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Guild Meetings

June 2010 Guild Meeting: Potluck

June 1, 2010

The June meeting will be held on Thursday, June 17, 2010 at 7:30 pm. This Guild Members meeting will be the annual pot luck and social evening. Please bring an item for the supper table, preferably “finger food”. Also, bring your own plate, cutlery, etc. and of course, your own mug for tea or coffee. [...]

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GVWSG Meeting and Program: Natural Fibers by Louisa Chadwick

February 12, 2010

Thursday, February 18, 2010 from 7:30pm – 10:00pm Aberthau Cultural Centre Like a wine tasting, we will have a chance to see and touch a number of different fibres and yarns made with them, many perhaps familiar and some that may be new. The accompanying slides will acquaint us with the animals and plants that produce [...]

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GVWSG April Meeting: 18th Century Bobbin Lace

February 23, 2009

GVWSG Meeting with a presentation on 18th Century Bobbin Lace by Ivan Sayers When: Thu, Apr 16, 2009 7:30 PM – Thu, Apr 16, 2009 9:30 PM Where: Aberthau Cultural Centre, 4397 West 2nd Ave, Vancouver Ivan Sayers will talk about the woven laces of the eighteenth century, demonstrate how they were made and show [...]

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ANWG 2009 Registration Booklet

December 2, 2008

Weaving Waves of Color: May 28-31, 2009 Post-Conference June 1-3, 2009 Please join the Spokane Handweavers’ Guild for an entertaining and enlightening educational fibre/fiber experience at Gonzaga University in Spokane, Washington. The Conference will commence with a Gallery Tour and early opening of the Vendors Hall for Conference Registrants. The seminars and workshops offer diverse [...]

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Potluck and Gift Exchange, December 18

November 19, 2008

For our December program, we are doing a potluck evening and gift exchange. Gifts should be hand-made. Even though a hand-made gift is priceless, no more than $10 should be spent on it. We meet at 7:30 pm on December 18, 2008.

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Upcoming Program: The Evolution of Colour

November 19, 2008

Date: November 20, 2008 at 12 noon Speaker: Penny Le Couteur Title: The Evolution of Colour: How Dye Molecules Changed the World Description: Did you know that the dye alizarin (Turkey Red) was probably responsible for Alexander the Great’s 320 B.C. defeat of the Persian Army, that a German dye company (Bayer) was the first [...]

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Presentations by Interest Groups

June 20, 2008

The Basket Group The Basket Group started in 1970 and meets at 12 Noon on the first Thursday of the month at member’s homes. Members showed their projects: Anne Marie Buchanan showed her breadbaskets and two original bowls she learned how to do at a workshop in York. Noelle Lamb – cedar and sedge basket. [...]

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Show and Tell: June 19, 2008

June 19, 2008

Terry Villeneuve showed socks that she made on her sock knitter out of 75% bamboo, 25% nylon. She felt this yarn made a sock that was too heavy and drapey. She hand knit fingerless gloves, knitting them at the same time so that they would have matching stripes and use the same amount of yarn. [...]

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