Author Archive: CNCH Advisory Council
2011 Conference Scholarships
The CNCH Advisory Council is pleased to announce the scholarship winners for the 2011 Conference. There were 15 applicants from the five areas. The award is $285 each for the registration for the conference. The award is not need based. Judges look at community involvement, personal goals, give back to the guild of what is learned […]
Continue reading2012 Request For Teacher Proposals
Would you like to get into teaching what you know? 2012 has sent out requests for teacher proposals to teachers around the country. We would also like to encourage people in Northern California or anyone who goes to our web site to submit proposals. It is a good opportunity to get a foot in the […]
Continue readingSpin Me A Story Weave Me A Tale
(photo by Marianne Campos) “The difference between the almost-right word & the right word is really a large matter – it’s the difference between the lightning-bug & the lightning.” Mark Twain A few prime spaces remain in Linda Ligon’s “Something You’d Like to Publish, Somehow, Sometime” workshop. Join Linda on a path to pursue the perfect, precious, […]
Continue readingSpin Me A Story Weave Me a Tale
“The self-taught man seldom knows anything accurately, and he does not know a tenth as much as he could have known if he had worked under teachers.” Mark Twain Great teachers will be poised, waiting to “leap” at CNCH 2011 to share their expertise. Sara Lamb’s class is now full. Other classes are approaching capacity. […]
Continue readingSpindles & Flyers Workshop on Paper Making
Art Paper from Junk Mail A Paper Making Workshop with Frank Mikulastik Spindles & Flyers Guild is proud to present a class for anyone who has ever felt overwhelmed by junk mail. Frank Mikulastik will teach us how to turn unwanted mail and advertising into beautiful paper. Bring your unwanted colorful junk mail and advertising […]
Continue readingDid someone notice the holiday season is here?
Help! My calendar says it is November. There are expectations for clever people like us for hand made gifts. Our friends and family depend on them year to year. You are not going to get away with a department store purchase. So how about learning a completely new technique now and ply your friends with all the experimental […]
Continue readingSanta Cruz Handweavers Guild Meeting
The Santa Cruz Handweavers Guild welcomes Joy Totah Hilden as its November meeting speaker. Since 1982, Joy had done field research on Bedouin weaving. With her husband, who taught in the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia, she traveled near and far in search of weaves whose knowledge of this fast-disappearing craft that she wants to […]
Continue readingBlack Sheep Handweavers Guild Oct 21st Meeting
Using a Knitting Machine for Multicolor Dyeing Our guest speaker, Nancy Roberts uses a knitting machine as a tool for multicolor dyeing. By dyeing knitted fabric, rather than dyeing skeins, she produces yarns with controlled repeats of color in subtle gradations. She uses her specially dyed yarns in knitting, weaving, crocheting and felting. An article […]
Continue readingCard Weaving Workshop with Gudrun Polak
The Silverado Guild is hosting a two-day workshop on card weaving with Gudrun Polak on November 6/7 in Napa. Gundrun, known for her wizardry with the cards, will be presenting the basics of card weaving with as many variations as will fit within the time and skills of her students. She will also demonstrate her […]
Continue readingFiber Arts Fair at Quail Hollow Ranch
Fiber Arts Fair: 101 Things to Do with String On Sunday, October 24, 2010, the County of Santa Cruz Department of Parks, Open Space and Cultural Services will host a fiber arts fair at Quail Hollow Ranch in Felton. Activities involving fiber include, but are not limited to, spinning, knitting, natural dyeing, braiding, rug hooking, […]
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