The Sacramento Weavers and Spinners Guild Saturday Group is going very well!

The next meeting comes up next Saturday and anybody in the area is welcome to visit.

As usual you can bring your projects to share.
Connie is going to show us how to crochet,
which is a good way to use that yarn you spun.

August 11 (Sat)1-5 pm at the Arcade Library
Crochet Workshop - bring yarn and a medium hook
Arcade Library, 2443 Marconi Ave, Sacramento, CA 95821

September 15 (Sat)1-3 pm at the Arcade Library
Spinning Lessons for the Library!
Members of the Saturday Group will be giving
Spinning Lessons to library visitors.
Beginners are more than welcome to join us!

October 6 (Sat) Saturday Group Field Trip to Lambtown in Dixon
A local livestock and fiber festival
We’ll have a meet up there. Try to carpool!

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Not official Saturday group meeting, but these classes are on Saturday!
Robin Lynde is a Guild member who is also one of the Saturday Group.

October 13 (Sat): Location in Sacramento TBA
“World of Wool” lecture by Robin Lynde

October 20 (Sat): Location in Sacramento TBA
“Carding for Color” workshop by Robin Lynde

November 3 (Sat)1-4:30 pm at the Arcade Library

December 1 (Sat)1-4 pm at the Arcade Library

January 12 (Sat)1-4 pm at the Arcade Library

(reservation pending)

You can watch the website for schedule updates
Saturday Group - Sacramento Weavers' and Spinners' Guild

Have a good day!
Franco Rios

fun! wish I was gonna be in the neighborhood!

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SWSG Sat Aug 2012

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Franco's Fiber Adventure: SWSG Sat Aug 2012

Sacramento Weavers and Spinners Guild Saturday Group met on Aug 11 2012 at Arcade Library on Marconi St. We opened the meeting with a review of the upcoming events. Then we went around the circle with our "show and tell" period to catch up on each other's projects. I forgot my camera and had to use my phone camera. My apologies.


Upper left: Ardeth brought a rep weave made with rag weft. Upper right: Betsey brought a shawl she finished weaving. Lower left: Stephanie brought a cotton baby blanket she wove. Lower right: Lynn brought some little baby booties made with handspun angora rabbit fiber.


Then Connie gave us a class on Crochet basics. Upper left: Connie in front of her multimedia presentation with computer videos to assist. Upper right: Lisa is experienced at crochet and cranks out the pattern easily. Lower left: Stephanie and Betsey work on the pattern. Lower right: I am making this look much more difficult than it is. I need a lot more practice. Also in attendance was Tanda, who could not stay long but she stayed long enough to learn how to crochet a simple edging for a dress she has knitted.


Connie also brought many samples of items crocheted as inspiration and evidence of the versatility of crochet. Also noted was the fact that crochet uses a lot of yarn making pieces weigh more compared to woven pieces of similar size. And yet crochet also creates fine lacy fabric.

One picture I did not get was of the awesome christening gown Connie is making. It is almost complete.

You can view our schedule at
Saturday Group - Sacramento Weavers' and Spinners' Guild

It was a good day!

Yet another great meeting by the looks of it

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Crochet is harder to do than I remember. But that was 45 years ago.

I need a lot of practice.

Have a good day!

It does sound like it was a lot of fun! It's funny to me how some people think knitting is easier and some people think that crocheting is easier. To me I guess it depends what I'm making. I'm glad you enjoyed yourself.

Next month is a little scarey. We are going to give a spinning class for the library. I'm making toy wheel spindles. I'm bringing my cardboard spinner and my little charkha. Somebody else is bringing roving. Other people will bring spinning wheels for demonstration.

I hope we do a presentation that is interesting enough for people.

I'm hoping for a good day.