedro. If you walk to the north side of the entry & exit area (toward Lomas) and cross San Pedro there, the cops will usually not even notice you. NOTE: If you need to enter the Fair at Gate 6 on the first day of the fair, there will usually be a long line of trucks and trailers with animals enter-ing that gate. So get in the left lane to the gate entrance. If you need to go north on San Pedro in the morning on the first Sat-urday (Sept. 9), avoid Central Ave. because of the parade. Go south past Central on some other street, then get on San Pedro and go north. If you plan to stay late (after 6 PM) for the Fair and wish to leave your car at the Barber College, talk to them when you park. They are con-sidering charging the public $10 to park but if you tell them you are Sheep to Shawl, they may give you a discount. If you leave your car there late and don’t talk to them, they may have it towed! If you are only working at the Creative Arts building, you may want to come in gate 8 on Louisiana and park in the infield. Be aware that there are no left turns at that point on Lou-isiana so you will need to be driving north on Louisiana at Lomas.
Sheep to Shawl GENERAL INFORMATION
The STS Phone: 383-9860 Most of the “Managers of the
Day” will have cell phones you can call, if needed:
Ruth Ronan—221-9791—11, 17. Becky Arnold—249-3669—12, 13. Janislee Wiese—239-3235—14, 16. Jaye Whorton—720-1843—9, 18. Regina Hoefler—414-0753 (cashier) Marsha Julian—379-1218 (cashier) Please call if you are:
1. Going to be late. 2. Cannot come for your shift. 3. You need an admission pass
(someone will meet you at the gate providing we have a pass to give you).
4. You have equipment you need help bringing in.
5. You have any other problems or questions.
If you have not received your en-try and parking passes, plan to pick them up on Wednesday when you bring in your inventory.
Sign in for your shift in the Master Schedule book and please wear a name tag. This may be your Las Arañas name badge, if you have one or a write-on tag at STS.
If you are working in the Shop, please wear a shop apron. You may bring handwork for times when there are no customers, but please be on duty and circulating when customers are in the shop.
The Managers of the Day will be either, Becky Arnold, Ruth Ronan, Martha Alvarado, Janislee Wiese, Jaye Whorton or Nancy Wohlen-berg. Please contact them if you have questions or problems.
Regular shifts are 9:30-1:30 and 1:30-5:30. If you are working the morning shift, plan to be there a little early to help get the lights on, open the windows and be ready to start on time. If you are working the afternoon shift, plan to stay a little late to help sweep the floor, close the windows, empty the trash, etc. If you are only working the morning shift, you may need to leave by 1:15 so the afternoon person has a place to park. Check with the Manager of the Day to be sure.
If you have to cancel shifts, please try to get your entry passes back to the Shop so we can use them for someone else. (You can call the number(s) in the previous column and some-one will meet you at Gate 6.)
You can add shifts if there are openings and pick up passes at the Shop.
The Sheep to Shawl parking spaces are only for people working during their shift(s).—If you are only working 1 shift and want to spend the other shift visit-ing the Fair, or if you want to stay for the evening, go into the Bar-ber College when you arrive and pay Pierre or Viola extra for the other shift or the evening. They may want you to move your car. (If you need to leave the Fair grounds to move your car—tell the gate people you need to get something from your car and will return. They should let you do that without another entry pass.)
At this time there are just a few slots we would like to fill:
ETC: Wed, Sept. 14-PM;
Shop: Tue, Sept. 13-PM; Wed, Sept. 14-AM; Sun, Sept. 218-AM.
Dye Pot: Sun. Sept. 11-PM; Thur. Sept 15-PM
Carding: Fri. Sept 9-PM
Creative Arts: Fri. Sept 9-PM
There are other slots still open for the Dye Pot, ETC, Spinning and the Creative Arts building, but we would like to fill the ones listed above first, if at all possible, since they are com-pletely open. Contact Ruth Ronan if you wish to fill any of these slots. Contact Ruth Ronan at 268-0726 or [email protected] or Becky Ar-nold at 281-5542 or bekjohn@ gmail.com if you have questions or problems.
STS CARDING You need to bring your own wool to card. It must be very clean. You can use either the new carder for fine roving or the old carder for courser roving. (Do not use both at the same time as there are power problems.)
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Sheep to Shawl
The Intermountain
Weavers Conference Has announced the workshops and leaders for the 2017 Conference—details later.
