Announcements

See you in September

2009-06-17T15:58:00Z

Thanks for another great year. Dates for the upcoming year should be available at the end of August. Have a great summer and see you in September.

May 27 Meeting

2009-05-26T15:58:00Z

Annual End-of-Year Potluck
Wednesday May 27, 7:00 pm
Wolbach Farm, Sudbury, MA

Let’s get together for our final meeting before the summer hiatus. Along with
the always delicious potluck, we will have a chance to see the wide range of
transformations that our members have wrought on the fibers we all began
with in the fiber exchange, and everyone who participated will go home with a
finished object. It’s a treat to see the creative ideas that our members come up
with.

For the potluck, please bring:
• An appetizer, main dish (veggie or non), or dessert, enough to feed several
people. (There are kitchen facilities if you will need to heat up your dish.)
• Any serving utensils necessary for your dish
• If you can, please bring some drinks, too!
• Also, don't forget to bring your own dishes/utensils.

Everyone who participated in the fiber exchange, make sure to bring your
finished object.

At this final meeting of the year, we will be finalizing the new board for next
year. If you would like to participate in the board, please let us know, whether
before the meeting or at it.
We are especially looking for a BASD historian to document our adventures and
remind us of how far we have come. Anyone interested?

April 29 Meeting

2009-04-23T01:53:00Z

Penny Lacroix of the Westford Museum will bring her great wheel. She will talk about spinning in colonial times, demonstrate the great wheel and give us all a chance to try it out.

March 18 Meeting

2009-03-13T15:44:00Z

We are pleased to have Jonathan and Sheila Bosworth presenting our program for March 18. I’m sure you all know of them and their Journey Wheel, a modernized version of the ancient Indian charkha. Jonathan, who comes from a long line of woodworkers, made his first charkha 40 years ago winning a prize for his design and workmanship. He continued his interest in making tools for spinners by making a variety of lovely spindles. He will bring spindles and charkhas for demonstration and sale.

Sheila learned to spin “in self-defense” and is rarely seen without a spindle nearby. She is a trained musician specializing in Early Music played on the recorder. She also quilts and makes historical costumes. Now she helps Jonathan in the shop making spindles.

They will talk about the history of spindle spinning and how Jonathan got into making spindles. They will demonstrate how to use the charkha. We will all get a chance to try them out so don’t miss this special program!

The Bosworths can be found online at http://www.journeywheel.com

February 25 Meeting

2009-02-13T14:59:00Z

Small Loom Weaving

Our own BASD member, Barbara Provest, will be our speaker. Barbara comes from a family of weavers and she began weaving in fifth grade. She did a lot of knitting before turning to weaving “big time” in 1970. She has collected both a large number of books on weaving and many small looms. Barbara will bring a number of her looms to tell us about, some all ready for us to try, and items she has woven on these looms to get us inspired. Barbara is a member of The Weavers’ Guild of Boston, has studied Japanese weaving techniques, and gives private lessons.