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Didn't pay in Sept for Membership?
Didn't pay in Sept for Membership?
$25 for a year of happiness!
You can pay at the October meeting, or via etransfer to cambridgehands@gmail.com.
Jan 19- Spinning Intro
Jan 19- Spinning Intro
Join us at the Cambridge Art Centre as we prepare to answer all your quesitons about spinning. Members will have their spinning wheel there for you to see!
Come with questions, leave with answers!
6:45 pm to 8:45 pm
Noel Nibbles
Noel Nibbles
Mon. Dec 15- 6:45 pm tp 8:45 pm. Nibbles and visiting! We have decided to have nibbles , please bring something that we can use fingers to enjoy. Please bring your own drinks, we never know what room we are in, so we are going to keep it simple.
Nov 17th, Transfer of Treasuers
Nov 17th, Transfer of Treasuers
$1 gets one ticket, $2 gets 3 tickets and $5 will get you 10 tickets. Bring items for the transfer and money to buy tickets and bring something home.
Mon Oct 20th, Gezellige Farm presentation
Mon Oct 20th, Gezellige Farm presentation
Come out and join Derek & Jeanette Schenk as they talk about their farm, mill and wool products. Bring money, items will be for sale.
https://www.gezelligefarm.ca/fiber-mill
at Cambridge Art Centre
Mon Sept 15- 6:45 to 8:45 pm
Mon Sept 15- 6:45 to 8:45 pm
PREPARATION OF WOOL/PLANT FIBRE WARPS AND SKEINS FOR DYEING
meeting FUN DYE night:
We are going to dye yarn/fibre of your choice.
Each person will bring with them 100gram warps or skeins or fibre for dyeing.
We will be using “ACID” dyes which will dye wool, silk, nylon yarn/fibre.
The wool/fibres all need to be well WASHED PRIOR to ensure that the dyestuff will adhere to the materials, also factory processed yarns have spinning residues in them.
Bring with you your washed, dampened skein/fibre. Fibres need to be in a bag or mesh to contain.
Also bring with you a pair or two of plastic gloves to protect your hands. Wear protective clothing.
Bring with you some ZIP LOCK BAGGIES to take your dyed stuff home safely.
Bring some colour samples you might like to work with, i.e. photos, swatches, etc.
We will paint the warps, or skeins, dip fibre.
We will then wrap the stuff up in saran/cling wrap and these will be steamed by yourself on going home. Or at the meeting if time allows, microwaved.
SELF-STRIPING SKEIN: 100 Grams sufficient for pair socks. Wind a 40’ skein, using a warping board, or mill, or clamps, to make a complete circle. Each thread to be singly wound not doubled up. Tie off with figure eight ties at regular intervals about 60-80”apart. Do not use a yarn for ties that will bleed in the dyes i.e. red/dark blue.
WARP CHAIN FOR WEAVING: 100 Grams of wool, tencel or silk is enough for 1 scarf warp.
Aim for 7-1/2” wide x 108” long. Make a cross and tie these off, loosely, then tie at intervals down skein with figure eight ties before chaining.
WEAR OLD CLOTHES AND APRONS. DONT FORGET THE GLOVES!
Natural Dyes, Sat. Aug 16
Natural Dyes, Sat. Aug 16
from 10 am to 2 ish. Email for location at member's home and what to bring and how to prepare your fibre.
Dye day is Saturday, August 16 from 10-2.
You may bring 100 gm of wool, fleece silk etc. (a protein fibre).
There will be 4 dye pots, so consider how you may want to break up (or not) your 100 gm. Bring it washed but only damp. Mordant will be in the dye pots.
Bring your lunch, a chair, bug spray, sunscreen, hat, gloves, apron and pails or baggies to carry your dyed fibre home.
Something for the table would be appreciated.
Hosts are providing coffee and tea.
LET the hosts KNOW THIS WEEKEND IF YOU PLAN TO ATTEND, SO THE DYE POT VOLUMES CAN BE DETERMINED.
email: cambridgehands@gmail.com by Thurs Aug 15th.
Photos from Sat Aug 16, natural Dye day!
Drop spindle meeting
Drop spindle meeting
Mon. July 21, members are bringing their drop spindles. Come and try them out.
6:45 pm to 8:45 pm
Reminder, we are at summer meeting location:
https://facilities.cambridge.ca/home/detail?CategoryIds=&FacilityTypeIds=&Keywords=johnson&ScrollMap=true&CloseMap=false&id=3b9d70d4-3474-4b30-9c5c-86b43885166f
Carla Carr will speak on SCAMS
Carla Carr will speak on SCAMS
Join us Monday June 16 th to find out how to protect yourself from Scams.
Nothing fibre related!
But if we know how to protect ourselves, we have money to buy fibre!
