{"id":21444,"date":"2024-09-24T11:55:37","date_gmt":"2024-09-24T18:55:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anwgconference.org\/?p=21444"},"modified":"2024-09-24T11:57:50","modified_gmt":"2024-09-24T18:57:50","slug":"a-souvenir-for-tomorrow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/anwgconference.org\/archive\/2025\/a-souvenir-for-tomorrow\/","title":{"rendered":"A Souvenir for Tomorrow"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">I admit it. I\u2019m a sucker for a good souvenir. When I was young, I liked t-shirts. (Those were the wash-and-wear days of a very young family.) I\u2019ll admit to a brief flirtation with spoon collecting. But recently, I\u2019ve gone in for fiber\u2014more accurately yarn. I love making a sweater and thinking, \u201cThis one came from Charleston, South Carolina!\u201d Or, \u201cI knit this in Jerusalem.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">If, like me, you enjoy a good souvenir, you\u2019ll love the one you can take home from the ANWG 2025 conference in Yakima. As a weaver, is there anything better than a hand-woven towel?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Like so many conferences before us, the Yakima conference will feature a towel exchange. If you choose to bring a towel to conference, and you\u2019ll go home with a lovely hand-woven towel from another conference guest. It\u2019s a souvenir exchange of the very best kind!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">We know that weaving takes time, so we want to give you ample prep time for your souvenir planning. Maybe you\u2019ll weave an extra towel during the upcoming gift-giving season and tuck it away for Yakima! Here are the details from towel exchange chair, Ilze Tomsevics:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"\">You must be present at conference to participate.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\">Finished towels (hemmed, washed, dried, and pressed) must be 18\u201dX27\u201d or larger. (Smaller towels will be accepted, but in the small towel category).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\">Towels must be made of absorbent yarns.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\">We recommend cotton, hemp, linen, or cotton\/linen blends.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\">Recommended yarn sizes are: 2\/3, 5\/2, 8\/2, 10\/2, and 20\/2.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\">Using the conference colors is always a good idea, but you may use any colors.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\">Any weave structure is acceptable: twill, various laces, M&amp;O, overshot, crackle, summer &amp; winter, or plain weave.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\">Need more ideas? Color and structure ideas abound on Etsy, Pinterest, Google, and Handwoven Magazine.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">We already know that ANWG 2025 will be memorable. 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l0:level8&amp;amp;lt;br>\t{mso-level-number-format:bullet;&amp;amp;lt;br>\tmso-level-text:o;&amp;amp;lt;br>\tmso-level-tab-stop:none;&amp;amp;lt;br>\tmso-level-number-position:left;&amp;amp;lt;br>\ttext-indent:-.25in;&amp;amp;lt;br>\tfont-family:\"Courier New\";}&amp;amp;lt;br>@list l0:level9&amp;amp;lt;br>\t{mso-level-number-format:bullet;&amp;amp;lt;br>\tmso-level-text:\uf0a7;&amp;amp;lt;br>\tmso-level-tab-stop:none;&amp;amp;lt;br>\tmso-level-number-position:left;&amp;amp;lt;br>\ttext-indent:-.25in;&amp;amp;lt;br>\tfont-family:Wingdings;}&amp;amp;lt;br>&amp;amp;lt;br>-->&amp;amp;lt;br>I admit it. I\u2019m a sucker for a good souvenir. When I was young, I liked t-shirts. (those were the wash-and-wear days of a very young family) I\u2019ll admit to a brief flirtation with spoon collecting. But recently, I\u2019ve gone in for fiber\u2014more accurately yarn. I love making a sweater and thinking, \u201cThis one came from Charleston, South Carolina!\u201d Or, \u201cI knit this in Jerusalem.\u201dIf, like me, you enjoy a good souvenir, you\u2019ll love the one you can take home from the ANWG 2025 conference in Yakima. As a weaver, is there anything better than a hand-woven towel?Like so many conferences before us, the Yakima conference will feature a towel exchange. If you choose to bring a towel to conference, and you\u2019ll go home with a lovely hand-woven towel from another conference guest. It\u2019s a souvenir exchange of the very best kind!We know that weaving takes time, so we want to give you ample prep time for your souvenir planning. Maybe you\u2019ll weave an extra towel during the upcoming gift-giving season and tuck it away for Yakima! Here are the details from towel exchange chair, IlzeTomsevics:\u00a0&amp;amp;lt;span style=\"font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:&amp;lt;br>Symbol\">\u00b7&amp;amp;lt;span style=\"font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: &amp;amp;amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;amp;amp;quot;; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0&amp;amp;lt;\/span>&amp;amp;lt;\/span>You must be present at conference to participate.&amp;amp;lt;span style=\"font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:&amp;lt;br>Symbol\">\u00b7&amp;amp;lt;span style=\"font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: &amp;amp;amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;amp;amp;quot;; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0&amp;amp;lt;\/span>&amp;amp;lt;\/span>Finished towels (hemmed, washed, dried, and pressed) must be 18\u201dX27\u201d or larger. (Smaller towels will be accepted, but in the small towel category).