[Ansteorra-textiles] North Textile Meeting

[Carolle M Cox]

Morgan said all there really was to say.  We're trying to come up with a
name, have decided that general meetings will be second Wednesdays, 7:30 -
9:30.  Right now, polling those who were there about a date for the Japanese
fun.  Anyone who wants to participate, please consider yourself Always
Invited - to Wednesday meetings, and/or the longer weekend ones.  Just email
me offlist for directions, etc., ok?  February's meeting may be a
load-the-needle-and-aim sort of project.  Some may already know this, but we
have a blind member who weaves, and her husband who is incredibly eager but
completely textile-impaired at this point. So we're starting at the bottom
of each craft and working up to "the sky's the limit".  Do come join us!

gerita

> About the NTM, I got there late but it was pretty interesting.  Gerita can
> give you details.  One thing we've talked about is having some all-day
> sessions on a weekend, 2-3 times a year, when we can really get into some
> other projects that don't lend themselves to two-hour evening classes.
For
> example, a Sheep-to-Shawl kind of thing where people can try everything
from
> spinning to dyeing to weaving to knitting.  Another, that we might do at
the
> beginning of March (hard to find a weekend that works!), is on Japanese
> textile crafts, so that people can work on things for Brad Leah's Festival
> of Japan.  That does assume people are not too wrapped up in Gulf Wars
prep
> to do anything.
>
> We also talked about tossing a cooking component into the all-day
sessions,
> because we like cooking and we like eating and lunch has to happen
> sometime.......
>
> We're going to have simple classes at each monthly session so people can
> learn new textile activities.  Some may be of the "load needle and aim"
> variety, we're trying to keep everybody involved.  Since "textile" isn't
> limited to just fabric and thread, we're hoping to expand all our skills.
>
>                                     ---= Morgan
>
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