Our next public outreach will be November 11 at Mill Creek Forge. The hours are 10 – 4 for “Stepping Back in Time,” which is jointly sponsored by Mill Creek Forge and Westmoore Pottery. The loom has a warp wound on, but still needs the heddles to be threaded. Louella did a massive task of hand-tying 400 string heddles to replace the old frayed ones! An amazing accomplishment in one week! Jackie, Cindy, Teri and Linda will work on finishing the warping prior to the big day. All members are encouraged to come out on “Stepping Back in Time” day and bring a fiber craft to work on. Spinners are needed, but any heritage fiber work will be welcome. There will be lots of other crafters to visit as well. Plan to bring a chair and your lunch if you are staying for a while.

Sandhills Handweavers Guild Members demonstrate textile crafts

at “Stepping Back in Time”

Members Linda and Teresa demonstrated fiber crafts under the shelter

Linda brought a floor loom from home to demonstrate weaving

A friend of the Forge demonstrates spinning with flax

Diane, a former member, spins in a room full of spinning wheels

Amber shows how weaving was done an ancient loom

Teresa demonstrated Inkle Loom weaving