I have a correction to make to the name of the guild to which Karen belongs. The correct name is South Jersey Guild of Spinners and Handweavers.
Their contact information is:
Website: www.sjgsh.org
e-mail: mail@sjgsh.org
Mail: PO Box 746 Moorestown, NJ 08057
Phone: 856-429-8604.
Meetings are held at Medford Leas, Medford, NJ and Woolbearers, Mount Holly, NJ.

They will have a booth at the Kirby's Mill Apple Festival in Medford, NJ on Saturday, October 13th for their annual show and sale. They will have handwoven, handspun, hand-dyed, knitted and crocheted items for sale.

A sample of lace weaving.

This loom was brought in by Jody. Karen told us that this is a two shaft loom. She was able to give Jody some tips on using this loom.

A rigid heddle loom.

A tapestry loom.

More invisible weaving.

A sample of invisible weaving.

Karen Donde from South Jersey Spinners and Weavers Guild was our guest speaker at the August meeting. She brought many samples of her wonderful weaving and really enlightened us regarding the process of weaving.

Our August meeting was very informative and brought us new ideas. Barbara and Isabelle brought a sample of felted soaps they had made. These were made with glycerin soap covered in unspun wool fibers and then felted. This is a fun, quick and easy project. We hope to do this at the Farmers Market along with the rug stomp. We will give this a try at one of our next meetings.

P.S. The date for the next meeting is Tuesday, August 14th at 7:30 P.M.

At our meeting in July, members expressed a desire to see if we could have a space at the Farmers Market held in Collingswood each Saturday to promote our guild. Arrangements have been made for us to participate in one of the Farmers Market Craft Fair Days. The tentative date is November 3rd. The hours are 8-12. Our booth will be informational and we will be offering instruction and demonstrations in the different fiber crafts in which our members are interested. We are making plans to felt a rug out of unspun wool fiber. Here is a picture of a felted rug. We will be discussing details for our booth and making some decisions about felting the rug (a rug stomp). Hope to see you there.