Happy New Year everyone! How can it possibly be 2013? Well … it is! We wish you all the best.
Wicker with Nature’s Bounty
Do you love beautiful baskets? Have you ever wanted to make one of your own? Did you know that in just two days you can make a basket? We have one spot available for Joan Carrigan’s workshop next weekend, Saturday January 19 and Sunday January 20. The workshop includes a gourmet lunch each day and if you’re coming from off island we also have space left for farmstay. Give us a call 250-537-9468.
Know your Fibre, Know your Wheel, 2 Spots Left!
Do you really know your wheel, do you? I mean, really? No seriously, do you? Do you know how and when to use your whorls? Do you know how to balance the tension between your flyer and drive band? Do you know when to adjust your treadling? Can you go from spinning a downy wool to tussah silk in 60 seconds? (that last part is a joke).
Well, if you’ve answered no to any of these questions, run to the phone right now and sign up for Know Your Fibre, Know Your Wheel on January 26 & 27 (Sat & Sun).
Everyone’s a Winner!
I did some thinking over the holidays and realized that I need to spend my advertising budget in a different way. Instead of giving it to a big magazine, we’re going to give it to you! Every time you place an order at JST, no matter what size, your name will go in a draw box. Each quarter, some lucky person will be the winner of a $250 gift certificate. Yes, we’re trying buy your loyalty! (typical Jane humour). We support you on the phone, with our helpline, on Ravelry and now we reward you when you support us.
By the way, our $500 Win Yourself and Awesome Christmas Present went to Roz Wallace of Victoria, B.C. and our second place spinning retreat went to Linda Knowles of Vancouver.
Who knows, you might be the next person to win!
Natural Dye Workshop
We are so happy to tell you that JST is hosting a very special Natural Dye Workshop being offered this summer by Charllotte Kwon August 28, 29 & 30 and there are only twelve spots.
Charllotte Kwon is the owner of Maiwa Handprints Ltd. and the director of the Maiwa Foundation. Through Maiwa, Charllotte also runs a textile archive and research library located on Granville Island. Under her direction Maiwa has produced four documentary films and a number of print publications. She also guides Maiwa’s substantial web presence.
Charllotte travels extensively each year to research handcraft and to supplement her natural-dye research. Always looking to extend natural dye use, she also teaches dyeing workshops with artisans around the world and has planned a series of natural dye masterclasses to bring exceptional practising artisans together.
Colour & Design
In June 2012, I taught my workshop Colour and Design at Olds College in Alberta. I had 12 wonderful students who decided to do a tea towel exchange so that they could put into practice some of the theory they learned in the workshop. I have photographed all of the towels and created a new document for the helpline describing their design process and showing all the towels. If you liked the information on selvedges, then I’m sure you’ll like this.
Dyed Yarns
We just wanted to give you an update on our dyed yarns. They’re coming along quite beautifully. Cheryl is working on the final set of samples and hopefully we will have them ready to roll by our next newsletter. 13 exquisite yarns in 32 exquisite colours.
