Buffalo River Fiber Guild

Boy Have I dropped a stitch!

2011-05-21T08:38:00.000-07:00

Yes! Our sock workshop was SOOOO much fun. The rest of the year was great fun at the guild meetings. June 2010 was a great Cardweaving workshop as well!

Well 2011 is in full swing! We played with knitting cables in February, and have been knitting and sharing since!

The May 12, 2011, meeting was fun. We had a visitor -Wanda's daughter and granddaughter. Mercy helped me with some card weaving. I hope everyone keeps at their fiber crafts while summer is in full swing.

May 27 and 28 is the 4th annual Mid TN Fiberfestival at the Dickson, TN fairgrounds. I hope everyone can come and enjoy all the fiber related vendors and the workshops too! It's great fun!

June 9 is our next Buffalo River Fiber Arts Guild meeting. 1:00pm to 4:00pm at the Commadore Hotel in Linden, TN.

Happy Birthday and a Sock Workshop

2010-04-17T10:11:00.000-07:00

We are ONE year old! We celebrated with a learning to knit socks from the toe-up workshop taught by Jennifer Adair on April 8, 2010. 9 people attended and we all had fun! Several finished their baby socks by the end of the day. We used Jennifers pattern that uses worsted weight yarn and a #6 circular needle to knit both socks at the same time. We all had a really great time!

The next meeting of the Buffalo River Fiber Arts Guild will be on May 13, 2010 at 1:00pm until 4:00pm at the historic Commodore Hotel in Linden, TN.

Next Meeting

2010-03-05T11:54:00.000-08:00

Our February meeting was good!

Our next meeting will be Thursday, March 11, 1-4pm in the conference room at the Commodore Hotel. Bring a project and join us.

January Meeting Notes

2010-01-17T17:36:00.000-08:00

Our January 14 2010 Meeting was a great meeting! Our December dishcloth exchange- which got put off until this month- was a great time. Everyone that came went home with a new dishcloth to decorate their kitchens. I dare say the exchange of ideas was as big a gift as the clothes themselves. There were crocheted ones, knitted ones and handwoven ones. There was smooth ones and shaggy ones, plain ones and patterned ones. Thanks to everyone that came and made the afternooon such fun!

The next meeting will be February 11, 2010. We hope everyone is well and can bring their project and join us to exchange ideas, share inspiration and enjoy the Fiber Fellowship!

November 12th Meeting

2009-11-09T17:56:00.000-08:00

The November Meeting will be Thursday the 12th from 1-4pm., at the Commodore Hotel on mainstreet in Linden Tn. Bring a project and join us.

Harvest of Handwork Exhibit a Success!

2009-10-31T05:13:00.000-07:00

The October 16, and 17 2009 Harvest of Handwork Exhibit presented by the Buffalo River Fiber Arts Guild was a success! We had great cooperation getting set up and taken down, and the items displayed were wonderful examples of fiber crafts! We had a good number of people come in and look at the display and observe the members who were on hand to demonstrate their craft. We will post pictures as we get them from the different members.

Harvest of Handwork

2009-10-16T06:04:00.000-07:00

Oct 16 and 17 2009 Is the Harvest of Handwork At Burcham Art Studio in Linden, Tn On Mill Street. The Two day event will feature knit, crochet, weaving, and spinning demonstrations as well as items made by the members of the Buffalo River Fiber Arts Guild. There will be a few items for sale and many items displayed.

October Meeting and Exhibit Information

2009-10-09T06:14:00.000-07:00

We had our meeting yesterday October 8. Andi Marshall, Mary Smith and Cindy Collins came. We discussed the Exhibit details.

The guild will present the Harvest of Hand Work on October 16 and 17, 2009 10:00a.m. - 5:00p.m. at Burcham Studio in Linden on Mill Street.

We are hoping for a good turn out!

2009-09-08T06:18:00.000-07:00

September Word of the Month: Flax A plant traditionally grown for the fiber in it's stem. After processing it is known as Linen.

Meeting this Thursday

2009-09-08T06:14:00.000-07:00

The monthly meeting of the Buffalo River Fiber Guild is this thursday September 10, 2009. We meet from 1-4 pm in the Banquet Room of the Commodore Hotel on Mainstreet in Linden. Thank you to the Commodore for letting us meet there since April! See everyone then!

Steeking?

2009-08-17T06:15:00.000-07:00

O.K. Here ya go:
Steeking in knitting is a sewn reinforcement done before one -gasp- cuts the knitted fabric to insert an element ie; welt pocket cowl neck etc.

Here is the definition from the woolworks knitting glossary site:

steek
If you are going to have to cut a garment -- a cardigan worked in the round, for instance, and then cut up the middle, the steeks are extra stitches to mark the cutting line and provide a little hem.

