Help the Guild celebrate Earth Day on the Rappahannock. We will have volunteers spinning and weaving their way to a good time. Guild members will also be able to sell their creations at the event. April 13th, 2013 11am-3pm Old Mill Park 2410 Caroline Street Fredericksburg, VA 22401 FREE ADMISSION! Alternative fuel cars, dozens of […]
Written by Are you someone that likes to crochet but find it hard to meet others with your same interest? Thanks to the newly formed Stafford Area Crochet Guild, you now have a place to meet and share! The guild meets at the England Run Library, meeting room 1 from 6:30-8:30pm on THIRD Wednesday of every month. […]
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The guild’s cookbook is now available for preorder. If you are interested in ordering a cookbook, or maybe several, please fill out the form located here. The cookbooks are $15.00 and the price includes a hard copy and a downloadable soft copy. Please fill out the top portion of the preorder slip and save the bottom […]
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We will have our cookbook launch meeting this Saturday (March 16, 2013) at 12:15 in the guild studio. We will be formulating a plan to move forward on producing our cookbook.
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Are you a knitter looking to join a low key knit night? Do you want to find a knitting group that only meets every other week giving you time to participate in other activities The Fredericksburg Podcaster Sit-n-Knit takes place every other Thursday at the Barns and Noble located in Central Park. Come join Lesley host […]
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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! […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
