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Welcome to the Carmel Crafts Guild Membership Application (Please print)
It is time to pay your 2025 dues. Please send your $35.00 to
Carmel Crafts Guild
PO Box 32
Pacific Grove, CA 93950
Now also accepting Zelle.
President: Simone Morton Past President: Dawn Sare
1st VP Programs: Ann Clarke & Susan Elliott 2nd VP Membership: Megan Fuller
Secretary: Becky Hartman & Kristi Nelson Treasurer: Sue Pinckney
Newsletter: Carolyn Schwartz
Regular meetings are held the 3rd Saturday of the month, (unless otherwise noted) from 10:00 am to 12:00 noon. We will be meeting in the Wool Room at the Monterey County Fairgrounds. Enter Gate 4.
Next Regular Meeting
January 18th, 2025
Learn how to create beautiful Japanese braids using the ancient art of Kumihimo. Our own Ann Pettit will be teaching us. There will be a materials fee of $10.00 as Ann will be providing discs & thread. You may also bring your own equipment, (no foam discs, please). You must sign up in advance by contacting Ann Pettit through the Carmel Crafts Guild email. Use “Braiding” as the subject.
This is a beginning class, and should be taken if you plan to take the advanced Kumihimo class at CNCH which will be taught by Michael Hattori.
February 15 2025
The Weaving Structure Group will be presenting their Block Weave samples. In her 2022 article in Handwoven magazine, Madelyn Van Der Hooght defines a block weave this way. “Block weaves are structures in which groups of warp and weft threads can produce two different-looking interlacements, one that identify as “pattern,” the other as “background.” We look forward to seeing, and getting inspiration from, all the brilliant weaves this hardworking group put together in 2024.
Upcoming Events
Conference of Northern California Handweavers 2025 CNCH will be held at Asilomar in Monterey on April 24-27, 2025. Early bird registration; if you register by March 5, the cost is $500.00. The cost goes up to $550.00 after that. There is also a required room rental of $285.00/night double occupancy. Registration opens January 15, 2025 at 9:00 PDT and closes March 21, 2025 at 5:00 PDT. There are two scholarships available, one for $500.00 from CNCH (application due 12/12/24), and one from Carmel Crafts Guild for $500.00 Please Copy into a new doc to email, or Print & Mail. Application deadline is December 31st.
Rockin’ Braids and Bands Conference: The conference will be held jointly between the American Kumihimo Society and The Braid Society at Case Western Reserve University (CWRU), Cleveland, Ohio from Sunday June 15 to Saturday, June 21, 2025. Registration is open.
MAFA Hands On Conference June 26-29th 2025 at Millersville University, PA. They are currently accepting proposals for workshops in weaving, spinning, dyeing, felting, sewing/pattern-drafting (especially with hand-made cloth), surface embellishment, braiding, knitting/crochet, and more. Proposals must be in by Midnight (Eastern) March 24.
Flock Fiber Festival August 8-10, 2025 Mark your calendars - Flock Fiber Festival is coming back to Seattle, August 8-10, 2025!!! Keep checking back on their website for more info.
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