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!
And after lunch it’s time to visit our vendors and the Silent Auction table.
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!
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.
Carolyn T has a great eye for colour. The beads on the edge are a great touch.
Marlene R knitted this wonderful temperature scarf throughout 2018, and only regrets that the temperature didn’t get cold enough to use the lovely Lavender’s at the coldest end of the chart. Each day has 3 rows, the main colour doe the day is the high and the small “dots” are the low for that day. The black strips are the separations between months. Great project. I think you could have used those coldest colors this year!
Bev H took time to organize and store a collection of cards with woven inserts to inspire our members. Over time we hope to chase down the pattern drafts so they can be recreated.
Marie F did a fabulous job on this Sheep towel, worked on our 8-shaft loom.
Great hat Carolyn! Love the Pom Pom!
Marlene showing us just how long the temperature scarf is!
Leslie A took a stab at stacked knitting. Hopefully it will lead to interesting projects in future.
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.
