April Program Barbara Herbster - rmweaversguild.org

Next Meeting:

April 21, 2012

9:00-Meet & Greet

9:30-Business Meeting

10:30-Mix & Mingle

11:00-Program

At TACtile’s location

(map on back page)

Submission

Deadline for the

May Issue is

April 22

HOSPITALITY

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Program 1

President’s

Message

Fiber

Announcements

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Up-Coming

Workshops 3-4

Registration 5

Samples 6-7

CWD 8-9

Ads 5&10

Minutes

Study Groups

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.April 2012 Education Update

From the 2011-2012 Education Committee

We all feel truly blessed that Laura Sims was able to join Liz

Spear for our March program. Talk about inspiration. We

don’t think it gets much better. And for those of you who

took Liz’s nuno felting and/or sewing handwoven workshop

(s), we want you all to know we are REALLY looking forward

your incredible results at Weavers’ Day –either on your body

or a mannequin in one of the guild displays.

Just a heads up -- Barbara Herbster’s April Collapse Weave workshop is full. Contact

Cherie Pitman to be put on the waiting list.

Judy Lepthien, 2012-2013 Education Coordinator, unveiled our exciting 2012-2013

workshop line-up. September (looping with Donna Kallner), October (indigo & shibori

resists with Jay Rich) and November (silk fusion and silken kaleidoscope with Karen Selk,

our Memorial Presenter) are open. (See details in this newsletter and on the website.)

The rest of the line up will open September 2012. If you missed the March meeting, visit

the RMWG website to see the entire line-up. The January through April 2013 workshop

details and costs will be posted this summer both in the newsletter and on the website.

We are happy that Carol Garnand has volunteered to serve as the 2013-2014 Education

Coordinator. If there are presenters you want to see, help Carol out and let her know

([email protected]).

Cherie Pitman, 2011-2012 Education Coordinator, and all of us on the 2011-2012 com-

mittee want to thank all of you for a successful and wonderful year. It’s been great fun.

Thank you.

Reminder to membership: Ginger Kaldenbach ([email protected]) is tracking our

TACtile usage. So ALWAYS cc her when scheduling guild-related meetings at TACtile.

April Program—Barbara Herbster

Take a tour with a power point presentation on how to get started using

bamboo. Bamboo is a natural, wonderfully soft, relatively new yarn that

many of us would like to be more comfortable using. Characteristics,

sources, sets, finishing and structures will be discussed. The presentation

will conclude with a gallery of slides showing how Barbara has made use

of bamboo yarns and finished examples will be out for you to handle up

close and personal. OK now, you can do bamboo!

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President’s message—April 2012 Our April meeting is our Annual Meeting…the difference being you will

vote on the outstanding slate of officers presented at our March meeting.

We will not be having a May Meeting or a May Luncheon this year. In-

stead, we are hosting Colorado Weavers Day on May 19 at the Golden

Mountaineering Center. This will be incredible day with four premier

speakers presenting on the theme “tradition inspiring the future.” Regis-

tration closes on April 30, so if you haven’t signed up yet, you still have a small window of opportunity.

The next time we meet as a guild will be in September, with a newly elected board that becomes effective on

June 1. With so many guild activities, we’ll see each other many times between now and September.

Forever in silk—Susan Du Bois

Estes Park Wool Market Workshop registration is now available online at http://www.colorado.gov/cs/Satellite/TownofEstesPark/CBON/1251609816602 There are over two dozen classes on to chose from June 7th and 8th, including both 1-day and 2-day work-shops from some very notable instructors.

Pueblo CO Weaving Perpetual Calendar

After the completion of a Bonnie Inouye Exploring Multi-shaft Design study, six weavers from within the Handweavers

Guild of Pueblo created a delightful perpetual calendar for keeping a record of special birthdates, anniversaries, etc.,

using their designs and woven samples.

Each month's design includes the threading, treadling and tie up along with the actual woven sample. The front and

back of the weave can be viewed in it's own window.

Calendars measure 5 1/2" X 11" and have a spiral binding.

The price is $28.00 with delivery at Colorado Weavers Day Conference in Golden on May 19. CWD committee has

given their okay for distribution of pre- ordered calendars at the end of the Conference. If you prefer having your

calendar mailed directly to you there will be a $5. charge for postage.

