American Wool Industry

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The Outside Online magazine recently published an article on the Resurrection of the American Wool Industry that gives some hope to Wool Growers throughout the United States. It's an article worth reading.

Local Quilt Show

Wet-felting Class

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Next month, Nancy J. will be teaching a Wet-Felting class after the February 20, 2016 Fiber Guild meeting, so the meeting will be held at the Lander Art Center. The following links should help get some creative juices flowing and give some ideas of what can be done with the felt.

Wet-felting technique

Wet-felted bookmarks

Felted postcard or artist trading card

Felted landscape picture

Felted picture with stitching added- part one and part two

Felted coasters

Scroll through this page for multiple ideas

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Nancy told Guild members if they want to participate in the class to bring the following items:
    •  sack lunch (class will take approximately 2 hours)
    •  large 9 x 13 " cake pan OR some other pan like a roaster
            the pan should be deep enough to work the wool
    •  rubber gloves
    •  foam pad and needle-felting needles (if you have them)

January Show and Tell

Cinde P. discussed the cost of producing yarn: she started with raw
wool which she cleaned and then spun and finally dyed. 

Brenda H. shows the yarn bin that Cinde P. received from a friend.
Two holes were drilled in the bottom of a plastic container. It keeps
the yarn clean and prevents tangles. 

Salli A. shows her current knitting project. Also shown Colleen J.,
Laura B., and Buttons A. 

Salli Al. models the coat that she crocheted and lined.

Cinde P. knit some scrubbies from this yarn. No one
at the meeting had seen the yarn before.

Colleen J. finished a cowl

Colleen J. displays a cowl that she is knitting 

Vicky B. models a shawl knit by Colleen J. 

Colleen J. drapes another knit shawl around Vicky B. 

Back view of Colleen J. shawl shown above

Laura B. models a cotton sweater that she
recently finished

Rachel B. wears a hat she made from the yarn she
selected in the December skein exchange

Bea R. knit a head cover (helmet) for a baby.

Jane W-F. finished a hat from yarn she received
 as a Door Prize at the December meeting.

Jane W-F. made a oven mitt from some wool batts.

* all photos courtesy of Katheryn E.

Quilt of Valor Sew-In Schedule

Mark these dates on your calendar.

Note:  fabric kits (donated by local businesses and individuals) are provided to those who come to sew

Scissor Case

Scissor cases

Mary H. made several scissor cases for the Door Prize table at the December meeting, and they were a hit.

In October the Lander Sewing Sistas group had a program on making the cases, and the ones they made are shown above. The scissor cases are made from two 8.5 x 11 inch pieces of coordinating fabric and a piece of fusible interfacing.

Each case holds three pair of scissors, two on one side and one on the other. It was a fairly quick and fun project.

The tutorial for the cases can be found here.

Random Stripe Generator

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If you like adding stripes to your knitting or crochet projects, but don't know where to place the various colors to get the best result, Biscuits and Jam has made the chore a little easier with the Random Stripe Generator.

It will generate random stripe patterns for sweaters, scarves, blankets, etc. It'll give you an idea of what the finished object will look like, but it still leaves some unpredictability to the stripe pattern.