Day Time Spin In At Gudie's
It was supposed to be a Spin In and it turned into a strum-in. Looks like Wendy, Darlene and Gudie had way too much fun! |
Thank you Gudie for the picture and thank you Elvi for being the photographer!
The Shuswap Spinners and Weavers Guild is an organization of almost 60 members dedicated to supporting those involved in the fibre arts community locally and promoting these creative skills in the larger community. All members of the larger fibre arts community are welcome - spinners, weavers, fetlers, fibre producers, knitters and those who crochet. It is a very eclectic group with a history of service in the Shuswap region.
Here is Sherry, asking us to pick out a picture from a magazine. |
From there we were going to explore all the colours in that picture. |
The workshop was well attended. |
With 19 in attendance. |
We all took turns picking out a colour scheme from our picturres. |
Ann's |
Glenda's |
We had a wonderful display of food from our guild members. |
There were many different varieties to choose from. |
Every June we have a pot luck dinner then break for the summer. |
Louise showed us her many tea towels. |
Carmen brought her felting. |
Love the colours! |
All with a unique pattern. |
Love the art work that goes into Carmens felting! |
Mona was weaving too! This was a beautiful piece of material she wove to sew a new top. |
Darlene wove some material and made a vest. |
Lis knit this beautiful shawl. |
Lis also was weaving tea towels. |
Ann showing her dying she did at Lis's. All ready to warp up her loom. |
Ann wove some blankets for wedding gifts. She's one busy lady! |
Here is Judith's beautiful rug she wove! All material she spun from her own sheep. |
In June we are displaying our woven clothing we made. Ann brought a couple of vests for our Piccadilly Show Case. |
Sharon brought a couple of vests too. This white one with a beautiful trim. |
A blue country style vest and a nice black one. |
Loise made a cowl she wove, for our show case too. |
Loise makes a great model! Love the colour of this cowl! |
Welcome Marianne, our newest member. Here is a skein she has spun at the Wednesday night spin ins and a very colourful roving that she has been spinning recently. |