To preorder your calendar please contact:

E-mail Orders: Joanne Caldwell [email protected]

Phone orders: Cathy Coatney 719.251.2959

Denver Fiber Fiesta

The Denver Fiber Fiesta is part of the Great Western Alpaca Show which will be

held at the National Western Complex from May 4-6. You will find many fiber activi-

ties and not just alpaca fibers!

Weaving Repair

Sue Howell have a woven shawl with a rather large hole in the back, compliments of her ferret. I have the

mohair to repair it. I just need someone who knows what they are doing. Contact Sue Howell 303 697 1622

or [email protected]

http://www.estes.org/events

mailto:[email protected]



September 2012 Workshops – Looping with Donna Kallner Skipped Stitch Looping

Half-Day Workshop: Saturday Afternoon, Sept 15, 2012

Workshop Location: TACtile

Transform simple and easy knotless netting (one of looping’s many forms) into lovely lacy

fabric. Once you have mastered the basic looping stitch and tension control, you’re on

your way to exploring skipped and grouped stitch variations. This particular project is

worked over a bar of soap using wool yarn that felts as you use your scrubber, but the

techniques learned here are suitable for many different fibers and applications.

All Levels. Max Number of Participants: 14 Workshop Fee: $40.00 Materials fee: $10.00, includes soap, yarn, needle and instruc-

tions. Bring the eyeglasses you use for close work.

Burundi Looping

Full Day Workshop: Sunday, Sept 16, 2012


Learn several exciting variations in the vast family of looping techniques via Burundi,

where each stitch intersects with multiple previous rows. You’ll learn basic looping and

a bead looping method to establish the stitch count needed to move into Burundi. In the

process, you’ll learn color trades and several technique variations.

All Levels. Max Number of Participants: 14 Workshop Fee: $78.00 Materials fee: $20.00, includes hand-painted Irish waxed linen, beads, needles, mold and

handouts. Bring embroidery scissors and the eyeglasses you use for close work.

Questions? Contact Judy Lepthien, 303-282-4282, [email protected]. To register: Mail your workshop fee(s), (check made out to RMWG), and completed registration form to Tina

Broderson, Workshop Registrar, 7960 W. Caley Dr., Littleton CO 80123.

October 2012 Workshop – Indigo Dyeing & Shibori Resist with Jay Rich Shibori Resists for Handweavers and Knitters

2 Day Workshop: Sunday & Monday, October 21 & 22, 2012

Workshop Location: Recycled Lamb

Love shibori? Love that indigo blue? Intrigued by resist dyeing? Want to make your

yarn, handwoven or whole cloth fabric unique. This is the workshop for you – whether

you are a knitter, weaver, or whole cloth fanatic. In this workshop, you will explore

complex mechanical, stitched, and clamped resist dyeing options with indigo and other

natural dyes for over dyeing. Practice a variety of techniques by using commercial fab-

rics to create more patterns, surface designs, layers of color, and building depth of

surface. After gaining the understanding you need, you will be able to move on to

those precious handwovens, knits, or whole cloth.

All Levels. Max Number of Participants: 18 Workshop Fee: $125.00 Materials fee: $15.00, includes indigo and one or two over-

dyes.

Questions? Contact Judy Lepthien, 303-282-4282, [email protected]. To register: Mail your workshop fee(s), (check made out to RMWG), and completed registration form to Tina

Broderson, Workshop Registrar, 7960 W. Caley Dr., Littleton CO 80123.

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November 2012 Memorial Workshops – Silk with Karen Selk Silk Fusion

Half-Day Workshop, Saturday Afternoon, Nov 17, 2012


Innovative, rich in lustre, smooth or textured surfaces describe fused silk felt. A

spectrum of unspun silk fibers will be arranged and fused with adhesive medium

to produce a "felt" of varying thicknesses. Silk fused fibers can be crinkled while

wet and hold their shape. Other fibers, feathers, and ribbons can be incorpo-

rated into this silk "felt". When finished, it becomes a perfect canvas for machine

or hand stitching, quilting, three dimensional sculptures, jewelry, wearable art,

book coverings, collage and on and on. Participants will leave with numerous

samples and be provided with patterns for hats, bags and boxes. Embellishing

techniques and ideas will be applied to the completed accessories. The possibili-

ties are endless.

All Levels. Max Number of Participants: 20 Workshop Fee: $40.00 Materials fee: $28.50, includes binder of information, a

spectrum of unspun silk fibers, adhesive, all the yarns and fibers needed.

