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CWG meeting is Thursday, November 17 Live and via Zoom

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Hello CWG,
We meet in person at Warrensville County Library Branch at 11:30 for brown bag and social time. Our program will begin at 12:00 via Zoom (link is provided here if you are watching from home.)
Warrensville County Branch
4415 Northfield Rd, Warrensville Heights, OH 44128
Bonnie Tarsas will join us via zoom at the Warrensville Library to present Sixty-twoand a Half Years but Who’s Counting, an overview of her weaving journey which includes Color Horoscope, Turned Weft Ikat, Weaving to Origami among others. Our Joan Horwich has taken a workshop with Bonnie and enthusiastically recommends the joy, humor and insights Bonnie will share with us. 
Below is the Zoom invite for the Cuyahoga Weavers Guild Nov 17 meeting
at 12 pm Eastern Time.
Cuyahoga Weavers Guild is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.
Topic: Cuyahoga Weavers Guild Meeting Nov 17, 2022
Time: Nov 17, 2022 12:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
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CWG Meeting and Workshop is Thursday, October 20

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Cuyahoga Weavers Guild meeting and Workshop

RSVP to Patty, especially for the workshop

Arrive ay 11:00 (earlier than usual) to allow time for both. Bring your brown bag lunch and beverage.

Warrensville Heights Library.   4415 Northfield Road.   Warrensville, OH 44128

Beaded Bracelets on a Bow

Tracy Jackson is joining us

to guide us through a mini workshop for our October meeting. Brown bag lunch and a short meeting will happen before we start our class promptly at noon. Beads must be strung before class begins so that we all start and progress together. Be prepared! We’re gonna get pretty and primitive.

You will need:

5 strands of 5/2 cotton

each 48 inches long for warp. Knot these threads together at one end.

Bring some of the same for your weft.

200 size 6 “E” seed beads.

A standard 9 gram tube holds approximately 130 beads, so you will need 2 tubes.

Thread 100 beads each onto 2 of your 5 warp strands before class begins.Tie an easily removable knot in the ends so the beads do not escape.

$5 for the loom kits Tracy will provide.

We will produce beautiful bracelets with beaded selvedges.

Bow Loom Weaving

Please have the warp beaded and ready to attach to the bow before the meeting.

Cut 5 warp ends of size 5 perle cotton, each 48” long. Tie the group together with an overhand knot about 1” down from one end.

Choose 2 strands and string size 6° beads,100 on each strand, 200 beads total. This works easiest with a dental floss threader. Tie a slip-knot in each beaded strand to keep the beads from falling off.

This is a weft faced weave, any color will be fine, black or navy may not be the best choice for the first piece. Variegateds weave up as stripes and can be fun to do. Any color size 6° beads, solid or variegated, is fine.

Supplies to bring:
weft (same as warp)
extra beads
scissors
light or magnifier if needed

All other materials will be provided for around a $5 kit fee.

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CWG Meeting and Workshop is Thursday, October 20

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Cuyahoga Weavers Guild meeting and Workshop

RSVP to Patty, especially for the workshop

Arrive ay 11:00 (earlier than usual) to allow time for both. Bring your brown bag lunch and beverage.

Warrensville Heights Library.   4415 Northfield Road.   Warrensville, OH 44128

Beaded Bracelets on a Bow

Tracy Jackson is joining us

to guide us through a mini workshop for our October meeting. Brown bag lunch and a short meeting will happen before we start our class promptly at noon. Beads must be strung before class begins so that we all start and progress together. Be prepared! We’re gonna get pretty and primitive.

You will need:

5 strands of 5/2 cotton

each 48 inches long for warp. Knot these threads together at one end.

Bring some of the same for your weft.

200 size 6 “E” seed beads.

A standard 9 gram tube holds approximately 130 beads, so you will need 2 tubes.

Thread 100 beads each onto 2 of your 5 warp strands before class begins.Tie an easily removable knot in the ends so the beads do not escape.

$5 for the loom kits Tracy will provide.

We will produce beautiful bracelets with beaded selvedges.

Bow Loom Weaving

Please have the warp beaded and ready to attach to the bow before the meeting.

Cut 5 warp ends of size 5 perle cotton, each 48” long. Tie the group together with an overhand knot about 1” down from one end.

Choose 2 strands and string size 6° beads,100 on each strand, 200 beads total. This works easiest with a dental floss threader. Tie a slip-knot in each beaded strand to keep the beads from falling off.

This is a weft faced weave, any color will be fine, black or navy may not be the best choice for the first piece. Variegateds weave up as stripes and can be fun to do. Any color size 6° beads, solid or variegated, is fine.

Supplies to bring:
weft (same as warp)
extra beads
scissors
light or magnifier if needed

All other materials will be provided for around a $5 kit fee.

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CWG meeting is a field trip to KSU’s Lessman-Moss exhibit

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CWG’s first meeting this fall is a field trip.

Thursday, September 15 at 11:00am

Janis Lessman-Moss Retrospective exhibit at the Kent State Museum, 515 Hilltop Drive, Kent, OH 44242. We will have a guide to tour the exceptional exhibit that will be closing at the end of September. Please meet at the museum at 11:00 where we will purchase our tickets for the tour.

After the museum, we can meet at Wild Goats, 319 W Main Street, Kent HO 44242 for lunch. They offer soup, salads or sandwiches. It is a short drive from the museum.

