Whorled News

The Newsletter of the Carson Sierra Spinners and Weavers

           May 2007

  

Carson Sierra Spinners & Weavers 
2120 Ives Ave
Reno NV 89503
Web Site: http://www.scs.unr.edu/~ashannon/cssw

Sharon Campbell, Editor
(775) 846-9095 (cell)
(775) 969-3121 (long distance)
 institches@rtci.net

Officers:

President: Heidi Erickson (775) 322-4790
VP: Kathleen Sensenig (775) 359-3764
Secretary: Connie Vann (775) 775-827-4218
Treasurer: Doris Woloszyn, (530) 993-4296

Whorled News is a bimonthly, published six times a year on odd months.

May 12th Guild Meeting  is at the home of Linda Loken in Northwest Reno.  A natural dye session will follow after a brown bag lunch. 

Directions: Take interstate 80 west to the West McCarran exit and turn right onto McCarran Blvd.  Proceed to Seventh Street (3rd light) and take a left.  Proceed to Montego (about 3 or 4 blocks past Wal Mart) and take a right.  Take the next Left which is Tappan Drive and head up the hill until it is just about to crest.  5745 is on the right side of the street, but the houses all kind of look the same so watch the numbers.  Call 746-0782 for navigational assistance if needed.

June 9th Guild Meeting  will be held in the multi-purpose room of the South Valleys Library. 

Driving directions:  Exit onto Mt Rose Hwy from Hwy 395 and proceed west to the first stop light, which is Wedge Parkway.  Turn right and continue about a mile.  Turn right on Whites Creek Ln.  The library is bright yellow and quite visible. 

This meeting is potluck.  A demonstration of boucle spinning follows the meeting.  To participate bring the following:  1)  For the Boucle` - need a straight fiber, like Mohair, Wensleydale, Alpaca, Romney (may work as long as it is less then 7 crimps per inch).  One single is spun somewhat loose and left and the other single is right. (right tight - left loose)  I use these terms “tight” and “loose” lightly because as we ply the left-spun again to the left to make the boucle it will tight more and the right-spun becomes the loops so you don't want too much over-spin in it.  2)  For a Naughty Knotty yarn - you will need 2 different colored singles or any kind of fiber.  A natural light grey and dark will also work.  This is a very fun and different kind of yarn.  You will also need to bring a Lazy Kate.

 

MARCH MEETING MINUTES: 

Introductions followed by Treasurer’s Report - 

We have a balance of $2,236.14 with 53 paid members’ dues.

Fair Report - 

Amy was out of town.  Eileen Hickey donated a Louet spinning wheel to be used at the 2007 State Fair as a prize.  Linda Loken reported that Stephanie cannot judge this year.  Beryl Moody was suggested as a possibility for a judge.  Wayne Jesko announced that the Fair Book will be out by April 15.  Also, Sponsors have been picked up for some of the categories’ banners, and a Wool Judge has been selected.

Learning Tree Report - 

The May Meeting will be a Dye Day, held at Linda Loken’s house.

Spring Retreat Report –

There was discussion as to whether it might be too late to organize one for 2007.  Fort Churchill was suggested because it is closer and has trees, but no RV area.  Rye Patch was suggested, although it is a 2-hr drive and has no trees.  Discussion will continue both at the monthly meetings, as well as on the Yahoo Group.

Workshop with Stephanie -  

The Workshop will be held at Nancy Grundy’s house on September 21, and a sign-up sheet was passed around.

Yahoo Group - 

Per the Sheep-to-Shawl Discussion, Allison brought a list of suggestions re: the logistics of holding one such activity in-public.  There will be no competition this year, just a demonstration, if we can get it off the ground.  Allison Judge and Nancy Pryor volunteered to be the Exploratory Committee for the State Fair.  It was suggested that we have shearing pictures available, rather than an actual shearing on-premises.

Fiber Project - 

Sharon brought forms to be filled out by those members participating in the Bag Project, and went over each category on the form.  Mim Bullard related that perhaps members would feel more “committed” if they signed up by a certain date, according to specified information.

Old Business - 

  1. The Davis Creek Park deposit has been paid, but members will pay the balance at the Fall Retreat.  (Correction to February Minutes).
  2. The May Fair will be held on Saturday, May 5 from 10 to 2 at Heart to Hand School, no matter what the weather is like.  Heidi Erickson offered to provide an E-Z-Up.  Members were invited to come out and help demonstrate for the public.