Quilter's Eye candy

2009-08-17T05:38:00.000-07:00

This was sent to me by Linda Reynolds of the Quilt Committee of Hickman County. It is beautiful!

http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=3942008n%3fsource=search_video

August Meeting Notes

2009-08-14T05:10:00.000-07:00

Our August meeting was on August 13, 2009. This was a busy meeting! Several new folks and a visitor too.
Hello and welcome to: Sarah Brown, a handweaver from Centerville, Sue and Katie Smith, a wool producer, a spinner, felter and crocheter from Nunnely, Linda Reynolds from the Quilters Guild in Centerville, Marie Smith, a quilter from Linden, Soula Horner, a quilter and crocheter from Linden. Thank you all for coming. We hope you can come back!
We discussed the blog. I want to encourage the use of the blog to help with some of the "business" of the Buffalo River Fiber Guild. We can spend more time actually knitting, crocheting, weavng, spinning and felting, if we don't have to go over routine business everytime.
We discussed the Fall Guild Show possibility. Bobby Burcham Studio -newly opened in Linden- has asked if we as a group would like to put together a show.
.There would be someone there at all times.
. We would do it in conjuction with a county wide event.
. We would take turns staying there during the open times.
. It would be open for a short duration. 3-4 days
. We would have a theme....
. We would demonstrate for the public-work on a project- while there.
. We could have pieces for sale if we desired, but the prices would be
descreetly marked.

The Guild show discussion led to an examination of the guild mission. Who we are, and who we want to be. If I have this right, we want to be about practicing our fibercrafts, sharing with each other our projects both successes and failures, and etc. Educating others about our crafts, their history and practice. Promoting the artists who have taken the step futher to create a cottage industry from their passions.

We have a library corner in the Lobelville Library. Being installed this month there will be a bookshelf with a guild sign-out sheet where you can get info on fiber crafts. It will be open to the guild only.

Linda Reynolds shared with the guild that the quilt committee of Hickman County is looking for people with vision and organizational skills to go with their passion for the fiber arts to take over for the current committee after the 2010 show. Interested people can email her at
mailto:quiltsofhome@gmail.com .

God Speed to guild member Dorothy Inman as she will be travelling to Vermont.

Beverly Baylis sent us a thank you for welcoming her to our guild. She is a knitter from Florida who is moving here eventually. She sent us Big Book of Knitting Stitch Patterns for our guild library. Many thanks to her for the kind gift. Anyone interested in seeing it can check it out from the guild library.

Question for August: Do you STEEK?

Update from July Meeting

2009-07-17T06:23:00.000-07:00

The July Meeting was the 9th of July. We had a great time with old friends and welcomed new ones. Cindy Collins from Lyles joined us. Cindy is a weaver and spinner. She brought a Jacob fleece and her drum carder. Thanks for joining us Cindy! Emily Freeman and daughter Elizabeth also joined us to see what we were about. Everyone has been so busy! Wanda Warren modeled her varigated blue Shrug- beautiful! She also showed off her pair of "maryjanes" that she knit with varigated green yarn. Andi was there with several of her crocheted hotpads and she got together with Wanda to learn the knit stitch on a dishrag. That's what we're all about! learning from each other and encouraging others in keeping these crafts alive! Mary Dowdy was there working on one of her crocheted blankets, we all hope to see the finnished product soon! Dorothy Inman came with several things to put in our window display! The cro-kniting is so interesting and her Cancer Patient "Boggins, and Scarves" are a work of love!

Our Buffalo River Fiber Guild has a window display! Thanks to all who contributed and who helped put it together. If you haven't seen it make a trip to Linden Mainstreet and take a look! It's worth it!

Call For Window Stuff

2009-06-30T10:02:00.000-07:00

Hi All!
We are getting the things together for our Fiber Guild Window Display. If you have anything please feel free to get in touch with Melissa or take it to the Welcome Center for inclusion for a nice display. Thanks!

Update after June meeting.....

2009-06-16T05:00:00.000-07:00

For those members who were not there last Thursday June 11, 2009, this is going to be our "yarn" that connects us! Dorothy Inman was there making "bogs" for the ladies that have lost their hair at the TN Oncology Center. We had two new people, Beverly from Florida, and Andi from here in Perry county. Our gathering was small but most interesting. Joel Tucker stopped in to say he has a large floor loom for sale. Jodi Brey stopped in to see if we would be interested in manning a booth at the Saturday Market that they are setting up. As a guild... This would be an opportunity to show others our crafts. We could man it on a rotating basis. She also wondered if we sould be willing to set up a window display in one of the downtown windows. Let me know what you think.....

Question for this month.....

What is your favorite knitting cast on?

Next meeting is on July 9, 2009 from 1pm-4pm, at the Commodore Hotel, Linden see ya there!

The Start of a very good thing!

2009-05-27T20:30:00.000-07:00

Hi everyone! Here's our BLOG! Yes, we can now share thoughts, questions, and comments on the guild and our projects. So let's go.....