Mt Lassen Fiber Guild

A successful (and WARM!)
day at the Patrick Ranch Threshing Bee 🐝 today. Visitors were so interested in our "Sheep-To-Shawl" group project, during which we carded, spun, and wove some lovely alpaca. Such a fun event! 🥰

Join us today, 6/7/26, for the 49er Faire at the Centerville Schoolhouse in Butte Creek Canyon! Lots of old-timey crafts, gold panning, arts & crafts & plants for sale, live music, fabulous food, and tours of the Colman Museum! Til 3 pm, 13548 Centerville Road 

The wonderful annual 49er Faire is Sunday, June 7th, 9 am to 3 pm, Centerville Schoolhouse, 13548 Centerville Rd., Butte Creek Canyon. Lots of food, demos, handcrafted items for sale, raffle/auction, plant sale, and LIVE music! Mt. Lassen Fiber Guild members will be doing demos of spinning, weaving, etc. Grab some pancakes at the Honey Run Covered Bridge fundraiser on your way! (8 - 11 am)
Honey Run Covered Bridge - Official Page

Fabulous day at the Chico Art Faire! It's always so gratifying to see the interest in the wonderful world of fiber arts.  🥰

At our 4/18/26 meeting, President Char Pias presented a wonderful slideshow of her recent trip to Peru, and says: 

"Grateful for an extraordinary journey to Peru 🇵🇪
I spent 9 immersive days studying tapestry weaving with master artist Máximo Laura—an inspiring, generous teacher and one of Peru’s most celebrated weavers. Our group included 18 students from 8 countries, creating a rich, creative exchange of culture and technique.

I also joined a 4-day cultural extension with 9 fellow weavers—visiting the breathtaking Machu Picchu, exploring the Sacred Valley, and spending a memorable day learning traditional botanical dyeing.

Deep appreciation for the artistry, history, and community woven into every moment of this experience."

From MLFG President Char Pias: "Great turnout (2/6/26) at the Redding opening of the mixed-media art exhibition 'Woven Together by our Roots, Land and Experiences!' My tapestry 'Threads without Borders' emerged from an intuitive, free-style process that allowed pattern and landscape to unfold organically. Bands of color form sky, mountain, and earth, drawing from the mountainous region near Delphi, where my Greek ancestors lived. The work reflects a sense of place shaped by memory, continuity, and relationship to land.

While traveling in Oaxaca, Mexico, I visited the ancient Zapotec site of Mitla, where the Greca motif appears throughout the architecture. Weaving this tapestry in Oaxaca, I recognized a profound visual resonance between the Zapotec Greca and the Greek Key or Meander, a symbol of continuity, unity, and the eternal flow of life. This shared pattern, encountered across cultures and centuries, became central to the work. In the upper field, small cloud forms contain the Greek Mati, offering a subtle protective presence within the landscape."

Exhibit through 2/27/26, Old City Hall, Redding

Many thanks to Guild member Linda Hilgeman for teaching her egg basket workshop following our general meeting of 11/16/24. 

Jeannie Kaiser and Louisa Hunter from Auburn taught an Eco Dyeing workshop today at Rebecca Shelly's lovely Weft & Willow studio today!

Such a great beaded macramé bracelet class at today’s Guild meeting, taught by member Virginia McLaren… fabulous!

The sheep to shawl team “the Mt Lassen Lassies “ completed this shawl in 2021 Lambtown’s virtual competition. The raffle of this shawl took place September 16th at the General Meeting & Michelle Gillespie won the shawl. Michelle purchased her winning ticket at the Centerville 49’er fair this past June. Congratulations Michelle!