Long Valley Fiber Folk

September meeting (2008)

Lonna showed us the spindle bag that garnered a blue ribbon at the Fair.

Some novelty yarn was also entered and won.

Merri had taken the Estonian mitten class with Nancy Bush and was hard at work on a beautiful pair.

Phyllis was working on another hooked rug, while Jan was knitting socks.  

Sue on the left and Laura on the right were also knitting.

Lynda showed us her prize winning sweater.

April 2008

At our April meeting, we welcomed a new member, Jan West from Cascade. She's just completed a wonderful hooked rug of handspun yarn, featured a well known, but apparently transient, landmark!

Laura is holding a core wrapped yarn made by Lonna.

Lynda was enjoying spinning in a quiet spot.

Merri led the discussion about the upcoming Breed Survey.

November meeting

Valley County Fair 2007

Merri Williams -crocheted jacket and knitted hat

Knitted dish rag (not a LVFF member)

Kimberly Bandel -Felted wool on silk scarf (Kimberly is the New Meadows Ranger on the Payette)

Traditional Spinning 1st- Sue Cathey, 2nd- Merri Williams, 3rd- Lonna Alexander-Steele A bit of Sue Cathey's Navaho 3 ply is showing on the left.

Sarah, a 5th grader from Boise and the Niece of the 4-H small animal superintendent dyed some yarn that she later purchased to make a scarf and hat. That is Lonna in the background. Notice the towel inserted between Sarah and the hot pot so that she did not get burned.

Left to right, Novelty cotton and rayon and traditional 2 ply wet spun linen, Plant catagory (first Place Lonna Alexander-Steele), Novelty wool boucle, 1st-Lonna Alexander-Steele, 2nd place Mohair and metallic- Lynda Vrgora 3rd-encasement, (not Shown) Merri Williams

Off loom weaving 1st Lynda Vrgora

Loomed Weaving 3rd place Lynda Vrgora and the back ground is the afghan of the squares for Phyllis that she loaned for the display at the fair. PS. She was the judge this year....Yea, Phyllis!!!!!....

2nd Place off Loom weaving...Lonna Alexander-Steele

Yarn dyed at the fair drying on the sun

Pauline Hines knitted hand spun vest. 1st premium in her category

Knitted afghan by Betty Martin (Lynda Vrgora's Mother) 1st place in the knitted afghan category

Knitted vest by Lynda Vrgora

Maria and Lonna mixing up dyes for wool and silk...

July meeting

I wasn't able to attend last month's meeting, so have nothing to report on that. Tonight was the July meeting and there were a handful of us present, some knitting, some spinning. The Valley County Fair is on the horizon and will include a new fiber category this year. Here are a few pictures from this evening:

June 2007

We had a good turnout, but missed Lonna for one, who was ill. Get Well wishes are coming your way, Lonna!

Exciting news from those who attended the fiber fair in Hamilton, MT this month. Linda DeMoss' Icelandic fleeces took Grand Champion and Reserve Chamption--congratulations, Linda!

And Sue Cathy won a Blue Ribbon for her Merino Tencel lace weight yarn--more congratulations are in order!

Those going to Hamilton were Merri, Eileen, Phyllis, Barbara Carol and Linda.

The weather was so nice that many of us sat outside tonight in the Keep Me In Stitches courtyard. Here's Phyllis working on some punched wool seat cushions.

There was also a group hanging out inside the shop.

April 12, 2007

Here are some pictures from our meeting:
Lonna demonstrated spinning silk from a cap using several methods.

Eileen helped her sister Dawn learn the basics.

Erin was plying some gorgeous mohair singles.

Lynda showed Merri some roving she had dyed.

Eileen shared some handknits she was preparing to give to her new grandson when she visits.

Eileen and Merri:

Merri had finished a 600 yd skein of 3 ply sock yarn!

An asymmetrical vest that incorporates stripes of her first handspun!

More Pictures

February Meeting

Useful Links

I thought it might be helpful for us to share some online resources. Some may not be familiar with the Spinners', Weavers' and Knitters' Housecleaning Pages, where people place classifieds for used equipment. Here's another one.
If you know of other useful links, email me and I'll post them, probably in the sidebar so they don't get lost as time passes.