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WW&S Newsletter, February, 2019—
Textile Arts
Market Committee
to Meet The TAM committee will meet Thursday,
March 7th at the Biggby Coffee on Plainfield
at 6:30 p.m. We will discuss plans for the up
coming sale with the Potters Guild in April.
We will also start planning for our exciting
move to the Aquinas Donnelly Center next
December. We welcome anyone who would
like to be involved. The more help and ideas
we have, the better our sale will be.
Heidi Bukoski
February, 2019 Newsletter Season 2018-2019, No. 6
Next Meeting: 7:00 PM
Show & Tell: 6:30 PM
Monday, February 4
Program
Weaving for Good Beryl Bartkus founder
of Ability Weavers
Greet & Treat
Cheryl Boonstra
Liz DeVree
Susan Groover
Bob Meyering
Susan Vegter
LOCATION
1753 Alpine Ave NW
(GRPD Metro Lodge 97)
Grand Rapids
www.wwas.org
Hello! Now that our Michigan winter has
officially rolled in, I hope you are all getting
some time to cozy up with your projects.
I’m really looking forward to hearing our
Feb. 4 presentation by Beryl Bartkus, owner of
Ability Weavers, the weaving shop she and
her husband opened in downtown Lowell to
employ their daughter and others with devel-
opmental disabilities. Thanks to Beryl’s hard
work and dedication, Ability Weavers now
employs about a dozen working artists who
weave towels, rugs and other items in a lovely
storefront shop located at 215 W. Main St. in
Lowell. I visited the shop over the summer
and it melted my heart. I bought two beautiful,
handwoven dish towels and left feeling really
inspired by the talented weavers Beryl trained
to do impressive production weaving to stock
the shop and fill custom orders.
As we navigate a world often complicated
by government shutdowns, incivility and petty
gossip, I can’t help but soak up good vibes
from awesome people like Beryl, a woman
who works tirelessly for free to create oppor-
tunities to empower others in her local com-
munity. I can’t help but wonder what would
happen if we all focused more effort on em-
powering those around us to create positive
change and worked harder to support each
other toward success. It’s so easy to get
tripped up by negativity and feel beat down by
the unkindness of our peers, but Beryl’s story
is an beautiful example of how wonderful the
Treasurer’s Report The guild has $20,741 in its treasury. This
includes the $1910 that is the guild’s “profit”
from out Textile Arts Market sale. We have
paid the sales taxes for the quarter and are
expecting a refund for the year as we paid so
promptly! Our next major expense will be the
deposit for the site of our sale next year. I
expect that to be paid in January, as we hope
to have our contract with Aquinas College
finalized this month.
Textile Arts Market
April 13 The TAM sale with the Potters Guild on
Saturday April 13th is fast approaching. We
hope people are busy making lots of beautiful
things to offer for sale. We will have sign up
sheets for the work schedules at the next meet-
ing. As always, if anyone has questions of any
kind please feel free to ask me or other mem-
bers of the committee.
Heidi Bukoski
Knitting on Winter
Saturday Mornings The WWAS Knitting Study Group will
meet for six Saturday mornings (Feb. 2, 9, 16,
23, Mar. 2, 9), beginning at 10 a.m., in the
Boston Square Christian Reformed Church,
1803 Kalamazoo Ave. SE. (Use the lower
parking lot door.)
This is a great opportunity to brush up on
your skills, finish a project, plan a new gar-
ment, or just enjoy working with other fiber
enthusiasts for a couple hours. New knitters
are welcome. We have plenty of supplies. You
are also welcome to bring non-guild members
who are your friends or neighbors.
If you have a specific skill you’d like to
spend your time working through, let me
know, so I can have materials ready for you.
Questions: [email protected], 616-
773-0360.
Margaret Jager
world can be when we concentrate our energy
on doing something good. If you want to get
an audio preview of Beryl’s story, you can
listen the conversation I recorded with her on
episode 220 of the CraftSanity Podcast over at
CraftSanity.com.
Travel safe on the road, fiber friends, and
I will see you soon at the lodge.