New Business - 

The Summer Barbecue will be held in June after the June Meeting at South Valleys Library.  Sharon Campbell booked the library for June, as well as the park space adjacent to the library. 

Announcements - Nancy presented an Application Worksheet for Fiber Hearts to be run-off by next meeting for CSSW members.

  1. Pat Eckedahl sent some newly-made wooden tools for members to buy, if they wish.
  2. Wayne Jesco has accepted a position teaching Agriculture in Oklahoma, so he and his family can be closer to his ailing parents.  He will still have the same email, and we can contact him and place orders for fleece.  We’ll miss you, Wayne!
  3. Annabelle Younger announced Carson City Farm Days being held April 19 & 20, as well as WNCC’s Multicultural Festival on 5/12/07.
  4. Earth Day is Sunday, 4/22/07.  Deadline for signups is 3/16/07.  See Amy Shannon.
  5. Art Town (demonstration for CSSW) will be held at Wingfield Park per Nancy Pryor.  It was suggested that we have our July Meeting (brown bag) at the park, in which case an area will have to be reserved for us.  No jurying because we will not be selling anything.
  6. Marilyn Clarke brought a Newsletter from Spindles & Flyers Guild, announcing some workshops.  Also, a flyer from Sparks Arts & Culture, featuring the 5th Annual Arts & Bloom Festival, to be held Sunday, 5/13/07 at Sparks Marina.
  7. Eileen Hickey Brought a list of workshops to be held at Black Sheep Gathering.

Show and Tell - 

Eileen Hickey brought a multicolored, hand knit Wensleydale vest, and a new Louet Collapsible Spinning Wheel that weighs 6 lbs. and comes with a carrying case.  Linda Lohan brought a raspberry mohair knitted blanket.  Sharon Campbell brought examples of roving and fleeces sent to the mill to show how processed fleece should turn out.  Virva Porcelli brought the first skein of yarn she had ever spun. Toni Strassberg brought a necklace pendant that was a tiny, working spinning wheel.  Libby brought an inkle-loomed dog leash she had made.  Lou brought a plaid shawl she’d woven on a triangle loom, a knitted scarf, and some entrelac socks.  Annabelle Younger brought some balls of thread she had dyed with McCormick Dyes.

Adjournment and Workshop -   

Brown bag lunch followed by a film on color-blending techniques.  

 

APRIL MEETING MINUTES:

Combined Introductions and Show-and-Tell:

Approve the Minutes and Treasurer’s Report -  Doris was not present at the meeting.

Fair Report –

Amy Shannon brought in Fair Books and announced a new competition category for Rare & Primitive Breeds, as well as Entry Dates for 2007.  She brought a list of 2006 Placings to answer questions that may have come up.  There are no judges yet for our exhibit.  Allison Judge and Beryl Moody were suggested as possibilities.  The Fiber Judges are still being selected, as well.  Amy requested a Helper for after the fair, as she begins the UNR Semester the week after the Fair.

Learning Tree –

Linda Loken announced today’s workshops – Dyeing with Mordants.  Linda will host a Mordanting Day on May 6, and a Dye Day at her house on May 12.  She will post a list of items to bring, as well as a map.  Annabelle also announced for the June Workshop.  Bring 2 yarns for spinning boucle – one spun to the right, and one spun to the left.

Newsletter –

Sharon Campbell reported that her posed questions have caused her to receive a few articles in answer.  Therefore, she will continue to pose questions.

Tweed Project –

Nancy Pryor brought in her warp yarn for everyone to see.

Workshop with Stephanie G. –

Will be held at Nancy Grundy’s house on September 22nd.  A signup list has been made.  Members need to decide what they’d like to learn in the workshop, and be ready to tell Stephanie.  Class is limited to 15 students.

Spring Retreat at Rye Patch Reservoir –

Heidi Erickson suggested that we put together a planning group for 2008, as it is now too late to plan for 2007.  There has been a lot of discussion on the Yahoo Group, with many good ideas.

Earth Day, April 22, Sit & Spin –

Will be held at Idlewild Park from 10 am to 4 pm.  Heidi E. will post where & when.

May Fair, May 5-

Kathleen Sensenig would like to know who will attend and demonstrate.  Mim asked if tables will be supplied.  Heidi E. offered her E-Z-Up.

June BarBQ-

Various parks are being checked out for accommodations vs. price.  If all else fails, we can have a potluck after our meeting at the Library.

