September 2019 Newsletter

Fleeces are wonderful…to a point, as I think about fairy tales and legends where the heroine is overwhelmed to the point of despair by the fiber piled up around her. Can anyone else relate to this tale of material abundance and self-imposed woe? This is the time of year when, between canning and freezing produce from the garden (plums this week), it’s time to look forward to those fall and winter projects. All my fleece is now washed! Now to schedule and stick to a day for drum carding. Then, I really am going to spin that wool into yarn. No deal with Rumpelstiltskin will I make, and no sticking my finger with a spindle and sleeping for 100 years. Of course, an abundance of yarn can be an issue too. The natural gray and dark brown fingering and lace weight I bought from Wild Rose Farm at Fiber Fusion last year, with a glowing idea for a deflected double weave scarf, is still on the table in my studio. It has to be up next, so I can show the final product to the folks at Wild Rose Farm at Fiber Fusion THIS year. And, I really need to make towels in the colors of my zinnia flowers. So gorgeous and bright! But first, I’m off to work with the Jansen Textile team to install the Fall Fiber Showcase, featuring local weavers Linda Rees and Nancy Bjerke, along with Weavers Guild and Jansen Textile Group members. The showcase in the Library Gallery will be continued in the downstairs Textile Foyer. Opening Reception on September 5, and the exhibits will be up for viewing through November 28. See you soon! ​


​Carol Berry,
2018-2019 WWG President

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