All the best,
Jennifer Ackerman-Haywood
Ability Weavers founder, Beryl Bartkus
looks on as her daughter, Erin, weaves a rug.
Erin is one of about a dozen paid weavers who
earn an income making rugs, bags, towels and
other goods at the working studio and gift
shop in Lowell, Michigan.
(Photo by @CraftSanity)
2 —WW&S Newsletter, February, 2019
Woodland Weavers and Spinners Guild
President: Jennifer Ackerman-Haywood Vice-President: Pat Zimmer
Secretary: Amy Ranger Treasurer: Jane Yelvington
Newsletter Editor: Bob Meyering Webmaster: Jane Fabiano-Turner
————————————————- The Guild encourages creativity,
originality and excellence in handweaving and fiber arts through fellowship and
education, and stimulates broader appreciation of the
fiber arts by the public.
MEMBER
WW&S Equipment List 15” - 4 harness table Loom
24” Norwood 4 harness loom
18” Schacht Wolf Pup 4 harness loom
26” - 8 Harness Baby Wolf
Triangular Loom with Stand
Inkle Loom
12” wide tapestry loom
Small Warping Board
Contact Maggie Atwater for more informa-
tion about renting this equipment.
616-272-8955
2018-2019 Season Sep. 10 - Summer Show & Tell.
Oct. 1 - Natural Dying & Farm Life -
Lori Evesque.
Nov. 5 - Panel discussion with Michi-
gan loom builders Mike and Terry
McGarr from Norwood Looms and Bruce
Niemi from Kessenich Looms.
Dec. 3 - Winter potluck & gift ex-
change.
Jan. 7 - Panel discussion: How to turn
your fiber addiction into a business -
Kelly Brandt, Heidi Bukoski, Julia
Daniels.
Feb. 4 - Weaving for Good - A presen-
tation by Beryl Bartkus founder of Ability
Weavers
Mar. 4 - TBA
Apr. 1 - Joan Sheridan - Weaving &
textiles
May 6 - Mark Newport, head of the
fiber program at Cranbrook Academy of
Art and 2018 ArtPrize artist
Jun. 3 - Potluck, season wrap-up, par-
ticipation awards. Workshops
Sep. 30 - Natural Dye Workshop with
Lori Evesque from 1-6 p.m. Sunday.
Nov. 11 - Felted Fascinators with Kelly
Brandt.
Mar. 31 - Band Weaving on the Inkle
Loom with Joan Sheridan from 1- 6 p.m. Sun-
day.
Retreats
Oct. 13 - CRC Conference Center.
May 4 - Pine Island Camp.
TAM Sales
Dec. 7-8 - Prince Conference Center,
Calvin College.
Apr. 13 - St. Nicholas Orthodox
Church, East Paris Ave.
Name Tags
For any matters concerning name tags, if
you need a new one, or have some other ques-
tion or issue, please email Kate Shockey
Retreats and Workshops There are three exciting workshops planned
for this spring:
1. Designing and weaving summer/winter
motifs with Julie Daniels on March 3.
The registration fee is $65, and the work-
shop will be held at our usual meeting
hall. This is a full day class. You will
need an 8 shaft loom.
2. On March 31 Joan Sheridan will be teach-
ing a basic course in inkle weaving. If
you are interested in trying inkle weaving,
but do not have a loom, don’t worry.
Enough WWS members have offered to
lend their inkle looms that we should be
able to accommodate anyone. Joan will
also bring a couple of looms. This is a
half-day class and Joan is certain that
everyone will be able to warp their looms
and weave a band. There may be time to
warp again. The registration fee is $90.
This workshop will be held at our usual
meeting hall.
3. Finally, on May 19 Heidi Bukoski will be
teaching Viking knit - a weaving tech-
nique that produces what looks like a knit
tube. We will be making a bracelet. This
is a half-day class and the registration fee
is $50. This workshop will also be held at
our usual meeting hall. Look at the Janu-
ary newsletter for pictures of what you
will learn to do in Julie’s and Heidi’s
workshops.
A sign-up form for workshops and retreats is
attached to this newsletter.
