<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'">News to Fiber Artists in the Loch and our neighboring lands,</font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Times New Roman">I am starting a new set of Sheep-to-shawl classes at my Fiber Arts meetings on Mondays. My local sheep Pamela Ewe-ling and her daughter Peep just dropped a bag of wool off on my doorstep. (Don't ask about brother Bo - it's a sad but yummy story.)</font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Times New Roman">Monday (5/4) is "This is the way you wash your wool..." If you want to help, come in clothes that can get wet & dirty.</font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Times New Roman">The rest of May will be "Carding for Woolen" & "Combing for Worsted". I am planning to include a workshop to make our own combs. (I may sneak in a "Dyeing in the Wool" class.) Plan to card or comb your own wool, if you want to learn to spin.</font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Times New Roman">June will be Spinning - "Make your own Spindle", "Spinning in the Hand" and "Drop-spinning".</font><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica"><br> </font><font face="Times New Roman" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Times New Roman">(I could sneak a Felting class into the cycle here.)</font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Times New Roman">We'll dedicate July to Dyeing.</font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Times New Roman">Which means I'll be looking for final-product teachers at the end of Summer - Knitting, Felting, Naalbending, Sprang, Weaving (basic, inkle, card).</font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Times New Roman">In case there is a huge outpouring of interest, I am requesting RSVPs so I can plan for the correct number of participants. However, I'll plan a few above, in case you convince a friend to come at the last minute. The "Make your Own" classes will include a request for a few $ to cover cost of materials.</font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'">The Loch Fiber Art guild meets on Mondays, in conjunction with the UFO (Un-Finished Objects). (So bring a project to work on, if you are just coming along for the ride. Or plan to peruse my research library.) We meet at 207 Sweetgum, League City, from 7:00pm-9:ish. email or call for directions: <a href="mailto:wyllowmacm@netscape.net">wyllowmacm@netscape.net</a> or 281-316-0764.</font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Times New Roman">In Service to the Dream, </font><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica"><br> </font><font face="Times New Roman" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Times New Roman">--Wyllow</font></p>
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