TO SEE AND DO

National Alpaca Farm Days September 29-30
- Sandollar Alpaca 2001 S. Washington St., Kennewick
- Sunday 11am to 3pm
  - Feel the fleece
  - tour the farm
  - Experience the demonstrations
  - Learn about raising alpacas
- Shop for alpaca products
- Last year we had about 300+ visitors to the farm, and this year we have a NEW BARN, the COUNTRY MERCANTILE and STUDIO has come back to the farm in a MUCH LARGER SPACE, and we have 5 baby alpacas pronking in the pasture. We would love for the fiber artists to grace our new lawn area under a huge tree! Refreshments will be available!
Mt Hood Parkdale Spin in October 6
St John Spin In October 13
NwRSA Fall Board Meeting and Regional Spin-In October 20
- Hosted by NwRSA Area 4030 The Fall Meeting of the NwRSA Board, and Regional Spin-In will be held on Saturday October 20, 2018 at the Richland Public Library, 955 Northgate Drive, Richland WA.
- The Spin-In will be open from from 9:00am – 3:00pm and is open to all NwRSA members as well as the general public.
- The Board Meeting is open to all NwRSA members and will start at 12:30 pm.The Spin-In will include vendors and a potluck lunch. Please bring a potluck lunch item to share. A kitchenette and a small refrigerator is available to store lunch items. A donation of $5 is suggested for participation in the spin-in.
- Vendors Contact Earlene Mokler em*****@gm***.com
Knot Another Fiber Festival October 26-28
- The Dalles Readiness Center Registration now open
- One offering is Master your Knitting technique with JC Briar
  - JC has a fondness for textured knitting and novel construction. She shares her enthusiasm for lace, cables and seamless construction
- Other classes include Slick Set-in Sleeves; Charts Made Simple and Bind Off Bonanza
- Register at https://columbiagorgefiberbestival.com/register/
- The Dalles Guild has also begun work on their Warming the Gorge Project. THey collect names of families and individuals and match their handmade items to those who need them. They have a special tree for youth in Foster Care
New Use for Fiber Art SWG Annual Sale is October 25th- 27th
- Thursday 5-8pm
- Friday 10am to 8pm
- Saturday 10am to 5pm
- 1245 10th Ave East Seattle, WA
- Marjy Fiddler, president of the Seattle Weavers’ Guild wrote about an exhibit of lace she saw in Chemont-Ferrand, France this summer. The exhibit had several rooms filled floor to ceiling with lace samples.
- The surprise was artist, Jeremy Gobe, observed that the lace patterns resembled coral patterns. The Art Science Industry Project is anchoring cotton lace on dying Coral reefs and coral is growing on the lace foundation.
Whatcom Weavers Guild in Bellingham, WA
- DON’T MISS OUR BIGGEST “SHOW & TELL” OF THE YEAR! Whatcom Weavers Guild will hold its annual Fibers & Beyond Show and Sale on Saturday, October 13 from 9 AM to 5 PM at Jansen Art Center, 321 Front Street, Lynden, WA.
- Each Fall we jury hundreds of items to come up with the year’s best assortment of one-of-a-kind fashion
  and home décor items created by our guild members. Each item is unique – once it’s gone, it’s gone!
- Whatcom Weavers Guild and Guild Fibers have teamed up to present an array of textile workshops for this year’s Fiber and Beyond Conference. The keynote address “Warpping the Fabric of Time will be presented by John Mullarkey on October 10th.
- https://www.jansenartcenter.org/events/fibers-beyond-conference-sale/
- Classes that still have openings are:
  - Ply-Splitting; Braid a Scarf with John Mullarkey
  - Tablet Weaving: All Warped Up with John Mullarkey
  - Tablet Weaving: Two-sided Delights with John Mullarkey
  - The Many Ways to Be Warped with Sheri Ward and members of the Whatcom Weavers Guild
  - Eco Printing – Contact Dyeing with Plants with Caryn Friedlander
  - Stained Glass Nuno Felt Shawl with Patti Barker
  - Surface Design for the Weaver: Warp Painting with Liz Moncrief
  - Collage Nuno Felt Scarf with Patti Barker
  - Stitching on Eco-Dyed Fabric with Caryn Friedlander
  - Joy of Weaving with Sheri Ward and members of the Whatcom Weavers Guild
  - Special room rates at the Inn at Lynden, www.innatlynden.com.
- More information about these workshops is on the Jansen’s website at https://www.jansenartcenter.org/textiles-studio/
HGA Convergence Knoxville July 24-30, 2020

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