A CARD FOR ALL SEASONS
Mississauga Handweavers and Spinners Guild
by mississaugaweaversandspinners
3M ago
Christmas is a time for the giving of cards to send best wishes and hope for the new year. Often Christmas cards are handmade making them like a gift. These cards are treasureed and brought out every year. But what if we made a card to fit every month. Recently our guild had a card challenge. Each member picked a month and at the end of the year we had a card reveal show and tell. The only caveat was that fibre of some sort was to be used in the making of them. Below are a the YEAR IN CARDS ..read more
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SPRING CONFERENCES IN PERSON AT LAST
Mississauga Handweavers and Spinners Guild
by mississaugaweaversandspinners
9M ago
This Spring some of our guild members have been able to once again attend conferences in person. The Stowe Basketry Festival and The OHS Spinning Conference recently took place. One of our members, Carole Neeley, spent a busy week creating spectacular baskets from several different instructors. Different techniques and basketry fibres were used….ash and reed. The 5 Rolled Rim Basket was taught by Flo Hoppie The Black and White Hour Glass Basket was taught by Diane Stanton The Miniature Shaker Baskets were taught by Jo Ann Kelly Catsos The Beaded Nantucket Basket was taught by Kath ..read more
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HOOKED ON BAGS
Mississauga Handweavers and Spinners Guild
by mississaugaweaversandspinners
10M ago
The Stash Buster Challenge where Pam’s crocheted bags won for most stash used proved to be an inspiration for several other members of the guild. It seemed we all had yarn that had been sitting on the shelf for too many years and using it up to crochet bags big and small seemed like the perfect solution. Here are a few examples of some of the other bags. A recent visitor, Susan Zougas, to our April meeting showed off one of her bags. While it was not crocheted with stash yarn she showed how a handwoven piece could be used as an insert in a bag. If you want to see more of Susan’s bags check ..read more
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Spinner’s Christmas Yarn Bowl Exchange
Mississauga Handweavers and Spinners Guild
by mississaugaweaversandspinners
1y ago
The Spinners got together at Louise’s house for the first Christmas Social since Covid interrupted our annual get together. It was extra special this year because all the Spinners were there.  Everyone contributed something towards our lunch and everything was so delicious. The fun continued after lunch with our gift exchange and the theme was to cover a dollar store bowl in Fibre and create a yarn bowl holder.  Each person  drew a number from Santa’s hat to determine the order of picking from the pile of pretty Christmas packages. Sofia made sure no one chose a gift out of or ..read more
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STASH BUSTER CHAMPION
Mississauga Handweavers and Spinners Guild
by mississaugaweaversandspinners
1y ago
The guild’s recent challenge was to make something from your stash. Everyone participated using up left over tubes of cotton, mixed yarns, fine silk yarn, beads, and raw and spun fibre. One of our members, Pam, took the challenge to the highest limit. Below is her story of how she accomplished this. “I had multiple bins of bits of mixed synthetic yarns accumulated over the years – balls that were just not small enough to justify pitching out without feeling guilty. When the Guild came up with the Stash Busting Challenge, it was an opportunity to find a project that would use up my large colle ..read more
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THE SPINNERS FINALLY JOURNEY OUT AND ABOUT by Pam Aoki
Mississauga Handweavers and Spinners Guild
by mississaugaweaversandspinners
2y ago
Its been a long hard road for all of us. More so for some. Our guild has been mostly on hold for almost two years. Fortunately emails, messenger, and phones have kept us in touch. Its been a long hard road for all of us. More so for some. Our guild has been mostly on hold for almost two years. Recently a notice of an upcoming fibre event circulated and everyone’s ears perked up. An outing! The Hamilton Fibre Market was to hold its 2022 event at THE COTTON FACTORY. The Cotton Factory is really a grouping of buildings which was home to the Imperial Cotton Company which was built in 1900. The mai ..read more
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LOOKING AHEAD
Mississauga Handweavers and Spinners Guild
by mississaugaweaversandspinners
3y ago
Yes, we all are still here.  We weave, spin, knit, embroider, and do beautiful marketry. We are looking forward to being able to be together and touch and feel our fibre work. Photos can’t do our work justice. Below are photos of some of our members’ endeavours that they have completed, or almost completed, over the past few months. Some of us are stash busting; some are trying new weaving drafts and knitting patterns; others perfecting their spinning.  Keeping our hands busy keeps our mind busy.  We are lucky to be able to create lovely things.   Hopefully we can find ..read more
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COLOURS
Mississauga Handweavers and Spinners Guild
by mississaugaweaversandspinners
3y ago
It seems like it was yesterday that I was watching the forest behind my house sprout green leaves and peonies blooming.  I felt hopeful.  Soon we would be over this pandemic. I decided to dress my loom with a hand dyed warp from Marian’s stash.  It was painted in chartreuse greens, yellows and a pale greyish blue. Perfect colours for spring.  When I pulled it out of its bag I realized that something had been munchng on it.   I persevered, removing damaged ends and tying on repair ones, and started to weave.  As it was not colours I usually weave with I tried ..read more
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KEEPING OUR HANDS BUSY
Mississauga Handweavers and Spinners Guild
by mississaugaweaversandspinners
4y ago
The guild has not been able to meet since February.  Our Winter Retreat  cancelled and study groups hosted via emails.   Here’s hoping we can have our June BBQ.  I asked our members to send me photos of their work – finished or in progress.  One of our members in a senior retirement home has been confined to her room for a month or so, but her hands kept busy working on something for her door and for our Fall Flower Power Challenge. Here is the result of the past month’s endeavours. ANN              ..read more
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Social Distancing in a Weaver’s Life
Mississauga Handweavers and Spinners Guild
by mississaugaweaversandspinners
4y ago
I should be writing about Guild and Fibre Happenings.  Usually Spring is an awaking, not only of plants, but of weavers, Fibre Shows, Seminars, and Workshops.  Snow has melted and out we go into the world.  Not this Spring however.  These days Emails, photos, telephone conversations are our social interactions.  We search the web not for news of this horrid virus but for mind stimulation, ideas, and colours.   Fibre people are a lucky group.  We tend to have a stash of yarn, fleece, rovings, etc to keep our hands, looms, and spinning wheels busy. Over the years I have become the person who sto ..read more
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