Workshop registration for Stitches West 2022 is now open! With 77 classes over the course of four days, the event offers hands-on learning in fleece preparation, spinning, weaving, knitting, crochet, quilting, embroidery, needle punch, and more. Local instructors Carson Demers, Kira Dulaney, Afifa Sayeed, Janine Bajus, and Henry and Roy Clemes are just part of a diverse cast alongside Franklin Habit, Deborah Jarchow, Esther Rogers, and many more.
Stitches West has a new venue – the SAFE Credit Union Convention Center in Sacramento – and a new weekend – March 3rd through 6th. The new location is more centrally located in Northern California and is more accessible as it has both a wide selection of restaurants within walking distance and cheaper room rates for those traveling from out of the area.
In light of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, Stitches West 2022 is requiring everyone on-site to be fully vaccinated and wear a face mask.
Several workshops are already sold out! For complete details and to register, visit the Stitches West 2022 website at https://stitches.events/events/west-2022.
HGA Tea and Textiles. The Handweavers Guild of America announced their new program, Tea and Textiles. Each week, HGA will host a conversation with some of the most respected fiber artists in the field today. In their 45-minute discussion, we will focus on their artwork and their creative journey. We will allow 15 minutes at the end of the conversation for questions from the audience. This event will take place every Tuesday at 4 p.m. EST via Zoom and on HGA’s Facebook page. Broadcasts are free to view and open to all.
Tom Knisely, From the Fell, Handwoven Magazine. In this article, Tom shares the ins and outs of reed care .
Sewing with Confidence. Linda Lee shares sewing tips in the latest issue of Selvedge magazine here. Many of her tips can be incorporated into sewing with handwovens.
The University of Glasgow Fleece to Fashion program explores the economies of and culture of knitted garments in modern Scotland here.
Although knitting – the construction of a textile while simultaneously making a garment or item from fibre – is ubiquitous worldwide, it has a distinctive place in Scotland’s landscape, economy, and culture. It has survived modernization, mechanization and transformations in global production and trade. Today, the production of knitted textiles makes a vital contribution to the Scottish economy, ranging from wool production to designer fashion. It incorporates sheep husbandry; spinning and dyeing; design and production of cloth and clothing; textile tourism; and retail. This project follows the production cycle from fleece to fashion, interrogating why and how knitting has adapted to and survived modernization to become a distinctive heritage brand in the modern Scottish economy and culture.