3-Day Workshops Cathlena Burr What can I do with a draft?
Sarah Jackson Color Confidence.
David Johnson Painting with Yarn:
Soumak Tapestry.
Lisa Klakulak Solid Form Felting Tech.
Linda Lugenbill Ribbed Antler Basketry.
Anita Mayer Clothing to Wear, Cloth to Make, Surfaces to
Embellish.
Jennifer Moore Doubleweave Diversity for
4 and 8 shafts.
Dena Moses Beyond the Rug: Explora-
tion in Rags.
Lynda Teller Pete Navajo Weaving.
Karen Selk Silk Fusion.
Linda Smith Watercolor Felting.
Robyn Spady Extreme Warp Makeover.
1-Day Workshops Ann Budd Toe-U; Socks with Wedge
Toe & short row heel.
Ann Budd Cast-On and Bind-Off
Techniques.
Ann Budd Knitting Steeks & Inserting
Zippers.
Maggie Casey Drop Spindle.
Maggie Casey Twist.
Maggie Casey Break Out of Your
Spinning RUT
Donna Foley Weft-Faced Weaves on
Your Rigid Heddle loom.
Donna Foley Tapestry Techniques on
Your Rigid Heddle loom.
Donna Foley Use Your Weavings!
Carol James Introduction to Sprang
Carol James Sprang Lace.
Carol James Sprang in S and Z.
John Mullarkey Tablet Weaving: Woven
Shoe Laces.
John Mullarkey Tablet Weaving: Coptic Diamonds (4x4 tablet
Weaving).
John Mullarkey Two-sided Delights.
STS Dyeing Linda DeBlois or Denise Davis will be manning the Dyepot each day. They will assign tasks to those helping. You might want to bring an apron and/or wear cloths that will not be ruined if dye splatters.
STS Shop Regina Hoefler and Marsha Julian will be the Cashiers at the Shop. When you are on duty, please wear a shop apron and be available to help customers, make sugges-tions and find items they may be interest in. When customers are in the shop you should not be sitting in a chair, knitting, talking, etc. Be aware of what is going on and let the customer know you are there. This should cut down on shop lifting. (We don’t have a lot but it does occur.)
STS SPINNING We are again spinning under the tent in front of the dairy barn. You will need to bring your wheel or spindle and fiber to spin. You may be able to bring your wheel when you bring in inventory—there is some space in the storage area but it is limited.
STS Passes If you are a consignor or are working to set up the STS shop and work area and were not able to pick up your passes at the meeting on August 23, Ruth will have them for you at the STS shop on September 7 & 8.
CREATIVE ARTS BLDG The Creative Arts Building is near the middle of the main fair grounds on Heritage Ave just off Main Street. It is across from the south side of the Manuel Lujan Jr. Ex-hibit Complex. When you enter the Creative Arts Building, look to your left. That is the Home Arts side of the building. Our display is toward the back of Home Arts near all the glass display cases with fiber entries. There will be signage. Check-In: The Sheep to Shawl manager of the day is at the main exhibit in the Dairy Barn. If you park in the Barber College, stop at
the Dairy Barn and sign-in before walking down to the Creative Arts Building. If you park in the public parking area, you can go straight to the Creative Arts Building and use your cell phone to check in. (The phone number to call is 383-9860.) Demonstration area: Because our demonstrations are only in the afternoon, when you arrive the tables will be draped and the small looms in covered bins under the tables. You will need to uncover the tables and set out the looms. At the end of the day, the looms will need to be packed up again and the tables recovered. There will be additional display information for you at the exhibit. You do not need to bring any weaving supplies with you. Everything you need should be there. If you have a name tag, wear it. Because all shifts will have 2 volunteers, you can alternate breaks. We will have chairs. There are bathrooms in the building. Fair food is eas-ily purchased. Sandy Gale will be there most days.
STS ETC. Bring your favorite small fiber craft to demonstrate. Show Weaving on different looms, Knotting, Colcha Embroidery, Braiding, Knitting, Crochet, Needle Felting, and any other fiber activity that you find interesting and wish to share with others. You also may want to help kids weave on the cardboard looms at the table—tell them that we sell the loom kits in the shop.
