NOVEMBER 4th PROGRAM

Kim from Cornerstone Fibres will be our guest speaker and vendor at Women Matters on November 4, 2013.   We have asked her to come to Lansdowne with her fibres, spindles, needles, and her favourite furry friend, one of the Angora rabbits, which she breeds for fibre.  

The following program starts at 11 a.m. so bring your camera, pen and paper to take notes and capture ideas.  Kim will;

• show us how to make a hookable, thick and thin yarn without the need for a spinning tool,
• demonstrate her drop spindle technique,
• talk to us about breeding Angora rabbits and how she uses their fibre, and
• give us a chance to shop from her stock of fibre items.  

Spread the word.  Everyone is welcomed.

THANKSGIVING MONDAY, OCTOBER 14

Please note that Women Matters members will not be meeting on Thanksgiving Monday.

We look forward to getting together again at the Community Centre, on Monday, October  21, 2013.

PLAIDS, PLAIDS AND MORE PLAIDS

Oh my good golly! Who knew that there was so much that you could do with recycled plaid fabric?  Sheila B knew.  On Monday, Sheila's workshop on hooking with plaid fabrics was an eye opening experience for all.  She started by showing us so many wonderful examples of pieces that she hooked with plaids.  She noted that she will often use a piece of the original plaid fabric somewhere in the project, either as a backing, binding or part of the design. By seeing a sample of the original plaid, we were able to better understand what she has done to achieve such fantastic results. 

 

Then she, with the help of her lovely assistant Julie, showed us a large rug that she had hooked with lots of recycled plaids.

She taught the techniques, demonstrated what to do and provided individual coaching on how we could use the plaids that we had brought to the workshop.  She also had hooked samples of the patterns that we would be hooking.   Sheila left no stone unturned as she shared her knowledge and enthusiasm  for  plaids.   

A huge SHOUT OUT goes to Sheila for all the energy that she put into this workshop and for the enthusiasm that we now share for her love of plaids.  Thanks Sheila for opening our eyes to the possibilities that plaids offer to those of us who desire more options when hooking our rugs. 

ELEANOR B'S FRIENDSHIP RUG

As you will recall, we decided to hook a friendship rug for our 90-year-old friend, Eleanor B.  The rug is progressing quite nicely.  

In order to keep everyone up-to-date on its progress, we have put a list of  'who has hooked what' on our Pages link which can be found to the right of this post.  Just click on the 'Friendship Rug' link and you will be taken to the list.

We hope to bring a smile to Eleanor's face when we present the rug to her later this year.  Anyone interested in hooking a square can contact Rhonda.

NATIONAL STITCH-IN-PUBLIC DAY

The Embroiderers' Association of Canada, Inc.  has proclaimed Friday, September 27th, 2013, the National Stitch-in-Public Day. Notice in the above advertisement that rug hooking is included.
This Friday, why not take your rug-hooking project to your local shopping mall, library or other public place and promote our craft while you make new friends.

Perhaps next year, we can plan in advance to participate in this national event.  For more information, click on the Stitch-in-Public link.

HOOKING WITH PLAIDS

On Monday, October 7, 2013, at 11 a.m., Sheila B is giving her workshop on Hooking with Plaids.  Come learn how to take one piece of plaid fabric and separate it into light, medium and dark values and use a coordinating colour for the outline of you design.  Using a #4 - #6 cut, you can choose to hook either a 5" square design called "Spring Tulip" or a 9 1/2" square design called "Tumbling Blocks'.

Material Required:

-Hook, hoop or frame, rug hooking scissors, sewing scissors, rug hooking cutter
- plaid wool fabric.  (recycled shirts, skirts, etc.)
-a coordinating solid colour wool fabric.


In preparation for this workshop, please put one of the following two patterns on your choice of backing material.  If you need help with this, please bring your backing to your hooking group and some one will surely assist you.

Here is a picture of each of the designs.

Tumbling Blocks

Spring Tulip

TO PRINT YOUR PATTERN

1. Choose the design that you wish to hook.
2. Look to the right of this post and you will see a heading "Pages".  Under this heading you will find a link to each of the above patterns.  
3. Click on the link for the pattern that you wish to use and you will see the actual, appropriately sized pattern.  
4. Print it and use it to put the design on your backing.

HERDING WORMS

Although Claire is relatively new to our rughooking group, she has quickly caught on to our philosophy of reusing and recycling.  Here is photo of her recycled veggie tray that she uses to organize and transport her worms.