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Area 1 Guilds
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Ashtl'o • Blacksheep Handweavers • Carmel Crafts Guild
Fiber Artisans • Glenna Harris Weavers
Santa Cruz Handweavers • Trampornas Weavers
Ashtl'o • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •
Meeting times and places vary.
Contact: www.ashtloguild.org/ashtlo.html
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Blacksheep Handweavers • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •
Meetings are at 7:30 p.m. the 2nd Thursday, September through June. The meeting place is Guild Hall, Woodside Village Church, 3154 Woodside Road, Woodside.
www.blacksheepguild.org
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Carmel Crafts Guild • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •
The Carmel Crafts Guild is an association for the development and promotion of crafts, with a focus on the fiber arts. We are part of a greater network of handweaving/spinning guilds, participating in the regional and national conference. We:
- sponsor programs, create public displays
- maintain a topical library
- publish an informative newsletter
- serve as contact resource for weaving, spinning, and basket-making artist location and skills development
Join us as we pursue our lofty goals!
- technical skills development
- public outreach
- artistic inspiration
Meetings are at 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. on the 2nd Thursday each month, except August. The meeting place is Buzzard's Backyard BBQ, 2030 North Fremont Blvd., Monterey. Dues are $20 per year.
Contact: Merrie Hewitt at groveweavr@aol.com or
Susan Bradshaw at susan@woventime.com
Developing website: www.carmelcraftsguild.org/
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Fiber Artisans • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •
Fiber Artisans is a San Jose Guild composed of weavers with interests in spinning, dyeing, knitting, basketry, crocheting and other fiber arts. We are currently a nomadic group, meeting at members' homes, while we look for a new permanent venue. Visitors are welcome — see the calendar page of our web site for meeting dates, and locations. www.pkarsten.com/FiberArtisans/.
Contact: pkarsten@ihot.com
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The Glenna Harris Weavers Guild • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •
The Glenna Harris Weavers Guild is comprised of about 25 members from Santa Clara County who are interested in all fiber related arts. Every meeting includes show and tell to see what the members are working on, or what they have recently completed. To inspire future weavers we are involved with several outreach programs. We have several hands-on weaving programs designed especially for public and private schools. We demonstrate at the Santa Clara County Fair, Youth Science Wildlife days in Alum Rock Park, and other special events in the valley. Below is a list of special events and the months that they usually occur.
Visitors are always welcome. To find out if we have changed our location for this month please contact Jean Shoe at the address above.
- May—Santa Clara County Fair—booth demonstrations and exhibits, sheep to shawl contest, fine spinning contest, and speed spinning contest.
- June or July—Instead of our usual meeting we have a picnic and outdoor program.
- September or October—Youth Science Wildlife Days at Alum Rock Park -- demonstration of weaving, spinning, and dying.
- December —Potluck. Our short meeting starts at 11 A.M. with the potluck following. Sometimes it is at a member's home, and sometimes at our regular meeting place.
Meetings are usually 10:00 A.M. to 12:30 P.M. on the 2nd Monday of each month. The meeting place is the Willow Glen Senior Center, 2175 Lincoln Ave., San Jose.
Santa Cruz Handweavers • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •
Meetings are at 9:30 a.m. on the 2nd Wednesday of each month, except July, August and December. The meeting place is usually Aptos Village Park, 100 Aptos Creek Road, Aptos, CA.
Contact: cabeckett@sbcglobal.net
www.santacruzhandweavers.org
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