Guild Yahoo Group –

Amy reminded members to please pay their dues in order to get signed up for the Yahoo Group.  Also, please remember to sign your names to Yahoo entries, so members can identify who they are talking to.  37 members so far.  Lynn Markham made suggestions as to how the Yahoo group can be utilized.  Connie Vann would like to post the CSSW Minutes to a Yahoo file, as well as sending them to Sharon to put in the Newsletter.

Art Town –

CSSW will hope to “crash Art Town” after our July Meeting at the library, wherein members can “spin amongst the people”.  There will be no Learning Tree in July.  Brown Bag Lunch.  It was suggested that we could do the White Elephant Sale in July, instead of June.  However, nothing was decided.  Sharon will book the library for July.

Announcements –

  1. Mim will conduct her August Felting Workshop (Learning Tree) at the library.  A motion was made for CSSW to pay for Mim’s supplies, and the motion was amended to pay for all Learning Tree supplies.  The motion was seconded and carried.   Those using supplies can submit a request for payment, backed by receipts, of course.
  2. Mim will need Bag Project Entries (and patterns) by the August Meeting.
  3. April 19 & 20 – Fiji Park – spinners to demonstrate for public.  Tell Annabelle if you plan to attend as  lunch will be provided. 
  4. April 28 – Planters’ Day at Bartley Ranch—per a flyer passed around by Annabelle.
  5. Nancy Pryor recapped on procedures for getting nametags made.
  6. Heidi E. announced the Alpaca Western Extravaganza Show.

    

Cape Perpetua, Oregon                                                                                             Linda Loken 

Cape Perpetua - It's where the world is really alive and interesting.  It has areas of intense activity and it has areas of calm activity.  From active slices, blow holes and undercuts into the Earth's surface to the little stretches of sand where there is isolation, peace and signs of life. 

 Its unfinished business and constant change.  An upheaval so constant there's little time or space for nurturing life, in spite of the yearning.  It's passion and fury that can't be stopped as Mother Nature...God...the Universe is the ruler.  That's how that part of the planet is right now and  nothing, nobody, no how, will change that.  You can wish and hope all you want, but it won't be different until it's time and work has passed.  All of which breeds acceptance and intrigue for me. 

 Sometimes I feel like one of those logs that gets stuck in the churn and hammered relentlessly., like I came from a beach that was kind of calm and serene, then a storm hit and I was uprooted and tossed about in the tide.  I would land on a beach for awhile until the next storm.  I'm hoping for a really high tide to lift me and carry me away from the churn and drop me off on a long sandy beach so I that could be the log the lover's hide behind, the one where you lay your jacket while you dig in the sand, the one that breaks the wind so you can kindle a bon fire.

 

Spinning Frenzy                                                                                                                      Mary B. 

I received a copy of Color in Spinning by Deb Metz as a gift a number of years ago and read (drooled really) though it for weeks in awe of what she presented.  That was before I joined CSSW and started getting involved with people who did so much processing and dyeing of their own fiber for spinning and creating finished products.

This year, we have been on an adventure to learn more about new ways we can incorporate color into our spinning and it has been a wonderful experience.  The March meeting was like icing on the cake for me.  Watching the tape of Color in Spinning after being exposed to the color events this spring just made everything come together for me.  I hope that you were at the meeting and had a chance to view the tape and participate in the discussions that occurred after watching it.  If not, consider renting it on your own and watching it with some of your spinning friends.

My hackles have been busy in my dreams as I pull my colorful roving through my ditz.  Now I just have to wait a little longer this spring to get the dyepots out, create bundles of colorful fiber to put my dreams into action with what we have learned this spring. 

I have tried a lot of things during workshops sponsored by the guild and on my own and my ears are almost always hanging open to pick up new ideas from many sources.  Like others in the group I subscribe to several fiber related publications.  During the last two years I have been fortunate to attend many of the Learning Tree events carefully planned by Linda Loken and presented by her and others both within and from outside of our talented group.  Yesterday my new issue of Spin-Off arrived and wouldn’t you know it, every article just seemed to reinforce what we have been doing.  That does it, I am going to jump in with both feet.  I walked through my garage this morning looking at my containers of dye, the dye pots, and the bags of fleece and have been brainstorming all day.  I am thinking and planning and one of these weekends, the neighbors had better watch out.  There will be a dyeing frenzy.  The fleece will fly!

