10th Annual Autumn Fiber Festival

The Autumn Fiber Festival has a new home at the Richland County Fairgrounds in Mansfield, Ohio. Saturday, October 21st, 2023 10am—5pm and Sunday, October 22nd, 2023 11am—4pm.

For details see their website https://autumnfiberfestival.com/home

Monthly Meetings

Beginning with the Tuesday, September 21st meeting the Guild will resume our monthly meetings at the Medina Presbyterian Church. Masks are required. We will not be having refreshments at this time.

See the meeting page for details.

New Venetian Carpet at Hale Farm

A new Venetian carpet, woven by Thistle Hill weavers, has recently been installed at Hale Farm, in the Meetinghouse. Hale Farm’s Facebook page says: “Restoration and preservation work continues on the Mary Ann Sears Swetland memorial meetinghouse. New handwoven carpet is being installed today, thanks to generous foundation and community support!”

Hale Farm weavers, twice wove Venetian carpets for the building. Several Medina Spinning and Weaving Guild members worked on the weaving of those carpets. Both carpets lasted about 18 years of many visitors and weddings before it was time to replace. 

This time around, I suggested they look into Thistle Hill Weavers, the studio of Rabbit Goody, in Cherry Valley, New York, to weave the many yards of carpet needed for the building. Thistle Hill Weavers specializes in weaving custom fabrics, carpets, trims for homeowners, museums and even the film industry on antique and handlooms. 

On their web page, Rabbit Goody says, “my love of machinery and my understanding that the old shuttle looms could be made to produce what I wanted more efficiently led me to find mills that were going out of business and procure old com­mercial looms that would have been destroyed for the value of the iron.”

Visit the web page of Thistle Hill Weavers and enjoy the Gallery pictures, bio of Rabbit Goody and under About Us, watch several videos of the mills machinery. And next time you visit Hale Farm, stop in the Meeting House to view the beautiful Venetian carpet.

 -becky monegan

Show and Tell from Home

Some of our members current work.

 

March Meeting Cancelled

This Tuesday’s meeting has been cancelled due to the current virus concerns and to protect all members and their families. Fiber Relocation will be held at the April Meeting.

In addition:

Thursday spinning at Richfield Library has been cancelled.

And the How to Plan a Workshop Seminar scheduled for March 21st is also cancelled due to Medina Public Library cancelling all events. This will be reschedule in a few months.

New Woolery link to support the Guild

The link to support the Medina Spinning & Weaving Guild has been changed. It is now https://woolery.com?aff=16. Use this link or the Woolery image to the right when shopping and a portion of the proceeds will be rebated to the Guild. If you try using to old one you will see a 404 error “Page Not Found”. If you would like to see funny illustrations of the different http error codes or just like cats checkout http.cat.

Spinning Wheel Play Day

Come out to learn about spinning. Guild members will be at the Brunswick Public Library on Saturday, November 10th from 11 am – 5 pm. We’ll be in the room to the right as you come in the main entrance.

The Library is at 3649 Center Road, Brunswick, Ohio 44212.

Latvian Mitten Exhibit in Lakewood

Sunday February 25, 2018, 2:00 to 4:00 PM, Free admission

United Latvian Evangelical Luthern Church Hall,

1385 Andrews Ave., Lakewood, OH 44107

Showcasing a traveling exhibit of Latvian mittens supplemented by collections of mittens from the local Latvian community. Please come and visit this colorful exhibit and learn more about the rich knitting traditions of Latvia and its history.

Postponed: Shearing Day

Due to recent rain Shearing Day at Carol Thombs has been postponed to May 20th.

Shearing Day at Little Farm in the Woods

May 20, 2016,  10:00 am 

8189 Friendsville Road, Seville, Ohio

Come for a fun day—Watch the alpacas being sheared.  Check out the creativity on the porch where spinners, weavers and knitters are producing beautiful items.  Some items may be for sale.  Enjoy being on the farm.  I will have  pots of soup on and iced tea. There will be other food goodies to enjoy.

Directions:  I-71 to rte. 224.  Go west on Rte. 224 past the truck stops. At the light by Cloverleaf High School (Friendsville Road) turn right.  My farm is about ¾ of a mile north on the right side. Turn right into my drive just past a sign for Kennard Road.  We sit back from the road.

OR

From Rte. 42 go south through Lafayette and up the hill.  Near the top Friendsville Road angles off to the left only.  Just past the second intersection you will see my address on a telephone pole on the left.  It is the second drive on the left past the second intersection.

Questions?  Please contact me at cgthombs98@gmail.com or 330-421-1932.

We hope you will join us.

First Day of Spinzilla

For the first day of Spinzilla we gathered at Nancy’s house. We moved from the porch to the drive when the sun moved and it started to get cooler. 

The bobbins are filling up.