Silken Kaleidoscope,

3-Day Workshop: Sunday, Monday. Tuesday, Nov 18, 19, & 20, 2012


Cloth is capable of a wonderful depth, brilliance and richness of color that can-

not be obtained on a painted surface, due to the interaction of fibers’ structure,

weave pattern, color and light. Through a series of woven samples and color

challenges using yarns, explore color as it relates to woven fabric. Participants

will work with effective and practical techniques to realize greater satisfaction

with color and cloth. You will arrive with pre-warped looms (threading provided

by instructor) for eight different weave structures appropriate for apparel en-

sembles. The samples combine silk with a variety of other fibers while investigat-

ing different aspects of color and cloth structure. Everyone will receive a com-

prehensive binder containing color, silk and structure information.

Participants should expect to do some homework in the evenings, consisting of

working on color/weave challenges. The class will use 45 different colored silks,

which means the samples are very exciting. Four of the eight

weave structures are 8 harness. (Eight to ten the looms will be

eight harness looms, the rest will be four harness.) This is a

round robin workshop; participants will loom hop.

Intermediate level. Maximum of Participants: 16

Total Workshop Fee: $195.00; Deposit: $95.00. Balance of $100.00 due Nov 1, 2012. Materials fee: $68.00, includes a course book which contains substantial information on color and silk

plus a variety of silk yarns for the warp and weft.

Questions? Contact Judy Lepthien, 303-282-4282, [email protected] To register: Mail your workshop fee(s) and/or deposit, (check made out to RMWG), ), and completed

registration form to Tina Broderson, Workshop Registrar, 7960 W. Caley Dr., Littleton CO 80123.


45” SCHACHT 4 HARNESS HIGH CASTLE LOOM

10 treadles, 8 & 12 dent reeds, 800 heddles

Includes lots of accessories

$1,000 [email protected] 303-399-8226



Complex Weavers' Lace Weaves Study Group, September 2011

Weaver: Tina Broderson, 7960 W. Caley Dr., Littleton, CO 80123

Email: [email protected] Phone: (303) 794-5988

Weave Structure: Huck Lace

Source: I adapted this huck lace draft from an 8 shaft design by Rosalie Neilson in the May-June 2008

issue of Handwoven, p. 61.

Comments: This is an 8 shaft, 5-end huck design with a flower motif. It alternates with a smaller 3-end

huck motif. By the time I got to the end of the rather short warp, there were some tension problems—

with a longer warp, this might require special attention.

Warp: 10/2 Tencel, Textiva Yarns, tussah color (Yarn Barn of Kansas), 24 epi (2 per dent in a 12 dent

reed)

Weft: Same as warp, approximately 22-24 ppi.

Width: width in reed—11 ¾ “

width off loom—10 7/8”

width after finishing—10 ¼”

Finishing: After I machine stitched the ends, the cloth was washed on a hand wash cycle in cold water (front

loader machine) with one teaspoon of Orvus Paste. It was briefly machine dried on low heat, then air

dried, and then pressed with a steam iron.

Draft is on next page.

Samples…...

mailto:weft00@


More than one use for a loom—

Rowan at Mimi’s loom.

An Invitation

The Tapestry Study Group of HGB invites you to attend an

exhibit of handwoven tapestries. This free event will be held

at Shuttles, Spindles and Skeins in Boulder.

The hours are:

Thursday, May 17 from 10 am—6 pm

Friday, May 18 from 10 am—8 pm

Saturday, May 19 from 10 am—6 pm

There will be a reception with refreshments on

Friday, May 18 from 6 pm –8 pm

Shuttle Scuttle Page 8

Meet MARIAN HOSKINSON, A treasured member of our guild. Nearly 60 years ago Marian Hoskinson, then in her early thirties, moved to Denver with her husband

and young children. Soon after getting her family settled, Marian was on a quest to learn to weave.

Though the women in her family were experienced sewers and needleworkers, none had tried hand

weaving. Marian took a chance and ordered a small table loom through an ad in the back of McCall’s

Magazine. She taught herself to weave using Mary Atwater’s book, the only hand weaving book avail-

able at the time. “There was very little interest in handweaving in the 1950’s,” Marian says. She even-

tually found a small group that had recently started the Rocky Mountain Weavers Guild who encour-

aged her to pursue her passion. Marian also took all the classes offered for homemakers at The Emily

Griffith Opportunity School; clothing design and construction, tailoring, millinery and more. As her

weaving skills developed, Marian’s interest turned to learning complex weave structures. Her great-

est satisfaction came from figuring out the technical aspects of the loom and weave patterns.

