Comments on: Sample Girl

By: Li_B

Li_B — Sun, 03 Sep 2006 01:28:49 +0000

Saw your yarn today at Three Bags Full - so pretty! Looking forward to seeing more silk boucle, Li

By: Susan

Susan — Sat, 02 Sep 2006 22:28:15 +0000

I found your blog via our good friend Damselfly. Your yarns are beautiful! I stopped into Birkeland Bros and bought some weaving yarns….I can’t see where they have any spare room for such a concept. But a city the size of Vancouver should have a store in my opinion.

Samples: I have contributed previously to the samples, but don’t have anything to share right now. Will keep you in mind with future projects! ( I’m a member too) I also solicit samples for a national guild newsletter. The ‘volunteers’ provide 500 samples, four times a year. Big commitment! I’ve had a small group of two women do all 2000 or entire guilds share the work. The best approach is to simply ‘ask’ a group or weaver directly. It has worked for me every time. I have samples committed right till the end of 2008 right now. All the best, Susan

By: Tina

Tina — Fri, 01 Sep 2006 14:41:13 +0000

I really like that idea, I'm not a member of any guild (since there are none) but I would so love to get samples of different weaves, as well as instructions on how to produce them myself.

I think a bit more structure might help, but since it's a bit slow, any samples are good. So maybe have a few themes, but remind everyone that they can submit anything they feel like. The themes are just to give people inspiration.

By: Yvonne

Yvonne — Fri, 01 Sep 2006 05:35:11 +0000

Hmm…I have heard of a few things that some guilds do or at least some ideas. Like, you could try featuring a new yarn that is out and providing samples of it for weaving inspiration. Also, there are sample swaps where everyone weaves something different and swaps it with the other members of the group. That way you would get a whole notebook of samples without having to do all the work.

By: Ellen

Ellen — Wed, 30 Aug 2006 13:19:25 +0000

My guild is divided up into study groups. Last year my study group decided to use colors that you would never put together, and make it work (somehow) in a project. Everyone got different colors. What we do for a project like this is everyone weaves their own thing, and then provides a page with the weave structure, yarn size, and other instructions (warp length & width, type of fiber, etc) so if you wanted to duplicate the project you could. Some people weave a little extra to pass out as samples, but most of us go to Kinkos and color photocopy our item and pass that out with the instruction sheet. It gives a good idea of what the end result is, and it takes up less space in our project notebooks!

By: Cathy

Cathy — Wed, 30 Aug 2006 08:07:59 +0000

I think this is a great idea! I belong to a SP & D Guild in Lancashire, England and I'm going to suggest this at our next meeting.

I think the problem can be that long time members can become a bit jaded and stuck in a rut of what they've always done there, but to keep things alive we need change and incentive.

By: Jean

Jean — Tue, 29 Aug 2006 20:00:30 +0000

That is absolutely gorgeous! The colors are so soft and calming. They remind me of the sea. I wish I could reach out and feel it! Stupid monitor.

By: kathy in juneau

kathy in juneau — Tue, 29 Aug 2006 19:35:03 +0000

A little off topic, but I've been wondering about these numerical designations for yarn (e.g. 2/8, 2/16) and it finally dawned on me that it's all about weaving not knitting. Can you explain them to me?

Thank you!

By: jana

jana — Tue, 29 Aug 2006 19:28:30 +0000

that’s gorgeous! i saw the langley weaver’s and spinner’s at the pne last week but didnt get a chance to stop by. do you know if they are going to have another festival in fort langley again this sept? thanks!

By: fleur

fleur — Tue, 29 Aug 2006 17:53:19 +0000

Actually, I don’t even know if weaver’s guild exist here in France. We have Le Forum du Filage, but I will not be able to attend the meeting the 9th of Sept… snif