New Location: W.G. Johnson Centre 31 Kribs St., Cambridge, Ontario, Canada
Drive around the building to the back parking lot. Less walking!
Monday May 12th, Laura will talk about sheep
Monday May 12th, Laura will talk about sheep
Cambridge Art Centre, 6:45 pm to 9:00 pm
Laura is the shepherdess at Twin Oaks Farm. The family-owned farm is just outside of Guelph Ontario where they raise sheep, beef cows, horses, and chickens. She began knitting about 10 years ago and dabbles in spinning and natural dyeing. The original flock of Romney sheep was purchased in 2016. Since then, BFL and some Finn and Cotswold have been added in. The sheep are raised mainly for fibre and the fleeces yield a long stapled, soft, well crimped fibre. Twin Oaks Farm is committed to providing excellent animal welfare by ensuring our sheep are healthy, comfortable, well nourished, safe, and able to express innate behavior. All of the yarns are non-super wash. All of the fiber is grown locally on our farm or our neighbours. All our products are milled and made in Canada.
Pam of Firefly Haven Fibres
Pam of Firefly Haven Fibres
Resources from Pam, links to sites:
The 3d colour wheel is called the Munsell Model. I've attached a copy for you. Hope this helps!
Here are some of the websites I mentioned as well:
Beautiful Free Images & Pictures | Unsplash
Free Stock Photos, Royalty Free Stock Images & Copyright Free Pictures · Pexels
The two above are free websites that have databases of photographs.
Below is the Adobe website that will draw out a palette from any photo you upload.
Color palette generator | Adobe Color
3Dcolourwheel.pdf
Tonight's meeting ( Jan 20th ) cancelled
Tonight's meeting ( Jan 20th ) cancelled
Alert- Cold weather warning!
https://www.theweathernetwork.com/en/city/ca/ontario/cambridge/alerts
Felting a bar of soap- rescheduled to Feb
Felting a bar of soap- rescheduled to Feb
Monday Feb 10 at 6: 45 pm at Cambridge Arts Centre
Please bring colour fast roving, bar of soap and zip lock bag.
New Night, 2nd Monday, due to Feb Family Day holiday
Links for resoucres from Dec Meeting.
Links for resoucres from Dec Meeting.
For those who didn't make it to the meeting due to rain, please find links for the instructions
Star from Pentagon shape
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pZ_ac7Wgupg
Star woven from stips of paper
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DyAG9r9aGH0
Needle felting Demo
Needle felting Demo
Megan will show us how to do needlefelting. Depending on interest, we might do a workshop.
Come and be inspired.
Dyeing Warps with Lorraine and Yvonne
Dyeing Warps with Lorraine and Yvonne
Lorraine is going to talk about koolaid dyeing a warp using multi colours, and I am going to make a silk warp and demonstrate how to tie the warp Ikat fashion. I have a microwave for dying and we will bring relevant dyes, put the warps in dyes and microwave the skeins. Undo the ties and voila! I had thought we could make an Ikat tied weft, but we won’t have enough time. We can talk about it, because it is the same technique basically.
September is membership renewal
September is membership renewal
$25.00 for a year of happiness
$25.00 for a year of happiness
Join and have fun!
Monday Evening Meeting Location
Monday Evening Meeting Location
We will be meeting on the 3rd Monday of month, from 6:45 pm to 9 pm
Location :Cambridge Arts Centre, 60 Dickson St, Cambridge, ON N1R 8N1
Hints to find us:
The correct address for Cambridge Arts Centre is 60 Dickson, right next to the Durwood Senior’s Centre. Instructions on the web site say to enter the Art’s Centre thru the Durwood. But the Durwood is closed in the evening. So we have to enter from the back parking lot.
Putting 12 Cambridge St. Into your GPS will bring you to the end of Cambridge St. with the parking lot on your left and City Hall dead ahead. There is a sign on the back corner of City Hall with an arrow leading under the cement bridge that connects city hall to the Art.’s Centre. The entrance is well lit and a lady at the desk inside will tell you how to get to the multimedia room.
Last Friday of the month meeting location
Last Friday of the month meeting location
The location is the South Dumfries historical society in the Memorial hall, main floor, 34 Main St. S, St. George, next to the museum. Time 9:30 am to 12:00 pm. You can park across from the post office and walk across the road.
The meetings will be on the LAST FRIDAY of each month, as below:
The meetings will be on the LAST FRIDAY of each month, as below:
September 26 2025
October 31
November 28
December 26, or Jan 2nd 2026
2026
January 30
February 27
March 27
April 24
May 29
June 26
July 31
August 28
DYEGARDEN.docxJulia will be talking and may have some plants for sale as well.
https://juliamasci.com/products/growing-a-dye-garden
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