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Meetings are held on the first Saturday of February, April, June, August, October and December.

The next meeting will be Saturday ~ August 2, 2008

Agenda
         9:45 AM - Meet & Visit
         10:00 AM Business Meeting
         10:30 AM Program & Lunch
         Remember to bring your own mug and custom made name tag to each meeting.

Show & Tell, Eat & Sell

The August meeting is the traditional "sharing" meeting. It's time for the "What I Did on My Summer Vacation" Report. Whether you went to Convergence, saw interesting textiles in an exotic location or stayed home and wove something lovely, let the rest of the guild see what you did.
We'll also be sharing food at our annual potluck. Bring a dish to share. Also bring those overstocked yarns, purchasing errors and other fiber related excess from your stash, sell it to other members and use that money to buy some of their excess stuff. The sale benefits the guild, too. Loom and Shuttle gets 10% of your profits.

Membership

Dues are past due. Dues of $20 were due at the June meeting. If you can't make the meeting send a check made out to "Loom and Shuttle Guild" to Marlene Golden, (please check your roster for her address).Or bring your dues to the meeting.
Members who have reached the age of 80 are Honored Members and are not required to pay dues. They are, however, required to let someone on the board know. We make no assumptions of age.
The new roster will be ready for the October meeting.

Katie Alcorn has a new e-mail address: katie-AT-alcorn-dot-tv



Loom and Shuttle History

A big round of applause for Marion Norberg, who has been doing a wonderful job of documenting guild activities. Every meeting Marion brings the most recent history book and it's jam packed with photos and notes. Take a look at the next meeting. For the rest of the history books, check the library.


Bird Challenge

Those of you who haven't already submitted information about your bird, please bring your draft, fiber content, inspiration and any other pertinent information to the meeting or send it to Kathy Murphy, (check the roster). The book is almost complete. Don't be the last bird to fly in.

See Photos of the Bird Challenge ! - Thanks to Kathy for sending me the photos, we have a gallery page again !


Container Challenge

The new Guild challenge for our December meeting: make a Container. Weave a tote or handbag or create a container, which does include garments, a container for the body. One of the latest Handwovens has directions on how to weave using a box as a tapestry loom. We'll have fun seeing how creative our wonderful members can be.


St. John's United Church of Christ, 501 Laguna Honda Blvd., San Francisco, CA 94124

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Board Meetings

are held on the first Saturday of the alternate months, along with the Textile Study Group.
Everyone is welcome to attend. The textile group is a loosely woven group; providing us with an opportunity to discuss our latest projects plus show & tell. Board meeting at 10am Textile meeting at 10:30am

Saturday, September 6, 2008
 Textile Study Group
The next Textile Study Group meeting will be at Rita Bruns' house
in San Francisco 94121
call 415.752.7580 or email outoflunch-AT-sbcglobal-dot-net with questions
check your roster for her address


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Membership is $20 annually, due in June. This includes admission to meetings, a subscription to the bi-monthly BULLETIN, participation in the Textile Study Group, access to our library of weaving, spinning and dyeing books and $3 to CiNCH Notes, the quarterly newsletter from CNCH.

There are two classifications of membership:

ASSOCIATE MEMBER: A weaver may become an associate member for two years. An associate member may participate in all Guild activities except showing at a conference or show.

PARTICIPATING MEMBER: A weaver wanting to become a participating member must submit three pieces of weaving for critique within two years of joining the Guild.

Follow this link to get the Membership Application as a PDF, print, complete and mail with your check to the membership chairperson listed on the application.

If you need the PDF file viewer/printer (Adobe Acrobat Reader), download it here for free:

Lapsed Member?
If you've let your membership expire and want to renew, please contact Marlene Golden 415.665.6402 or email at handwevr-AT-pacbell-dot-net for her address.

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The Loom & Shuttle Guild has an extensive library of weaving,spinning and dyeing books as well as subscriptions to a variety of Periodicals plus samples.

Library Books New

Thanks to the generosity of Anne Wilson we now have: "SHIBORI; Celebrating 400 Years of Japanese Artisan Design ", A DVD with English narration by Yoshiko Wada.

The updated lists are here in pdf version or here it is as an excel spreadsheet.

If you need the PDF file viewer/printer (Adobe Acrobat Reader), download it here for free:

All housed at Barbara Nitzberg's. 415 564 1334

The library is for Guild members. Books may be borrowed by contacting the Librarian for an appointment or books may be requested and picked up at regular LOOM & SHUTTLE GUILD meetings and returned at the following meeting.
Four books may be taken out for no longer than two months. Lost books must be replaced or paid for in full. A fine of $1.00 per month will be assessed for each overdue book.

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