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Chautauqua County Weavers’ Guild
August 28 — Make a Basket One day workshop with Ellen McCarthy
- Ellen McCarthy will help us all make a beautiful basket.
September 25 — Spa Wash Cloth with Darlene Lander
- This cute wash cloth can be woven using a frame loom, rigid heddle loom or table loom. Nothing too complicated. Using a knitting needle Dar will show us how to make a piece of cloth with raised loops that works great for a wash cloth. Can be made out of cotton or hemp. The hemp version works well as an exfoliant.
October 23 — Magical Little Purse with Karen Loell
- Karen will teach us how to make a small purse using a simple loom — frame, rigid heddle or table loom. Remember the inkle bands from May? Karen will show us how to use those same bands in this delightful purse.
November 20 — Holiday Party, Gift Exchange, Sale Of Donated Items (with 100% to the Guild)
- Catered lunch and holiday gift exchange.
Handweaving and Fiber Arts Guild of Westchester
Jockey Hollow Weavers
For more information, please visit www.jockeyhollowweavers.org
2010
The More the Merrier
A 2-day workshop by Sarah Saulson, designed specifically for 8 shaft looms.
Thursday & Friday, October 7-8
Location: Mendham, New Jersey (near Morristown).
Focus on getting the most out of ALL the shafts on your loom, and explore how to combine several weave structures in a single cloth to create fabric with rich visual and textural variety. In this workshop, the participants will work on their own looms. The cost is $155 for non-guild members with a $5 materials fee due to the instructor at the time of the workshop. ($125 for members, and membership is $25 for the year.) Jockey Hollow Weavers cap their workshops at 15, so the student-instructor ratio is conducive for hands-on learning and a pleasant experience for all. We hope you will consider joining us!
There are only 4 openings left in this workshop.
If you are interested in more information or would like to sign-up, please visit www.jockeyhollowweavers.org
Palisades Guild of Spinners and Weavers
For further information on programs, workshops, and study groups please see our website: www.mafafiber.org/palisades
Paumanok Weavers Guild
All meetings are held at the Suffolk County Historical Society Building in Riverhead, NY on the second Monday of each month unless otherwise noted. Meetings are free to the public.
Potomac Fiber Arts Guild (formerly Potomac Craftsmen Guild)
Programs are usually the 2nd Saturday of the month, September through June. The morning starts with a brief business meeting starting at 10:00am that is followed by the program that ends around 12:00noon. The program is followed by bring your own lunch and socializing, then a mini-workshop starting at 1:00pm and ending around 4:00pm. The morning program is free. The afternoon workshop requires a small fee and usually should be pre-registered. For further information on programs and workshops, including times and locations, please see the Potomac Fiber Arts Guild website www.PotomacCraftsmenGuild.org
Weavers Guild of Greater Baltimore
This year, 2009, the Weavers Guild of Greater Baltimore is marking its 60th Anniversary.
To commemorate this milestone, we have published a beautiful design collection book, Sixty Scarves for 60 Years. This spiral bound edition contains full page, color photographs, fabric detail photos and instructions for 60 scarves contributed by our members, many of whom you will recognize. Virginia West, Tom Knisely, Janet Stollnitz, Diane Kelly and Georgia Groomes are among the 41 weavers who collaborated on this project. Drafts range from 2-24 shafts, including an inkle and triangular loom design. There are scarves woven with handspun yarns, painted warps and popular knitting yarns, as well as those that employ a variety of differential shrinkage techniques. This collection represents a myriad of tastes as varied as the weavers themselves. More information (including how to order your own copy) on their
web page http://www.wggb.org/sixtyscarves.html and from the brochure HERE
Weavers’ Guild of Buffalo
September
- 16 6:30 pm TIPS & TOOLS
- 18 & 19 Hemlock Lake Fiber Festival
- 23 10:00 am PLANNING A PROJECT with Suanne Pasquarella
- 25 9-5 Knox Farm Fiber Festival
October
- 1-17 GUILD EXHIBIT at the AMHERST MUSEUM
- 3 2:00 pm Opening Reception & Awards Presentation
- 3-9 Weaving & Spinning Week
- 16 2:00 pm Juror’s Lecture and reception/People’s Choice Award
- 16 & 17 NYS Sheep & Wool at Rhinebeck, NY
- 21 6:30pm “A BRIEF HISTORY OF NAVAJO WEAVING” with Linda Gabitzsch
- 28 10:00 am “WEAVING YOUR YARN STASH: From Inspiration to Completion with
Jan Towsley lecture followed by 1/2 day workshop--registration
November
- 18 6:30 pm “BEYOND THE FRINGE” Award winners & committee chairs
December
- 12 12:30-4 HOLIDAY PARTY with the end of the Spinner Challenge & Weavers’ Challenge begins & Volunteer Awards
Weavers’ Guild of Rochester
Sept. 8
- 10am From Hand to Computer Assisted Loom with Betty Vera
- 1 pm Finishing Touches (mini-workshop) with Betty Vera
Oct. 13
- 10 am Weavers of the Arts and Crafts Movement in America with Bonnie Klatt
Nov. 10
- 10 am Dimensionality: The 3-D’s of 3-D—Deflection, Differential Shrinkage and Doubleweave with Ruby Leslie
- 10-12 Dimensionality Workshop with Ruby Leslie—registration required
Williamsburg Spinners & Weavers Guild