Over many years Marian has assembled 10 large notebooks containing her studies of weave struc-

tures with all the accompanying samples, drafts and instructions, as well as, many files with weaving samples from the many

sample exchange groups to which she belonged.

Marian shared that she was never interested in production weaving or selling, but as a practical person she always made

things from her woven cloth; garments and accessories, household linens and wallhangings.

Her passion for weaving lead Marian on another path, though, it still involved weaving. Early in the guild’s history she served

as president twice. Through the 1980’s she took on more leadership positions in the weaving community eventually serving

as president of HGA and Chairman of the Board of Directors. Her focus in these positions was to transform the national

association into a more professional educational organization. For several years she traveled to all the national and regional

conferences making people aware of the services offered by HGA and encouraging guilds and individuals to support the na-

tional organization.

Today, Marian is retired and no longer weaving. She is, however, very busy organizing her notebooks and sample files which

will become a part of the RMWG library.

Marian was a trailblazer in the world of handweaving. Her leadership, scholarly pursuits and generosity have enriched the

lives of countless weavers in our guild and across the country. I so enjoyed talking with Marian and feel our guild is honored to have her as one of our members. I hope that you’ll greet

Marian at our April guild meeting.

Shelly DeChantal

Need More Art for our CWD Table! Many thanks to those who have already signed up to bring art for our two CWD tables. I am still

looking for more art to display. This is a great opportunity to show everyone what you have created

and a chance to win prizes. This year there are individual prizes including juried and People’s Choice

awards. Bring your best work forward! Pieces do not have to be from the last 2 years but cannot be

ones displayed last event.

You don’t need to be at CWD to have your work shown and to be eligible for prizes. There will be

security at the tables throughout the event to ensure nothing is damaged or stolen. If you would like

to participate, please send me an email with your contact information and a description of the piece including a rough size

estimate. Art work for display should be brought to our April RMWG meeting where I will collect and label them for

CWD. The work can be picked up after CWD or I can arrange to get them back to you after the event. Looking forward

to seeing your beautiful projects!

Jan Thornton

[email protected]


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Reflections on a Donna Kallner Workshop

How disappointing that I will be out of town in September when we have Donna Kallner here

to present our guild program and two workshops! If you have signed up, you are in for a real

treat. If you haven’t decided yet, I highly recommend her workshops – hurry before it’s too

late. Remember, you don’t need to know how to weave or have any prior experience with

looping to participate in her workshops. I had the good fortune to take Donna’s half-day mini-

session on mosaic bead looping at the Midwest Weavers Conference last June. Donna is a wonderful teacher –

she’s very organized and easy to understand, gives top-notch handouts, and has an easy-going manner and sense

of humor. She’s a comfortable, “everyday” kind of person who also happens to produce beautiful fiber art as

well as functional items (I still regret that I didn’t buy one of her pieces at a gallery show near MWC).

Susan Wilson

Colorado Weavers Day 2012 Tradition Inspiring the Future

A day of inspiration and camaraderie with fellow weavers and fiber artists...........what a great way

to spend a spring day in Colorado!

Our speakers, Deborah Chandler and Gloria Chonay from Guatemala, Anita Luvera Mayer,

Edwina Bringle and Sarah Saulson, are excited about spending this special day with us. Guilds from across the state are preparing wonderful displays of their members’ work to show off their

latest accomplishments. Many awards will be given for outstanding artwork. You’ll have a chance to vote

for your favorite art work, also. Mayan Hands has designed a handwoven shoulder bag you can pre-order

on the CWD website. This offer is a fundraiser for Mayan Hands, Deborah’s fair trade organization

supporting Guatemalan weavers.

Have you registered for the conference? Don’t miss out. All the info and the Registration Form

are at: rmweaversguild.org/cwd Registration closes May 1.

