Author Archive: CNCH Advisory Council
More Vendors for CNCH 2012!
The Market Place committee for CNCH 2012 has been busy and the contracts are coming back from the vendors! This is the second of three weeks I’ll be blogging about the early vendors. (This is the end of the alphabet – beginning of the alphabet and some new vendors next week!) This website has a […]
Continue readingBrave enough to Cher? I mean share?
This meeting will really separate the brave from the weak, the outlandish from the reserved, the people who read minutes from ones that don’t. But we all want EVERYONE to bring hand made items. They should include one of their earliest, one of their most precious, and one that embodies deep profound learnings. As in, […]
Continue readingCameron Taylor-Brown at Diablo Weavers
Diablo Weavers Guild is hosting Cameron Taylor-Brown at their monthly meeting on February 17th. Cameron’s talk will be: Color in Cloth: The Weaves You Want and Why.” We are excited to have Cameron come and spend some time with us and would like to invite our fellow fiber enthusiasts to join us. From Cameron’s website […]
Continue readingPreview of The Market Place at CNCH 2012:
The Market Place committee for CNCH 2012 has been busy and the contracts are coming back from the vendors! The CNCH conference website (click on: The Market Place) has a full listing of the vendors to date and more will appear on the list as the contracts are finalized. So check back often. Day registrants […]
Continue readingSacramento Weavers & Spinners Guild Open House
The Sacramento Weavers and Spinners Guild’s Annual Open House, “Fantasy Fibers”, will be held on February 11 and 12, 2012 from 10 am to 4 pm each day at the Shepard Garden and Arts Center, 3330 McKinley Blvd, Sacramento, CA.The show is free to the public.Highlights of this year’s show: Saturday Group demonstrations of a variety of “do-it-yourself” […]
Continue readingCNCH 2012 Early Bird Registration Closes Feb 15!
If you have been thinking about registering for Tradition/Innovations – A Fiber Artisans Conference to by held May 18 – 20, 2012 at the New Oakland Convention Center, but haven’t registered yet – NOW is the time. Early Bird registration expires on February 15 and that means prices go up on February 16. Full Registration […]
Continue readingRag Rugs featured at February Meeting
Judy Fisher, one of our very gifted guild members, will be the speaker for the February meeting. Her presentation will be on weaving rag rugs, just one of her many talents. She will also give a brief overview on the history of rag rugs, which have been very popular in this country since our ancestors […]
Continue readingNew Proof Reader
Hi there fellow weavers, I am the new volunteer proof reader for CNCH Net. Learning how to use WordPress is a great experience for me. I hope I can do a good job as proof reader. Janet Finch, Humboldt Handweavers and Spinners Guild
Continue readingUpdate: Return to Sender & Return of Return to Sender
Return to Sender Update Attention CNCH 2012 spinners, it’s time to start thinking about your gorgeous Return to Sender fiber and the yarn it will make! Entries are already being submitted for the competition, so dust off that spinning wheel, let your imagination run wild and watch the fiber fly onto the bobbin. The deadline […]
Continue readingPolly Jacobs-Giacchina at Loom and Shuttle
On Saturday, Feb 4, Polly Jacobs-Giacchina will speak at Loom and Shuttle Guild in San Francisco. Polly is a fiber artist from Southern California whose passion is textiles in sculptural form using hand weaving techniques. She continually uses shape and structure to through her twined sculptures and wall hangings. Her work is shown in galleries […]
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