STS WEAVING For all weaving, you need to bring your own weft, shuttle(s), bobbins, scis-sors, etc. There will be T-pins and weights available for broken warp threads and some yarn from previous years will be available if you run out. You can always bring a pillow if you don’t like the hard bench. Copies of the various pedaling in-structions will be available at the looms. Please mark the beginning and ending of your weaving with your name so we can give you your weaving when the cloth is cut off the loom. The 8-Harness loom is warped with 5/2 perle cotton at 20epi. The 4-Harness loom 1 is warped with 3/8 sport weight wool for a twill weave.
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Meetings and Notices
Heart of New Mexico Fiber Gathering: September 3 & 4, 10-5 at the Wildlife West Nature Park & Animal Rescue Zoo in Edgewood, NM. Vendors, fiber shows, music, food. Go to heartofnmfibergathering.com for more info.
Tapestry Show at Albuquerque Little Theatre: August 23-October 30. Handwoven by Tapestry Artists of Las Arañas and Las Tejedoras. Upstairs in the Cantina Gallery. Artwork may be purchased at the Theatre Box Office on performance days. Call 242-4750 or visit the ALT website http://albuquerquelittletheatre.org/ for dates and times and to purchase tickets. Shows are Auntie Mame—Aug. 26-Sept. 11 and Little Shop of Horrors—Oct. 7-30.
Churro Week: Sept– 26-Oct 1. Sponsored by the Navajo-Churro Sheep Assoc. and Española Valley Fiber Arts Center (EVFAC). Contact them at (505) 747-3577 or [email protected] for info and to purchase Churro Week passes.
Fall Fiber Fiesta: Nov. 19-20 at the Scottish Rite Temple at 463 Paseo de Peralta in Santa Fe. Organized by EVFAC with a broad range of traditional and contemporary handmade fiber artwork by New Mexico Fiber Artists. Fiber Artists are welcome to participate as vendors at the show. For more details contact EVFAC at at (505) 747-3577 or [email protected].
Las Arañas Spinners & Weavers Guild Membership Form
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Mail completed form and dues ($35 Reg./$15 Student-with valid student ID) [make check payable to Las Aranas] to: Las Aranas, P.O. Box 91225, Albuquerque, NM 87199-1225.
Dues for new members joining in September or later will cover the remainder of the year and all of the next year.
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August 23-Oct. 30 ......... Tapestry Show and Sale: Albuquerque Little Theatre.
September 3-4 .............. Heart of New Mexico Fiber Gathering: 10-5 at Wildlife West Nature Park & Animal Rescue Zoo, Edgewood.
September 6 ................. Sheep to Shawl: Move equipment from storage.
September 7 ................. Sheep to Shawl: Inventory check-in & Shop Setup.
September 8-18 ............ Sheep to Shawl: at the New Mexico State Fair.
September 19 ............... Sheep to Shawl: Inventory Check-out & Shop take-down.
September 22 ............... Day Trip to Santa Fe: Spanish Colonial Art Museum.
Sept. 28-Oct 1 ............... Churro Week: Española, NM
Sept. 28-Oct 2 ............... Taos Wool Festival & Workshops: Taos, NM.
October 3-9 .................. Spinzilla Contest:
October 20 .................... Board Meeting: 6:30 at Ruth Ronan’s.
October 27 .................... Monthly Meeting: Shepherd’s Mill by Sally Brandon
October 28-29 .............. Workshop: Fiber Prep & Blending by Sally Brandon.
November 19-20........... Fall Fiber Fiesta: EVFAC in Santa Fe, NM.
March 17-18, 2017 ....... Spider’s Market: Albuquerque Garden Center.
May 19-21, 2017........... Albuquerque Fiber Arts Fiesta.
July 27-30, 2017 ............ Intermountain Weavers Conference: Durango, CO.
P.O. Box 91225
Albuquerque, NM 87199
Calendar
Deadline for the next issue is September 30, 2016
Send all information to: Ruth Ronan
7701 Spring Ave. NE Albuquerque, NM 87110.
Ph: (505) 268-0726 E-mail: [email protected]
Las Arañas meetings Morning meetings; (Jan, Mar, May,
Aug, Nov) are at 9:30 on the 4th Tuesday.
Evening meetings; (Feb, Apr, Jul, Oct) are at 6:30 on the 4th Thursday.
Raymond Sanchez Community Center, 9800 4th St. NW
Las Arañas Spinners & Weavers Guild
No Meeting in September
Sheep to Shawl
at the State Fair
September 8-18
