Secretary: Jennifer Bogut

Palouse Hills Weavers GuildContact Jennifer Bogut started her fiber journey when she learned to crochet in elementary school. Little did she know that her love for handcrafts would lead her to knitting, spinning, owning sheep, and eventually weaving. She learned to knit in 2010, then learned to spin in 2014, which led her to discovering … Read more

1st Vice-President: Patty Huffer

Alpine Meadows Spinners and WeaversContact Patty Huffer has been weaving since 1981. After graduating from Central Washington University, with a dual education degree in Home Economics and Physical Education, she took a summer weaving class. This began her love of weaving and teaching others to weave and spin, for almost 40 years. The love of … Read more

Education Chair: Liz Moncrief

Skagit Valley Weavers GuildContact I moved with my husband and dog to Skagit Valley, WA in 2014 and still think that the Pacific Northwest is magical.  We both had careers with US Forest Service, which required moving to several locations in the western states, the final being Colorado. Washington held the same environmental ethics that … Read more

Communications Chair/Newsletter Editor: Nancy Skakel

Columbia Fibre GuildContact Nancy R. Skakel, living in The Dalles, Oregon, has been involved with fiber arts for about 40 years. Raising Romney sheep, angora rabbits, alpacas, and a silky Maltese dog all led to the lifelong question, “What do I do with all of this fur?” I tried weaving, which I enjoyed but sadly, … Read more