LA BELLE’S FOLD

We know a lot of you had a wonderful time at our book sale. It was a complete book and mag. feeding frenzy as you

gobbled up the great deals we provided for you with our low, low prices. Thanks to you, the sale brought in $242.13

which will be used for new circulating library items. Don’t ask me where the 13 cents came from, but it’s aaaallll good! The sale would not have happened, because my mind is too scattered, without the library committee all pitching in to

help: Pat Sandt covered the board table and took your $$, Tom Cotter and Erik Staubo brought boxes and boxes of

books and magazines from my van and the metal cabinet into the boardroom and unloaded them onto the table, Gage

Evans and everyone who had a hand or two helped arrange the books to look as appealing as possible. Abigail Hum-

phreyson ever faithfully checked your returned books in to the library, and Dale Zitek, as always, made sure books were

displayed and your questions answered as you checked out items to take home. And I just got in the way!! I also want to thank you for your generosity during this year. La Belle’s grazing across the rows of donors has brought

in $203.83. There’s that 3 again!

Cont’d on next page

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48" AVL 16 Harness

Compu-Dobby

Production Loom with Accessories.

[email protected]

970-874-5478

I’m hoping you are enjoying the benefits from La Belle’s efforts which were introduced to you at the March meeting:

Holly Brackman: The Surface Designer’s Handbook.

Lan-Anh Bui: Amigurumi.

Jane Dunnewold: Art cloth.

Nicky Epstein: Knitted Embellishments.

Anne Field: Collapse Weave.

Judith Gordon: American Starwork Covelets.

John Mullarkey: A Tablet Weaver’s Pattern Book.

Kristen Omdahl: Wrapped in Crochet.

Leigh Radford: One Skein.

Jean Scorgie: Simple Skirts 102 and Overlayers 103.

Margo Selby: Color and Texture in Weaving.

Georgie Sheldon: Tina: The Little Lace Maker.

Andrew Whiteford: Southwestern Indian Baskets.

Susan Wilson: Weave Classic Crackle and More.

And then there are the 2 videos and 2 DVD’s: Tapestry Techniques for Rug Weaving and Tapestry Techniques for Clothing, both presented by Nancy

Harvey. Warping Your Loom by Madelyn Van der Hoogt. You know how meticulous she is, so this should be a real treat for

you.

Weaving on a Rigid Heddle Loom by Jane Patrick. REMEMBER! April meeting will be the last time this 2011/’12 year that you can take books out of the circulating li-

brary. I’ll try to get some times during the summer for us to be open, but don’t count on it. Also, I’ll get some good

reading books in for you, since you’ll have a long summer to read as well as weave and spin.

Gretchen Kantor

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RMWG Board Meeting, March 11, 2012

TACtile Textile Arts Center

Present: Audrey Cheadle, Susan Du Bois, Peggy Hammond, Judy Lepthien, Cherie Pitman.

Guests: Gretchen Kantor, Nicki Scheurwater.

The meeting was called to order at 2:05 PM.

Nicki Scheurwater presented on update on Colorado Weaver's Day. The printed program will be finalized soon, with

a sneak preview presented at next Saturday's meeting. A request that the Guild fund two awards of $25 each for Col-

orado Weaver's Day was approved. One award will be for "Best Use of Color" and the other award will be "Best Use

of Neutral Color." Susan Du Bois thanked Nicki (and Annie Scherer) for their outstanding work and time toward this

year's Colorado Weaver's Day.

Susan Du Bois stated that the membership will vote on proposed Bylaws changes at the March general meeting. She

presented a proposal to revise Standing Rule #6, including listing every special (restricted) fund in alphabetical order

and using consistent language to describe what each fund is used for. The Board made minor wording suggestions, and

the revised Standing Rule #6 will be emailed to the Board for vote by email and then hopefully will be presented to the

general membership for their votes.

On behalf of Pat Sandt, Susan Du Bois stated that the Nominating Committee consists of Shilo Wilkinson, Chelsea

Moller, and Meri Moller.

Judy Lepthien discussed issues related to members hosting program presenters and workshop teachers. Judy is to

gather additional information and bring the proposal to the new board at the June Transition meeting. Also, the rec-

ommendation was made to inform members of the opportunities available to host including responsibilities and guide-

lines.

Audrey Cheadle reported she has had an excellent response from members interested in participating in The Gathering

of the Guilds.

Gretchen Kantor, Circulating Librarian, provided the Board with an update on the Circulating Library. There are cur-

rently between 150-200 books waiting for consideration to be accessioned; this includes both donated books and those

that the Circulation Librarian has purchased with her own funds (to be reimbursed by the Guild's Circulating Library

Fund if the Circulating Library Committee selects the book for inclusion in the Circulating Library).

