Des Moines Weavers and Spinners Guild

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SCHEDULE FOR THIS YEAR:

2016

Oct. 11 Show & Tell of Handwoven Garments
This can be a recently completed project or one of your 'historic' woven garments that you no longer wear. Accessories can be included, i.e., scarves, bags, hats etc.
Plans for a Towel Exchange will be discussed. Also we will plan an Inkle Weaving meeting coming in March.

Tuesday, Oct. 18 SPIN DAY at Douglas Ave. Presbyterian Church [DMPC]
Guild will have the room from 9:30 to 2:00 for a day of spinning. All skill levels are welcome. Bring a sack lunch/beverage.

Nov. 8 Road trip to Ames
Textile and Clothing Museum at ISU. Visit to Rosetree Fiber Shop. Lunch out. Carpool from DMPC.

Dec.13 Weaving Errors - How to Fix Them and How to Avoid Them
Cindy Griese.
Garage Sale bring your treasures priced to sell.

2017

Jan. 10 Designing with Novelty Yarns - sett, tension, tricks
Cindy Griese, Willie Offerman, Sue Lustig

Feb. 14 Towel Exchange
Bring one towel you have designed and woven in the colors and structure of your choice. Towels are to be woven in 8/2, 10/2 or 16/2 cotton and finished at approx. 18" x 29". Towels will be exchanged in some fair manner so that no ome goes home with their own towel.

March 14 Inkle Loom Weaving
Instruction on how to warp and weave on an Inkle loom. Willy Offerman will show how to make the heddle loops. Bring your Inkle loom to warp in you favorite design. We will weave at the meeting.

March 28 SPIN DAY at Douglas Ave. Presbyterian Church [DMPC]
9:30 am to 2:00 pm. Get together for another day of spinning.

April 11 Lets Try Drop Spindle Spinning
Bring your spindles and carders. We will share equipment and all go home with a better awareness of this technique. Worsted and woolen spinning will be discussed. Also final plans for Kate Larson workshop and Iowa Federation meeting.

May 9 Warping Accessories & Tools and Techniques for Using Them
Sue Lustig will report on Convergence class.

June 13 Spring Picnic
hosted by Mary Paul Even, 5706 Walnut Hill Dr., Des Moines. We will meet at 12:00 noon. Bring a dish to pass. Mary Paul will have drinks, dishes and cutlery. Plans for summer events and Iowa State Fair will be discussed. Bring your ideas for Program topics for next year.

That's all for this season. Please check back in August for our new programs starting in September. And/Or email info@desmoinesweaversguild.org to learn of events that come up during the summer.

Join us, too, at events listed in the right-hand box.

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Previous Programs

2016

Sept. 13 Show & Tell of Summer Fiber Work
plus Iowa State Fair entries and samples from Dye Day. There will be reports on craft cruises, HGA Convergence, Iowa Sheep & Wool Festival, and any other workshops or fiber shops visited on our travels. Please remember to bring a project to display in th October exhibit at Pella Library.

Special Event: Dye Day at the Dome
August 27, 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Contact info@desmoinesweaversguild.org
if planning to come.

June 14 Spring Luncheon
Hosted by Mary Paul Even.
We will meet at Noon. Bring a dish to pass. Mary Paul will have drinks, dishes and cutlery. Plans for summer events and Iowa State Fair will be announced. Bring your ideas for program topics for next year.

May 10th Rebecca Abarr will show her baskets and tell how they are made. She will show natural materials that she uses to weave the baskets.

April 12 Salisbury House Fabrics Tour
Salisbury House staff will show and discuss tapestries and navajo rugs in their collection. Charge is $20 per person. Guild will pay $10 and member will be asked to pay $10. We can come back to the church for a short meeting and Spinning. Note: No Carpool! Salisberry House is at 4025 Tonawanda Dr, Des Moines, IA 50312

March 8 Tour C&M Fiber Mill discussion on weaving. Note: Meet at 9 AM to carpool!

Feb. 9 Recognizing Weave Structures using Sample Books from our Library. Bring a magnifying glass if you have one. Presenter: Cindy Griese

Jan. 12 Shake UP Your Memory -- The Importance of Record Keeping. We will also learn to calculate cost of a project. How much yarn is left on the cone? How to calculate yarn amounts needed for Stripes. Presenter, Willie Offerman.

2015

Dec. 8 Organizing and Utilizing Your Stash --facilitated by Willie Offerman. Once again we will have a Guild garage sale -- bring unwanted yarns, books, fibers, equipment marked for sale. Bring cash to buy and sell treasures.

Nov. 10 Sample Weaving Workshop -- Table looms will be warped and ready to weave samples. This is a round-robin so be prepared to stay into the afteroon. Bring a sack lunch. Spinners bring wheels to use if there is a wait to weave on the loom you want. Later woven warps will be cut appart and notebooks will be made up with the draft sheet and your woven sample. This is a great learning opportunity for new weavers and a good refresher for others. There will be helpers to aswer questions. Bring scissors and stick shuttles.

