The Placer County Fiber Group met this month and we all had a wonderful, dare I say, colorful time as their speaker, Elizabeth Standeven took us through the process of dying with mushrooms, mistletoe and onion skins. Elizabeth gave us such a great day with demonstrations and stories of her "mushrooming" trip to Mexico. We all learned so much. One of the many fun things to learn is that we can gather mushrooms in this area, bag them up and use them to dye our yarn. She als

A new year is coming and it's always fun to try something different. I thought I'd share a couple of projects some of us have tried using alternate materials. The first ones are the fantastic paper weavings Langdon wove using high quality wrapping paper. paper used for weft Langdon cut the paper into 3/4 " strips using a ruler and rotary cutter. She threaded linen at 6 epi and wove the highlight colors in between. She made 2 wall hangings 24" x 46". They are hanging and

Bobbi welcomes us all Do you all remember SWSG has a "sister" Saturday group that meets the first Saturday of each month in Loomis? Their official name is PLACER COUNTY FIBER ARTS GROUP and they are a sub group of SWSG. If you find the Saturday time frame and/or the Loomis location are right for you, check them out. They are an enthusiastic, fun group. The contact info is always in the Newsletter. I would recommend you get on Bobbi Long's email list so you get reminders o

Is it the weather or the approaching holidays that has everyone working on a myriad of great projects? The SWSG Weavers Study Group met and shared some of their awe inspiring work. Some of the weavers had attended the Sharlet Elms workshop and displayed the samples they had completed. Some of the projects were from our "poker-hand" challenge: Linda R explained how she had worked her poker-hand on this little pin loom: Kristina's textured shawl. Barbs silk ha

The October SWSG program and workshop were full of color and motion and learning. Sharlet Elms gave a us a fun and fact filled history of weaving and textiles. She focused on the fabrics "that move" and how they were developed. My favorite was seersucker - how it was developed in India in order to make fabrics that would be cooler against the skin. Denim was also a "fact"-sinating story. We had a good crowd and everyone was interested in our favorite topic: fabrics!! JOA