What am I doing with my time
Mood:
crushed out
Topic: Chat
I have a bit of a cold and hoping it is nothing more. On Monday I went to doctor's office for a routine blood test. It was swamped with people with masks on trying to figure out if they had the swine flu, regular flu, or a cold. I put on a mask because I was paranoid to be around all these people. Then I went home and took care of twin grandbabies that have colds. Today I took a 4 hour nap and right now my aspirin has kicked in and I have a little bit of energy. Enough whining.
I'm the conference chair for the Association of Montana and Weaver's conference June 4-6 in Billings. This is a big undertaking that our local guilds do every 12 years. We have been busy and here is an update. 
Billings Weavers Guild and Prairie Handspinners invite you to our conference Under the Rims, June 4-6. 2010. We have booked Montana State University—Billings www.msubillings.edu as in our previous two conferences. We love that housing, food, and classes are all in one building. Plus with dorm rooms at $26.50 for singles and $21.50 and affordable nearby motel housing, this makes MSU-B a great option for our out-of-town guests. Our instructor list looks great. We plan to run 11 classes simultaneously during the conference with preconference workshops and postconference workshops as well. We have 4 internationally known presenters. Nancy Bush, author of Folk Socks, Folk Knitting in Estonia, Knitting on the Road, Knitting Vintage Socks and Knitted Lace of Estonia will teach 3 different knitting classes: She will share her vast knowledge of historical knitting in Traditional Estonian Socks, Swedish Twined Knitting, and Estonian Triangular Lace Shawl. Jane Fournier is the author of In Sheeps Clothing and holds her COE in spinning. She has written many articles for Piecework and Spinoff. She regularly leads Interweave Press fiber trips to her native New Zealand. Yarn Design: Spinning by Choice not by Chance, Plying, Blending Fibers, Spinning Flax, Spinning Short-Stapled Fibres. Robyn Spady www.spadystudios.com holds her COE in weaving and has written many articles for Shuttle, Spindle, and Dyepot, Handwoven and Weavezine. In her post-conference workshop Robyn will teach There’s Two Sides to Every Cloth. From three shafts on up, weave weave versatile fabric that possesses a completely different appearance on each side. During the conference she’ll teach 4 half-day workshops The Fab Four, Jewelry from Thrums and “Weftovers, Less is More using inkle looms in distinctive ways, and Putting Together a Novelty Act to learn to use those special yarns in your weaving. Kathryn Alexander www.kathrynalexander.net is a spinning, weaving, and knitting innovator and has been featured in Knitting in America and Interweave Knits and Spinoff. Best known for her colorful wearable art, Kathryn will teach spinning and knitting classes. She’ll teach Understanding The Energy In Singles Spinning, Energized Knit Surface with Commercial Yarns, Knit Surface with Entrelac’s Shapes, knitting embellishments in Doo Dads and Finishing in Knitting. The list doesn’t end with these great classes. We have other talented instructors teaching Bookmaking, Dyeing, Knitting, Tatting, Bobbin Lace, Tailspun Yarns, Beaded Fringes, Embroidery, Crochet, Felting, basketmaking, Handwoven garments with Minimum Cutting, 10 Different Treadlings on your Original Threading, Surface Design, Identifying Superior Fleeces for Spinning, and other fun classes. On Thursday June 3, in addition to preconference classes and children activities, we’ll open the vendors both at 4 p.m. and hold a Spin-In. Classes run all day Friday, June 4. On Friday night we’ll head to the Yellowstone Art Museum for a dessert party and to see Polly Apfelbaum’s Show www.pollyapfelbaum.com. More classes on Saturday June 5 and then our Awards Banquet and keynote speaker. Sunday morning June 6 we’ll hold the Fashion Show Brunch. Sunday afternoon we’ll see the start of some post conference classes for those lucky enough to stay over. Post conference classes end June 8. Of course we’ll have guild booths, cool goody bags with guild and other gifts, and a beautiful display of fiber art in our show. And vendors, vendors, vendors! Join us for fiber, friends and fun in 2010! On top of that a bunch of local dyers and I have created Under the Rims Signature Yarns and Roving for sale. Stay tuned for the next installment when a perfectly well Linda unveils these to the world wide web.
Linda
