Blue Ridge Fiber Guild

Agenda, BRFG, Jan 18, 2020

We are meeting at the Watauga County Library this month on Queen St.

10-10:30—social & show and tell, please bring anything, finished or unfinished

10:30-11:30—Ellie Hjemmet, founding guild member & Crossnore weaver will give a presentation on the Crossnore Weaving Room. Ellie’s history with the Weaving Room goes way back to the 1980s, when she was manager of the Weaving Room.

11:30-12:00—Planning session for both committees—Education & Outreach and Marketing & Exhibits—bring ideas, suggestions

Also, a reminder that dues of $15 may be paid at this time for the coming year.

Our January meeting will be held on January 18th from 10-12 at the downtown Boone Library. I will send out an agenda next week. We will have Show and Tell and our committees will meet and more…..

Our December Guild Meeting will be on the 7th at 10 am at the Western
Watauga Community Center. This our annual Pot Luck and Fiber Swap so
join us for a lot of fun. We are starting at 10 because there is a lot
going on that day including a Yarn Sale at Yadkin Fibers if some of
you want to go after the meeting.

We had a great meeting this month. We discussed forming two
committees: Marketing and Education (Susan Sharpe has the exact names
for these). Please consider participating on one of these so we can
continue all the wonderful programs,exhibits and outreach that we
offered this past year.

We will also elect our officers at the December meeting.

Our October Guild Meeting for the 19th has been canceled since it is homecoming for the collage.

View photos of the Nuno Felting Workshop the guild hosted on August 11th.

Our August meeting will be held Saturday August 17th at the Hickory Ridge Living History Museum. Parking can be an issue so if you can carpool, please do.

We will be given a tour and can do demos. There is a barn loom and great wheel there plus you can bring your own to demo. Should be a great meeting.

The Nuno Felting Workshop will be held on August 11th from 1-6PM at the Western Watauga Community Center. All materials will be provided. You may wish to bring an apron to wear. Fill out the Registration Form below to reserve your spot. The Cost is $65 for Guild Members and $75 for others. Payment should be made at the class or before to Susan Sharpe. Susan would also like to receive a $25 deposit before the class.

You can pre-register for the Nuno Felting Workshop here:

http://blueridgefiberguild.org/nuno-felting-registration/

Don’t forget that we have our July Guild Meeting on Sat. at the downtown Boone Library from 10:30-12:30. This is our Fiber Swap and Pot Luck Meeting so bring something scrumptious to eat and something you no longer need to swap and let’s have some fun.

We have been invited next month (August 17th meeting) to hold it at Hickory Ridge. We can do some demos for folks and will be given a tour so it should be lots of fun.

Don’t forget the Nuno Felting Workshop that will be held August 11th in the afternoon at the Western Watauga Community Center. You can register for this at Saturday’s meeting!

The guild is meeting this Saturday at the library. Our Agenda is as follows:

BRFG Agenda

Treasurer’s report– marketing—business cards, banner
update—Anything Fiber Sale, Warren Wilson
update—Fiber Fest, Sparta
update—Exhibition at Jones House in June
update—Exhibition at Edgewood Cottage
Weaving Program at WWCC–grant report
Approve minutes of April mtg
Show and Tell (will photograph for webpage and publicity)

Bring a snack to share if you would like.