Gretchen discussed the process currently in place including how a decision is made to accession an item and the steps

involved in recording and labeling the item before it is placed in the Circulating Library. She also pointed out the physi-

cal limitations to adding more items; often a non-essential item must be de-accessioned in order to provide shelving

space for a new item.

The Circulating Library Committee is unable to meet the Board deadline (established January 2012) that the backlog of

books be accessioned and submitted for purchase reimbursement by May 1, 2012. Gretchen was unable to commit to

providing a date by March 18 as to when the Circulating Library anticipates being caught up with the backlog of books.

Gretchen volunteered that no more books will be purchased until the backlog is cleared up and that future purchases

will be discussed in advance and agreed upon by the Circulating Library Committee before an item is acquired. The

Board readily agreed to both of these points. The Board reminded Gretchen that if the accessioning process is labori-

ous, she has the power to streamline it and she was encouraged to take advantage of 21st century technology (for ex-

ample, a library software program).

The meeting was adjourned at 4:37 p.m.

Next Board Meeting: April 15, 2012 at 3:00 PM at TACtile.

Respectfully submitted,

Peggy Hammond, Secretary

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RMWG General Meeting, March 17, 2012


The meeting was called to order by Susan Du Bois at 9:40 AM.

Colorado Weaver's Day: Jan Thornton stated that the Guild has its own table for Colorado Weaver's day and asked

members to bring in their items at the April meeting for display on our Guild's table. She stated there will be many individ-

ual awards including three People's Choice and several jurors’ awards.

Nicki Scheurwater and Annie Scherer provided an update: 186 registrations have been received, including 50 from the

RMWG. Registration closes April 30. There will be eleven guild tables; Nancy Mason and Sandra Clark will judge the guild

tables. Volunteers are still needed including greeters, floaters, people to work the morning and afternoon snack shifts and

two lunch shifts, tote bag sales, clean up and help with evaluation forms.

President: Susan Du Bois announced that the Guild has purchased a bobbin winder (purchased with a generous discount

from the Recycled Lamb) and it will be for use at RMWG community demonstrations.

Susan stated that the By-Laws Change #1 (Article VIII, Section 3.a.) is to accurately describe our restricted funds. The guild

approved the change. By-Laws Change #2 (Article VIII, Section 3b) relates to the Guild being a 503(c) non-profit organiza-

tion. As such, donations to the general fund are not tax deductible, whereas donations to the restricted funds which have

an educational purpose are tax deductible and the by-laws change would reflect this fact. Some guild members stated they

believe that donations to the general fund are tax deductible; the By-Laws change was tabled until the next general meeting

by which time the members who questioned this change will do further research about this issue and will report back at

the April meeting.

Susan showed slides of beautiful tapestries woven by Fred Moulton, whose family recently donated a 24 inch Schacht tapes-

try loom to the Guild; the loom is available for rent.

Outreach: Audrey Cheadle stated the next event will be the Gathering of the Guilds http://www.coloarts-crafts.org/

events.htm on April 28 from 9 AM to 3 PM at the Boettcher Mansion on Lookout Mountain.

Programs and Workshops: The April workshop with Barbara Herbster is nearly full. The May workshop (Anita Luvera

Mayer) and Tour are full with waiting lists. Registration is open for the September (Donna Kallner), October (Jay Rich) and

November (Karen Selk) workshops. For the November workshop, warps will be prepared according to how many shafts

each student has on their loom and thus registration for the November workshops closes June 1 to allow enough time to

prepare these individual warps.

Circulating Library: Gretchen Kantor passed La Belle (donations to La Belle purchase items for the Circulating Library).

Gretchen previewed several new items available for checkout including Classic Crackle and More by Susan Wilson; Jean

Scorgie's Handwoven Design Patterns 101 (blouses and shirts) and 102 (overlayers); Art Cloth; Color and Texture in

Weaving; The Surface Designer's Handbook; Collapse Weave: Creating Three Dimensional Cloth; A Tablet Weaver's Pat-

tern Book; American Star Work Coverlets; two VHS tapes on tapestry weaving by Nancy Harvey; a DVD on Warping

Your Loom byMadelyn Van Der Hoogt and a DVD on Weaving on a Rigid Heddle Loom by Jane Patrick. Pat Sandt stated

the library would be pleased to accept the donation of a VHS player in good working order.

