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Sacramento Weavers’ and Spinners’ Guild
Sacramento Weaver’s & Spinner’s Guild welcomes a presentation by Gudrun Polak – Introduction to Card Weaving: Discover Card Weaving: Ancient Technique – Modern Delight. Using simple tools, a set of square cards, a small shuttle, and any kind of smooth yarn, the technique called card weaving or tablet weaving allows you to create bands […]
Continue readingSacramento Weavers’ and Spinners’ Open House
Our Theme is Fire Weave Saturday and Sunday February 8 and 9, 2014 10am to 4pm Shepard Garden and Arts Center, 3330 McKinley Blvd Sacramento, CA, 95816 The show is free to the public. Highlights Include: • Fiber Display featuring non-traditional materials such as tencel, soy, wire, paper • Spinning demonstrations – a wide variety […]
Continue readingCNCH 2014 Scholarship Winners
The Advisory Council is pleased to announce the winners: Area1, Mary Brown (Carmel Crafts Guild) Area 2, Eve Burton (DelOro Spinners and Weavers Guild) Area 3, Reba Siero (Treadles to Threads and Diablo Weavers Guilds) Area 4, Susan Kerhouloa Davenport (Sacramento Weavers and Spinners Guild) Area 5, Debbie Elliot (Tamalpais Textile Arts Guild) We had […]
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John Marshall Presentation and Trunk Show Sacramento Weavers and Spinners Guild is partnering with Sacramento Center for the Textile Arts to present John Marshall, internationally acclaimed fiber artist, specializing in the traditional Japanese techniques of katazome (stencil dyeing) and tsutsugaki (cone drawing). Morning Program — Pigments throughout the Ages: Pigment use has been associated with […]
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Lorna Miser, a local expert on dyeing and knitting, will present a program on creating projects using hand-dyed yarns. Lorna will talk about how hand-dyed yarns are created, how to predict what they will do, and how to choose yarns for different projects. Knitting techniques that work well with hand-dyed yarns will be demonstrated. Everyone […]
Continue readingWeaver’s Estate Sale
WEAVER’S ESTATE SALE SEPT 28, 2013 8AM-4PM SEVERAL LOOMS AND WHEELS 48” GILMORE 4 HARNESS FLOOR LOOM with/without bench 16” FLOOR LOOM 60” Glimarka Regina TAPESTRY LOOM with books and videos, 6 and 10 epi reeds 1981 Nagy Wood Spin Spinning Wheel – from New Zealand – treadle broken, with 3 bobbins Ashford Traditional Spinning Wheel with Lazy […]
Continue readingSpin to a Standard Workshop – August 17
Spin to a Standard Workshop with Stephenie Gaustad “Good Stuff and More Of It!” August 17, 2013, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Glencoe, California There are 3 spots still available for this fabulous class! We will be addressing tools and techniques to make the yarn you want, and be more productive at the […]
Continue readingTEXTILE <span class='sans serif'> * </span> GAMES – Lanyard Competition
Time to Start Thinking about the Lanyard Competition. Are you making a lanyard for the CNCH 2013 competition? Have you started yet??? If you signed up during registration to make one, you probably read the instructions in the booklet and know that this will be used to hold your registration packet. But, if you […]
Continue readingAnita Luvera Mayer is a name that many weavers already know. Some may know her personally through guild membership or one of the workshops she has taught over the years. During her weaving life, Anita’s art has expanded from weaving rectangular pieces such as throws, scarves and shawls to her current love of lavishly embellished handwoven clothing. Read […]
Continue readingTEXTILE <span class ='sans serif'> * </span> GAMES – Small Baskets, Big Rewards
There are many techniques for making baskets and basket makers are like all other weavers; their skill takes practice and sometimes years to perfect. Alternate year conferences can be a good time to try something new and this year we are fortunate to have more classes than usual in basket making techniques. I thought you […]
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