January and February 2026 Edition 

Hello fiber artists!   I have been very delinquent regarding my blog duties.  So several editions will have to come out at once.

UPCOMING EVENTS: 

Guild Meeting: Meetings were held January 17 and February 21, 2026.

Retreats and Conferences:

    BUELLWOOD RETREAT: This retreat will be September 26 and 27, 2026 at the Marsin Center in the Hancock/Houghton Michigan area.  We will have classes and camaraderie!  It's a great time in a beautiful setting.   

SHOW AND TELL PHOTOS FEBRUARY MEETING 2026:

DISCLAIMER: I was not at this meeting and the pictures came without commentary.  Please forgive me for not having correct names etc.

Annie shows off her socks.

David shows off his hat and woven fabric.

Ginger shows us the butterfly quilt blocks made at SEW CRANKY

Other Ginger ?knitted blanket.

A newcomer shows us many hand dyed pictures.

Karen T displays her latest basket.

Cathie brought her rug rag.

Marci displays her latest.

Mary M brought her felted pictures.

Unfortunately there was no face to these beautiful pink socks.

Phyllis brought lots of weaving and a pocket

Polly showed off her knitted sweater.

This was another beautiful sweater.

This person showed us her bookmarks and her skirt in progress.

Sean presented the key fobs for the MHL conference to be held in Marquette in June.

This was a lovely presentation of weaving and crochet.

Someone brought a moomin display.

THANKS for your patience.

Hello fiber artists!  The snow has fallen, and fallen, and fallen.  

UPCOMING EVENTS: 

Guild Meeting: Our next meeting is January 17, 2026 at 1:00 pm EST.  During the winter months, our meetings are on Saturdays.  .

Retreats and Conferences:

    BUELLWOOD RETREAT: This retreat will be September 26 and 27, 2026 at the Marsin Center in the Hancock/Houghton Michigan area.  We will have classes and camaraderie!  It's a great time in a beautiful setting.

    MICHIGAN LEAGUE OF HANDWEAVERS: The next conference will be in June of 2026.  The conference will be in Marquette Michigan.  This is a great opportunity to go to the conference when it is close (relatively).  Also, the national exhibit of Small Expressions will be at Northern University at the same time.   

SHOW AND TELL PHOTOS DECEMBER MEETING 2025:

This is Gretchen's Christmas stocking for her daughter's partner.  Some hand dyed yarn there.

Melissa's tablet weaving for the key fobs.

David's knit scarf in progress.  His sweater knit by someone in New Mexico using yarn spun from David's alpacas, and two towels he wove for his mother many years ago that she never used.

The first and only sweater Kathie knit when she was newly wed.

Polly has been knitting dolly Christmas gifts for a needy child.

Nate's patriotic hoodie... stars and striped tigers.  And a rug he wove using tee shirts from veterans' protests.  He and Marci did a trade.  

Jade's students' appliqués

The ryijy Marci wove and is trading to Nate.  And her Peter Collingwood study using thrift store acrylics.

Claire made a christmas stocking from naturally dyed sheets.

baskets Karen wove at a retreat at Seivers
using cedar bark 

Phyllis showed a birdseye rug and overshot and plain weave runner just off the loom.

CORRECTION: In the August Blog, I misnamed Annie's projects as someone else's.  These are Annie's weaving.

SPECIAL TREAT:  Melissa made more embroidered balls.  She mentioned that her favorite were the ones with concentric circles.  

  

SEE YOU NEXT TIME