DCWS Meeting - April 28

Felting with Nancy Wesley

Our guest speaker was Nancy Wesley.

Nancy does needle felting and was visiting us from Duncan. 

Visit her website HERE

She described how she became a fiber artist and developed her enterprise. She creates her own needle felting works and offers a wide variety of items:

Needle felted octopus

Needle felting kit

Felting paperback book written by her

Workshop - Wet Felting are available

Hand-dyed Roving

Needle felting tools

DCWS Meeting - April 14th

 Show & Tell and magazine review

It is always very interesting and especially inspiring to discover our members completed and/or ongoing projects. In addition, it is an excellent opportunity to share a magazine article or a book which stimulates our fibre passion.

Marie-José is proud to show her newest woven rugs. The book written by Angie Parker entitled Krokbragd Contemporay Weaving with Colour helped Marie-José to explore this technique. 

Kathleen is showing a vest she knitted with yarn received at Christmas

JoAnne explains how she recreated a Shetland pattern she saw earlier. It has been laborious but she succeeded!

Helen shows a shawl woven with yarn (wool and silk) the she spun. Beautiful!

Joyce shows us two scarves woven with wool and silk. The technique used is deflected double weave. Beautiful colors! 

Johanne is showing us a vest she knitted.

She is also showing us a scarf given to her by a friend. It has been woven on a computer harness loom. Impressive!

Thanks everyone for sharing your projects.

DCWS Meeting - March 24th

Knitting Machine Demonstration

Kathleen Fraser, guild member, demonstrated how to use a knitting machine. 

Kathleen showed us samples she made and explained how it is done. It was so interesting to discover the possibilities offered by the knitting machine, learn about her process and see her projects completed with the knitting machine.

It's amazing what can be done with a knitting machine! Thanks Kathleen for your presentation!

Punch Card for pattern

Punch Card for Pattern

Knitting Machine Magazines

Sweater completed with the Knitting Machine

DCWS Meeting: February 10

Our guest speaker was Kairee, owner of Chaotic Fibres. 

Chaotic Fibres is an online shop and is a wonderful source for wool, alpaca, mohair, angora, silk, and other natural hand dyed fibres suitable for spinning, felting, weaving, and knitting. She is also selling quality fibre art tools and supplies.

We are fortunate that she lives in Brentwood Bay where she operates her business. Chaotic Fibres had products that we could purchase.

Access to Chaotic Fibres website HERE

DCWS Meeting - January 27th

 Guest speaker: Jill from Jill’s Fibres 

Jill spoke to us about her fibre journey.  Jill is a fibre artist, hand dyer and supporter of the Vancouver Island Fibreshed. She is a master spinner and focuses on wool, mohair and other fibres produced on Vancouver Island and the Islands.  

As an independent business woman, Jill sells her yarn and fibre at various fibre events.  Jill brought samples of her products to show us and they were available for purchase if anyone wished to shop.  

Jill has such a history! It has been a very interesting presentation.

Access to Jill's Fibres Blog HERE

DCWS Meeting: January 13th

First 2026 Meeting 

Show & Tell and magazines / books review

Everyone is happy to be together again. Several announcements were made, including one informing us that our guild will have a sale at the beginning of October 2026 at the ArtSea Gallery located at theTulista Park, Sidney BC.

Several of us participated in the Show & Tell. 

Marie-José showed the rugs she has woven. The highlight is the latest one woven using the Krokgbragd structure. She brought the book written by Angie Parker which helped her to understand the technique.

Johanne make knitted felted slippers.

Wendy brought a BC wool skein made by Newavefibre.

 Jan told us a funny story about spinning this wool. The result and the colors are beautiful.

Also, she brought a blanket she made with mohair and wool.

Alix showed us fibre given to her by a friend. Looks interesting!

Heather brought a felted elf. She explained how she made a Christmas tree using a string made with a Turkish knot on her new loom.

JoAnne brought tea towels she made ( 8/2 cotton, 18 epi).

Beautiful projects and information. Thanks to everyone who participated to our first Show & Tell of the year.

DCWS Meeting: December 9th

 

Best Wishes for the Holiday Season and 2026

Last Tuesday's lunch concluded our series of meetings for this autumn to a joyful close. It was in a whirlwind of conversations, eating delicious little dishes offered by everyone and gifts from the Guild that we reiterated our friendship and passion for fiber.

Thanks to all for your participation and collaboration in the organization of the event. It was a success!!

On behalf of everyone in the Guild, I wish you all the best for the Holiday Season and for the New Year. See you all soon; our next meeting is on January 13th 2026.

DCWS Meeting: November 11

Show & Tell Week

Many of our members took advantage of the Show & Tell to present their projects and, in doing so, ask for advice if needed.

Looking to empty their stash, it should also be noted that a few members gave away magazines as well as wool.

Thank you all for participating so actively in this Rememberance Day gathering.

Here is our Show & Tell

Cathy

Gnome

Helen

Hat and handwoven placemats

She created her own pattern for the hat

Alix

Knitted vest - handspun wool

JoAnne

Handspun, silk, wool, mohair sweaters

Marie-José

Socks and cowl

Marilyn

Blanket: Crochet - wool

Vest

Knitted bear

Shawl

Raelene

Knitted blanket for her daughter

Handwoven towels

Cathy

Sweater