[Tuesday] Oct. 20 SPIN DAY at Douglas Ave. Presbyterian Church We will have the room from 9:30 to 2:30 for a day of spinning. All skill levels are welcome. Bring a sack lunch or pick up a lunch nearby.

Oct. 13 WORK DAYWarping Table Looms --We will warp looms for Sample Workshop to be held in Nov. Learn either warping back-to-front or front-to-back. This may be a a longer meeting. Bring sack lunch if you want. Spinners will have a spin day if they aren't warping a loom.

Sept. 8 Show & Tell of Your Summer Projects -- also show Iowa State Fair entries ad samples from Dye Day. There will be reports on Midwest Weavers Conference and Iowa Sheep & Wool Festival. We will collect projects for the October Guild Exibit to be held at the Norwalk Public Library.

July 18: Dye Day Saturday
Hosted by Jane Swanson
Bring dye stuffs & [lunch dish] to share.
Email: info@desmoinesweaversguild.org to share planning.

June 9: Spring Luncheon
Hosted by Mary Paul Even.
We will meet at Noon. Bring a dish to pass. Mary Paul will have drinks, dishes and cutlery. Plans for summer events and Iowa State Fair will be announced. Bring your ideas for program topics for next year.

May 12: Weaving a Twill Gamp
Sharon Lewis: Weave a multitude of patterns on one warp to be used as a learning tool.

April 14: Change:Navaho Weaving Workshop
Diane Hickman
Advanced prep required. See Attached

March 10: Color Blending using Drum Carder or Blending Board
Led by Cindy Griese. Bring hand carders, drum carders, or blending boards if you have them. Spinners bring wheels to spin the blended fibers into a variety of colored yarns.

Feb. 10: Weave-it-Weaving
Anonymous

Jan. 13: Opportunities for Distance Learning
Susan Warner will show ways to learn weaving/spinning techniques without traveling to a workshop.

for more see ...

A chapter of the Iowa Federation of Handweavers and Spinners

If you have an interest in:

Weaving, Spinning, Felting, Basketry, Papermaking, Knitting or Dyeing

Come Join US!

We were organized in 1945 to provide exploration of weaving and spinning interests. We still enjoy the sharing, the experiences, and the chance to learn.

We offer so many Advantages:

Monthly meetings, the second Tuesday of each month except July and August
Programs to inform, entertain, and encourage all of us
Access to the Guild library of fiber books, periodicals, and sample kits
Equipment for weaving and spinning which may be borrowed by members
Workshops
Spinners Group takes part in Spin-ins and demonstrations
Encouragement & Recognition -- like at the State Fair

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Other Events & Demonstrations

2016

October 1-31
Celebrate National Spinning and Weaving Month
All Month-long Exhibit at the Pella Library

Oct. 8-9 Madison CountyCovered Bridge Festival
Winterset, Ia. Spinners demonstrate.

Oct. 29 Iowa Federation of Handweavers and Spinners
Fall Meeting in Buffalo, Iowa
Hosted by Valley Weavers & Spinners and Gateway Fiber Artists. Speaker is Laura Demuth. Topics will be Double Weave with Rya and Weaving with Handspun.

Nov. 4-6 Amana Arts Guild Fall Fiber Show and Sale

2017

April 28 Kate Larson Spinning Workshop
on Color and Creativity for Spinners at Des Moines Presbyterian Church. To pre-register contact Sue Lustig.

April 29 Iowa Federation of Handweavers and Spinners
Des Moines Guild will host the spring meeting at the Mid-Iowa Council, Boy Scouts of America office,
6123 Scout Trail, off SW 63rd St., Des Moines Iowa.
Speaker: Kate Larson.
Topics: morning session Leicester Love and Other Stories
afternoon session A Short History of Dorset Buttons (hands on)

May 13-14 Shepherd's Harvest Sheep and Wool Festival
Washington County Fairgrounds
Lade Elmo, Minnesota

June 12-17 Midwest Weavers Association
Textiles at the Crossroads
Butler University, Indianapolis, Indiana

NEWS: June 17th & 18th Iowa Sheep & Wool Festival
Hansen Ag Learning Center, Ames, Iowa

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[Contact us to schedule a demonstration at your event]

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Beginning Weaving

With Garlyn Saupe
Boone, Ia
515 432 3432
dgsaupe@gmail.com

With Vikki Morain
Lamoni, Ia
641 784 4747
vikki@desmoinesweaversguild.org

Online Learning Resources

Handweavers Guild of America
     Programs include
.Certificate of Excellence
.Laughlin Library Collection
.past topics from the Learning Exchange     Program (Program no longer offered.),
.Teaching and Learning through Correspondence, and
.Video, Kit and Slide rentals.

.Online Guild of Weavers, Spinners and Dyers
     This web site is affiliated with the UK Association of Guilds of Weavers, Spinners and Dyers. It has discussions, a virtual library and on line programs for members from a world wide community.

American Tapestry Alliance
     A tapestry instruction program for intermediate tapestry weavers, and also a program called Helping Hands for beginning tapestry weavers.

Weaving in Beauty
     An online resource for Navajo weaving.

Weaving Today

Spinning Daily

Craftsy