 

Dye Day with the Foothills Fiber Guild                                                                      Sharon Campbell

Allison and I drove over to the home of Sue Flynn in Grass Valley in March for a guild-sponsored dye day.  The group was limited to 20 so ten percent of the participants were from Nevada.  Makes us sound more important.  Allison drove and it’s a good thing because we needed the back of her truck for all the stuff we hauled over there and back.

Sara Lamb and Sue were the workshop monitors, keeping the pots of dye mixed up and the steamers going.  We put a strain on the wiring of Sue’s garage, throwing switches several times.  Three large tables were set up in her garage and we all found spots to spread our plastic wrap and fiber and got to work.  Sara had mixed dyes for both protein and cellulose fibers – I brought wool.  We just had to put our finished packets in a tub and they took care of the rest.  We used a different group of base colors than I’m used to but I’m thrilled with the results.  I hardly knew anyone when we started, but because of the nature of fiber passion, I knew several people and had an acquaintance with the rest by the time we left.  

Lunch was potluck and as luck would have it, even though it was March, the weather allowed us to eat on the deck and wander through Sue’s gorgeous yard.  I have to remind myself – she’s retired. Then it was back to work, er, play.  Allison dyed some knitting machine blanks that she bought from Nancy Robertson’s website.  She dyed them exactly the same so that she can unravel them and then knit up the yarn into socks.   Nancy had an article on this subject in a recent SpinOff, and I’d like to try it myself on a future dye day

We got there at 9:00 and left at 3:00 - party poopers.  Everyone else was still engaged in their dye projects, so it was kind of hard to go, but I knew that after leaving Allison’s, I’d still have another hour to drive.  I ended up with three skeins, four three-ounce bumps of roving, and a wonderful memory of a great time with other fiberists, now friends. 

 

The Learning Tree                                                                                                                 Linda Loken

Hope you were there for last month's Learning Tree.  If you weren't, fear not, you can Google “Natural Dye Supplies” and find much of the information that was covered there.  We handed out some general information on mordants and natural dye stuff from Earth Guild (they say it's okay).  We looked at some chemical mordants and dye stuff and talked about them in very general terms.  Nancy Pryor Williamson shared information on disposal of chemical waste – very important since some of it is toxic and has the half life of plutonium. Special thanks to Marilyn Clarke and Nancy for filling in the blanks with the wisdom of their experience and training.  If you want to know more about mordants, Google away, you won't believe the amount of information available on line just for the asking. 

We will have a Mordant Day in preparation for Dye Day.  Mordant day will be on Sunday, May 6th at 1 pm at my house – 5745 Tappan Drive in NW Reno – directions to follow.  Dye Day will also be there on Saturday, May 12th along with our regular meeting.  The goal here is to experiment with different fibers and different mordants to see what the effects are on certain dye stuff.  For sure there will be a pot of Madder, Brazilwood, Cochineal, Walnut Hulls and Onion Skins (if I can get enough from the grocer).  I'd also like to see if I can pick a ton of dandelions from the big field of grass on the corner of McCarran and Highland Drive by Safeway.  Might as well make some good of it. 

Supplies for Mordant Day:

·       One pound of super clean yarn (no grease or the mordant and therefore the dye won't take) wound off into one ounce skeins. 

·       You can bring animal or plant fiber. 

·       We will have label material available, but feel free to bring you skeins pre-labeled. 

·       You are encouraged to bring a variety of kinds of yarn, but we are trying to limit the amount to one pound due to the limited number of burners and dye pots and dye stuff.

·       Bring burners, dye pots and crock pots

·       If you have an easy up, please (pretty please) bring it – shade is limited.  We may need to tether it to the ground – it gets windy up here.

·       Bring your own chair

·       Bring your own food

·       Bring your spinning wheel or knitting as we will be sitting around and waiting for the mordant to sink in and do its thing.

·       Bring Dye Stuff if you wanna talk about what to do with it or look it up in a book.

Supplies for Dye Day:

·       Bring your mordanted fiber (one pound maximum wound off in one ounce skeins)

·       Bring any dye stuff you may want to try

·       Bring burners, dye pots and crock pots

·       Bring your own chair

·       Bring your own food

·       Bring your spinning wheel or knitting as we will be sitting around and waiting for the dye to hook up with the mordant that has already been allowed to sink in and attach to the fiber.