Our spring retreat will be held on May 4
at the Little Pine Island Camp. If you have
been to previous spring retreats you know that
this is a most generous room with a lovely
lakeside setting. If the weather is nice it’s a
great place to eat lunch outside and to take a
walk. You will have room to work on anything
you desire; fiber friends will be there, with
more time to interact than at meetings; and
there’s always a chance to learn a new skill.
The sign-up form is attached to this newsletter.
The cost is $20 for the entire day which in-
cludes lunch.
Knitters Weekend
in Ludington The Nautical Yarn Shop and the
Ludington Historical
Bed and Breakfast Association
are offering a
Knitters Weekend in
Ludington on April 5-7.
Participants will knit a
"Lake Michigan Waves Shawl.”
For more details use this link
www.ludingtonhouse. com/knitter-s-weekend.
[Editor’s note: My wife and I have stayed at
the Ludington House, one of the B & B’s
sponsoring this event. We highly recommend
it. www.ludingtonhouse.com.]
New Guild Members
Laurie Angell
616-534-5631
616-836-4053
5314 Mapleside Lane SW
Wyoming MI 49418
Add'l Info: www.UHSMI.com
Gwendolyn Smit
616-466-0163
11710 14th NW
Grand Rapids MI 49534
Novice Weavers
Study Group The novice weavers study group met at
Kimberly Patterson's house January 17. We
looked at examples of plain weave in color
and weave patterns, and weft faced vs. bal-
anced weave. We also had a demonstration of
front to back warping.
At our next meeting at Kimberly's house on
February 21 we will have a demonstration of
back to front warping and look at various fi-
bers and setts.
Kate O'Hare
WW&S Newsletter, February, 2019— 3
Rigid Heddle
Study Group A meeting of the Rigid Heddle Study
Group was held at Covenant Village on Lake
Michigan Drive on January 9, 2019 from 1 -
3pm. Attendees included: Pat Zimmer, Kay
Hislop, Jocelyn Shaw, Liz Fredrickson, along
with Joyce Johnson, friend of Kay, and Sue
Menzon, Kay’s daughter.
First a bit about Covenant Village. As one
of the residents at this beautiful facility, Kay
Hislop graciously arranged a community room
for our use. A wall of windows overlooking
the woods provided a lot of natural light. We
also had plenty of room and several tables to
display our work.
The topic of this
first meeting
was to explore
use of color in
weaving and
several people
brought exam-
ples of their
work. We dis-
cussed how
fiber choice as
well as color
selection of the
warp and weft
can result in dramatic pattering and color shift-
ing. Attendees displayed and discussed exam-
ples of their work.
Several looms were set up in order to dem-
onstrate how to weave on a rigid heddle loom.
Several passers-by also expressed interest in
these looms. The attached pictures show Kay
modeling a beautiful jacket she made several
years ago and an impromptu demonstration by
Jocelyn for Joyce and Kay.
The next meeting of the Rigid Heddle
Loom Study Group will again be held at
Covenant Village on Saturday, February 9,
from 1—3 pm. The topic will be exploring
texture in weaving on a Rigid Heddle Loom.
Liz Fredrickson
For Your Printing Needs At the last meeting I said I would put infor-
mation in the newsletter about a great local
printing company for business cards or any-
thing else.
Here it is:
Eco Print
5490 Ottawa Ave. NW #103
Grand Rapids, MI 49503
616-608-2686
The man I worked with to create Art Prize
cards and to print a small book is Bill. He
worked with me to design them mostly
through email and is very patient and efficient.
He also printed several versions for me to
preview before printing the final number.
GR Arts Festival also uses him for printing
needs. I'd love to give him some business!
Thanks, Rita Swartz
Volunteer Opportunity
in Coopersville The Coopersville Area District Library is
looking for volunteers to demonstrate various
fiber techniques (spinning, felting, and weav-
ing) during an upcoming "making" event this
fall in their new community room. The library
will supply materials for people to try different
technical skills. They hope to schedule experts
to demonstrate some of these skills and are
looking to our guild for possible volunteers.
