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GLASG Meeting July 2008

Jason — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 18:36:12 +0000

July meeting was great! I didn’t do any knitting or spinning. As it turned out, I was high (or low) on paint fumes from helping our new roomy paint her room. (Love the new color!) I was just chilling and chatting with people the whole time.

There were a lot of donated items for guild raffles. The proceeds are going to the Heifer Project in honor of Twisted Ruth (Ruth Schooley). There were tons of fiber, yarn, books, magazines and other stuff. I donated a set of five Japanese ceramic bowls.

Lots of Show n’ Tells. Hand-spun yarns. Yarns made at the Pluckyfluff Workshop. Finished knitting projects (check out Jill’s lace shawl.) And Deb and Helene’s woven pieces!

Old friends and new friends.

New roomy (with her Loch Ness Monster knitting project)!

And I met Ercil who brought her tablet weaving to the meeting. I wanted to see her tablet weaving and maybe ask a few questions. But like I said, I was high (or low) on paint fumes, and let that chance slipped away. Hope to see her in the next meeting. I also couldn’t figure out why I knew of her. Later I realized that I had seen her in Ruth’s photos of their recent gathering that included Sylvia, Stephenie Gaustad, and Joy.

Complete photo set here.

I’ve started a new spinning project. Well, maybe not totally new. I am spinning blue merino fiber that I carded with some silver hologram Angelina for sparkles. The goal is to knit a Ostrich Plumes Stole for Kate. I am also spinning this for Ruth’s Spin for Peace group on Ravelry. Yeah, I started early.

The Fabulous Fiber Fest Day 2 & 3

Jason — Mon, 20 Aug 2007 17:22:40 +0000

Wow! I am tired. I spent most of my time on the second day blending Angelina and Merino fiber. I bought the Merino a long time ago. I thought it was for a scarf for Kate. But now I realize that the fiber is for a hat project. Darn! I did think that there was too little of it for a scarf. Grrrrr! I’ll have to find the fiber intended for the scarf and card it at the guild meeting.

I took Tablet Weaving 102 with Michael Cook on the third day. We learned more advanced techniques. Double Face & Brocade. I got the basics down. But I still need to be able to see how stitches are formed. At this time I have to remember how many times I turn forward or backward. I can get stuck trying to remember which way to go next. Here’s the result from the second class:

Photos of the 2nd Day

See more photos here.

Photos of the 3rd Day

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I stayed behind after closing of the show to help take down Mariko’s displays and booth. Hard work. I probably lost a few pounds. But that is a good thing.

The Fabulous Fiber Fest Day 1

Jason — Sat, 18 Aug 2007 04:12:36 +0000

What a day. So much to do at the show. We had a little area for “Spin & Knit”. Mariko even brought her drum carder for us to play with. But I ended up spending a lot of time trying to solve problems for a client. We had a DNS record update yesterday. Things usually get a bit weird for up to 24 to 36 hours when that is done. He was told, but he still freaked out! ARRGGHHHH!

At least I got to take the Tablet Weaving class 101 today. That forced me to get off the phone for 3 hours. The client’s “problem” resolved by itself by the time the class ended. The day ended good, but I am way tired. Here are some pictures of the day:

More photos can be seen here. I couldn’t take pictures of every booth. I’ll take some more tomorrow. Here’s what we learned today in Tablet Weaving 101:

I am still doing this by remembering the steps. I hope to eventually “see” what’s going on. Oh, and that’s an Inkle Loom that I am using for the project. Guess I’ll learn how to do that too.