CWSG

CWSG January Monthly Meeting
2026-01-20 18:00 - 20:00 UTC | Bethel Baptist Church and Zoom, 201 E Old Plank Rd, Columbia, 65203, United States
6:00 Social and Library Time
6:30 Business meeting Zoom available for Business meeting only. Guest speaker is in person this evening.
Dissecting a Sweater:
Our gifted and talented member, Robin Elletson, took on a challenge last year. She started dissecting a complicated color-work sweater left unfinished by our dearly departed friend, Jenny Sennott. Her goal was to establish a pattern, finish the knit and wear it proudly. Join us for a discussion about how she did it and how you could consider doing something similar yourself.
7:30 Spin In with Kate Dodig
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Fiber Open House
2026-01-31 10:00 - 14:00 | Boone Electric Cooperatve Community Room, 1413 Rangeline St, Columbia, 65201, United States
5th Saturday Fiber Open House

The first 5th Saturday in 2026 is January 31.
Come by Boone Electric Cooperative Community Room
10AM-2PM
This is open to the public so please invite your friends. At 10:30, our Librarians (Susan Burpo, Cathy Huckins, Jan Berry, and Gabe Corley) will show us how to use Library Thing to search our library’s resources. Much of the Guild’s documents are now being stored on the google drive with links provided for accessing them. At 1, there will be a “How do I do that” session on how to access and upload files to the Guild’s google drive. Bring your laptop, tablet, or phone.

CWSG February meeting 2026
2026-03-17 18:00 - 20:00 | Bethel Baptist Church and Zoom, 201 E Old Plank Rd, Columbia, 65203, United States
Local Materials and Basket Weaving- Ann McGinity
6:00 Social and Library Time
6:30 Business meeting Zoom available for Business meeting only. Guest speaker is in person this evening.
Local Plant Materials in Basketry
Ann McGinity will be joining us for a talk on using local plant materials to make art baskets. Her knowledge and expertise in using local materials from her travels are always an adventure to hear. From the artist: “My first baskets were woven with natural materials, gathered at the Oregon coast, or in the protected forests. A group of us kept each other informed of when and where there were materials to be gathered, and techniques for many resources, including cedar, cherry bark, spruce root, kelp, sedge, willow, and others. So many opportunities for developing style and technique came from gatherings and workshops within this group.
Next came time and space to develop dyeing and color with commercial materials, using both natural ingredients and commercial products, often paired with open weaves and undulating shapes. This phase made me more prolific in developing my shaping and creating tones within varied weaving levels, as well as incorporating non-traditional materials, such as metals and pottery.”
7:30 Ann McGinity will be joining us for a talk on using local plant materials to make art baskets. Her knowledge and expertise in using local materials from her travels are always an adventure to hear.
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CWSG March Meeting 2026
2026-03-17 18:00 - 20:00 | Bethel Baptist Church and Zoom, 201 E Old Plank Rd, Columbia, 65203, United States
Dressing a Loom, Back to Front
6:00 Social and Library Time
6:30 Business meeting Zoom available for Business meeting only. Guest speaker is in person this evening.
7:00 Dressing a loom using the back to front method
Jenny Chicone and Cathy Huckins will be demonstrating dressing a loom in this unique way. We look forward to hearing their tips and tricks from their years of experience and excellence in weaving on more than 4 shaft looms.
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CWSG April 2026 Meeting
2026-04-21 18:00 - 20:00 | Bethel Baptist Church and Zoom, 201 E Old Plank Rd, Columbia, 65203, United States
The History of Rug Hooking in Missouri
We will welcome Mary Barile, a expert and historian on rug hooking
6:00 Social and Library Time
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7:00
The History of Rug Hooking in Missouri
From Mary’s Linked In: I am first and foremost, an historian (PhD, theatre history, University of Missouri), with interests in the arts and popular culture, and have written articles and books about American hauntings, theatre, and music. I have received a Missouri Humanities Council award for public service. But my real passion is the traditional arts and folk art, in particular, American hooked rugs. I have been a rug hooker for most of my life, and am an expert dyer and designer, with a focus on reproducing antique designs for modern hooking artists. I am the author of the first book about rug hooking in the American Midwest, and have organized major rug hooking exhibits, including at the Missouri State Capitol, in honor of the state’s 2021 bicentennial. I work with galleries and historic societies to promote and recognize rug hooking for its importance as a folk art and to outreach to artists and craftspeople who are interested in learning the skill. In 2018, I founded a Missouri guild with the Association of Traditional Hooking Artists, and had the governor of Missouri recognize May 2020 as the state rug hooking month. I served on the ATHA Biennial board, for the 2022 biennial in Kansas City, KS. I have made presentations about rug hooking to community and state groups, and seek out new ways to communicate the story of rug hooking to the public. I would like to see more academic work being done in the area of rug hooking and popular culture. I was recently selected for the Traditional Arts Apprenticeship Program (Missouri Folks Arts), as a master teacher in the field of rug hooking.
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Guild Challenge Meeting
2026-05-19 18:00 - 20:00 | Bethel Baptist Church and Zoom, 201 E Old Plank Rd, Columbia, 65203, United States
Guild Challenge meeting and extended Show and Tell by Study Groups. (at our regular meeting)

Experimenting with Twining Workshop
2026-05-30 10:00 - 14:00 | Boone Electric Cooperatve Community Room, 1413 Rangeline St, Columbia, 65201, United States
Experimenting with Twining workshop sponsored by Como Craftcycle. Feel free to participate in this workshop or just join us to sit and craft for a while! We would love to see you. Please visit Como Craftcycle for more information on the web and to register.

Annual Picnic
2026-06-16 18:00 - 20:00 | Boone Electric Cooperatve Community Room, 1413 Rangeline St, Columbia, 65201, United States
Bring a dish to share, your membership dues for next year and a project you are working on to share. Please bring your own service and cutlery.
