Fiber folks gazette

Keeping our members connected!

May 2015
In This Issue:

The 4th Annual SILENT AUCTION

Pg 2Calendar
Pg 3Spinning Advice
Pg 4Photo Gallery
Pg 5 Charitable Knits
Pg 6Names & Faces

Page 7 Ads & Such

will be held at the May 17th meeting.

If youve got fiber related stuff laying
around that you want to re-home, nows the
time to dust it off and bring it in May. Were
talking yarn, fiber, books, magazines, equipment, and the like. Youll get 90% of the
proceeds; the remaining 10% goes to the
guild for future fun.

Spring
is for
babies!

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Happy Birthday
Jonee Davis

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Happy Birthday Happy Birthday
Melissa McKee Kathleen Wedel

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Happy Birthday
Susan Foster

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Happy Birthday
Jean Klassen

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Fiber Festivals/Shows this month:

May 16-17 Kentucky Sheep & Fiber Festival, Lexington, KY
May 22-23 Mid Tennessee Fiber Festival, Dickson, TN
May 29-30 Magnolia State Fiber Festival, Vicksburg, MS

2 pm
Silent Auction
Food: Debi,
Carolynn,
Shannon &
Laura

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Fiber Daze Mtg
following Guild
meeting!
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Happy Birthday
Cindy Rust

Next months meeting: June 28th, 2:00 pm, Carthage Community Center
Refreshments: Linda Arment, Stephanie Kuhler, Marion Williams, Joi Chupp
Program: Spinning Clinic - bring your wheel and spin! Get a little help from your friends
within the guild!
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Spinning
advice
From Abby Franquemont (via Darlene Megli), a spinning teacher whos been spinning for
almost 40 years:

Reset your expectations. Learning to spin takes minutes to get the gist of, months of
instruction to get good at, and a lifetime to master. Think of it like learning to play
a musical instrument.
You may learn the basics -like "press on strings Let go of your desire to be perfect with these fingers, strum
with this other hand" -in a single guitar lesson, but
it's going to take a lot of practice to make you able to do the stuff that
experienced guitar players make look easy. Spinning is the same way.
I've taught thousands of people to spin, and the one thing I'll say is pretty much
universally true is this: new spinners who can let go of the desire to instantly be
perfect, and put in the time to learn the process well, progress to being able to have
lots of control WAY faster than the ones who look for shortcuts to consistency.
If you can find 15 minutes a day to practice: expect the first major leap about 1-2
weeks in (assuming you've had some instruction to work with that is halfway decent)
-- at this point, you'll start to
feel like you can go longer
without everything just getting
weird and hard to do.
Somewhere between 3 and 6
weeks, you'll start to find the
process becoming second
nature and reflexive. Sometime
between 6 weeks and
6 months, you'll be ready to start
really taking control of what
you do; but again, you can spend
the rest of your life learning
and progressing... or you
can stop progressing and just churn out the yarn you already know
how to make at that point.

Good company and good food at the

April meeting. Come join us for the
May meeting on the 17th!

April Program:
The amazing sock machine
with Nancy Meyers and
Darlene Megli

April Spin & Knit In at Debi Rankins

house at Beaver Lake, Arkansas

Every year, Fiber Folks of SW MO donates handmade hats, scarves,

mittens, etc., to various charitable organizations within our growing
membership area.

This drive, known as Winter Warmies, is ongoing throughout the

year. Will you help by knitting or crocheting these much needed items?

The patterns can be as simple or detailed as you like. This is open to

anyone, not just guild members, so please enlist your friends and family
to help!

We try to use machine wash/dry yarn. The focus is on the kids, but if
you have larger sizes they will find a home too.

We usually display all the Winter Warmies loot at the Christmas

party. Its fun to see all the finished projects before they go off to keep
someone warm!

Please contact guild member Stephanie Kuhler if you have items to

turn in. Her email is sdutrakuhler@aol.com .
Thanks for your help!
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Names and Faces

Michelle Hilderbrand

Jennie Lynn

~ Chetopa, KS ~

~ Stella, MO ~

Jennie is into
crochet, weaving,
knitting, tatting,
quilting, and sewing.
Somehow she finds
time to be the webmaster of the Fiber
Folks website!

Michelle lives on a
farm and loves to knit,
crochet, cross stitch,
tat, and weave. She is
willing to do a Program
at a future meeting.
The subject: Singing
and Dancing!

Joi Chupp

Mary McLean

~ Stella, MO ~

~ Galena, KS ~

Joi teaches a variety

of classes at Fiber
Daze and many other
shows throughout the
year. Another farm
girl, she raises fiber
animals, horses, and
other critters too!

Mary knits and crochets,

and
recently
began
learning to weave. She is
also a member of the
Pittsburg knitting group,
the Knitty Wits.

Pat Lehman

Stephanie Kuhler

~ Pittsburg, KS ~

~ Joplin, MO ~

Pat recently retired and

now has time to knit,
crochet, and paper quill.
She is also learning to
weave. One of her latest
goals is to make yarn
with newspaper!

Stephanie works for

AT&T in Joplin. She
likes to knit, crochet
some, sew, and spin
a little. Her goal is to
learn to spin better.

FIBER
FOLKS
LIBRARY
Yes, Virginia, there IS a library!
There are lots of books, DVDs
and magazines about all kinds
of Fiber Arts. How-tos, pattern
books, and more! Contact guild
Librarian June Dunkelberger
for the latest list of whats
available. Pick what youd like
to borrow and shell bring it to
the next meeting! Junes email:

LAMB FOR SALE

BUY NOW FOR 2016
Lamb sales must be made in advance
on or before June 1, 2015.
Lamb sold as or a whole animal. Cost is
$150 for 1/2 and $300 for whole. A whole
animal processes to about 70 lbs of meat.
Your final cost is $5.30 per pound. A 50%
deposit is required by June 1, 2015. The
balance is due December 1, 2015.
PLEASE contact Roberta Hamilton for
more info and an order form:
417-435-2674 or email her at
robohamcpa@yahoo.com

mj.dunkelberger@gmail.com

FOR SALE
ASHFORD TRADITIONAL SPINNING WHEEL
Single treadle, $250, or possible trade.
Contact Hershey Roden: hroden@windstream.net or 417.498.2202