October MeetingWhat: Repair and Recycle
When: Saturday, October 17,
10:00 a.m. - noon
Where: Huntsville Main Library
Meeting Rooms A & B
(first floor, turn right as you enter main door)
915 Monroe Street
Bring: Knitted, crocheted, felted and woven items that need repairs; favorite tools, hints and knowledge to repair hand made fiber items; fiber items made from recycled materials.
Do you know how to darn a sock? Do you have a favorite hint for repairing that hole the dog chewed in your hand knitted sweater? Several members have requested information on the proper way to fix their hand knitted socks and sweaters. Please come and share your expertise.
Bring items that need repairs, already repaired items, tools both modern and historical, hints, etc. to share with us. Also bring hints about cleaning and storing your fiber items.
How do you reuse fiber items that are beyond repair? Bring examples of items made from recycled materials.
This meeting is for us to share our knowledge with each other. Don’t forget that we can learn from your disasters as well as from your successes.
HFG Weekday MeetingOn Tuesday October 6, 9:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m., the Weekday Group will meet at the Huntsville Madison County Public Library (at intersection of Monroe and St. Clair) in Meeting Room C on the second floor. Butterflies are the planned project. We generally have a brown bag lunch in the public lounge at noon. The planned project is needle-felted butterflies. Everyone is welcome to bring current fiber projects. The Holocaust Museum in Houston is putting together a butterfly exhibition, and accepting donations until June 2011. The link to project information is hmh.org/minisite/butterfly/ index.html. We normally meet the first Tuesday of the month. The next meeting will be Tuesday November 3. Other September EventsSpinning/Knitting Support Evening Group
On Monday, October 12, the Spinning/Knitting Support Evening Group will meet at the Huntsville Madison County Public Library in the public lounge on the second floor. There is an elevator so we can easily carry equipment. Bring show-and-tell items and your current “fiber” project along so we can see what you’ve been doing. We usually meet the second Monday of each month. If you’re curious about spinning, or a beginner, allow us to help you get started. We also discuss other fiber crafts and share ideas.
Huntsville Fiber Guild Demonstration
On Wednesday October 21, 2009, the State Homemakers conference will be at Guntersville State Park Lodge. The HFG has agreed to present a short (30-minute) weaving demonstration program. We’ll display woven articles for the attendees to see and touch, and will have some HFG members demonstrating weaving. We will have a loom available for conference attendees to try.
Learning Opportunities in the Community
Contact Florence Murphy about the Wednesday morning loom weaving classes offered at the Huntsville Madison County Senior Center. She is making plans for 2010.
Basket classes are planned each Thursday 10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. in the Weaving Room. Caroline Lampert is the instructor. Come to one or all of the classes. Many of the baskets can be finished in one day. Beginners are welcome at any time. No basket making experience is required. Contact Crystal for more information.
Bailey Cove Library is presenting two fiber workshops. There will be a basketmaking workshop on Saturday October 10, 2009, 9:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m., at Bailey Cove Library. You’ll learn how to handle basket reed, how to start a round basket, and how to shape a basket. No basket making experience is required. This workshop is open to adults and youth ages 12 and up. Contact Bailey Cove Library, 881-0257, to register and for workshop fees. Bring a sack lunch because there aren’t any fast food places nearby.
There will also be an inkle loom weaving workshop on Saturday November 14, 2009, 9:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m., at Bailey Cove Library. You’ll weave a band on an inkle loom and sew it into a small pouch, which can be used to hold a cell phone, MP3 player or coins. No weaving or sewing experience is required. This workshop is open to adults and youth ages 14 and up. Contact Bailey Cove Library, 881-0257, to register and for workshop fees. Bring a sack lunch because there aren’t any fast food places nearby.
The bobbin lace group known as Constitution Village Lacers meets monthly, on the second Monday of each month, at Summit Crossing Community Church at 347 Hughes Road, Madison, Al. 35758, next door to the Subway Sandwich Shop, and immediately across the street from Kroger on Hughes. There is also a smaller group that meets on the second Sunday of each month at Barb's Sewing from 2 to 4pm. We are glad to have anyone who is interested in learning bobbin lace to join us. Please call ahead if you are a new lacer so that teaching materials and information about purchasing supplies and tools can be available. Please contact Mary Geier for more information on bobbin lace groups (256-684-6297 or marygeier1@wmconnect.com).
November Meeting
The November 21 meeting place will be announced later. It has been suggested that we make felted poinsettias. How would you make one? There will be a prize for the best-looking fiber poinsettia – with a special award for the best felted one. Felted also includes fulling a knitted or woven item. Also, bring your handmade fiber ornaments to put on our tree at the Huntsville Public Library. We want the ornaments to illustrate all the different fiber techniques, especially weaving and spinning. The tree will be decorated on December 1.
Huntsville Fiber Guild
PO Box 1562
Huntsville, Al 35807 hsvfiber@gmail.com
The
Huntsville Fiber Guild typically meets on the third Saturday of the
month at 10am and the first Tuesday of the month, followed by a spinning session. In
addition, the Spinners and Knitters Support Group meets on the second
Monday at 6:30 pm at the Main Huntsville Public Library. Please check
this web site for program and location information. Contact us if
there is a specific program you would like to attend or organize!
Huntsville
Fiber Guild was established in 1977 to promote the Fiber Arts and
welcomes members from northern Alabama and southern Tennessee. The
guild's purpose is to foster knowledge of the fiber arts in both its
members and the public. The programs are designed to meet all levels of
interest and skills and provide aninterchange of information between
craftpersons and are always open to new members and guests.
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