Guild meetings are usually the 3rd Sunday every month from 1:30-5pm. Occasionally, meetings are rescheduled due to holidays.
We start gathering around 1:30. A short business meeting takes place around 2:00. Snacks are potluck. We have a show and tell table with member's latest projects, interesting finds, and works-in progress. Members work on spinning, knitting, or other projects during meetings. Some meetings include programs of specific fiber topics and we spend the rest of our time enjoying each other's company.
We meet in the Family Life building at St. Francis of Assisi Church, 8151 Chimneyrock Blvd at Germantown Parkway, Cordova, TN
If you have any suggestions for the remaining 2008 programs, please indicate your preferences in the program survey.
2008 |
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| January 20 | Roc Day Party | |||||
| February 15 | Navajo spindles, planning for beginning spinning class | |||||
| March 16 | Beginning Spinning I | |||||
| April 20 | Beginning Spinning II | |||||
| May 18 | Beginning Spinning III | |||||
| June 22 * | ||||||
| July 20 | ||||||
| July 26-28 | Cellulose Fibers: Old & New, Long & Short 3-day workshop with Patsy Zawistoski |
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| August 17 | ||||||
| September 21 | ||||||
| October 19 | Guild Birthday | |||||
| November 16 | ||||||
| December 21 | Holiday party | |||||
* note: meeting day is not on 3rd Sunday |
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| January 21 | Roc Day Party |
| February 18 | Fleece Faults - cancelled |
| March 18 | Hand Cards and Carding |
| April 15 | Gift Swap |
| May 20 | Long Draw |
| June 24 * | |
| July 15 | |
| August 19 | spinning and visiting |
| September 16 | Short Draw, Forward and Backward |
| Sept 21-30 | Mid-South Fair - Guild demonstration days & times
TBA |
| October 15-19 | Master Spinner class, levels 1-3, Davis, Oklahoma |
| October 21 | Guild Birthday - making drop spindle pins |
| November 1-3 | Spinning demonstration at Davies Manor |
| November 18 | |
| December 16 | Holiday party |
| January 15 | Roc Day Party |
| February 19 | Meeting cancelled due to icy conditions. |
| March 19 | Fleece sections |
| April 23 * | Gift Swap |
| May 21 | Cabled Yarns |
| June 25 * | Lap spinning |
| July 16 | Spinning size & twist |
| August 20 | Alternative fibers |
| September 8-10 | International Goat Days festival, Millington, TN |
| September 17 | Fair preparation |
| Sept 22 - Oct 1 | Mid-South Fair - Guild demonstrations |
| October 15 | Guild Birthday |
| October 17-21 | Master Spinner class, Davis, Oklahoma |
| November 19 | Officer elections; organic yarn spin-in |
| December 17 | Holiday party |
* note: meeting day is not on 3rd Sunday |
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| January 16 | Roc Day Party |
| February 20 | Gift Swap. Moved to give everyone a less hectic holiday season and have more time to come up with some great ideas. |
| March 20 | Angora rabbit hair |
| April 17 | Preparing wool for spinning /tools |
| May 15 | Fiber contrasts: 50+ samples |
| June 12* | Solar Dyeing (weather permitting) |
| July 17 | Triangle loom weaving |
| August 21 | Needle Felted Animals-Mark C (Triangle weaving will be postponed to a date TBA) |
| September 18 | Evaluating a fleece |
| Sept 23 - Oct 2 | Mid-South Fair - Guild demonstration days & times
TBA |
| October 16 | Guild Birthday |
| October 17-21 | Master Spinner class, Davis, Oklahoma |
| November 20 | Garnetting |
| December 18 | Holiday party |
| * note: meeting day is not on 3rd Sunday | |
| January 18 | Roc Day |
| February 21 | Planning |
| March 21 | Using spinning accessories: Niddy noddy, nostepinne, yarn gauges, diz, etc. |
| April 18 | Plying |
| May 16 | Fleece in the lot |
| June13 | free months, so we can visit and spin without many of us missing important programs at summer meetings. |
| July 18 | |
| August 15 | |
| September 11-12 | Spinning Demonstration and the International Goat Days Festival, USA Stadium, Millington, TN |
| September 19 | Work session to prepare spinning kits for the Mid South Fair |
| September 24, 10-4 | Spinning demonstration at the Mid South Fair Creative Arts building. Combined with the Memphis Guild of Handloom Weavers and the Memphis Knitting Guild |
| September 24 - Noon Tuesday September 28 |
Fleece silent auction at the Mid South Fair. Instructions for putting fleeces in the auction were mailed to shepherds and are available here. |
| September 25-26 | Spinning demonstration at the Mid-South Fair fleece show. Fleece judging at 1pm Sunday. |
| September 28-30, 10-2 | Spinning demonstration at the Mid-South Fair |
| October 7-10 | Pink Palace Crafts Fair |
| October 17 | Guild Birthday Party, Elections, |
| November 21 | Spinnium Game |
| December 19 | Musical Spinning Wheels, Potluck and Carding |