SKEIN, GARMENT and FIBER ARTS COMPETITIONS AND DISPLAY It’s time to start planning to enter the 2013 Skein, Garment and Fiber Arts Competition! This year’s competition has 23 Adult categories, and 4 Youth divisions with 2 age groups. Over 60 ribbons will be awarded and we’ll present over 25 prizes from vendors at the Festival! […]
Date: Saturday, March 2, 2013 – 3:00pm Place: Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library, HISTORY OF KNITTING presentation In honor of National Craft Month, we will be joined by Deb Fuller for a lecture about the history of knitting. Deb Fuller is a costume historian who can honestly say that she has “over 2000 years of […]
Being a member of the FSWG has many rewards, and hanging out with fellow fiber enthusiasts is one of them. We share a love of fiber, food and fun at our monthly meetings. But also enjoyable are the smaller groups that gather and concentrate on a particular interest or skill, such as the sock group, knitting […]
For the February 2013 guild presentation, Jennifer Price set up her antique sock knitting machine for a demonstration. In addition to watching how the machine worked, Jennifer also shared the history behind the machine, what to look for when thinking of purchasing a machine, and some neat peculiarities that her particular sock machine has. Machine […]
For the holiday season I do enjoy the festive atmosphere created when decorating the house. Setting up the tree with family ornaments, and using colorful holiday tablecloths and linens from friends abroad. This year however, once the new year began and the holiday decorations were packed away I found my “back to normal” house looking […]
President—Keren Pritchett Vice-President—Lesley Reynolds and Mary Snellings Special Events Coordinator —Lynette Reed Secretary—Peg Waters Treasurer—Anne Nourse Newsletter Editor— Mary Hardy Education & Outreach—Vacant Librarian—Margaret Hermann Workshops Coordinator—Anna Branner Membership Coordinator—Judy Klehm Publicity—Mary Snellings Website – Lesley Reynolds
The Weavers Guild of Greater Baltimore has some openings available for the upcoming class with Sarah Fortin. If you are interested, please contact Joanna Crosby at joanna (dot) crosby (at) morgan (dot) edu WORKSHOP: Shadow Weave: Color and Dimension INSTRUCTOR: Sarah Fortin DATES: March 2, 3, & 4, 2013 LOCATION: Howard County Fair Grounds 4-H […]
Here are the programs we have on the calendar so far for 2013. If you have a great idea for a program, or want to volunteer to lead one, please contact Mary Snellings or Lesley Reynolds! We have so much talent in our group – and so many varied interests. Everyone has something to share. […]