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CWG June Picnic is Thursday, June 19 NOTE: change in location!

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Our last Guild meeting of the weaving year will be a pot luck/picnic on June 19th. at the Bainbridge Branch of the Geauga County Library, 17222 Snyder Road, Chagrin Falls, OH 44023. We will be in the “Messy Room” which has a lovely picnic tabled patio for us to enjoy the outdoors if the weather is appropriate. Please bring a main dish or side dish or dessert to share. Please bring your own table setting also. Please come at our regular time, 11:30 am, and be sure to bring show-&-tell and any requests or ideas for next year. We are looking forward to seeing everyone.
We have reserved  The Messy Room at the Bainbridge Branch of the Geauga Library System for our June 19th meeting and pot luck. Alas, we were not able to reserve the charming Frohring Meadow lodge this year but think this room will be entertaining also. .
Bainbridge Branch
Geauga County Public Library
17222 Snyder Road
Chagrin Falls, OH 44023

Cancelation of CWG field trip

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After looking at the weather forecast for our field trip to the American Coverlet Museum, we will be rescheduling for sometime in the spring.
I think we could get there is good shape, but coming home in the dark through the Allegheny mountains with wind and snow is not something I want to attempt. Jean and I take that route when we visit our son and his family in Virginia.
Aside from my seeing the coverlets now on display, part of what I had been looking forward was seeing how each of you responded when you saw them. I do hope that we can reschedule the trip and have a good turnout.
I realize that this means we will not have a Guild meeting in November, but we did have a very productive study group earlier this month, and we are all lined up for our Holiday Luncheon on Thursday December 19 at Jessie Adler’s house, starting at 11:30. Please bring a dish to share, and any show and tell you may have.
Bob

CWG November meeting–a survey of interest

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Hi All

I got through to speak to someone at the coverlet museum today.

I have a “tentative” date setup with them for Thursday November 21. The normal date for our monthly meeting. We would drive over in the morning and drive back in the afternoon. It is about a 3.5 hour drive.
Please respond to let me know if you would like to attend  and if you would be willing to drive. Jean and I will drive and we can fit two others in our car. We would take the toll road so you would need an EZ pass and I expect the guild to cover the mileage.
I think I included everyone in this email who was at the meeting last week.
Please respond quickly to Bob at robert.breitzmann@gmail.com

CWG Dye Day is Thursday, August 15. Bring your yarn. And a bag lunch

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We hope you saved the date for this fun opportunity.

The CWG will hold its annual Dye Pot Day on Thursday August 15 in Jean and Bob Breitzmann’s backyard yard from 9:00 until 3:00. Come when when you can, leave when you run out of fun. Bring a bag lunch if you like. We will have natural dye pots of Indigo, Cochineal, Madder, Black Walnut, and Logwood. We will also have Procion Dye for cellulose fiber in a rainbow of colors. Bring your own fiber to dye.

Contact Bob and Jean for directions.  See the member roster.

CWG Annual Picnic and year end Meeting is Thursday, June 13

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A reminder that the Guild’s Annual Picnic is 11:30 on Thursday, June 13th in the Firefly Shelter at Frohring Meadows Park.  The address is 16780 Savage Road, Chagrin Falls.     
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Please bring a dish to share, as well as your own table service and a beverage.
 
Also feel free to bring any items for Show & Tell. Also bring your Study Group year-end sharing of our Texture themed work.
 
This will be our last meeting until September.  We have not had a business meeting since April, and there will be lots to discuss as we plan for next year.

Rustbelt Fiber Shed offers a discount

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JoEllen wants to remind us of a discount offered to CWG members for this program.  Check it out. The deadline for registration is approaching.
We have about one week left for folks to register for our first annual symposium!

  • PART 1: Friday Night, January 26th, 7-9. 

  • Part 2: Saturday Morning, January 27th, 8:30-1:00ish 

It’s going to be amazing! 9 speakers, 13 fiber-related learning stations, a fashion show/performance, vendors, a raffle, and more. I created a code for your guild for 15% off, just for your members! The code to enter at checkout is “CWG” . Please feel free to share widely. If folks aren’t interested in/available for the entire event, we will also be open for a couple of hours, free to the general public, at the tail end of the symposium, from 2-4 on Saturday (the 27th). Please stop by!
On another note: We are still actively looking for sponsorships.  If the CWG or any of your members’ associated organizations are interested in sponsoring, we would so greatly appreciate it, as it’s what is keeping ticket prices accessible, scholarship tickets available (we’ve given away over 40 scholarship tickets!), stipends for speakers and learning stations, and the free portion free. There are two ways to sponsor: with a direct cash donation or with donation of a product into our fundraising raffle. Either way, we greatly appreciate, and you can read more about how-to sponsor and the benefits here.
Thank you so much for passing along the word!
Sarah Pottle

CWG December Study Group is December 7

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Study Group is Thursday, December 7 at 10:00 am
Now that we have had some time to think about it, we will share what we are planning to do to explore “texture”.
At last study group we traded some yarn from our stash and we can do that again if you have some interesting textures to share.
Please RSVP to Bob. Find his contact information on the Members Roster.

Dye Day 2023

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Hello CWG

Here’s an update on the CWG Dye Day planned for Thursday August 17th. Please RSVP to robert.breitzmann@gmail.com if you plan to attend.

We will start at 10AM and dye till 3PM. Come when you can and leave when you must. I’ve got the dyes, but bring your own fiber or purchase a blank to play with for $.50 each. I will be showing how I paint a warp. Bring a brown bag lunch if you like. If it rains we will set up in the garage and adapt as needed.

All the natural dyes except Indigo require a mordant. If you have soda ash at home, please soak your fibers overnight beforehand. If not, you can put everything to soak when you arrive. The fiber reactive dyes will have the mordant already added. All of the natural dyes will work on protein or cellulose fibers but mordants may change for the black walnut.

I learned a lot last year and hope several changes will improve our results.

This year we will have the following natural dye pots:

Black Walnut for a nice brown.

Indigo for blue.

Cochineal for blue/red.

Madder makes orange/red.

Logwood for light purple.

Pomegranate to make green/yellow.

Please RSVP if you plan to attend.

Bob
robert.breitzmann@gmail.com