LOSE YOUR HEAD AND LEARN A NEW SKILL
Elvira, our headless mascot, wants you to accept this year's guild challenge and learn a new fiber-related skill. Bring a project created using your new skill to the June picnic. You can even double-dip and enter the project into the Nevada County Fair! It is not too late to get started.
~ Are you a knitter that would like to learn how to crochet? Or maybe you crochet and want to learn how to manipulate those two needles.
~ Do those pretty, fluffy batts make you want to learn how to spin yarn? Or are you a spinner that would like to weave a lovely scarf with your handspun?
~ Have you been weaving yarn for years and now you want to weave baskets. Or do bands made using cards with holes punched in their four corners intrigue you?
~ Were you inspired by all that color alchemy last year and now you want to dye everything in sight but don’t know how to get started?
~ Or maybe this whole idea stresses you out and you want to stab something. Give needle felting a try.
And if you are dedicated to your fiber craft of choice, commit to learning a new skill within that craft. Knitters, have you tried brioche? Intarsia? Weavers, have you woven a double-wide blanket or a collapsed weave? Crocheters, have you tried three-dimensional textured crochet squares? Dyers, have you used a blanket? Spinners, have you tried a fang?
Bonus activity: Knit, spin, weave, dye, crochet, felt, embroider, etc., with intention. Make every stitch, pass or minute spent working with fiber an opportunity to send peace and love out into the world.