The probable dates are Wednesday September
25 during the day, and Thursday evening,
September 26, until 8:00 pm.
If you are interested in volunteering for this
event in Coopersville, please contact LaVonne
Marshall, Library Director, at 616-837-6809
for further information. Questions, see me.
Pat Zimmer
Love, Love, Love!
Do You Fiber?
Then make sure you don't miss our
Spinner's Flock
Winter Fleece Fair
Saturday February 16th, 2019
10 am - 4 pm Beach Middle School
445 Mayer Drive
Chelsea MI
Stock up now for all your
upcoming fiber projects
Choose from a great selection
of Rovings, Handspun Yarns,
Fleeces, and Supplies
Arrive early for the Best Selection!
We accept Cash, Check,
MasterCard and Visa
www.spinnersflock.com
[Note from Margaret Jager: We used to
send a couple van loads of guild members to
shop at this wonderful sale. Then we all went
out for lunch at the Common Grill on Main
Street. It was a wonderful way to spend the
day, and we all had new wool to spin as well.
There was a time when we had WWAS mem-
bers who were also members of Spinners
Flock. I don’t know if that is true now or not. ]
Guild Minutes
from January Meeting [Regular secretary was not able to be at last
meeting. Someone was kind enough to take
notes. Notes went to another person for writ-
ing up. That person, having home repairs
taking place, stored the notes in a box which,
with other boxes, were put away until the re-
pairs are complete. The best we have are the
following items which someone remem-
bered—editor]
Announcements:
* Our March speaker will be Liz Hilton
from Knit It, a 3-D machine knitting design
studio in Grand Rapids.
* Paula Stark was not able to be here to-
night but wishes the best to the guild for the
coming year. She contacted me to let me know
that she is resigning from the role of represen-
tative of MLH for the guild and also the head
of the spinning group and asked that we re-
cruit volunteers to replace her in these roles.
* Workshop signup forms were sent out in
the newsletter.
Vice President’s Report: Pat Zimmer
Treasurer’s Report: Budget update from
Jane Yelvington
Textile Artists Market - A heartfelt thanks
to Margaret Jager for her longtime service as
committee chair. She passed the torch after the
December sale to our new chair, Heidi. She
was waiting to finalize a contract with new
venue on the Aquinas College campus.
4 —WW&S Newsletter, February, 2019
Meet Cathy McCarthy [Roving Reporter Paula DeYoung inter-
viewed Cathy for this newsletter issue.]
Please tell us about yourself, your fiber
background and history.
As a Home Economics major in a small
women’s college, I had to do a senior thesis.
This thesis ended up being much more in-
volved than the thesis I later did for my Mas-
ter’s degree! Since my emphasis in my major
was sewing, patterns, and textile design my
advisor and I came up with my thesis topic,
and that was Stitchery Around the World. My
big, final project was a floor pillow that in-
cluded many, many embroidery type of
stitches.
My advisor wanted me to also explore
weaving, and she introduced me to a floor
loom at the college. I had to learn how to wind
a warp, thread it and weave a sampler. This
whole process was most intriguing to me. I
loved it, probably due to my
deep appreciation of mathe-
matics.
Moving a couple of years
forward, I had a good friend
who took a weaving class from
Arliegh Smirnov at Kalamazoo
Valley Community College.
We were both starting out in
our adult lives, our husbands
worked together, she had two
sons, money was tight, but she
really wanted to take this class.
I babysat for her two boys, and
my pay was her coming home
and immediately sharing with
me what she was learning in
class. Her teacher told her
students they really needed to
go up to Rockford, Michigan
to see The Weaving Shop and
Yarn Company that was lo-
cated there. Ann encouraged
me to go with her. I will never
forget my first trip to Jochen Ditterich’s shop.
I climbed the stairs to the loom room, stood
there overlooking his 24 or so looms, and tears
gently filled my eyes. Even today I am still
amazed at my reaction to the beautiful weav-
ing area!