\u00a0&amp;amp;lt;span style=\"font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:&amp;lt;br>Symbol\">\u00b7&amp;amp;lt;span style=\"font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: &amp;amp;amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;amp;amp;quot;; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0&amp;amp;lt;\/span>&amp;amp;lt;\/span>Towels must be made of absorbent yarns.&amp;amp;lt;span style=\"font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:&amp;lt;br>Symbol\">\u00b7&amp;amp;lt;span style=\"font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: &amp;amp;amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;amp;amp;quot;; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0&amp;amp;lt;\/span>&amp;amp;lt;\/span>We recommend cotton, hemp, linen, or cotton\/linen blends.&amp;amp;lt;span style=\"font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:&amp;lt;br>Symbol\">\u00b7&amp;amp;lt;span style=\"font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: &amp;amp;amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;amp;amp;quot;; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0&amp;amp;lt;\/span>&amp;amp;lt;\/span>Recommended yarn sizes are: 2\/3, 5\/2, 8\/2, 10\/2, and 20\/2.\u00a0&amp;amp;lt;span style=\"font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:&amp;lt;br>Symbol\">\u00b7&amp;amp;lt;span style=\"font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: &amp;amp;amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;amp;amp;quot;; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0&amp;amp;lt;\/span>&amp;amp;lt;\/span>Using the conference colors is always a good idea, but you may use any colors.\u00a0&amp;amp;lt;span style=\"font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:&amp;lt;br>Symbol\">\u00b7&amp;amp;lt;span style=\"font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: &amp;amp;amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;amp;amp;quot;; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0&amp;amp;lt;\/span>&amp;amp;lt;\/span>Any weave structure is acceptable: twill, various laces, M&amp;amp;amp;amp;O, overshot, crackle, summer &amp;amp;amp;amp; winter, or plain weave.&amp;amp;lt;span style=\"font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:&amp;lt;br>Symbol\">\u00b7&amp;amp;lt;span style=\"font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: &amp;amp;amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;amp;amp;quot;; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0&amp;amp;lt;\/span>&amp;amp;lt;\/span>Need more ideas? Color and structure ideas abound on Etsy, Pinterest, Google, and Handwoven Magazine.&amp;amp;lt;span style=\"font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:&amp;lt;br>Symbol\">\u00b7&amp;amp;lt;span style=\"font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: &amp;amp;amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;amp;amp;quot;; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0&amp;amp;lt;\/span>&amp;amp;lt;\/span>The Seattle Weavers Guild offers these awards: 2024 SWG Virginia Harvey Awards for Best Use of Color and Best Use of Design.&amp;amp;lt;o:p>\u00a0&amp;amp;lt;\/o:p>We already know that ANWG 2025 will be memorable. But how much fun would it be to think\u2014every time you dry your hands,\u00a0&amp;amp;lt;b>&amp;amp;lt;i>This towel came from that great conference in Yakima!&amp;amp;lt;\/i>&amp;amp;lt;\/b><\/style><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I admit it. I\u2019m a sucker for a good souvenir. When I was young, I liked t-shirts. (Those were the wash-and-wear days of a very young family.) I\u2019ll admit to a brief flirtation with spoon collecting. But recently, I\u2019ve gone in for fiber\u2014more accurately yarn. I love making a sweater and thinking, \u201cThis one came&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/anwgconference.org\/archive\/2025\/a-souvenir-for-tomorrow\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">A Souvenir for Tomorrow<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":161,"featured_media":21445,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21444","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/anwgconference.org\/archive\/2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21444","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/anwgconference.org\/archive\/2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/anwgconference.org\/archive\/2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anwgconference.org\/archive\/2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/161"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anwgconference.org\/archive\/2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21444"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/anwgconference.org\/archive\/2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21444\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21448,"href":"https:\/\/anwgconference.org\/archive\/2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21444\/revisions\/21448"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anwgconference.org\/archive\/2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21445"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/anwgconference.org\/archive\/2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21444"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anwgconference.org\/archive\/2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21444"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anwgconference.org\/archive\/2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21444"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}