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Calling all volunteers!! CWG Sale preparations begin July 28

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Please find some volunteer time in your calendar.

Starting July 28th, we will have weekly Wednesday workdays at the Jackson house. I will be there every Wednesday from 10am to 2pm. Jean’s children have done all the heavy lifting that I anticipated, so now we only need to identify and price everything. This in itself is a huge job.

Please contact me and let me know when you can come help.
Victoria

Change in date for CWG Sale and its preparation

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For those of you not at June’s meeting and potluck, you may not know that plans for the CWG sale had to change drastically. Victoria has been in close contact with Jean’s family, making plans for building a CWG storage shed, and planning work parties for the sale. This update will help you plan how you’d like to volunteer when the time comes.

Nancy

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Wherever Jean is, she’s smiling at the plan her children have put in place. They put our plan aside and replaced it. Our original plan of the end of August was extended to become the end of September. CHANGE IT ON YOUR CALENDAR NOW! We are definitely doing the whole LAST WEEKEND IN SEPTEMBER. Start telling folks. Pass the word. It’s official.

 

They also completely altered my plan for all of the heavy stuff, and they will no doubt be blessed. Especially by me. Their plan is to meet in two weeks to empty the garage, move everything from the shed into the garage, bring all the books out to the garage and onto the newly empty shelves. They talk of tarps and taking respectful care. After July 24th, we can then enter through the side door and work at our leisure to handle all the cleaning, sorting and pricing that has to happen. When we get closer to the actual sale date, we will arrange a date to bring all the yarn out from the house. After July 24th, I plan to schedule weekly work sessions up to the sale date. Come when you can, but let me know your plan.

 

The storage sheds will definitely be in place before the sale. There will be two. I will share that story when they’re up, but I will say now that we managed to stay within the budget.

 

That’s what I know so far as of 7/13/2021.

 

Victoria

Rebecca’s Cranbrook loom is for sale.

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 I am selling my beautiful original, maple, Cranbrook J.P. Bexell and Son, Pontiac MI, countermarch loom, Texsolv heddles, excellent condition, ideal for light to heavy textiles or heavy duty rugs, beginner or pro, 4-harness/6 treadles, 13 shuttles, lease sticks, two skein holders, 2 warping boards, many slats, warping video and instruction binder, newer Schacht Bobbin Winder, bench, four reeds that are 4,6,8, and 14-dent, 3 threading tools, 3 large and heavy bags of beautiful new rug yarn and new linen warp. Weaves 44″ width, has all the pegs and parts, and comes with everything you need. Cleveland Heights, OH. This loom will last several lifetimes. Pickup only. Disassembles in sections for transport.  $1,800 for all.

 

Contact Rebecca–419 632 3084 or langley.rebecca@gmail.com

HELP on the way

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Counting and measuring are part and parcel of the weaver’s life. And has its perils.

Has this ever happened to you?

Joan writes:

“One thing has become very clear to me. I need  to recheck my calculations for almost everything and would love to find someone who would help me recheck them, as needed.  For example, I have just wound and threaded an 8 yard warp.  Even with attempting to check my own math, I miscalculated the amount of yarn needed ( I forgot to multiply by 8), warp ends needed ( for whatever reason, I added 16 + 16 and got 36 – so all of my calculations were off – from then on) and finally, when I was presleying the warp before winding on, I figured a sett of 8 rather than 16 – luckily I caught that one early on.”

So the question to the guild is “would there be an interest in offering a ‘measure twice, cut once’ service?   There would be benefits of having a second set of eyes to review our projects BEFORE the uh-oh moment.

Might you offer your help?  Let Joan or Nancy know, please.

A PSA from Victoria

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Hello Fiber Folk

While the good folks are all hunkering in place, be aware that bad people are everywhere. I can personally testify.
There’s a new internet nasty out there. They pretend to be PayPal (which is closed by virus and has no people to talk to)
They’ll tell you you just paid $500.00 to the Google Play Store (which you didn’t do) and contact their highlighted phone # if you think there’s an issue.
THIS IS NOT A REAL PAYPAL PHONE NUMBER
A few days later, you’ll get an email that seems to be Microsoft telling you that you just spent (and they delivered) a $499.99 update of the Windows Defender. (you didn’t) They provide another phone # for you to contact.
THIS IS NOT A REAL MICROSOFT PHONE NUMBER
(cheeky little buggers to use security to scam you)
When you actually call Microsoft, they will check your account and find
you have had no activity. They’ll take notes and issue you a case number.
Then you call the Federal Trade Commission. They will want all the addresses and phone numbers from the emails, and you’ll get another case number.
If you don’t want to make the phone calls, fine. But please don’t click on anything or call the numbers they provide. I’m told this is a ransomware thing.
Stay safe. Stay Healthy.😷
Victoria