About the same time I learned the
Women’s YWCA had a weaving class and the
participants could take the small table looms
home with them to work on, so I signed up for
that class. That is when I really decided floor
looms were the way to go. I did not enjoy
weaving on the table loom. Fortunately about
the same time I began teaching at St. Monica
School and two things happened. The speech
teacher came to me and asked what I knew
about the weaving shop up in Rockford. I told
her it was an amazing shop, and shared my
experience seeing the looms up there. She said
she wanted to take a class up there that sum-
mer, and would I be interested in going with
her to study under Jochen? Thus began my
seven summers in a row spending one week
All your salary is going to pay off your loan.
We can’t afford to have you work there any
longer.” So, I sold my partnership, but right
before I did I bought another loom, an 8 shaft
Baby Wolf at basically cost. I still have both
of these looms, and they are my work horses. I
love them both!
I went back to teaching elementary school
and continued to add to my yarn collection,
which is now over $39,000. Also started at-
tending the Handweavers Guild of America
(HGA), Midwest, and Michigan League of
Handweavers conferences. I have learned a lot
of weaving techniques under a lot of very
wonderfully talented fiber art teachers:
Madeline van der Hoogt, Karen Selk, Rosalie
Neilson, Ingrid Boesel, Heather Winslow,
Brenda Mergen, Anita Mayer, Margaret Roach
Wheeler, Jason Collingwood, JoAnn
Bachelder, Alice Griswold, Martha Town,
Marg Coe, Susan Wilson, Inge Dam, come to
mind, just to name a few.
My weaving is very eclec-
tic. I have never narrowed it
down to one certain tech-
nique. Am thinking this is
probably due to the fact I
have attention deficit disorder
tendencies. Changing tech-
niques keeps me interested
and motivated.
What is your main personal
interest or focus?
As you can see from
above, I have a variety of
exposure to many, many
weaving techniques. Unlike
people like Julie Daniels,
Jochen Ditterich, Betty Chris-
tians and others who special-
ize in a couple of weaving
areas, I’ve never adopted a
certain style of weaving and
stuck to it. A lot of my weav-
ing is of the functional vari-
ety, where I weave things that will sell in guild
and art fairs; things like placemats, mug rugs,
table runners, and ornaments. My favorite
things to weave, though, are clothing, espe-
cially woven bodice sweaters with fun funky
knitted sleeves.
For my things that are for sale I often use
cotton. The yarns I love using include Harris-
ville Design wool, Lunatic Fringe cot-
ton,WEB’s cotton,Brassard cotton and cotto-
lin, plus any silk, tencel and chenille yarns.
Hand dyed yarns in crayon colors I find very
intriguing. I also love incorporating fun funky
yarn and glitz yarn into projects. It just de-
pends on which project I am working on, and
what I feel will work well for that project.
Do you have any distinct or specific steps
you perform that help to achieve your end
goal?
Not really. I get an idea in my head and
follow it.
What do you feel is your strongest area in
your creative process?
(Continued on page 5)
up in Rockford learning to weave under
Jochen’s guidance. My Mom, bless her soul,
came down from the UP every summer and
watched my three sons so I could take those
classes. I learned a lot and developed a won-
derful friendship with Jochen and Nancy.
Additionally, a teacher at St. Monica’s,
knowing I loved weaving, told me she had a
loom for sale. Amazingly, Carol was selling a
4 shaft, beautiful Cherry
Norwood 42 inch floor loom and I was able
to figure out a way to buy it from her. Thus
began my true weaving adventures.
That loom served me well until another
friend told me she had purchased a 45 inch 12
shaft Leclerc loom, but decided she really
wanted an AVL compu-dobby. Sadly, I had to
part with my Norwood, to move the 12 shaft
45 inch Leclerc Nilart loom into my small
weaving area. I really started having fun with
my new loom.
After my third son was born I took four
years off from teaching. During that time The
Yarn Merchant in Kalamazoo came up for
sale. I ended up buying that shop with a gal
who had two looms, had just graduated from
WMU in the Home Ec Department, and was
dating the guy who was going to build our
new house. We put the house on hold, and
Susan and I bought The Yarn Merchant. For a
wonderful year of my life I was a yarn store
owner, and we had 8 looms upstairs, so I be-
gan to teach beginning weaving in our shop. I
loved it! It was so much fun to work with
yarn distributors, my students, customers, and
to go to work every day.