Reference Library: Ginger Kaldenbach announced that the Reference Library would be open from 1-3 PM after today's

general meeting and will be open at least one afternoon in April.

Web Award: Pat Sandt stated that no nominations have been received for the Web Award, and reminded the guild that

nominations must be in writing.

Nominating Committee: The slate of officers for next year's Board was announced: President – Pat Sandt; President-

elect – Shilo Wilkinson; Secretary – Peggy Hammond; Treasurer – BA Johnson; Communications Coordinator – Susan Bur-

nett; Outreach Coordinator – Audrey Cheadle; Education Coordinator – Judy Lepthien; Education Coordinator-elect –

Carol Garnand.

http://www.coloarts-crafts.org/events.htm

http://www.coloarts-crafts.org/events.htm

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RMWG General Meeting, February 18, 2012


The meeting was called to order by Susan Du Bois at 9:30 AM.

The minutes from the November and December 2011 meetings were approved.

Colorado Weaver's Day: Jan Thornton has volunteered to be the Colorado Weaver's Day table coordinator for

our Guild. She will have sign-up sheets for fiber art to be displayed and will collect an array of fiber art work at the

April meeting. Jan also needs to know the size of the work that will be displayed.

There will be three People's Choice Awards in addition to other awards – work does not need to be completed this

year but should reflect the best work level.

Annie Scherer and Nicki Scheurwater stated that Colorado Weaver's Day needs volunteers prior to (stuff goodie bags,

help with badges) and the day of (greeters, hand out lunches) the event. More details will be forthcoming.

Web Award: No nominations have been received as yet for the Web Award. Pat Sandt reminded the membership

that the deadline for nominations is April 1, 2012.

Nominating Committee: Meri Moller and Chelsea Moller have volunteered to serve on this committee, and they

could use another volunteer to help them.

The Hospitality Committee was thanked for their stellar set-up of the room.

Membership: Sandra Clark introduced guests and new members.

Education: This year's remaining programs and workshops were reviewed. Members were encouraged to sign up –

workshops are filling fast.

Announcements: Susan Du Bois stated April 1 is the deadline to sign up to be included in the list of Guild members

who teach. Dianne Denholm announced that TACtile has been selected by Ikea to be the site of a national conference of

design managers. Diane de Souza announced a new event – the Taos Fiber Marketplace, April 20-22, 2012 at the Taos

Convention Center www.taosfibermarketplace.com including fiber and materials, books and tools, fiber and wearable art,

classes, and free demos and clinics. The juried show "Fiber Celebration 2012" sponsored by the Northern Colorado

Weaver's Guild is at the Longmont Cultural Center from March 10 through April 29 http://www.ci.longmont.co.us/

museum/exhibits/weave.htm. Sandra Clark won First Place – Non-functional, two dimensional, and Shelly DeChantal

won Second Place – Non-functional, three dimensional) http://www.fortnet.org/NCWG/FiberCeleb12Awards.htm. Meri

Moller invited members to the Urban Farm on March 25 for a sheep shearing and to see lots of newborn lambs. The

Tapestry Study Group of the Handweavers Guild of Boulder is having an exhibit of handwoven tapestries at Shuttles,

Spindles and Skeins May 17-19, with a reception on May 18 from 6-8 PM. Anita Luvera Mayer is teaching a workshop at

Recycled Lamb " on May 17-18 on creating unique garments assembled from free-form knitting/crochet.

Membership: Sandra Clark welcomed guests and both renewing and new members.

After Show and Tell, the meeting was adjourned at 10:30 AM.

Respectfully submitted, Peggy Hammond, Secretary

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Circulating Library: Pat Sandt passed La Belle. A used book and magazine sale will be held before the March meet-

ing.

Reference Library: Susan Du Bois announced (on behalf of Ginger Kaldenbach) that the Reference Library will be

open from 1-3 PM after the March meeting in our new dedicated storage area.

Programs and Workshops: Judy Lepthien previewed an exciting line-up for next year's programs and workshops -

details will be printed in the Shuttle Scuttle. The first 3 workshops are open for registration (September 15, Donna

Kallner; October 20, Jay Rich; November 17, Karen Selk). Tina Broderson will continue as workshop registrar. Regis-

tration for Karen Selk's workshops will close on June 30 due to the amount of preparation that needs to be done in

advance by Karen.

Outreach: Bev Kajko stated the annual Guild Sale will be held October 25-27, 2012 at the Englewood Civic Center.

