NOVEMBER 17 WED @ 6pm TINEKE JACOBSEN ~~
"GRAZING AND POPULAR'S JOURNEY WITH THE DRENTSE HEIDESCHAAP AND THE SHEEP'S HISTORY IN THE NETHERLANDS"
Tineke will be sharing a not-for-profit organization’s journey with the Drentse Heideschaap, the sheeps’ history, products, and jobs in addition to the cultures Holland’s sheep helped shape. One ounce Drentse Heideschaap Touch Samples have arrived and are available for pick up at Pam M's house for a Spin Along.Joan A.
A close friend to so many of us, long time Treadles to Threads member Joan Anderson passed away after a short but serious illness the last week of October.
Joan was an intelligent and creative person who chose fiber arts as her medium. She was a long time weaver, knitter, beader, spinner, and seamstress. Her color sense and her designs were always well thought out and beautifully put together.
Locally, she was active with Diablo Weavers Guild, Treadles to Threads Spinners, Valley Stitchers and Fiber Artists Guild, as well as other civic service organizations. She was an avid and gutsy traveler, never letting her physical limitations deter her. Whether it was to just be an interested tourist, or to take classes at a conference in one of her many interests, she was always excited to be on the go.
Joan was a member of the CNCH Advisory Group for many years. She took the reins as Chair of the 2012 CNCH conference in Oakland. It was a somewhat difficult time in that volunteers were simply not there. After a couple months of frustration, some of us actually urged her to cancel the plans and simply not let the conference happen. But that was not Joan! She had a dedication to the weaving community that few of us had. Her perseverance, her confidence, and her optimism came through. She was able to finally put together a great team that worked hard to make a good, successful Conference.
Within Diablo, Joan took her turn, more than once, for practically every officer position that we have. Diablo has always had many in-house programs with our members providing the meeting plans or make-and-take projects. Her stamp was on very many of them through the years, always willing to brainstorm ideas and help with the execution of what ever was thought of. For many years, she created special little fun objects to give to each of us who she knew was going to conference – they were to be attached to our name tags and it was fun to see what she came up with each year.
Joan clearly loved her family unfailingly, her daughter, her son, her granddaughter and her four siblings. Many of us shared in her granddaughter, Eleanor’s, growing up years. A great story she told about her own childhood, as one of five children, was having to pick up the walnuts from the half dozen or so trees her Dad had. She said they all complained every year about the job, and why can’t he hire someone to do that! His answer was always, “That’s what I have five kids for!” They were, and are still, a close knit family and I know they will miss her intelligence, her fierce independence, and her love, even more than those of us who came into her life later.
[written for Diablo Weavers and Treadles to Threads by Vilija D]
TREADLES TO THREADS GUILD
Minutes of the meeting
October 27, 2021
President Vickie called the meeting to order at 6:00 pm by Zoom. She acknowledged the very recent death of Joan A., a valued and hard working member of Treadles and other Bay area guilds. Joan was also a linchpin in CNCH. Her passing is a huge loss for the fiber community.
Our speaker this evening is Jill Lindsay, a certified therapeutic yoga instructor in the Oakland area. She is a member of Lemon from Heaven, yoga collective and is personally known to Vickie. Jill teaches on Zoom, in groups and in private classes. Jill has allowed us to record this evening’s talk on “Self Care Chair Yoga”.
Jill encouraged us to gather a non-wheeled chair, a couple of soft blankets and prepare to participate. Since the talk is recording, we can just watch now and review and try the poses later.
Jill demonstrated how to “stack your tower” and to find our intentional breath in preparation for taking moments to pause and re-set during the hours we spend in our artistic pursuits. Jill used an audible sigh to demonstrate where breaths are most useful. She reminded us that we do not have to do everything shown, just choose our favorite poses. Especially, do not push through pain.
The poses Jill demonstrated were:
Sitting Cat-Cow to loosen the spine.
Standing Cat-Cow with wrists on the chair to stretch the calf.
Wrist/hand/finger extensions and flexions, Fingers in a temple form, moving each unit separately.
A cortisol lowering move starting massage at the neck and ending at the fingertips.
Cactus to diamond; elbows to loosen the shoulder girdle muscles.
Nerve (guide) flossing , stretching the arms and wrist outward and neck slow turning.
Hip opening stretch by stretching arms up, over to the side, centering, and bowing forward.
Jill also demonstrated how to get up from the floor for weavers who may need help getting up from under the loom.
She took questions and comments and the program ended at 7:00 p.m.
President Vickie chaired the guild meeting following the yoga presentation. Dues are needed. Since CNCH conference registration opens Nov. 1, only members get the reduced prices. It was suggested that Joan’s dues be donated to the CNCH scholarship fund (Addendum: the Executive Board increased the scholarship donation to $100 on October 28)
Vickie reminded those participating in the service projects that the red scarves are due by December 1. The Smuggles pet beds will be accepted by both Pam M and Wendy L if Vickie’s house is not convenient.
For members doing the Tones project, touch samples are available at Pam’s for pickup. Vilija and Vickie showed their projects. Pam is willing to have small groups to do the tones carding on the electric carder if people don’t want to bother carding as a single user.
Future meetings: November 17 meeting is early due to Thanksgiving. Our speaker is member, Tineke J. who will introduce us to the oldest sheep breed in the Netherlands. She hopes to have delivery of touch samples in time for the talk.
December 19, Sunday, will be our holiday gathering and sheep ornament exchange. Our hostess, Tineke J., has asked that only Covid vaccinated people come to her home. There is a lovely loggia right outside the entertainment area (kitchen) for those who also prefer to be outside. The view from there is priceless. Tineke will provide beverages and there will be tongs available to pick up the cookies brought by those attending! If you would like other nourishment, bring your own snacks. The festivities will go from 1:00 to 3:00 p.m. The ornament exchange is for handmade or purchased sheep ornaments and participation is voluntary, just come and party! The parking area would benefit by car pooling, if possible.
The in-person Friday spinner’s gathering will resume after the holidays. Watch your email for information.
Show and Tell:
Vilija showed pictures of the hand made regalia she wore at the re-enactment at Fort Quiatenon of the 1780-90's French-Indian era. About 10,000 people attend the weekend closest to the first full moon in October. Many people camp out and participate in the daily parade. Costumes and structures are to be authentic (no polyester!). This is in the Lafayette, IN, area.
Other items shown were lovely skeins, one of which was from Nicole carding the ghosts of old socks (dryer lint) with old wool to make Christmas stockings. There was a skein spun with locks included in, skeins of hundreds of yards of Meridian Jacobs done with color flecks and sparkle.
There were sweaters for gnomes and great grandchildren,
We were photo bombed by a prize winning, beautiful dog.
There were also many heartfelt, deeply emotional thoughts and memories shared about our time with Joan A, reinforcing our sense of loss.
Give Vickie a week or so to get the video of Jill’s program available for us to view or review for members only. We said goodnight at 8:20 p.m.
Linda B.
And a couple of good videos recommended by members:
https://www.facebook.com/cnliziqi/videos/739439426397017
Raising and processing silkworms and the silk
https://clemes.com/good-clean-fiber/
From the Clemes newsletter