Valley Homemakers Vie for Looms As
Swedish Weaving Classes Near End
Bobbins have been flying back
and forth between the warp
threads set up on several looms!
at the Extension Service craft i
room this week as eager Valley
women hurry with their weaving
projects to make use of the pre
cious time that Swedish weaving
instructor, Miss Karin Pehrson,
has to help them.
There will probably be a brisk
market for looms in the Valley as
envious homemakers get a look
at the lovely designs effected
through Swedish weaving tech
niques in table runners, bags,
aprons and head scarves.
Only a few lucky women have
been able to take advantage of
this unusual instruction as the
looms crowding the craft room
become available. Eight looms
have been in constant use. Mrs.
Ruth Estelle, Mrs. Amy Irwin,
Mrs. Darathy Head, and Miss
Mary Lou Lashbrook brought
their own personal looms, and the
Butte and Riverbend Homemak
ers brought their club looms, and
the Extension Service set
up its two looms for lace and
rosepath weaving products.
The weaving classes have been
in progress all this week with
daytime sessions from 10 a.m. to
3 p.m. and evening sessions from
7 until 10 p.m. Lunches have been
brought by the day shift so that
not a moment would be lost in
unnecessary travel. The instruc
tion will continue through next
Monday.
Among Miss Pehrson’s busy
students were Carla Duff, Doro
thy Anderson, Ruth Estelle, Aino
Nyland, Loretta Talcott, Betty
Kindler, Nan Curtis, Ida Stadler,
Evelyn Mielke, Cloisine Driggers,
Amy Irwin and Darathy Head.
All were enthusiastic in their
praise of Miss Pehrson’s invalu
able teaching and her personal
charm.
DISPLAY AT OPEN HOUSE
June 25 there will be open
house at the extension craft room
when completed woven articles
will be on display.
I GOT A SPARE 2x4?
SKI-TOW WORK BEE
PLANNED FOR SUNDAY
Spare building lumber of any
description will be more than wel
come to help build a shelter shed
for the ski-tow”, Mel Monson,
club president, said today. The
Matanuska Outing club will hold
their second work party Sunday,
June 24, at Little Susitna. “We
hope to complete the building this
Sunday. It will mean many will
ing hands and initiative workers,
to accomplish it”, he added.
Formed early this past spring,
the club has a growing member
ship. A full-scale membership
drive will be conducted this fall,
possibly in the form of a ski-ball,
similar to ones held Outside. Def
inite plans will be worked out at
a later date.
Cars will be leaving Palmer at
9 a.m. Sunday morning. Anyone
wishing transportation should
either be at the Co-Op Fountain
or Matanuska Hotel before that
hour.
Ernest Johnson, recent arrival
in Palmer, is the new mechanic
at Kirk’s Sales and Service. Com
ing here from Pittsburg, Calif.,
Johnson and a companion made
the trip by car, over the Alas
kan highway.
MRS. LYDIA SEARLES
GOES TO VALDEZ
Mrs. Lydia Searles of Valdez,
left for that city by bus June 18.
Mrs. Searles has been visiting her
sister, Mrs. Archie Moffitt, of
Palmer, for several weeks, follow
ing a serious illiness. She will
visit friends and meet Dr. Ken
neth Ham’s mother and sister,
who have recently arrived in
Valdez from England. Mrs. Ken
neth Ham, who spent the winter
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