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Show and Tell July 2023

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Show & Tell: Table Mats by Lschickli

Table mats in 6 shaft irregular satin on the Drawloom

 

Show & Tell: Handcrafted paper by Gail B

Lovely handcrafted paper from a recent Creative Endeavors workshop

Show & Tell: Sewing with Handwovens Study Group

Beautiful projects shared by the Black Sheep Sewing with Handwovens Study Group. Check out more details here

Show & Tell: Star of Bethlehem Baby Blankets by John H.

Comparing the same pattern in 24 epi vs 20 epi demonstrates how the 24 epi is more elongated and the 20 epi is more balanced. 

 

Show & Tell: Handspun Merino wool by Monique H

Show & Tell: Woven shibori cotton and indigo scarf by Gail B

July 20 – Summer Program

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Guild Program Thursday, July 20th, 2023 @ 7:00 p.m.

In Person Craft Night      

July’s program for the guild meeting will be a casual in-person crafting night! We
will start officially at 7:00 pm at the Veteran Memorial Senior Center but Hospitality
will be there by 6:30 pm.

Bring your handwork of tapestry weaving, hand-stitching, basket weaving, spinning wheels, drop spindles, and/or braiding! We will have some snacks and drinks available. The weather should be pleasant enough to keep the side door open to maintain ventilation and more room for people to craft!

Show and Tell June 2023

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Show & Tell: Catikat by Ally Krause
One of my ikat weavings, Catikat, has been selected for the Pets & Animals show at the Pacific Art League in Palo Alto. Catikat is a warp ikat piece based on the silhouette of my cat, Mo, and is naturally dyed with cutch. The opening reception is this Friday 6/2 from 5:30-8pm, and it will be up through 6/27.
— Ally Krause


Catikat ikat, photo courtesy of the artist

Show & Tell: Cotton Baby Blanket By Stefanie S.

I love this Leave pattern for a super-soft baby blanket for my new grandson! The pattern is from handweaving.net,  it is an 8-Shaft pattern made with 3/2 white and brown organic cotton (American Maid) in warp and weft. 

Let’s Get Together and Share the Weaving Love, or the Love of Weaving!

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Let’s Get Together and Share the Weaving Love, or
the Love of Weaving!

7:00 p.m. Thursday, June 15 Guild Meeting in person 

Bring your recent creations! Even if you’ve shared them on zoom. We want to see them in
person and give them the “weaver’s handshake.”
Clear out your stash to give or sell or trade with other guild members.
Bring your questions! Meetings like this are where a lot of information and experience gets
shared around. If you want a helpful critique of a new technique you’re trying, chances are there will be someone at the meeting who can share their insights. Let’s get some conversations going!
Trim your stash (and prepare to add more)! Bring your stash items that you want to clear
out. We’ll have a give-away table. If you want to put a price tag on something you’re clearing out, we’ll have a table for that, too.
Bring something to nibble on if you want. We don’t have the momentum of a snack signup
sheet, so we’re going to let this rely on serendipity. The doors will be open and there will be outside space to give everyone choices.
This meeting we will also have our annual Board election, so come celebrate all the folks
who keep things running.

The meeting will be at the Veterans Memorial Senior Center, 1455 Madison Ave., Redwood
City, in the Goldstar Room.

Slate of Board Officers

Here is the slate of nominated Board Members we will be voting on at the June 15 meeting:
President: Gail Blackmarr
Secretary John Horrigan
Programs: Joanna Gelb
Newsletter: Leela Goel
CNCH Rep: Ally Kraus

Staying On
VP: Diana Kirby Herr
Treasurer Lyn Chambers
Membership Dail Koehler
Library Ange Mirer
Hospitality Marjorie Pomeroy
Exhibits Jodi Paley – Kitty Thoresen
Web Curator Stefanie Selck
Publicity/Social Media: Sarah Arron
Programs Barbara O’Connor – Barbie Paulsen

Please join the board in welcoming new members and thanking all those departing.

