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April 2025 Newsletter

Guild Calendar

Guild Meeting

Monday, April 21st

10:00 am to Noon

Gooseberry Room

North Berkeley Senior Center

Study Group

NO Meeting in April

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Get Together

Monday, May 5th

1:00 - 3:00 pm

Gooseberry Room

North Berkeley Senior Center​

President's Message

Dear Weaving Friends,

 

For me, Spring is like a beautifully wrapped gift. I know what's inside. The anticipation is part of the allure. New growth’s golden shades, then greens pushing up, up and out. Sometimes followed by a blast of color. Sweet Creation. Observing Nature is a key Inspiration, for me.

 

Discussion Prompts for Monday's Meeting:

Where do you find your Inspiration for Fiber Arts?

What would you like to learn, or further explore in weaving?

Where are you on your weaving journey?

Is there a topic you would like to know more about?

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We have a deep expertise in our guild that could be tapped into. Maybe you have an interest that can be incorporated into some of our monthly guild meetings, and/or for Study Group sessions. A subject to think about now for more discussion at our upcoming Monday guild meeting.

 

Suggestions, so far:

  1. Learn more about different weaving fibers. Natural vs. Synthetic. Bast fibers. What exactly are they, and how to use in a weave, and on the loom.

  2. Color. So many directions to go here. **If color is of interest to you be sure to come to Susie’s in May for her Dye workshop.** 

 

Please bring:

  • Anything you would like to share for show-and-tell.

  • Samples or images of things that inspire you. 

 

Thank you, Bernie, for suggesting Inspiration as this month's theme.

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Happy Spring,  ~ Vicky​

Meetings

Guild Meeting

Date: Monday, April 21st

Time: 10:00 am - 12:00 pm

 

Topics: 

  • Discussion - Finding your Weaving Inspiration and Learning Topics  

  • CNCH updates and Project Tote (thank you Susie!)

  • Show and Tell

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The Golden Gate Weavers Guild meets the third Monday of the month, 10:00am to Noon in the Gooseberry Room, at the North Berkeley Senior Center, 1901 Hearst Ave, or on Zoom. No meetings in July, August and December.

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Study Group

The Study Group will NOT meet in April (because the 3rd  Saturday is on Easter weekend and the 4th Saturday is the CNCH 2025 Conference weekend). 

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We will meet in May when the subject will be Space Dyeing plant fiber skeins and warp stripe chains with Fiber Reactive dyes. You will need:

  • a plastic bucket

  • plastic wrap 

  • a flat pan like a kitty litter box or a cheap foil roasting pan from the grocery store. 

Additional supplies will be in the May newsletter, but most of them will be available for sharing.

Get Togethers

Date: Monday, May 73rd, 1:00 - 3:00 pm

An informal gathering and an opportunity for Show and Tell.

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Get Togethers are on the first  Monday of the month, 1:00 - 3:00 pm in the Gooseberry Room, at the North Berkeley Senior Center, 1901 Hearst Ave.

Show and Tell

Study Group  

Susie showed a wall hanging using dyed warp sections using the Space Dyeing technique that we'll be learning in May. Additionally, Susie shared examples of pickup weaving, including a tiny Iris that her friend Lillian Whippple made using 240/2 silk, and her Frogs.

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Get Together

Top row: Sheila's scarf in red and gold, Koko's blue scarf, Naoko's fruit drawloom hanging & Lonnie's Krokbragd hanging. 

Middle row: Bernie's mohair shawl, Duane's blow-torched metal weaving and woven band, and Susie's mermaid doll.

Bottom row: Naoko's multi-colored scarf.

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CNCH News

 

 

www.cnch.org 

 

CNCH 2025 - April 24-27, at Asilomar

 

CNCH 2027 Planning - Get Involved!

    • Area Three, which includes GGW, is planning the 2027 Conference

    • Details TBD from the new co-chairs

EVENTS

Featured Videos

Resources

Publications

Podcasts

  • Haptic and Hue - podcast series that explores textiles traditions, now in their 6th season (so many great stories) - https://hapticandhue.com/ 

Guild Members Recommendations

Board of Directors

President - Vicky McAdams Vickybees@comcast.net

Treasurer - Karen Schwartz 

Acting Secretary - Karen Tripp 

Newsletter/Comms - Bernie Geuy bernie.geuy@gmail.com

Programs - Vicky McAdams & Bernie Geuy

Membership - Koko Baker 

Librarian - Sarah Leverett 

Historian - POSITION OPEN

CNCH Liaison - Sheila Fitzgerald

Webmaster -friendly guild member

Newsletter Deadline:

Please submit any items to be included in the Newsletter by the 2nd Sunday of the month.

Email: bernie.geuy@gmail.com

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