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Directions to Fairmont Clubhouse

715 Lexington Ave,
El Cerrito:

From El Cerrito Plaza BART Station, walk north along the BART greenway path or Liberty Street. There is a small playground at Liberty and Eureka. Turn left at the turtle, go one block, and turn right on Lexington.

 

 

 

 

 

Guild Meeting

April 22 – 11 AM

Presentation begins at 1:00 PM

Guest Speaker Rebecca Burgess,

Autor of Harvesting Color, founder of Fibershed

Natural Dyeing with Locally Sourced Materials

harvestingcolor

Rebecca Burgess will discuss her natural dyeing, concepts of fibershed and how she pulled together a wardrobe made within 150 miles of her West Marin home.

 

A small group will have spent Saturday with Rebecca practicing her natural dye processes with locally sourced materials.  Results will be available for all to see on Sunday.

Rebecca will have copies of her book, Harvesting Color, for sale at both the workshop and meeting.  If you have a copy and want it autographed, please bring it with you. 

Before our lunch break, we will confirm officers for the 2012-13 program year. 

THINGS TO BRING:

  • Natural dye samples from Saturday's workshop
  • Harvesting Color either your copy to autograph or you can bring money to buy a copy at the meeting.
  • Quiet project if working during presentation
  • Suggestions for better guild management and support
  • Lunch
  • Mug for coffee or tea

Who has the Guild’s Louet Drum Carder?
Our library policies require borrowers to return items at the next meeting but it’s been months since this drum carder has appeared.  Do you know where it is?  Please let us know if you know anything about this carder!

Spinning Demonstrations – Volunteers Wanted


April 21  11AM – 3PM

San Ramon sheering

Forest Home Farms sheering day with spinning and felting hands on demonstrations.  Volunteer with S&F for a day of fresh fleece, felting and spinning.  Set up 9:30AM, event ends 3PM.  We’ll have CD spindles and fiber, soap for felting.  Bring your wheel and favorite chair if you want, sunhat, water bottle and lunch or cash to purchase lunch there.  spindlesandflyers@gmail.com  Forest Home Farms:  http://www.srhf.org/events/index.html  Fleeces sold for reasonable prices. 

May 5-6

SF Demo

Norway Day Festival, Ft. Mason, San Francisco.  Volunteers needed to spin during this traditional cultural festival.  Susan 415-468-5590 or spindlesandflyers@gmail.com Festival information at http://norwayday.org/

May 18-19

Oakland conference

CNCH 2012 Tradition / Innovation:  Conference of Northern California Hand Weavers, Spinners, Dyers and Basketmakers.  www.cnch.org 
Make and Take Volunteers Wanted for CD Spindle Spinning Saturday May 19, 9-11AM and Sunday May 20, 1-3PM.  You do not have to be registered for the conference to volunteer! Susan 415-468-5590 or spindlesandflyers@gmail.com

July 8    10AM – 5PM

Oakland fair

Oakland Fiber Festival in Splash Pad Park.  S&F will host spinning demonstrations.   Festival information:  Lou lou@sffiber.com and Piedmont Yarn 510-595-5959

Preview of Spring Programs

NO GUILD MEETING IN MAY –
See you at CNCH Oakland May 18-20  www.cnch.org

June 17:  Sit Some. Spin Some, Snack Some, Yak Some,
and CNCH Oakland show and tell. 
Join us for a relaxed review of what happened during our annual regional conference, plan some summer fun and catch up on your spinning.

Looking ahead to Summer and meeting dates for 2012-13:

 

Membership

We start a new program year each September with the annual paying of dues.  Dues are $25 per year for one person or $37.50 for households or family groups.  Please complete the membership form with full name, street, city, ZIP, home phone, cell phone, email, and family member if paying $37.50 family rate.  Request USPS mailing address from our guild treasurer. 

Yearly dues are pro-rated for new members based on the time of joining.