Woolly Weirdos, who, what we are, the 2020 schedule and a photo tour

2020 Schedule

Monthly Meeting Dates

January 13, 14 July 13, 14

February 10, 11 August 10, 11

March 9, 10 September 14, 15

April 13, 14 October 12, 13

May 11, 12 November 9, 10

June 8, 9 December 14, 15

Field trips for 2020

January Local Yarn Shop in Montebello

April A mill tour

July Arapahoe County Fair

October Spinning contest

Work days in 2020

At Sara's Studio from 10am - 3pm

Bring lunch and projects. Use this time to do larger jobs such as wash fleece, block finished projects or dye.

February 8

May 9

August 8

November 14

Other places Woolly Weirdos will be in 2020

Yarn Fest in Loveland, Colorado April 30 - May 3

Estes Park Wool Market Estes Park, Colorado June 11-14

To become a member fill in the form here.

Above is the knitting section and below is the crochet sections of the lending library.

Here is the skirting table where raw fleece begins and the tumbler is to the right, both of these help to get dirt out before washing.

Here I have my Cricket ridged heddle loom and a small sitting area.  On the shelves behind are the spinning, dyeing and weaving sections, as well as fiber, history and some reference books.

This is the skeiner.  It can help you to make very long skeins for space dyeing.

Up next is the blocking area, to expertly finish those finished pieces.  There is a steamer, sock blockers and a sweater blocker available for use. The table is 6 feet  by 6 feet square.

Here is the rack to dry washed fleece on.

Here is the larger sitting area.  As you can see many tools are available to be used; hooks, needles, scissors, stitch markers and many, many other items.

Here are the sinks used to wash fleece in.  We have Dawn dish soap available or you can bring your own.  The orange bucket on the wall is a commercial size salad spinner for removing excess water from a finished piece or from fleece.

This is the dye studio.  It currently has a slow cooker and microwave.  Hoping to get the cook top wired soon.  Natural dyes and choices of acid dyes are available.

This is the winding station.  Wind those skeins into cakes or into larger skeins on the skeiner.  There is also a tool to help count yardage.

 Across from the winding station is a work table that can't be seen here and one more bookshelf that has embroidery, plastic canvas, needlepoint, cross stitch and other publications.

Hope your enjoyed the tour and it would be great if you could join us sometime.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

Spin together

Hi Everyone!
I just created a team for the Eastern Plains Woolly Weirdos Fiber Arts Guild.  You can join the team starting on September 1, 2019 bu going to their website.
Spin Together is filling in for Spinzilla this year.  It will begin October 6th at midnight and end October 12th at midnight.  There is no cost to join a team, instead they are asking that you make a donation to habitat for Humanity, which I think is wonderful.
I will be team captain.  I'm thinking about team challenges and prizes for the week.  If you have any ideas please feel free to comment and let me know.  We will be doing some spinning together and I'll let you know when as the event get closer.
My daughter decided that I need to do a Green Eggs and Ham theme for the spinning contest this year.  So I will be dying a braid in the orange from the cover and the green in the book that I will try to spin in each place that green eggs and ham are offered.  We'll see how it goes.
Happy spinning!

Welcome

This will be the place to come and get all the info for the Eastern Plains Woolly Weirdos.

We are a group of fiber artists of all skill levels, on the Eastern Plains of Colorado.

Come join us, learn, teach, share and just hang out!