 

ART on the Square 2023 – Friday, July 28, 5:00 – 8:30pm

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ART on the Square 2023 – Friday, July 28, 5:00 – 8:30pm

It is confirmed. We have a 10’x10′ booth at ART on the Square in Redwood City, on Friday,
July 28th from 5:00-8:30 pm! This is a community booth and a fantastic opportunity to share ideas and knowledge about textile arts, and to showcase the variety of work our members do.

We need you!
Photos – We can upload 5 photos that represent the work members of the guild do. These
will be used by ART on the Square for promotional purposes. (No photo collages or text other than copyright info at the bottom of the image)
Do you have images of your work or of you working on a project that you would like to
share?
Would you like help out in the booth to talk to people who stop by to learn more?

Have ideas that you would like to share?
Please contact Monique Hodgkinson at screencaffeen at gmail.com for
information and for photo sizing requirements.

Show and Tell May 2023

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Show and Tell May 2023

Making the Most of It – Barbara Shapiro

I wanted to make a three row flower knot Möbius strip, but didn’t take into account how
thick the band would be. When it was close to being done, but before I worked all the ends in, I realized it was too short to twist and fashion into a closed twisted loop. So I stepped back from it and, lo and behold, this is what I saw crawling across my table.

I added the eyes and he took off to attack a group of ceramic kimono clad zombies.
— Barbara Shapiro

Beautiful Beiderwand pillows – Ange M.

Beautiful Beiderwand Pillows woven by Ange M. 8/2 cotton in beige and grey with garage sale mystery wool in black. 

Black Sheep interested in weave structures like Beiderwand can join the Weave Structure Study Group!

Program for Thursday, May 18 : A Revue in Review of Guild Study Groups

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Program for Thursday, May 18 : A Revue in Review of Guild Study Groups

We’d love to give the general Black Sheep membership a clearer idea of what happens in our various study groups, when they meet, and where (house, zoom, variable).
Black Sheep Handweavers Guild 2 May 2023 Newsletter
This month’s program will showcase some of the range of work that our guild members are
doing, give people ideas of areas they might want to explore, and help provide our members with new ways of connecting with other guild members.
This meeting will be via Zoom, 7:00 pm on Thursday, May 18, and the link will be sent out
in the week of the meeting, and will appear on the calendar in the Members Area of the website.

 

Show and Tell April 2023

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Ply Split Rug by Ulla de L.  

 I made another split ply rug while I was in Sweden last month. It is made of the 260
cords I had made the year before, walking back and forth on our veranda. As with my previous ones it is made out of the Maypole Nehalem wool yarns I got from Gisela Evitt many years ago, using 10400 ends of 2 ply wool. It is 24″ X 7’4″ in size.

Creative Endeavors by Betsy C

The Creative Endeavors Group learned sashiko stitching with Jodi P. This beautiful boro was made by Betsy C.

Stand Clear of the Closing Doors by Sarah A

Here is my recent piece Stand Clear of the Closing Doors. It is inspired by the New York City subway. The design was generated by artificial intelligence (image included below) and then I reproduced it with modified Theo Moorman technique using handspun mixed and upcycled fiber inlay weft, cotton warp, and bast ground weft. 

       

The woven piece                                                   The AI Starting Point 

Gail B – More Creative Endeavors

 

Completed Scarf: Four Shaft Deflected Doubleweave variation, 5/2 cotton and Bambu 7

Sashiko/Bpro Mug Rug, cotton, 6″x6″ (April Creative Endeavors Event)

Mushroom-Dyed Wool yarn (March Creative Endeavors Event)                                    

April 20th Black Sheep Meeting – “Weaving Wizards”

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April 20th Black Sheep Meeting –

“Weaving Wizards – Structure – what works for what purpose and why?”

The April 20th Black Sheep meeting will be a Zoom “Weaving Wizards”.      Barbie and Ange will be our wizards, facilitating the meeting. The topic will be “Structure – What Works for What Purpose and Why? ” 

Please send any questions, thoughts, examples to Barbie –  weaverbarbie at  gmail  dot com – by Thursday April 13th.  

But as always, questions and comments are welcome any time at the meeting.  

This time is meant for all to be involved and share issues, problems and successes.