Anchorage Weavers and Spinners Guild



	The Anchorage Weavers and Spinners Guild is a non-profit organization dedicated to the encouragement of the fiber arts in Alaska. The guild seeks to promote the exhibition of fiber arts and to inform its members and the public through lectures, workshops and craft demonstrations. We hold monthly meetings from September through May, often featuring a guest speaker. at 10:00 a.m. the second Saturday of the month at the Anchorage Museum in the Reynolds Classroom. Other Guild activities include beginning weaving and spinning classes, workshops led by professional instructors, demonstration of weaving and spinning at local events, participation in the Alaska State Fair, and a spring and fall fiber retreat in cooperation with the Valley Fiber Arts Guild. We will resume our monthly Membership meetings this fall, on the second Saturday of September, and each month following. Contact us for more information, or watch for our late summer newsletter coming out the beginning of August. President’s Message — Have a Happy and Safe New Year! by Beverly Bronner Our Christmas party was a great success! I would like to thank Clydene and my daughter, Chauna, for all of their help; they made it fun for me. I hope everyone had a wonderful holiday. Now it’s time to make those New Year resolutions. Mine are going to be centered around fiber arts. The Guild library has books for project after project so I’m sure all of us can find something exciting to fill the long winter days. I briefly stopped in at the Sarah Anderson spinning workshop, It was a real eye opener for me. I now know that even if the workshop doesn’t awaken my interest I should go. After viewing all the amazing yarn and quick tricks I’m sorry I missed out. From now on I’m going to take advantage of all the opportunities the workshop committee provides; and would recommend you do too. I hope to see you all at the general meeting. Have a Happy and Safe New Year. Beverly Jeanette Kent Wins the Mabel Verigin Heritage Award at ANWG! by Pamela Grefsrud I have just learned that our very own Jeanette Kent was the recipient for the Mabel Verigin Award at the 2011 Biannual Conference of the Association of Northwest Weavers Guild, “Exploring Fiber Horizons”. Jeannette entered her gorgeous handwoven Summer Jacket in the Explorers’ Club, a collection of fashions that showcased unique garments. Her winning jacket is woven in plain weave of 30/3 linen and cotton/ linen slub at twenty (20) ends per inch. In addition to receiving prestige, honor and fame (!), Jeannette also received a handwoven ribbon, a handwoven satchet with $75.00, and a handwoven card from the Selkirk Weavers’ and Spinners Guild of British Columbia. The card informs us that Mabel Verigin was a Master Weaver member of the Guild of Canadian Weavers and “she, too, excelled at both weaving, garment design and tailoring.” Congratulations, Jeanette! Threads 2011 Fashion Show and Atrium Sale at the Anchorage Museum Photos and Fashion Show slideshow Anchorage Weavers and Spinners Guild is featured in "Craft a Guild" newsletter, about community service projects. Below Tom Hobbs, Past President of AWSG demonstrating spinning with a drop spindle. Photo by Marjorie McLaren Guild Library: The guild has a library of spinning and weaving books, videos and equipment available for rent to members. See members only page. © copyright AWSG \| PO Box 244055, Anchorage, AK 99524 \| Email Website by Conover Designs

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The Anchorage Weavers and Spinners Guild is a non-profit organization dedicated to the encouragement of the fiber arts in Alaska. The guild seeks to promote the exhibition of fiber arts and to inform its members and the public through lectures, workshops and craft demonstrations.

We hold monthly meetings from September through May, often featuring a guest speaker. at 10:00 a.m. the second Saturday of the month at the Anchorage Museum in the Reynolds Classroom. Other Guild activities include beginning weaving and spinning classes, workshops led by professional instructors, demonstration of weaving and spinning at local events, participation in the Alaska State Fair, and a spring and fall fiber retreat in cooperation with the Valley Fiber Arts Guild.

We will resume our monthly Membership meetings this fall, on the second Saturday of September, and each month following. Contact us for more information, or watch for our late summer newsletter coming out the beginning of August.

President’s Message — Have a Happy and Safe New Year!
by Beverly Bronner
Our Christmas party was a great success! I would like to thank Clydene and my daughter, Chauna, for all of their help; they made it fun for me.

I hope everyone had a wonderful holiday. Now it’s time to make those New Year resolutions. Mine are going to be centered around fiber arts. The Guild library has books for project after project so I’m sure all of us can find something exciting to fill the long winter days.

I briefly stopped in at the Sarah Anderson spinning workshop, It was a real eye opener for me. I now know that even if the workshop doesn’t awaken my interest I should go. After viewing all the amazing yarn and quick tricks I’m sorry I missed out. From now on I’m going to take advantage of all the opportunities the workshop committee provides; and would recommend you do too.

I hope to see you all at the general meeting. Have a Happy and Safe New Year.
Beverly

Jeanette Kent Wins the Mabel Verigin Heritage Award at ANWG!
by Pamela Grefsrud

I have just learned that our very own Jeanette Kent was the recipient for the Mabel Verigin Award at the 2011 Biannual Conference of the Association of Northwest Weavers Guild, “Exploring Fiber Horizons”. Jeannette entered her gorgeous handwoven Summer Jacket in the Explorers’ Club, a collection of fashions that showcased unique garments. Her winning jacket is woven in plain weave of 30/3 linen and cotton/ linen slub at twenty (20) ends per inch.

In addition to receiving prestige, honor and fame (!), Jeannette also received a handwoven ribbon, a handwoven satchet with $75.00, and a handwoven card from the Selkirk Weavers’ and Spinners Guild of British Columbia. The card informs us that Mabel Verigin was a Master Weaver member of the Guild of Canadian Weavers and “she, too, excelled at both weaving, garment design and tailoring.”

Congratulations, Jeanette!

Threads 2011 Fashion Show and Atrium Sale at the Anchorage Museum
Photos and Fashion Show slideshow

Anchorage Weavers and Spinners Guild is featured in "Craft a Guild" newsletter, about community service projects.

Below Tom Hobbs, Past President of AWSG demonstrating spinning with a drop spindle. Photo by Marjorie McLaren

Guild Library: The guild has a library of spinning and weaving books, videos and equipment available for rent to members.
See members only page.

© copyright AWSG | PO Box 244055, Anchorage, AK 99524 | Email
Website by Conover Designs