workshops - Anchorage Weavers and Spinners Guild

workshops - Anchorage Weavers and Spinners Guild

March 2012
Issue 3
ANCHORAGE WEAVERS
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NEXT MEETING: Saturday, March 10, 2012
At the Anchorage Museum in the Reynolds Classroom
President’s Message Guild members available for assistance
Guild Challenge -­-­ “Eye of the Beholder”
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Note: I apologize for the premature announcements of this workshop during the January member meeting. The May 2012 dates are wrong. The current dates are November 16 -­ 18, the weekend before Thanksgiving. The registration information will be out soon.
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THANKS FOR DONATED YARNS
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Far North Fibers
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