Everyone came away a winner from the recent KAWS (Kansas Alliance of Weavers and Spinners) 2017 conference in Lawrence!  There was plenty of good camaraderie, great vendor booths and a wide variety of classes and activities.

Our guild brought home a couple of extra bragging rights… we won the prize for the guild table display, and our representative Gail Kliewer won the spinning-with-a-spindle-wearing-rubber-gloves contest!

Several members went to the Landers farm for the Statewide Dye Day as well, and obviously didn’t spend all their time dyeing.

Enjoy the eye candy!

Gail Kliewer wins the spindle spinning competition!

You think spinning is tricky? Try it wearing rubber gloves!

From the tapestry weaving session

Wichita guild’s table display

Paula Smith’s rug

Paula Smith’s felt hat

Nancy Squire’s weaving

Mary Sue Foster’s dyed yarn and dip-dyed purse

Lavonna Morgan and Paula Smith’s dyed ‘cupcakes’ and Susan de Wit’s bracelet

Mary Sue Foster’s polychrome crackle weave

Janet Hamous’ felt hat

Fiber Fusion project

Cindy Finnessy’s waffle weave towels

Barb Griffith’s Happy Towels

Prize basket for the guild table display

Karen Bridgewater & Gail Kliewer

Dye pots at Dye Day

Ready to hand paint!

April Nilsen loves on a baby goat