The 2020 Show & Tell
NOTE TO THE WOOLWRIGHTS & OUR FOLLOWERS - Because of the shutdown of the country as a result of the COVID 19 coronavirus, the Woolwrights have cancelled all meetings at our usual meeting place. We are now only going to be meeting through ZOOM online.
MAY 8, 2020
THE WOOLWRIGHTS
FIRST ZOOM MEETING
THE WOOLWRIGHTS
FIRST ZOOM MEETING
During this time of the COVID 19 virus here in the United States and around the world, we have had to change our lives in many ways. The Woolwrights have not been able to meet since February and our board made the deicision to upgrade a ZOOM program online so that our members can see each other's faces and our rugs and share our thoughts and feelings of sadness, concern, and happiness just to be with our friends. ZOOM is something that is new to all of us, but we did have a meeting on May 8, 2020, at 10:00 AM and we were able to meet for a two hour period which was a lot of fun. Of course, there are little glitches that can be worked on as we become more aware of the program, but all in all, it was a great meeting! We had as many as 26 members on screen at one time. We even held an election for our new officers.
So, the Woolwrights will be meeting in this fashion until we can all join together again. We will have our usual meeting on the second Friday of each month and we hope to have our talented members have online workshops from time to time. Invitations to our meetings will be sent out early by email on the day of the meeting and you can follow the directions to join in on the conversation and Show & Tell.
So, the Woolwrights will be meeting in this fashion until we can all join together again. We will have our usual meeting on the second Friday of each month and we hope to have our talented members have online workshops from time to time. Invitations to our meetings will be sent out early by email on the day of the meeting and you can follow the directions to join in on the conversation and Show & Tell.
Thank you to Nancy "G" Greene for taking the
screenshots during our ZOOM meeting.
screenshots during our ZOOM meeting.
WOOLWRIGHTS OFFICERS
Below are our newly elected officers for 2020 and our outgoing officers. (We will get a group photo when we all come together again.) Thank you to the all of you for volunteering your time and energy to support the Woolwrights. (To see the full photo and description, click on each photo.)
February 14, 2020
HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY
HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY
We are now in the middle of February and here in Lancaster County, we have had the very smallest of winters so far. The time will be changing soon and spring will be arriving next month.
The Woolwrights gathered together once again for a very special day and we were so excited to have our friend, member, and guest speaker, Judy Carter, tell us the story of her rug hooking career. Judy's story became one of the most inspirational, educational, interesting, and fun stories that we have been able to enjoy over the years. She told us of how she got started rug hooking by happening upon a hooked rug that could not be identified and explained just how important it is for us all to label our rugs with our story for people in the future who may come upon one of our treasured works. Judy gave encouragement by saying there should be no rules to rug hooking, but to follow your heart and your own inspiration to hook the rug that you love. She told stories of finding solutions to ideas that she had for a rug and just going with an idea and ending up with something that suits the rug beautifully. We saw some of Judy's first rugs and some of her most recent artistic endeavors and it was a great day! The Woolwrights were so blessed to have Judy with us to hear of her inspiration, her love of rug hooking, and the "faith" in living our days through our art. Thank you, Judy.
The Woolwrights gathered together once again for a very special day and we were so excited to have our friend, member, and guest speaker, Judy Carter, tell us the story of her rug hooking career. Judy's story became one of the most inspirational, educational, interesting, and fun stories that we have been able to enjoy over the years. She told us of how she got started rug hooking by happening upon a hooked rug that could not be identified and explained just how important it is for us all to label our rugs with our story for people in the future who may come upon one of our treasured works. Judy gave encouragement by saying there should be no rules to rug hooking, but to follow your heart and your own inspiration to hook the rug that you love. She told stories of finding solutions to ideas that she had for a rug and just going with an idea and ending up with something that suits the rug beautifully. We saw some of Judy's first rugs and some of her most recent artistic endeavors and it was a great day! The Woolwrights were so blessed to have Judy with us to hear of her inspiration, her love of rug hooking, and the "faith" in living our days through our art. Thank you, Judy.
Note: Click on the photos to see larger views.
NOTE: There will be a special exhibition at Sauder Village in August 2020 featuring Judy and her work.
The following rugs are being hooked by our members:
January 10, 2020 - Happy New Year from the Woolwrights Rug Hooking Guild! We return this year with our members looking forward to a great year! We have many exciting workshops and pop-up lessons for our meetings this year. We invite all of our followers to enjoy our website and you are always welcome to join us here in Lancaster County!
January 10, 2020 - We start the new year off today in almost spring-like weather with excitement for the upcoming days, with comfort for our members in need of compassion and love, and with laughter which brightens all of our days. Our first meeting of the new year was a great meeting with the Woolwrights sharing all types of creative work. We were able to view Russian hooking, quilting, appliqueing, punch hooking, and, of course, rug hooking. Darlene gave us a "pop-up" demonstration of Russian hooking which is just beautiful. We are looking forward to the upcoming months with demonstrations from many of our own members who will be sharing some of their favorite tips and ideas.
