And it begins……

On a slightly foggy Fraser Valley Saturday we are looking forward to a wonderful day!

What is a great day out with your friends without a good lunch? Out wonderful volunteers have assembled an amazing luncheon, as always!

Nice view of our Silent Auction tables. After lunch it’s time to visit our vendors and the Silent Auction table.

This is the second year we have held a raffle and below are the winners from fist to fourth.

Last year we issued a Crayon Challenge to our attendees. These wonderful Ladies ( yes, Ladies with a capitol “L”!) rose to and exceeded the challenge. Feast your eyes on the marvelous things they created. I hope I have not omitted anyone’s project. So many wonderful things!

The Silent Auction is always a great attraction at the Spin-in. Our team did a great job presenting the items.

And where would we be without afternoon nibbles?

And door prizes – we had distributed half of the prizes before I managed to snap the photo!

I wish to extend deepest thanks to all the volunteers who make this annual event possible. Anyone who has undertaken such an event knows the work involved. Congratulations Ladies, it was a great day. Thank you also to our dedicated attendees, we look forward to seeing you each year and catching up with one another.

First I would like to pass along my thanks to the members who volunteered for this years Chilliwack Fair. Well done everyone! This year saw a wonderful assortment of items entered. So great when the booth has this kind of response.

Our own Hannelore was chosen as the Fairs volunteer of the year. The Chilliwack Progress published an article about her and her long standing volunteerism with the Chilliwack Fair.We were proud to display the article along with the shawl she was weaving in the photo of the article. Congratulations Hannelore!

Congratulations to Carolyn for her award winning blanket!

There were some lovely items entered by the members of the Chilliwack Bobbin Lace

Club. The scarf was a unique item!

Marlene ‘s lovely jacket. This wonderful creation won in three categories at this years ANWG conference in Prince George.

Our members spun and wove this scarf on Sunday – job well done. See everyone next year!

Two years ago we  challenged our members to create something inspired by art. At our June luncheon this year  some of these projects were revealed. The photos of these will slowly be added to-  the light level at the restaurant was not great for the photos.

Carolyn T. wove this lovely scarf. The Passiflora flower is lovely and Carolyn chose to weave the scarf in cotton and  a mohair boucle.

 

 

Leslie A was inspired by Starry Nights by Vincent van Gogh and wove a tablet band.  The pattern was  originally from  “A tablet weqfer’s Pattern Book” and  the colours were adapted to suit the artwork. The work is 6 yards long, enough for garment trip or to piece to make a small bag.

 

 

 

 

 

Well, with the longest day of the years looming ( pardon the pun) summer is well and truly on  our minds. Remember when, as a child, that season  held the magic of vacations, seemingly endless days with no school,  staying out late and playing with friends. I look at the calendar now and realize just how short the summer really is.  Our AGM is done, just some  paperwork to do to finalize the proceedings.  Many thanks to the members who attended. Our executive remains and we welcome new committee members. Officially our year is from 1 July to end June.

During July and August we will be getting together on Tuesdays at the Guild room, forgoing our usual Thursday morning  get togethers. Those sessions will resume in September, after Labour Day.

August sees the Guild members helping out at the Chilliwack Fair. Plans are afoot for a sheep to scarf  project, which we traditionally do on the Sunday of the Fair weekend. It’s amazing just how few weeks are left until Fair entries are to be submitted. Yikes, there goes the summer. At least no one will hear us muttering that we are bored!

I’m looking forward to spinning these little beauties – Jude, he colours are fabulous!

Whatever the summer holds for each of you, I hope you all are safe and  create wonderful memories.

Leslie

 

Louise H. recently shared with the members the blanket she and her her friends wove a Friendship blanket number of years ago. Twelve participants chose a colour for the weft, and used a common warp colour. Each also  chose a different design to weave. Skeins of  weft were exchanged and each weaver wove the design square of her choosing in the colours of her friends. Squares were then exchanged and enough were available to each person to  construct a blanket. A few years ago I believe I remember Maureen C. sharing her yet to be assembled squares.  Louise’s finished project is a thing of beauty.  The overshot patterns are classic. Louise finished her blanket with crochet in her weft colour. Many thanks for sharing such a treasure with us.

 

 

Jenny O. was reminded of a similar project she was involved with in Ontario many years ago and  has kindly  allowed us to make a copy of her  instructions portfolio. A copy of this will be placed in the Guild  records for possible future projects.

Our members have been busy and shared their projects at a recent get together.

Many thanks to our many volunteers  for their hard work and dedication in presenting another great looking booth at the Christmas Craft Market.  This event is always  a highlight of our year. This year was no exception. We added new payment methods with Square this year and were very pleased with the results. It’s always such a pleasure  seeing the many varies and  wonderful items our members craft.

The demonstration booth was also notched up a little bit this year with a static display of some items used for our crafting, in addition to the  loom we use. On Sunday three spinners and a weaver produced a scarf in “Sheep to scarf” tradition. The warp of light denim blue was offset with a spun warp of  varied shades of blue. We are looking forward to seeing it after our weaver Jenny O. has  given it a proper finishing. Well done Ladies! Also this year, Louie O demonstrated the making of Temari balls on Sunday. I always love seeing these intricate little wonders – they are  fascinating and mesmerizing.