Spinning for Rigid Heddle – Weaving Variable Dent April 29, 2026. Wendy and Amy shared what they learned using the variable dent heddle. We have all received our variable dent heddle pieces, we all have our hared yarn, and are
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Hills and guild member activities. Activities of interest to the group
Eco Printing on Paper: Where Art and Science Meet in Real Time
February 25, 2026 meeting This month’s meeting will included a mini workshop titled Eco Printing on Paper. We used leaves and a solution of iron to create prints on paper
Read More2025 Fiber Advent Calendar
We had a full house volunter for our first annual Fiber Advent Calendar. Wendy and Amy coordinated the whole thing. In September, 24 members signed up to participate in the Fiber Advent Calendar. Each person was assigned a Secret Number,
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Dye Day 2025
Dye Day is August 23 at Wendy’s House
This year we will be dyeing a skein of yarn in a sequence of colors to make a mosaic knit cowl (or other project of your choosing). You choose and mix the colors, we provide instructions and assistance!. Attendees will get two skeins of yarn and 100 grams roving. We will be dying one skein of merino/silk yarn (246 yards) using a unique skeining and dipping technique and leaving one skein of mer
Spinning at Rodgers Ranch
An afternoon of spinning together at Rodgers Ranch in Pleasant Hill, to celebrate the finish line in the Tour de Fleece
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Tour de Fleece 2025
Treadles to Threads formed a Tour de Fleece team for 2025 with 18 members participating and TONS of spinning getting done.
Read MoreMarch 2025 Meeting: Supported Spindles
March 2025 Meeting March 26, 2025 – Supported Spindles7:00 pm, Pleasant Hill Senior Center, 233 Gregory Ln, Pleasant Hill, CA 94523 Meeting Slideshow is HERE This month’s Treadles to Threads meeting was all about Support Spindles. Our in-house expert, Carolyn B, will be led
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Charlie Needs a Cloak
Members of the spinning guild helped present at Storytime at the Martinez Library. Saturday, March 23, 2025 three guild members – Wendy, Amy, and Jane – co-starred at storytime at the Martinez Library. The book was Charlie Needs a Cloak, by
Read MoreField Trip to a Farm
November 2024, a group of us visited Jackie Post’s farm in Vacaville. We visited her sheep, alpaca, turkeys and guinea fowl. She demonstrated her mini-carding mill with fleece from one of her sheep. Her mill has 13 drums to card
Read MoreFiber Frolic 2023
Special thanks to Rothy’s for donating “Charmer Bundles” for giveaway to the first one hundred participants to enter the event. These cute little zippered bags with their bright-colored wristlets are going to be great for notions and small fiber tools!
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