Both events will be held at 5745 Tappan Drive.  We will be outdoors for the mordants and dyes, so be prepared for the weather.  If the wind is crazy or there is precipitation, we can move to the garage (except for some of the mordants).  Oooh! How exciting!  Okay, let's get going!!

Directions:

Take interstate 80 west to the West McCarran exit and turn right onto McCarran Blvd.

Proceed to Seventh Street (3rd light) and take a left.

Proceed to Montego (about 3 or 4 blocks past Wal Mart) and take a right.

Take the next Left which is Tappan Drive and head up the hill until it is just about to crest.  5745 is on the right side of the street, but the houses all kind of look the same so watch the numbers.

Call 746-0782 for navigational assistance if needed.

See you there!!! 

 

The Learning Tree Calendar for 2007:

January 13th  – Plying – basic 2 ply and Navajo plying.

February 10th – More Plying - with tones, tint and shade for effect

March 10th – Fiber preparation and multicolor blending techniques video borrowed from the Handweaver's Guild of America

April 14th –  Natural Dyes – what is mordant, where do you get it, what dye stuff gives what color, how do you get dye stuff, how do you prepare dye stuff, and all that kind of stuff!

May 12th – Dye Day – bring your collection of stuff and let’s get colorful!

June 9th – Boucle novelty yarns

July 14th - Drop Spindle Spinning – get caught spinning at Artown!!!

August 11th – Felting – We want more felting!!!

September 8th – Spinster's Retreat – no workshop

October 13th – Beginning Weaving video borrowed from the Handweaver's Guild of America

November 10th – Weaving workshop – at least 5 looms to weave on with different techniques and patterns – everyone gets to weave!

December 8th – Christmas Party – no workshop

 

Question:  What is the most unusual thing you have made with your handspun fiber?

Amy Shannon:  The two most unusual fiber items I have made were not from handspun, but I will tell you about them anyway.  I once knit a red Rudolph-nose cozy for a teddy bear that already had a reindeer suit.  And a couple of years back I inkle-wove and sewed up a custom-sized pouch to hold a friend's birth control pills, in colors to match her bathroom.

Beryl Moody:  I don't think I've ever done anything truly unusual with my handspun, but recently I did knit a handspun brown wool teddy bear for my youngest grandchild.  I fulled it per instructions in the pattern and stuffed it.  Only after I had stuffed him and sewed him together, did I find that he wasn't fulled  enough and there were little glimpses of the stuffing here and there.  Not quite what I had in mind.  So, I took some handspun wool that I had dyed with indigo and made little embroidery tattoos all over him and pronounced him a Maori Bear.  My daughter says that Cosimo (my grandchild) thinks that all bears are called Maori now.

Linda Lindsay:  The strangest thing I ever knitted was a square about 3x3 inches. It was what I spun it out of that's the strange part. Mark, my husband, had a beard, and was teasing me about shaving. I promised if he shaved I'd spin it. He thought I was joking. He should know me better than that. He did, so I did. You can take chrome off a bumper with it, but it's spun and knitted from HIS beard!  I've also spun German Shepherd and Persian cat, too. The Persian cat looks like peach colored Angora, it really came out nice. Don't know what I'll make from it yet, though.

Connie Vann:  I haven't made anything yet except thread, but it is most unusual!  When in Sisters, Oregon, I visited an antique shop where I bought a hank of roving that was dyed salmon pink and labeled "llama wool and silk."  It turned into a novelty yarn like I'd never seen before.  The roving had a lot of what looked like pills to me.  (I would say it was "heavily pilled"-  har har.)  Once spun into thread, it took on the appearance of a mock-boucle.  Because I was a newbee when I bought it, I am guessing that this roving was probably not the soundest purchase.  It isn't bad-looking, if you like the color salmon, and you can think of something to make that would be compatible with the texture of the yarn.  I'll probably laugh until my sides split ten years from now, when I know more.  

Mariann LaMorte:     The one and only item I've ever knitted with the wool I spun on my little ol' drop spindle was a glasses case for my husband to put his sunglasses in for his van.  It was my absolute first project, and it turned out just fine, and he uses it all the time.  It hangs  from a loop around a knob on the dashboard. 

Eileen Hickey:  Well, to start out with, I'm still at the stage where my handspun fiber itself can be pretty unusual. So, I guess I might say that the most unusual thing is that I've been able to make anything with my handspun fiber.

