BASD Calendar

Tuesday, May 22, 2012 Meeting

dteaj — Thu, 03 May 2012 14:51:00 GMT

May Annual Potluck and Exchange
Tuesday, May 22, 7 p.m., 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 in October, and everyone who participated will go home with a finished object. It’s a treat to see the creative ideas that our members comeup with.
Everyone who participated in the fiber exchange, make sure to bring your finished object!

Newcomers welcome! Come meet us and see what we are about.

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.

At this last meeting of the season, we will be finalizing the new board for next
year. We are still looking for a new webmistress and an assistant librarian. If you are interested, please contact one of the board members.

May 20 Spinning Demonstration at the Wayside Inn

dteaj — Thu, 03 May 2012 14:43:00 GMT

Wooly Ways in Olden Days

Sunday May 20, 2012 • 11am to 3:30pm
Longfellow's Wayside Inn • 72 Wayside Inn Road • Sudbury, MA

Come meet the Boston Area Spinners and Dyers. There will be spinning, sheep shearing and vendors, including our own handspun yarn, at an old fashioned textile demonstration event at the historic Wayside Inn right in Sudbury, MA.

Tuesdy April 24, 2012 Meeting

dteaj — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 12:13:00 GMT

Navajo Spindle Spinning - Long and Tall

Tuesday, April 24, 2012, 7:30 p.m., Wolbach Farm, 18 Wolbach Rd., Sudbury, MA

Barbara Clorite-Ventura will lead us to spin on a tall Navajo style spindle using long Navajo Churro wool. Learn to keep the spindle from skittering away, learn a long draw technique on carded fiber, learn the double-drafting mode of going from rolag to spun singles in a 2 step fashion. Some Navajo style spindles will be available, but bring any Navajo Spindle you have, and any long stapled carded wool. Materials fee $2 for washed and hand-carded Navajo Churro rolags.

Members and non-members welcome, as always!

Tuesday, March 27, 2012 Meeting

dteaj — Tue, 20 Mar 2012 14:08:00 GMT

Beaded Wire Bracelet, Knitted or Crocheted

7:30 p.m., Wolbach Farm, 18 Wolbach Rd., Sudbury, MA

Inspired by a class our own Susannah Wheelwright took at the Gathering in 2010, this evening program will focus on creating a wearable beaded bracelet. Bring your favorite beads with which to adorn your creation! The instructor who taught Susannah was Annie Foley, who teaches at Webs. Anne showed the Gathering class how to create knitted bracelets and necklaces in garter stitch. Since then, Susannah has experimented with different gauges of wire, different colors of wire and colors and sizes of beads, and stainless yarn from Habu (yarn that has memory and therefore an unusual drape). Susannah will bring a few samples of crocheted and knitted wire items—please bring any samples that you have made and we can do show and tell before we start our bracelets. Metallic knitted and crocheted items also make fabulous gifts!

Tuesday, February 28, 2012 Meeting

dteaj — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 18:59:00 GMT

Dye Show and Tell, Fiber and Equipment Sale and Spin-In

7:30 p.m., Wolbach Farm, 18 Wolbach Rd., Sudbury, MA

Our program for the evening will be broken into 3 parts.

First, bring your hand-dyed projects, yarn and fiber to share your dyeing experiences. Natural dyes or chemical dyes - anything goes!

Second, bring any extra fiber and equipment you may have to sell. Please be sure to mark prices and your name on the items for sale.

Third, come and spin. It's what we do. :-)