However, as all things must come to an
end, I ended up selling my half to my partner,
because as my hubby said, “We love you
working in the yarn store, as when you come
home you are not doing all the school work
you used to do, and we can enjoy your com-
pany, but, you are not paying for the babysit-
ter, you are not paying for your parking and
lunches downtown, and you certainly are not
paying for all the yarn you are bringing home.
WW&S Newsletter, February, 2019— 5
My flexibility with techniques and my abil-
ity to take an idea and work with it.
What area in your creative process do you
feel needs to be improved?
Probably my use of color. I tend to like the
basic crayon colors, and also gravitate to pur-
ples, teal, and blues, or the oranges, reds and
yellows. I use these colors because I am com-
fortable using them. I took a color class once
from Randall Darwell trying to learn more
about using color, as I loved how he used
color. In the class we were asked, after almost
through the class, why we had taken this
workshop. My answer was so I could learn
more how to successfully use color. He told
me I had wasted my time as I already had a
good grasp on using color. I should have been
appreciative of his comment, but I was not.
What has been your most interesting, in-
spiring or difficult project you’ve created. For
one of my Weavers Guild of Kalamazoo Inc.,
study groups we were to take a specific Paul
Klee picture and use it for inspiration to weave
our annual project. I really struggled with that
picture, as it was not using colors with which I
was very comfortable. After much deliberation
I decided since I had a lot of rug wool in my
studio, I would weave a rug using his color
scheme. I decided to use a double corduroy
technique. Little did I realize how long it
would take to weave that rug.
Worked on it every day for three months,
usually about four or five hours a day. The rug
turned out wonderfully, but I knew then I
would never do double corduroy technique
again. One of the reasons it took so long, was
there were a lot of color changes in going
across one row, and it took a great amount of
time winding each bobbin with about seven
strands of various colored yarns. I wove a
smaller rug using only one set of colors for the
whole rug, and that rug only took three weeks
to weave. Great experience, but no thanks.
Velvet weaving affected me the same way.
Glad I tried it, but never again!
What’s the best piece of advice you have
been given on your fiber journey?
Try to downsize your yarn and fabric col-
lection now before you die, so your kids won’t
have to do that for you!
Do you have either a dream project or a
bucket list?
I had a very dear friend once, or so I
thought. One day I got a letter from her telling
me that after speaking to her counselor she had
decided our friendship was over and to not
contact her any longer. It was a huge shock to
my system, and so I sat down and drew a pic-
ture of the cycle of friendship. I thought I
would weave that picture someday. Have not
done it yet, but I still might one day. I imagine
it hanging at the yardage exhibit for HGA!
What do you see as most important to you
as a fiber artist?
The most important part of being a fiber
artist for me is how my weaving centers me. I
can go down to my studio, crank up my favor-
ite music and weave away. I become so re-
(Continued from page 4) laxed, and all my cares evaporate. It just feels
so good to weave! And, I accomplish some-
thing tangible at the end which is a definite
bonus.
Another bonus over the years has been
sharing and teaching others about weaving. It
is so exciting to see another person grab onto
weaving and fall in love with it!
Still, another bonus is all the wonderful
people I have met over the years, either
through guilds, workshops, or weaving confer-
ences, especially since I have done a lot of
conference registration work. It’s wonderful to
be surrounded by fiber people. They are so
encouraging.
What is one of your major goals as a fiber
artist?
Am really struggling with this right now.
Being a recent snow bird it is very difficult for
me to concentrate on my weaving. I have such
a huge collection of yarn, fabric, and equip-
ment, that after going through the 3 stents’
addition to my body two years ago, I am really
struggling with the need to downsize the op-
eration, yet when I tried to sort through things
to start selling them off last summer, I just
could not bring myself to do it yet.
Where do you see yourself in 5 years from
now?