The Sale Committee would welcome new committee members and needs additional volunteers for publicity and props.

Demonstrations: Audrey Cheadle thanked the members who demonstrated at the National Western Stock Show.

Additional opportunities for members are the Gathering of the Guilds (April 28 at the Boettcher Mansion; sales and

demonstrations); the Denver County Fair (Aug 10-12; sales and demonstrations); and Cider Days (Lakewood, October

6-7, demonstrations only).

Announcements: Susan Du Bois announced that the guild has received a donation of a 24 inch Schacht tapestry loom

from Fred Moulton’s daughter that will be included in the guild's rental equipment and will rent for $10/month.

Diane Denholm will receive one of the 2012 City of Denver MasterMind Awards honoring Denver's creatives.

The guild is compiling a list to share of members who teach. Any member interested in being included in the list is

asked to give their information (in writing) to Susan Du Bois by April 1, 2012.

After show and tell, the meeting was adjourned at 10:40 AM.

Respectfully submitted,

Peggy Hammond, Secretary

FROM THE CIRCULATING LIBRARY COMMITTEE

Gosh, it’s hard to believe it is April already, and our last regular guild meeting at Tactile until September

2012. We truly want the circulating library to be used – what better time to read and work on projects

than over the summer. So we hope you come prepared to check out books, magazines, DVDs and vide-

os that you think are interesting or will help you accomplish your goal.

Since this is a "circulating" library for all RMWG members, we also look forward to receiving back into circulation the

magazines, books, DVDs and videos many of you took out this past fall and winter so other members may enjoy them as

well. Thanks everyone. See you at the April meeting.

PS If you are unable to make the April meeting and need to make other arrangements to return your checked out library

material, please contact Dale Zitek, 303-763-7107, [email protected].



8 & BEYOND STUDY GROUP

The group meets at Tactile at 10 A.M. on the 3rd Thursday of alternate months (Dec, Feb, etc.) A year long study of Double Weave has just completed. New topics will be chosen at the Dec 15, 2011 meeting, however the study text-

book will be Pattern Techniques for Handweavers by Doramay Keasbey. Chapters 7 (One Warp and Two Wefts) and

Chapter 8 (Two Warps and One Weft). Each group member will be asked to commit to a topic from these chapters

and a date for presentation to the group. If you would like a list of the Chapter 7 & 8 topics, please contact Jennifer

Linssen, [email protected] . Group membership will be closed after topics and dates have been chosen

NOT NECESSARILY 8 SHAFT STUDY GROUP

All are welcome to join us on the 4th Tuesday of every other month (Jan, March, May, July, Sept, Nov). To

be included on the e-mail list and receive meeting location notices, e-mail Sharon Rowlen at

[email protected]. The new study beginning in March is Lacey Weaves using Donna Muller’s book

Handwoven Laces.

W.A.R.P. (Weave a Real Project) - New Location for Meetings

Study Groups


ROOKIES for 2011 - 2012 Rookies is a group consisting of a variety level of weavers from beginning to advanced.

We meet on the first Wednesday of the month in the evening and meet in a member’s

home, rotating each month. It is a great way to meet members individually.

We have decided to do a combined study for this year. The first element is to choose a color/colors that represent

the seasons to you – Fall, Winter, Spring and Summer. Then pick one of the following weave structures --- Huck lace

(Bronson, Swedish, spot), collapse, honeycomb and summer/winter. Our goal is for everyone to do four weaving pro-

jects. The colors of your choosing and then for each season a weave structure. An example would be I might choose

orange and brown for fall and use a collapse weave. The idea is to have samples available to exchange and discuss at

the October, January March and May meetings. Samples should be large enough to show the weave structure. The

other meetings will be time to discuss and address any questions that anyone has or provide information. If you would

like, those that are interested in doing so, at the end of the year will do an exchange of something made from one of

the colorways/weave structures. We suggest that to keep the cost down for everyone and have some consistency that

pearl cotton should be used but you can always pull something from your stash.

Contact Bev Kajko at [email protected].

PLEASE NOTE THE DATE FOR THIS MONTH: WARP will meet at 95 Emerson St on April 18 at 7PM. Have a problem with an existing project or can’t

get started on a new project? Then WARP is for you! Join us no matter what your level or expertise…

we’re here to help. Contact Janet at 303-217-1885 or [email protected] for more information.


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