Braided Tail for Handy Magnifying Card. Kathy Warner will lead the group in making a braided tail to attach to a magnifying card. Magnifying cards are invaluable in your purse, at your reading chair, and especially at your loom. The guild will provide yarn, magnifying cards, and split rings for you to assemble your own finished project. You may also bring your own thrums to braid your cord. It’ll be a fun activity and you’ll go home with a useful tool.

Weaving Card Game. SWG will be playing the Weaver’s Poker Game designed by Laurie Autio and Elaine Palmer, inspired by the game in Ann Sutton and Diane Sheehan’s book, IDEAS IN WEAVING.

Everyone in attendance will be broken into 5 or 6 groups/tables. Members will be encouraged to sit with those they do not know, and more experienced weavers will be assigned to the groups/tables to help the novice weavers at each table.

There are six decks: Weave Structure; Color & Design; Fiber, Grist & Yarn Structure; Final Use; I Am Inspired By…; and Pimp My Weave! Each group/table can decide if they want to deal out all the cards of the six decks or just deal out one card per deck to each weaver. The weavers can discard any cards they do not like and keep choosing another card until they find one that they like. Each weaver will decide what they are going to weave to fulfill the requirements named on the 6 cards held in their hand. Each weaver at each table will then tell those at their table what they are weaving. Lastly, each group/table will choose one weaver to represent them and tell everyone at the picnic what they are weaving. Bring your sense of humor and have fun! Paper and pens will be distributed for note taking.