Please make carpool arrangements individually.

Coming Soon! To whet your appetite for the new program year

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CWG’s first meeting this fall is a field trip.

Thursday, September 15 at 11:00am

Janis Lessman-Moss Retrospective exhibit at the Kent State Museum, 515 Hilltop Drive, Kent, OH 44242. We will have a guide to tour the exceptional exhibit that will be closing at the end of September. Please meet at the museum at 11:00 where we will purchase our tickets for the tour.

After the museum, we can meet at Wild Goats, 319 W Main Street, Kent HO 44242 for lunch. They offer soup, salads or sandwiches. It is a short drive from the museum.

Please make carpool arrangements individually.

CWG Dye Day approaches—Thursday, August 18

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Hello Cuyahoga Weavers,
This memo is to remind you that next Thursday, August 18th is dyeing day for our guild. We will start at 10:00 and dye until 2:00 (or when ever you run out of fun.)
The location is Jean & Bob Breitzmann’s home.
103 Silver Springs Trail
We are in South Russell.
Our street if off Bell Road, a little over a mile east of route 306.
Bring a bag lunch if you like. We will have drinks and a few treats.
We will meet rain or shine. Right now the weather forecast shows a 38% chance of rain, but if it does rain we will be dyeing in our three car garage.
We will have four natural dye pots that you can use.
Black walnut, indigo, cochineal, and madder.
These pots will dye your wool, cotton, or linen( protein or cellulose ).
If you plan to use these natural dyes, please soak your fiber in water for a minimum of 24 hours before you come.
The dye pots require the fiber to “cook” for over an hour. While you are waiting we will also have chemical dyes for protein and for cellulose that you can use. For theses dyes wool should be fully wet, but the cellulose should be dry.
I plan to be working on a cotton painted warp and painted weft project.
If you don’t have any fiber that you want to dye, the guild has linen and cotton place mats that are available for 50 cents that goes to dyeing supplies.
You may want to wear an apron, or other clothes that might get stained.
Please Email to Robert.Breitzmann@gmail.com if you plan to attend so we can have enough tables setup.
Hope to see you next Thursday,
Bob Breitzmann

CWG Picnic and Pot Luck

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RESCHEDULED PICNIC & POT LUCK
We have made a reservation at the Katydid Lodge in the Frohring Meadows Park for July 14, 2022, 10:30-1:30 for a rescheduled picnic and pot luck for the Cuyahoga Weavers. A cautious decision to cancel our June picnic led to this new date and time for us to get together.
Please bring a dish to share, your choice, show and tell. Hopefully Ele Richardson will bring our scrap books and photo albums for us to revel over our history.  The program committee has some fabulous announcements for programs in 2022-2023. It will be wonderful to see everyone as the summer will fly by without our knowing.
The address:
    Katydid Lodge
    Frohring Meadows park of the Geauga Park System
    16780 Savage Road
    Bainbridge Twp.
    Chagrin Falls, OH 44023
This lovely lodge is accessible from Chagrin/Bainbridge Road or Washington Street  both of which intersect Rt 306. It is both fully enclosed as well as  able to be fully opened to engage the breezes. We hope to see you there, and it will be a fabulous day!

CWG Picnic and Pot Luck

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RESCHEDULED PICNIC & POT LUCK
We have made a reservation at the Katydid Lodge in the Frohring Meadows Park for July 14, 2022, 10:30-1:30 for a rescheduled picnic and pot luck for the Cuyahoga Weavers. A cautious decision to cancel our June picnic led to this new date and time for us to get together.
Please bring a dish to share, your choice, show and tell. Hopefully Ele Richardson will bring our scrap books and photo albums for us to revel over our history.  The program committee has some fabulous announcements for programs in 2022-2023. It will be wonderful to see everyone as the summer will fly by without our knowing.
The address:
    Katydid Lodge
    Frohring Meadows park of the Geauga Park System
    16780 Savage Road
    Bainbridge Twp.
    Chagrin Falls, OH 44023
This lovely lodge is accessible from Chagrin/Bainbridge Road or Washington Street  both of which intersect Rt 306. It is both fully enclosed as well as  able to be fully opened to engage the breezes. We hope to see you there, and it will be a fabulous day!

Rescheduled Picnic and Pot Luck is on for Thursday, July 14

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RESCHEDULED PICNIC & POT LUCK
We have made a reservation at the Katydid Lodge in the Frohring Meadows Park for July 14, 2022, 10:30-1:30 for a rescheduled picnic and pot luck for the Cuyahoga Weavers. A cautious decision to cancel our June picnic led to this new date and time for us to get together.
Please bring a dish to share, your choice, show and tell. Hopefully Ele Richardson will bring our scrap books and photo albums for us to revel over our history.  The program committee has some fabulous announcements for programs in 2022-2023. It will be wonderful to see everyone as the summer will fly by without our knowing.
The address:
    Katydid Lodge
    Frohring Meadows park of the Geauga Park System
    16780 Savage Road
    Bainbridge Twp.
    Chagrin Falls, OH 44023
This lovely lodge is accessible from Chagrin/Bainbridge Road or Washington Street  both of which intersect Rt 306. It is both fully enclosed as well as  able to be fully opened to engage the breezes. We hope to see you there, and it will be a fabulous day!