Member Links

Support your Guild by shopping at the following businesses.

Guild Affiliate Cash Rewards Program

FRED MEYERS COMMUNITY AWARDS

www.fredmeyer.com/communityrewards

Sign up for the Community Rewards program by linking your Fred Meyer Rewards Card to Desert Fiber Arts at www.fredmeyer.com/communityrewards. You can search for us by our name or by our non-profit number #89279. Then, every time you shop and use your Rewards Card, you are helping (non- profit) earn a donation! You still earn your Rewards Points, Fuel Points, and Rebates, just as you do today. If you do not have a Rewards Card, they are available at the Customer Service desk of any Fred Meyer store.

The Following Rewards Program Affiliates require entry through the portals linked below:

GIST Yarns – 5%

https://gistyarn.com?ref:Mjg0NzUuNzk4LjI3NTEwLlQ

Halcyon Yarn -5%

https://halcyonyarn.com/guild/?guild_id=935562

Halcyon Yarn has just started a Rewards Program for Guilds where we can earn 5% of all our guild sales. Earn rewards by: Making a note of your guild in the “comments” box for web orders. Mention guild name (Desert Fiber Arts) on phone orders. Mention guild name in store. Don’t want to remember to note your guild? Quick solution: click the guild name to set a “cookie” in your browser so that your order will automatically be noted with your guild. Better solution: If you are signed into a Halcyon Yarn web user account, and you click a guild link, that guild will remain associated with your account whenever you log in! The link to their homepage is https://halcyonyarn.com/Look for their newsletter and any promotions.

The Woolery – 5%

https://store-all2n9o8xo.mybigcommerce.com/?aff=119

Desert Fiber Arts has enrolled in the Woolery Guild Rewards Program (WGRP)! Just click on the (WGRP) link on this website. This link will take members to the Woolery website. Members just place your order as usual. The Woolery will keep track of how much members of guilds buy and send the guild an annual cash reward of up to 5% of the guild’s memberships total purchases. Also watch for the Woolery newsletter for guild affiliates for the special sale items and coupon codes.

Guild Affiliate Associations Links

Basketry

Northwest Basket Weavers

www.nwbasketweavers.org

The purpose of our guild is to preserve and promote the art of basket making. Members are primarily from the states of Washington and Oregon, and range from beginning basket weavers to the professional artist.

Spinning

Northwest Regional Spinners Association

https://www.nwrsa.net

Organizations of hand spinners in Washington, Idaho, Oregon, Western Montana

Weaving

Association of Northwest Weaving Guilds

www.northwestweavers.org

A cooperative group of weaving guilds from Washington, Idaho, Oregon and British Columbia. Event, Guild information, classified ads for the Pacific NW
Handweavers Guild of America

www.weavespindye.org

National organization of weavers, spinners, basketry artists. HGA is dedicated to promoting the textile arts and provides a forum for hand weavers, hand spinners, and related fiber artists.

Non Guild Affiliate Links

Weaving

https://weavolution.com

Social networking, online classes

https://weavezine.com

Archived podcasts, Weavezine articles and other resources

https://handweaving.net   

Print and draft archives

https://complex-weavers.org

Advanced weaving

yarnworker.com

Know How for the Rigid Heddle Weaver – Liz Gipsen Blog

https://norwegiantextileletter.com/

Fiber articles – knitting, weaving, and embroidery

https://americantapestryalliance.org/

Information on exhibits, artists, workshops and articles

https://zinio.com

Source for ebooks, emags dvds

https://www.wristbandexpress.com/content/all-about-weaving-and-spinning/

Crafting with your Hands: All About Weaving and Spinning

(This link is provided to us by a California Girl Scout troop in conjunction with the pursuit of the Textile Artist Badge. Thank you Assistant leader Karen and member Anna.) This is an extensive resource. 

Spinning

Fiber With a Twist Spin In

fiberwithatwist.org

This event is held each May, the Saturday before Mother’s Day, at Richland Public Library.

https://www.richland.lib.wa.us/

https://joyofhandspinning.com

Knitting

Ravelry

www.ravelry.com

DFA’s study group is called By the Book Knitters. Go here to comment and to learn about the technique we are working on.
Yarn Harlot Blog

www.yarnharlot.ca

Knitting with humor and with spinning, dyeing and weaving tossed in occasionally.
Cast Ons for Knitters

fiberwithatwist.org/caston.htm

Links to Cast Ons found on the web.
Year of Swatches Blog

yearofswatches.blogspot.com

Patterns, charts, tips and hints for monthly afghan squares for By the Book Knitters.

Color

www.colormind.io

Colormind – The AI color palette generator. Isolate a color palette from a photo for use in other applications.

https://colorschemedesigner.com   

Color reference

https://color.adobe.com/create/color-wheel 

Create a color scheme from a .jpg file

These are a few websites that will create a color palette from an uploaded image:

cssdrive.com (not a secure site)

www.geotest.net/couleurs/frequences_en.html

https://palettegenerator.com

https://hexcolor.co