Retiring from a lot of the activity I do, so
my kids and husband won’t be stuck with it
when I die. I see me as being more of an ap-
preciator than a doer of the craft.
What direction would you suggest the guild
undertake in the next 5 years?
I would strongly suggest doing away with
the rewards for coming to meeting, sharing in
show and tell, and for each job done. Being
someone who always prided myself in being
active in guild things, sharing things, and do-
ing jobs when able, it really bothers me being
a snow bird that I now end up looking like a
slacker as I do not get much credit for partici-
pation due to not being at the meetings. I al-
ways felt so welcomed to the guild, and by the
guild members prior to this system. Now, not
so much. You have no idea what a good guild
you all have. Your welcoming attitude prior to
this new system was so refreshing when com-
pared to some other guilds to which I belong.
It is sad for me to have felt and seen this hap-
pening.
Would you mind telling us something about
yourself that would surprise or enlighten us?
Surprise, I am learning how to play golf
and do yoga out in California, and loving it!
And lastly, what pearls of wisdom for some-
one starting out in fiber arts?
Hang out with other fiber people, go to as
many conferences and workshops as you can,
join study groups your guild may offer, and
always ask for advice. That is what your fiber
friends are there for - to share our knowledge
with you!
Inclement Weather Policy
During the winter months when in-
clement weather may impact our monthly meetings, we may need to cancel a meet-ing. Our policy is, if the Grand Rapids School District has cancelled classes be-cause of weather, our meeting will be can-celled as well. If a meeting is cancelled, we will try to get a message out via email and also notify you through our webpage/Facebook. In any case, do not feel you need to drive to a meeting if the condition of the roads is worrisome to you. Be SAFE!
6 —WW&S Newsletter, February, 2019
2018-2019 WORKSHOP & RETREAT REGISTRATION FORM:
Date:
Name:
Address:
City, State, Zip
Phone: E-mail:
WORKSHOPS:
_________March 3, 2019: Julie Daniels, Designing and Weaving Motifs in Summer and Winter. Class Fee is $65
(material fee of $5 to be paid directly to the instructor). Location: GR Ford Metro Lodge 97, 1753 Alpine NW, Grand
Rapids MI. Hours: 9am – 5pm.
_________March 31, 2019: Joan Sheridan, Inkle Loom Band Weaving. Class fee is $90 (material fee of $12 to be
paid directly to the instructor). Location: GR Ford Metro Lodge 97, 1753 Alpine NW, Grand Rapids MI. Hours 1pm to
6pm
_________May 19, 2019: Heidi Bukoski, Viking Knit Bracelet. Class fee is $50 (material fee of $15 to be paid di-
rectly to the instructor). Location: GR Ford Metro Lodge 97, 1753 Alpine NW, Grand Rapids, MI. Hours noon – 5pm.
RETREATS:
_________ May 4, 2019 Little Pine Island Camp, Comstock Park. $20 for day (includes lunch)
Workshop Policies: Workshop registrations for Guild members must be received at least 2-weeks prior to the
workshop date. Registration must be accompanied by full payment. Materials fee will be paid directly to the instructor.
Non-members will be included if a workshop limit is not filled by members within 2- weeks prior to the date of the
workshop. The cost for non-members is workshop and materials’ fees plus $30. If a non-member decides to join the
Guild after the first workshop participation, the next workshop in which s/he participates will be at the member rate for
the rest of the Program year (the $30 can be applied to dues). A full refund will be issued for a cancellation received by
either the Treasurer or Workshop Coordinator 32 days prior to the date of the workshop. A 50% refund will be issued
for cancellations received 31-15 days prior to the workshop; no refunds will be given after that. For both members and
non-members a complete refund will be issued if the workshop is canceled.
Retreats: Registration and payment must be received 2-weeks prior to the date of the retreat. No refunds will be
issued after that date. If a retreat is canceled, a full refund will be issued.
Please forward completed registration and payment (make check payable to WOODLAND WEAVERS & SPIN-
NERS) to:
Jane Yelvington
2910 Alger St SE
Grand Rapids, MI 49546
Questions: [email protected] or 616-719-2203