The most unfortunate looking thing I've made, for sure, came from some fiber a friend sent me. It was left over from a workshop she had taken. She tired of the spinning thing pretty quickly, and one look at this "gift" could give me a suggestion why. It was probably from an exercise in carding and color blending. It was about an 8" by 8" square of layered fiber. One layer of super royal blue, middle layer of electric yellow, and also some layers or partial layers of eye-popping crimson and then some black. Well, she's one of my best friends, I thought I should at least try something with the fiber she so generously got rid o... Ummm, gave me.

I pulled into strips and planned to make a "novelty" Yarn - spun it fat (as if I had a choice at that stage of my spinning career). When I had spun it up, there were tufts of this color or that, definitely a novelty yarn. (That’s such a useful word - "novelty" - kind of like the Minnesotan expression "That's different") But it was truly, ummm, shall I say, homely? No, that really doesn't cover it. Improved from the bat however.

I knitted it into a potholder, to see how it would turn out. Not improved. Then I felted it. I think it may have improved just the eeenziest bit, but that's not saying much. I haven't used it, in any case. (The pots and pans would leap off the stove at the sight of it coming...)

I've been thinking of folding it in fours (crosswise plus crosswise) and sewing the edges, with the worst color shock hidden inside, and having a little 3 pocket bag - OOoohhhh nooo! Not for the bag project - aaack!

Judy Wells:  I am still very new at this so I have only made a couple things.  Both items are rather unique in that I had to mix different colors of hand spun yarn to get enough yarn.   A pair of slippers was my first hand spun project.  The other project was a knitted vest.  I had enough hand spun fiber to knit the front of the vest.  The back of the best I made stripes using a contrasting commercial yarn and my hand spun fiber in order to have enough yarn to complete my vest.  As you can tell I am still learning about how to spin enough yarn for my projects!  Though the projects aren't unusual, they are definitely unique.

Linda Loken:  The weirdest thing I ever did with handspun yarn is wear it as a necklace to work.  It was the most gorgeous core spun mohair - the first I ever did up at Virginia City with Judith McKenzie.  The colors were the most beautiful warm rich golds, browns, oranges, purples, burgundies, and rich dark greens and it just looked so cool with what I was wearing.  Everyone oooohed and aaaahed and I smiled from ear to ear all day beaming with pride in knowing that great yarns were about to come into being now that I knew how to make this totally cool yarn!

 

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Lessons Wanted:  My friend is looking for handspun, possibly knitting lessons.  She lives in the Damonte Ranch area and is a beginning knitter, looking for some handspun yarn to spice up the simple (straight knitting at this point) stuff she is doing--mainly scarves for gifts.  She might also be interested in a few knitting lessons or a casual group of knitters she could get together with.  If anyone has some handspun for sale or might be interested in teaching a few lessons and/or knows of some beginning knitters she might get in touch with, please contact Lisa Jones at  LGFJones@gbis.com. 

Used and new books for sale: covering spinning, knitting, weaving and dyeing.  Email Allison Judge at fiberist@sbcglobal.net

 

Carson Sierra Spinners & Weavers

Our guild was formed in 1976 in an effort to create a resource for practicing and aspiring fiber artists in and near Carson City, Nevada.

Our goal is to:  Promote appreciation and knowledge of the fiber arts in our community through demonstrations, fairs, and other activities; provide a support network for fiber artists and enthusiasts in our area; Keep the fiber arts alive by encouraging others to take up spinning, weaving, knitting and other related arts; Support local and global fiber-related causes.

Meetings are normally held the 2nd Saturday of the month.  Plan to arrive after 10 a.m.; meetings are called to order at 11 am, with lunch and socializing afterwards.  Bring your spinning wheel, knitting or other handwork, and items for sharing. We welcome members and their guests at all levels of expertise.

Newsletter Submissions:  must be received no later than the last Wednesday of the month for inclusion in the next newsletter.  Submissions must be made in writing and sent by e-mail or snail mail by the deadline to Sharon Campbell, institches@rtci.net

Dues: Membership dues are $15.00 (without mailed copy of newsletter) or $20.00 per year if you select to receive the monthly newsletter via U.S. mail.  Membership runs from January to December.  Please provide your current email address when paying dues.  Send dues to: Doris Woloszyn at P.O. Box 229 Chilcoot, CA  96105, and make checks payable to Carson Sierra Spinners & Weavers.

Please Send Guild Correspondence to: 

Amy Shannon
2120 Ives Ave
Reno, NV 89503
ashannon@unr.edu

 

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