Also, we have two “mini-workshops” coming up on spinning. February we’ll be doing tuning your spinning wheel and in March we’ll have drop spindling. (Note that these aren’t full-blown workshops. Just a way to get together and learn from more experienced spinners. No fee is involved.)

Don’t forget to check our announcements page for important information.

New programming:

• Our programming schedule has been updated thru April, with a new speaker for our February meeting. Lisa Morrisette, of the Dayton Art Institute, is coming in to discuss an exciting new exhibit of contemporary Chinese textiles. Go check out the February programming tab for more information.

• We have two teams for our March “Fleece to Hat” contest. More are welcome, however. Karren is handling that, so make sure you let her know if you’re going to participate.

• April will be Dr. Rivera-Strohm, who is also teaching a workshop in that month.

Updates to the site:

• Announcements: I’ve been making some changes to the way the site looks. If you look at the menu line at the top of the screen you’ll see that there’s an additional item – Announcements – for you to visit. That’s where I’ll be putting help wanted messages or the like.

• Gallery: I’ve started putting up some pictures from the meetings. If you have photos you think would help the site, pass them to me.

• Calendar/Programming: If you hover your cursor over the Programming menu item under the Calendar, you’ll see more menu options, one for each upcoming month. You can still get an overview of Programming by selecting that menu item (just like you can get a full overview by selecting Calendar) but if you select a specific month you’ll get a full listing of information about the program for that month.

I will be beginning to write blog posts once a week here. Let me know if it gets to be too much.

♦ The Preparing Washed Fleece for Handspinning class has been moved to February 11, 2012.

♦ The Cincinnati Guild has contacted us to let us know that they still have two openings for their Doubleweave Workshop with Jennifer Moore.

I've changed the look of the Calendar tab to make things simpler. Rather than repeat the same information everywhere, the top of the Calendar tab will simply reflect the titles of the year's schedule. There are links from there to the tab associated with an item, so if you want further information, follow them.

January is a busy month for us. Karren's setting up a Field Trip to see the Nick Cave exhibit down in Cincinnati, we have a Share Day on what would be our usual meeting night at Diane Remmer's, there's the Small Loom Study Group and two classes on Fleece management preparatory to doing the Fleece to Hat contest. You have started forming teams, right? Make sure to contact Karren to let her know.

I'm in the midst of working up a Gallery for our photos. It's still in process of creation right now but keep an eye on it to see what I do there. Also, if you have photos you think should be added, let me know. I'll be glad to put them in. Keep them smaller, though, to save bandwidth.

If you see any problems with the site, make sure to let me know. Also, post me a note if you have any ideas to be added.

Thanks all. Let's have a great year in textiles!

Deborah J. Brown

Webmaster – WGMV

Ellen, our Newsletter Editor, has reminded us all that if we have anything for the newsletter, be it articles or photos, she needs it by January 29th.

Our upcoming events include the January Field Trip down to the Nick Cave exhibit on the 21st. ERRATUM: The .PDF says Karren needs a response by February 17th. I believe that should be January 17th instead.

We also have the Small Loom Study group coming up. ERRATUM: I had that down for the wrong day for the upcoming month. It's always set for the first Saturday of the month, which will be January 7th, 2012 this time round.

Don't forget to sign up for the Fleece to Cap contest. There are small workshop/classes coming up for people to learn how to do the required segments of the contest.

I've been working out how to set up a Member Gallery. There's still too much work to be done to call it ready but if you have photos you think would be good for that, send them to me.

Also, remember that this website always needs feedback and information. I'll accept guest blogs from those of you who have something they'd like to share with the guild and suggestions on how to make things better.

Thanks to all and I'll see you Next Year!

Karren was able to give me more info on the upcoming events. We won't be having a January meeting, since that almost always gets snowed out.(Watch it be dry and sunny this time) but that we ARE going to do some things in January. Check our Classes tab for a list of demonstrations for the Fleece to Hat competition (you ARE going to join that, right?) and our Programs tab for more information on the Nick Cave field trip. Karren's the person to go to on that one, so make sure you call her if you're interested in the trip.

I'm told that there are still a few of you not getting updated on these posts. I'd appreciate if if those of you who do get an update were to drop me an email at kosagi@woh.rr.com. (If the link over there doesn't work, just copy the email into your email send field.) If you are visiting the site looking for an update and didn't get anything via email, definitely let me know.

Thanks to everyone and have a great Holiday season, whichever holiday or holidays you celebrate.