Meeting was held at the Big Butler Fair with a demonstration as program.
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June 2021
Optimist Pavilion
For the June meeting we will be returning to Butler Memorial Park.
For the program, I would like to have our second “stash to treasure” of the year. I know many members were unable to attend the meeting at Steward Hall this winter. With the outdoor setting, hopefully everyone who wants to attend will feel comfortable attending.
May Meeting
We will be returning to Trinity Lutheran Church for May meeting and project day. We will be meeting upstairs in the fellowship hall, not in the basement meeting room.
The program will be about preparing and spinning from fleece. Last month we discussed skirting, where (on the fleece) to find the best wool, and sampled some. This month we’ll dive deeper into prep, prep tools, cleaning, and blending.
April Meeting
Due to an event at Steward Hall, we will be returning to Trinity Lutheran Church for April meeting and project day. We will be meeting upstairs in the fellowship hall, not in the basement meeting room.
The program was about spinning from fleece. We discussed skirting, where (on the fleece) to find the best wool, prep, and spinning techniques.
February 2021
The meeting was held at Stewart Hall in Harmony. Stash-to-Treasure will be the “program” for February’s meeting.
I am tentatively planning “Christmas in July” in the park for those of you (myself included) who aren’t necessarily comfortable with an indoor meeting yet.
I hope everyone had a happy and safe Christmas and New Year’s!
-Jen
January 2021
January’s meetings have been cancelled. Stash-to-Treasure will be the “program” for February’s meeting provided it is once again safe to meet.
Trinity Lutheran Church (where we have been meeting since fall weather pushed us out of the park) has informed us that they will be closing until further notice in order to help curb the spread of Covid 19 through the community.
I hope everyone has a happy and safe Christmas and new year’s!
-Jen
November, 2020
November’s meeting was held at Trinity Lutheran Church (120 Sunset drive in Butler) just past the Clearview Mall. Project day was there also.
The program was a zoom presentation by Pittsburgh fiber artist and author Deb Brandon. Her presentation is available for guild members to stream until November 27, if you did not receive a link in your email, please comment and I will get that to you ASAP.
We collected a table full of handmade items to donate to various local charities: 
And a handful of members told of items they had already donated to charities of their choosing.
October, 2020
October’s meeting was held at Trinity Lutheran Church (120 Sunset drive in Butler) just past the Clearview Mall. Project day will be there also.
The program this month was about spinning wheels, with a focus on drive types (what does double drive mean?) and maintance.
This was also the final day for the 1oz angora challenge. Five contestants submitted projects:
Since we will be inside, I would like to encourage our membership to follow indoor gathering guidelines. From the CDC website: “In general, the more people you interact with, the more closely you interact with them, and the longer that interaction, the higher your risk of getting and spreading COVID-19. Indoor spaces are more risky than outdoor spaces” and “Masks are meant to protect other people in case the wearer is unknowingly infected but does not have symptoms”. I will have some disposable masks available if you need one.
September 2020
September project day was held at Butler Memorial Park in the Optimus pavilion.
For September’s meeting and program we conveined at Stramba Fiber Mill, and made machine felted art. We had 13 participating members and 2 guests. More photos will be added once I get them.
August 2020
Following the current guidance and since we are still in “green”, August’s meeting Day (Wednesday August 5th from 10am-2pm) was held at Butler Memorial Park in the Optimist pavilion.
See the Butler Parks status here: https://cityofbutler.org/departments/parks-recreation-and-public-property/
Current guidance recommends that we wear masks and practice the physical distancing. We were not able to have our traditional pot-luck.
The extension office is closed indefinitely following the Penn State University closure policy; found here: https://extension.psu.edu/coronavirus
August’s program wasnwas dyeing. Susan and Jen (Marilyn and Karen B too) brought a number of dyestocks. Logwood, indigo, avacado, marigold, henna, onion skin, orange jewelweed, and tumeric. We did some mordanting in the pot, but some dyes didn’t require it. The plan was to have fun and see what colors we obtain.
For July’s meeting, Judy presented the angora spinning program she had prepared, please contact her if you would like a sample of angora, or an opportunity to participate in a 1oz challenge.
Hope you all are well and have lots to keep busy at home with.
BSWG 